LiMo-based Samsung Riedel i8305, leaked a few weeks ago, has just been announced as Vodafone 360 H1 by Samsung.
Vodafone has also announced a whole suite of internet services called Vodafone 360, as well as another phone – Vodafone 360 M1 by Samsung.
Vodafone 360 is as “the most personal address book available, bringing together all of the contacts from the mobile phone, social networks and other internet accounts”.
The service allows to automatically syncronize phones with your PC or Mac, and provides access to Facebook, Windows Live Messenger and Google Talk. Support for Twitter, studiVZ and Hyves will be added soon. Users will also have quick access to applications, music and games.
The Samsung H1 and M1 handsets use a patent Vodafone 3D UI based on LiMo.
Vodafone 360 H1 by Samsung, has a 3.5 inch OLED touchscreen display, GPS, Wi-Fi, HSDPA, push email, 5MP camera with autofocus and flash, and 16GB of internal memory.
Vodafone 360 M1 by Samsung offers: 3.2 inch TFT touchscreen display, HSDPA, GPS, push email, 3MP camera, and 1GB of expandable memory. It will be available in black, silver and red.
Vodafone 360 service and the Samsung H1 and M1 phones will be launched by the end of 2009 in the following countries: Germany, Greece, Italy, Ireland, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and the UK.In 2010 they will reach France (via SFR), Romania, Russia (via MTS), India, Turkey, South Africa, New Zealand and Australia.