03-04-2009: The Samsung B7610 Louvre showed up at the website of The Phone House today, a still unannounced device. Inquiry tells that the device will be in the shops at the beginning of July.
By: Tim Wijkman
A the webshop of the The Phone House (The Carphone Warehouse), the Samsung B7610 Louvre showed up today, a still unannounced Samsung Smartphone with full QWERTY keyboard. The device is a full QWERTY slider operating on Windows Mobile 6.1. Official details about the device still lack, but we can assume that the Samsung B7610 Louvre will be the follower of the Samsung F700, which was in the shops in 2007.
Samsung B7610 Louvre
The Samsung B7610 Louvre looks like a complete smartphone. Due to the Windows Mobile operating system, it is to be expected that the device is equipped with UMTS / HSDPA uspport, especially because the G700 already had this. It may be expected that Samsung, just as in the Samsung I900 Omnia, has used a 5 megapixel camera in the device.
Samsung B7610 Louvre at the Phone House website
Another option is that will probably be packed in the Samsung B7610 Louvre is a GPS receiver, currently als quite standard on Windows Mobile devices. Something we haven't come across with the Samsung F700, but possibly on the Samsung B7610 Louvre, is WiFi support.
The Samsung B7610 Louvre will reach the shops round the first of July, at least according to The Phone House. When the device will be announced is still unclear, but with this "leak" it is directly clear that the Samsung B7610 is not just a rumour...