Samsung’s CES Android lineup

Samsung Mobile left a little to be desired at CES this year.  They failed present anything new at the show, but we did get the chance to see the company’s complete Android lineup all in one place.  Samsung was actually the second manufacturer to release an Android phone last year, the Samsung Galaxy i7500.  The handset offers a 3.2 inch AMOLED screen, 8 GB of internal storage, and is still running on Android 1.5 at this time.  On paper, the Galaxy is very similar to the Behold II, but I found that the build quality is a step ahead of its U..S cousin and the standard Android 1.5 UI works a lot better that the TouchWiz UI on the Behold II.

I also had the chance to play around with the Samsung Galaxy Spica i5700.  The Spica fits in quite nicely with the other Samsung Android lineup, but seems to be lacking a little refinement. The Spica comes in white and black and features a very similar button configuration as the original galaxy.  However, the color highlights and the light plastic give the phone an extremely cheap feel.

Samsung was also showing off the T-Mobile Behold II and the Samsung Moment.  At their pres event last Wednesday, Samsung announced that they were working on a new version of the Samsung Moment with a  Samsung Mobile DTV Chip.  I wasn’t able to get a video of the Moment with DTV Chip, but there’s quite a few on YouTube that have surfaced.

At this point, I’m a bit disappointed with the Android handsets that have come to market.  They started off great with the Samsung Galaxy, but things have not really progressed any since then.  Mobile World Congress is a few short weeks away.  I’m keeping my finger crossed that Samsung will show up with a bang.