Samsung's new model the F490 joins their lineup of top-end 5-Megapixel camera phones whilst pulling off the now classic iPhone look with a 3.2 inch full touchscreen display. To combat the lack of feel most touchscreens suffer from, the Samsung F490's Croix interface provides Haptic Feedback, tactile feedback through vibration allowing you to feel as your finger moves over the buttons on the screen.
Supporting both the HSDPA standard for 3G and fall-back EDGE standard for 2.5G networks, the Samsung F490 provides fast network data speeds for mobile broadband web surfing. For local transfers, say to a friend's mobile or your home PC the F490 provides the now common Bluetooth 2.0 wireless and USB 2.0 wired connection standards, and its 130MB internal memory can be supplemented with microSD cards of up to 2GB in size.
Obviously landing itself in the iPhone arena, the F490 is a good contender and worth considering when weighing up the pros and cons. Not quite as slick in use maybe but the haptic-feedback, 2.5 times higher camera resolution and much lower price are not to be ignored.
More info on the Samsung F490 here.
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