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Samsung Galaxy Spica (i5700)
Released November, 2009
The Pros:DivX support integrated (first in Android!). 800MHz CPU clock frequency. MicroSDHC flash memory expansion (up to 32GB).
The Cons:No (i.e. insignificant amount of) integrated flash memory. Samsung is well-known for not providing bugfixes/OS updates, and even breaking promises of doing so - not a trustworthy company. Only Android 1.5 (Cupcake) at launch (may be upgradeable if Samsung cares enough).
The Samsung Galaxy Spica (i5700) is the little brother of the Samsung Galaxy (i7500). It features a TFT screen (instead of AMOLED), has a 3MP camera (instead of 5MP), GPS and WiFi integration, and no internal flash memory storage (its bigger brother has 8GB).
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It comes with a 3.5mm audio jack and a 1500mAh battery, though it still remains to be seen if it suffers from the same extremely short battery life as the Galaxy i7500. It is the first Android to come with DivX support and it features the DNSe 2.0 sound engine. The CPU is still ARM11 based as in the Galaxy i7500, but the i5700 clocks it at 800Mhz, making it one of the fastest Android devices during its launch (November 2009).
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DivX support integrated (first in Android!)
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800MHz CPU clock frequency
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microSDHC flash memory expansion (up to 32GB)
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updated to Android 2.1 in March 2010
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Excellent modding community providing custom firmware as well as support for live wallpapers and WiFi tethering.
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no (i.e. insignificant amount of) integrated flash memory
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Samsung is well-known for not providing bugfixes/OS updates, and even breaking promises of doing so - not a trustworthy company
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only Android 1.5 (Cupcake) at launch (may be upgradeable if Samsung cares enough)
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slow ARM11 CPU architecture
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