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AT&T's is beefing up its Android portfolio with the addition of a new phone. Samsung Captivate, a smartphone with a 4-inch touchscreen and Android 2.1 operating system, will be the latest device to hop on AT&T's network.
The phone is part of Samsung's Galaxy S family of devices, and has an OLED screen, 1 GHz Samsung Hummingbird processor and a 5-megapixel camera with 720p video recording capability.
The device also has a feature called Samsung Social hub that integrates the user’s social networking services, messages, email, calendars and contacts, similar to what Motorola does with its MotoBlur user interface.
This will be AT&T's fifth Android phone and fulfills the promise that the company made at the beginning of the year to have at least five Android devices on its network in 2010. So far, Motorola's Backflip and an unsubsidized version of Google's Nexus One are available on AT&T. Earlier this week, AT&T announced the HTC Aria, a mid-range Android smartphone. The wireless carrier has said earlier it also plans to offer Dell's first smartphone, Aero, this summer.
The Captivate is the first Android smartphone from Samsung on AT&T's network. The phone has an MP3 player and offers up to 32 GB of storage for music and video.
AT&T hasn't disclosed pricing or shipping date for the device.
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Photo: Samsung Captivate/AT&T
