The LiMo Foundation announces the second LiMo compliant device built using the LiMo Platform Release 2 in the form of the new Vodafone 360 Samsung M1 handset. This latest Samsung handset features Vodafone’s customizable 360 user interface which provides “a new set of Internet services for the mobile and PC that gathers all of a customer’s friends, communities, entertainment, and personal favorites in one place.”

For those of you not familiar with the LiMo Foundation, the organization was launched in January of 2007 to provide an open and consistent Mobile Linux-based handset operating system. According to their press release, there are now 44 commercially available LiMo-based handsets.

The Samsung M1 has the following features and specs:

• HSDPA 3.6 Mbps 2100 and EDGE/GPRS 850/900/1800/1900  support
• Linux OS (2.6.24) LiMo R2.0.1
• 3.2 inch WQVGA TFT display with support for 16 million colors
• 3 megapixel fixed focus camera with digital zoom
• Video support includes MPEG4 / H.263/ H.264, Divx, Xvid, WMV /VGA 15fps recording
• Audio support includes MP3, AAC, AAC+, AAC+(e), WMA, AMR
• Built-in GPS
• Web Player
• Vodafone 360 3D user interface applications including People View, Time Line View, Menu Mode, Search View
• Bluetooth 2.0 support
• Support for up to 32GB microSD cards
• Measures 55.4 x 112 x 13.4mm
• 1500mAh Battery

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