Samsung sure has been making some waves today. With the Samsung i617 BlackJack 2 getting some time in front of the camera, their announcement of WVGA OLED production, the sweat-loving WEP-420 headset, AT&T’s A127 GoPhone, Virgin Mobile Canada’s top-of-the-line Samsung m510, and the Singapore branch’s announcement of Windows Mobile 6.0 upgrades for the Samsung i600, the South Korean mobile phone manufacturing is tearing up the blogosphere with (almost) more news than we now what to do with.
Well, the day’s not over yet, and Samsung has announced a trio of music-oriented phones for the European market. Keep reading for the details (click on the pics for larger, HQ images).
Samsung is sending a tri-band GSM version of Verizon Wireless’s recently announced Samsung U470 Juke to our friends across the Atlantic as the Samsung SGH-F210. With 1GB of onboard storage and microSD expansion options, the swiveling Samsung F210 will be bringing 20 hours of audio playback to music-loving Europeans in, well, Europe. Oh, and it’s good for making phone calls, if that’s your cup of tea.
The €260 (about $370) Samsung SGH-F330 rocks music controls of the schizophrenic younger sibling F300 UpStage, but kicks it up a notch with a 3.6Mbps HSDPA radio, 2 megapixel camera, and microSD expansion in a 13.5mm-thick slider. Oh, and it’ll pack a tri-band GSM radio as well.
And, to round out the bunch, Samsung is about to drop the €360 (about $510) Samsung SGH-i450 musicphone with an N95-esque dual-sliding design. The tri-band Samsung i450 slider is both an S60 smartphone and incredibly capable music player in a dual-sliding package. 
Slide the screen up and you’ve got an S60 smartphone with 3.6Mbps HSDPA. Slide the screen down and you’ll reveal the slick Touch Wheel Music Navigation wheel that helps you find your way through your music collection or FM radio stations - and plays audio through the metallic speakers, stereo Bluetooth, or 3.5mm headphones. Oh, and the Samsung i450 even sports a Bang & Olufsen ICEpower audio amplifier to make sure you get some seriously high-quality audio. Unfortunately, this music phone only comes with 35MB of onboard storage, but can hold up to 4GB microSD cards.
Too bad for those of us Stateside, as these are strictly tri-band jobbies that’ll never make it to Yankee shores. But, if you’ve got an adventurous spirit and a T-Mobile contract, you might be able to ship one over through your favorite online importer. That Samsung i450 is looking mighty fine.
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