Marvell has announced that its Marvell PXA310 application processor is the processor to power the recently announced premium Samsung i780 smartphone. The Samsung i780 also features Marvell’s industry leading WLAN solutions with Marvell’s 88W8686 WLAN chip. Marketed in major European countries, the Samsung i780 has a sleek design packed with the latest in business and consumer with great features including global positioning system (GPS) navigation, fast HSDPA and EDGE connectivity, Bluetooth, full touch screen with stylus, QWERTY key pad, Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.0 Professional operating system, 2.0-megapixel camera and a front camera for video calls. The PXA310 processor also delivers full Internet browsing, MP3 music and FM radio.

“Users are eager to get the higher levels of multimedia functions and performance that the Samsung i780 will feature, all in a stylish design,” said Chul Hwan Lee, senior vice president, Samsung Mobile Communication Division. “We looked to Marvell to give us accelerated processing and access speeds and enhanced video play back, so Samsung can offer an abundance of features like GPS, yet keep power requirements low.”

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Samsung has unveiled its new phone with GPS enabled in London, Samsung i780. Follow the design of i600, the main attraction of it are the 3G, HSDPA, GPS and WiFi connectivities. This phone features a QWERTY keyboard, a 2.6-inch TFT touch screen iwth 320×320 pixel resolution, Windows Mobile 6 Professional OS, as well as a mouse which gets rid of the stylus making it operable with only one hand.

The list of specification:

• 2.6-inch TFT touch screen
• Full QWERTY keyboard
• integrated GPS receiver with assisted GPS
• Triband GSM (900, 1800 and 1900 MHz), GPRS, EDGE, 3G (2100 MHz) and HSDPA
• 2MP digital camera and a VGA lens in the front for video conferencing
• 256 MB ROM (not yet confirmed)
• 128 MB RAM (not yet confirmed)
• Bluetooth 2.0 + A2DP
• Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
• MiniUSB 2.0
• microSD port
• Integrated Trackpoint
• Dimensions : 11.6×6.1×1.3 cm
• Mobile Windows 6 Professional

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