In a world of smartphones with ever-increasing screen sizes and disappearing physical keyboards, the candybar form factor is becoming rarer and rarer. There are only a handful of Android devices with a physical keyboard, like the Droid Pro, Samsung Replenish, and Motorola Charm. Samsung has looked to fill in this under-saturated market segment with the Galaxy Pro, a QWERTY device that not only mimics the classic BlackBerry form factor, but throws in Froyo and a 2.8-inch touchscreen for kicks. It's not available in the US just yet, but we still took the UK version for a spin to determine if the Galaxy Pro was finally worth ditching the BlackBerry. How manageable is Android on such a small screen with landscape orientation? Read on past the break and find out.The Galaxy Pro takes its place in the relatively small niche of touchscreen candybar devices -- it's got a 2.8-inch capacitive touchscreen up top with a static hardware keyboard below. It most closely resembles the Motorola Charm, but also boasts the same hybrid touchscreen / physical keyboard layout as the Droid Pro and Samsung Replenish. It's crafted of the same plastic that seems to be the material of choice for most Samsung phones of late, but in a dark grey enclosure. Up front there's a row of the four common Android buttons (menu, home, back, and search), which serves as a divider between the screen-centric top half and bottom keyboard. The back has the same textured finish as the Galaxy S II and Nexus S, along with an opening for the 3 megapixel shooter and speaker grate. There's also a chrome silver bezel around the front that's reminiscent of the iPhone 3GS.
Highlights
- - 800 MHz CPU
- - 3MP Camera
- - Adobe Flash Support
- - ThinkFree Office
- - TFT LCD
Samsung Galaxy Pro Specifications
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| Network | |
| Technology / Frequency Bands | HSDPA : 900/2100 MHz GSM : 850/900/1800/1900 MHz | |
| Battery | |
| Type | Li - Ion | |
| Capacity | 1350 mAh | |
| Standby | 620 hours | |
| Talktime | 660 mins | |
| Built | |
| Dimensions | 108.6x66.7x10.65 mm | |
| Weight | 103 g | |
| Form Factor | bar | |
| QWERTY | yes | |
| Touch Screen | yes | |
| Display | |
| Size | 240 x 320 pixels | |
| Type | color : LCD | |
| Colors | 262144 colors | |
| Secondary Display | no | |
| Camera / Imaging / Video | |
| Camera | Yes 3.0 Megapixel | |
| Resolution | 2048x1536 pixels | |
| Zoom | yes | |
| Flash | no | |
| Secondary Camera | yes | |
| Secondary Camera | |
| Flash | no | |
| Connectivity | |
| Bluetooth | Yes | |
| Irda | No | |
| Wlan/Wi-fi | Yes | |
| USB | yes | |
| GPS | yes | |
| Data | |
| GPRS | Yes | |
| EDGE | Yes | |
| 3G | Yes | |
| Internet Browsing | Yes | |
| Media | |
| Audio Playback | Yes | |
| Video Playback | Yes | |
| Ringtones | ||
| FM Radio | Yes | |
| 3.5mm Headphone Jack | yes | |
| Memory | |
| Inbuilt | 512 MB | |
| Memory Slot | Yes microSD/TransFlash | |
| Messaging | |
| SMS | Yes | |
| MMS | Yes | |
| Yes | ||
| Software | |
| Operating System | Android 2.2 | |
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