Samsung's New Android Galaxy Phone Goes Live - Samsung Galaxy Portal - By: susan hargreaves

The latest Android phone from Samsung has now been released, the new Samsung Galaxy Portal AKA Galaxy Spica has found a new colour scheme and made its way onto the Virgin Mobile network for an exclusive launch period.

A 3.2 inch touch screen phone, the White Samsung Galaxy Portal takes the rest of the features found in the original black Samsung Spica model and encases them in a new white housing with green accents for a fresh and funky new look.

Still present is the 3.2 mega pixel camera on the rear of the phone as is WiFi, GPS and a comprehensive music player, being an Android phone the Galaxy Portal also offers access to the Android market where you'll find thousands of new applications, tools, entertainment and games to download to your phone.

This new Samsung device runs on a powerful 800MHz processor which makes for fast web browsing, application loading and user experience, users can zip through the menu system and load the phones features on screen in an instant with no lag time.

Taking on the might of the recently launched Motorola Milestone, Sony Ericsson X10 and LG GW620 the Portal makes a worthy contender in the Android phone market, although not on a par in terms of camera quality with the other models offering a 5.0 mega pixel lens this phone more than makes up for this in speed.

Rival handsets not of the Android kind also come in the form of the new Nokia X6 with the same 3.2 inch touch screen and Nokia N97 Mini, LG Pop which is a little slimmer, the HTC Touch 2 which is a Windows phone and the Samsung Omnia 2 from within the manufacturers own ranks.

The Samsung i5700 Galaxy Portal joins the original i7500 model which is a phone with a bigger footprint and slightly better specifications including a 5.0 mega pixel camera for those that are keen on mobile photography, although smaller the i5700 does not lack in terms of features and the camera is one of very few changes between the handsets.

Although released as a network exclusive phone on Virgin Mobile the Samsung Galaxy Portal is expected to be offered on other networks as soon as this limited period is over, the original black edition is currently only available on T-Mobile but again will find new network partners after the exclusive period finishes.

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The Samsung Galaxy Portal and Motorola Milestone are two of many new affordable Android mobile phones currently on the market.

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