Samsung Jet joins Icon family
By Joseph Hanlon on 21 August 2009
(Credit: Samsung/CNET Australia)
Samsung Australia was expected to launch four handsets in its Icon range yesterday, but instead launched five, adding the Samsung Jet to the group of touchscreen devices on show.
Following CommunicAsia in Singapore, Samsung's local office had made clear that only four of the phones displayed at the trade show would be released in Australia. These four phones, the HD Icon, Omnia Icon, Galaxy Icon and Preston Icon will be released in September, followed by the Jet in October.
The Jet was received favourably when it was released earlier in the year in Asia. Samsung reported that over 2 million units were pre-ordered worldwide and it received an Editors' Choice award after being reviewed by our colleagues at CNET Asia.
The Icon range encompasses a variety of segments in the smartphone market, offering Symbian, Android and Windows Mobile platform experiences in similar touchscreen form factors. The Jet runs on Samsung's proprietary platform utilising the TouchWiz widgets interface, and though it isn't technically a smartphone, the Jet includes Microsoft ActiveSync support for users looking to connect to business email accounts using the handset.
Samsung is yet to reveal which carriers will be selling the Jet, though release details about the rest of the Icon range are as follows;
- HD Icon: Crazy John's, Optus and Virgin
- Omnia Icon: Crazy John's, Optus, Telstra and Vodafone
- Galaxy Icon: Crazy John's, Optus and Virgin
- Preston Icon: Crazy John's, Telstra and Virgin
Topics: android, galaxy, hd, icon, jet, mobile phone, Omnia, preston, samsung
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Comments (5)
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samman commented on 02/09/2009 13:25
samsung has a beta site for apps for the new phones including JET
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PK commented on 24/08/2009 21:23
Can someone confirm that Vodafone will not be carrying the Galaxy Icon as I have read conflicting reports that it will.
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JAck commented on 23/08/2009 22:50
Ordered the UK version on the jet and have been using this phone for past month.
Good phone although downfall is lack off applications and games.. -
DennisS commented on 21/08/2009 21:20
try a 800mhz processor and 3.7 inch screen :)
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Vincent commented on 21/08/2009 16:43
I'm interested to see if the "Icon" Omnia is an updated model, or simply one that supports Next G, unlike the original Omnia.
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