With the release of the Samsung M100S, Samsung and Android fans around the world have their eyes on South Korea these days. Not only does it have the trappings of a powerful, functional smartphone, but it also runs on Android 2.1 something many Samsung fans have been waiting for. Also, at this time it is the only phone announced which is running Android 2.1, besides the Nexus One of course.

It is alleged that M100S is actually the Galaxy 2, rumored to be in development for a while. However the M100S sports a 3.7? AMOLED display, GPS, Wi-Fi, a Camera packing 5 megapixels, and Mobile digital TV reception, integrated with 800MHz processor and Samsung fans will like the fact that it still comes with Samsung’s TouchWiz user interface. A definite strong point for the M100S would be its central button. It very cleanly avoided being a trackball, a mistake that BlackBerry and the Google Nexus One made, well atleast some of them believe so!

Samsung’s first Android phone offers a 3.5mm jack something which we have never seen in the past! And it also features a T-DMB tuner. The device is equipped with a unique DTV chip with a large antenna for watching TV on the go. Android market and social networking service (SNS) features preloaded with this device.

At this point, it’s not completely clear whether or not the M100S will make its way to other parts of the world. Well, it all depends on how the phone does in the country of origin. But it’s still good to know that Samsung is moving forward to newer, better versions of the Android mobile OS. Whatsoever, I have a good feeling that in future, we could be seeing many other phone makers releasing phones based on the Android Platform.

Detailed Specifications:

  • 800MHz processor
  • 3.7-inch AMOLED touchscreen (WVGA)
  • 5MP camera with 720p video recording
  • Wi-Fi (802.11n)
  • GPS
  • T-DMB
  • DivX support
  • 3.5mm headphone jack
  • TouchWiz UI
  • Social Networking Service (SNS)
  • Android market
  • SK Telecom’s T store.