Remember Fujitsu’s dual screen phone prototype we covered some time before?

That was a phone that showed a lot of promise and innovation usability-wise, you could turn it into several different shape modes, to where you’d end up saying ‘I’ll use it in this mode for that software, and then twist it around when I want to do this and that’.

Not so with Samsung’s Dual Super AMOLED touchscreen that was just launched in China. It’s called the Samsung W899, and it’s basically a 3.3-inch touchscreen that’s both on the inside and the outside of the top side of a clamshell physical architecture functioning on Android 2.2 software.

Not very imaginative or useful, but it does come with a physical numeric keypad, which, of course, you can’t use at the same time as the outside screen.

Display resolution is WVGA, and a 5-megapixel camera records video in 720P HD. It measures 57.4 x 107.5 x 17.55 mm and weighs 183g, which makes it a little overweight, but not by much.

There’s CDMA/EVDO and GSM connectivity for international roaming, mobile hotspot and WiFI, a microSD card slot and GPS capability.

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Sprint launched the Samsung Moment yesterday. While it’s not the prettiest of phones it does offer the Android OS, a 3.2-inch AMOLED touchscreen, QWERTY keyboard, 3 megapixel camera, WiFi, 800mhz processor, Bluetooth, Sprint TV…

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Today, Samsung officially outed the recently leaked Omnia II.  At the center of the device is what the company is calling the “the world’s largest 3.7-inch AMOLED display with WVGA resolution.”  Other specs include a 5 megapixel camera, HSDPA connectivity, Windows Mobile 6.1, FM radio and much more.  Apparently, it will be coming to Verizon Wireless, although there is no word on when and for how much.

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Well that didn’t take long.  AT&T officially made the Samsung Impression, the first AMOLED phone offered from a US carrier, available today.  It will cost you $199.99 after a 2-year contract and $50 mail-in-rebate.  In case you forget, the Impression sports a 3.2-inch touchscreen (240×400 resolution), full slide out QWERTY keyboard, microSD card slot, 3.2MP camera, media player, web browser and Bluetooth 2.0.

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Is this just another candy bar phone?  I’m afraid so, but it’s Friday, so why the hell not.  Originally code named Lucido, which means ‘slide’ in Italian (so says Google translate), the Samsung S7220 is a Quad-band GSM (850/900/1800/1900) phone that sports a 2.2-inch AMOLED screen, 5MP camera, FM radio with RDS, accelerometer, GPS with Google Maps, microSD card slot and Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR.  It measures 114mm × 46.3mm × 11.8 mm and will hit the UK sometime this April for a yet to be disclosed price.

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Sony’s NWZ-X1000 Walkman with 3-inch AMOLED touchscreen just got a price and release date in the UK courtesy of Amazon.  The 32GB will run you about $400 while the 16Gb will cost you $300.  Expect the player to ship in the next 2-5 weeks.

Sorry, no word on price or release date for the US.

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And the leaks this week just keep on flowing.  What we’ve got here is the Samsung M7600.  Putting aside its unremarkable UI, the handset, which bears a very close resemblance to the Helio Ocean, includes a 2.8-inch AMOLED, touchscreen, media player, 3MP camera, and a couple of additional features you just wouldn’t expect: a DJ scratching app of some sort and audio powered by Bang and Olufsen.  The phone is expected in May, but like all the other leaks we’ve seen this week you’ll probably see it at the Mobile World Congress.

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Remember the touchscreen Sony Walkman with AMOLED screen we told you about last month?  Well, the cats out of the good old bag.  Officially called the NWZ-X1000, the PMP will include a 3-inch AMOLED touchscreen, come in a 16GB or 32GB capacity, include WiFi and headphone independent noise-cancellation.

Expect more details to emerge at CES.

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