Last week T-Mobile unveiled the initial specs on the Samsung Vibrant, its variant of the Google Android Samsung Galaxy S phone. While it’s not the most interesting take on the Galaxy S (see Sprint’s Epic 4G, for better hardware), T-Mo is trying to differentiate the Vibrant through value-added features including Avatar and The Sims. Here are some tidbits from the official site:
- Preloaded with T-Mobile exclusive The Sims 3 Collector’s Edition from EA
- Preloaded with James Cameron’s Avatar
- Watch live and on-demand TV with MobiTV
- Read the most popular books with Kindle for Android
- Access to GoGo Inflight Internet and Slacker Radio
Finally, you can watch Avatar the way James Cameron intended — on a four-inch screen in a video format that’s compressed as hell to fit on a 2GB MicroSD card. Ha!
As a T-Mobile customer (that’s on the verge of leaving), I was curious to see what the company would do with the Galaxy S. Unfortunately, the Vibrant is missing some key features. While some people find front-facing cameras to be gimmicky, I’m looking forward to using them through Skype. The curious omission is the camera flash. I have no idea why that was dropped — it just seems silly to me. The Vibrant’s lack of a front-facing camera and LED flash make the Vibrant less appealing to me.
Having said that, this will still be a great phone with a beautiful screen and an excellent CPU/GPU combo. Any T-Mo customers out there drooling over this one?
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