Samsung Electronics has launched the I7500—its first Android-powered mobile phone. The handset features a 3.2-inch (8.1 cm) Active Matrix OLED (AMOLED) touchscreen and 7.2MBps HSDPA and Wi-Fi connectivity, giving users access to Google Mobile services and full Web browsing at blazing speeds. It offers users access to the full suite of Google services, including Google Search, Google Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Google Calendar and Google Talk. The integrated GPS receiver enables the use of Google Maps’ features, such as My Location, Google Latitude, Street View, local search and detailed route description. Besides these, hundreds of other applications are available in the Android Market.

The Samsung I7500 comes with the latest multimedia features. Along with supporting a 5-megapixel camera and various multimedia codec formats, the I7500 also provides a long enough battery life (1500mAh) and a memory capacity of up to 40 GB (internal memory: 8GB, external memory, that’s upgradeable up to 32GB) to enjoy all the applications and multimedia content. The phone also boasts of a slim and compact design, being just 11.9mm thin. It also includes a 3.5mm headphone socket.

The Samsung I7500 will be available in major European countries from June 2009. The company has not revealed pricing for the device.