Samsung Corby Handset soon to launch in Jordan and the Levant

The Corby is a full-touch handset designed for the trendy social networker in mind. The handset places its users at the heart of the social media revolution, with built-in support for a wide range of social networks, including Facebook, Twitter and MySpace.

Corby's 2.8-inch QVGA screen delivers an exciting online video experience, allow users to navigate the web, send messages and emails, and watch videos with ease and clarity. The phone is equipped with quad band connectivity and support for EDGE networks, giving users plenty of communication options to stay in touch on the go.

The Corby's trendy design is ideal for the social networker looking for both form and function; it is a complete makeover built specifically for the fashion conscience, with its eye-catching two-tone diagonal contours and its plush, smooth surfaces. The Corby comes with a wide variety of replaceable color covers, allowing users to mix and match according to their changing moods.

The Corby also comes with a 2 megapixel camera with a wide variety of shooting options and is also equipped with smile detection. Samsung integrated 50MB of internal storage into the device, which is expandable to 8GB via a MicroSD slot, allowing users to conveniently store their music and photos.

"The Samsung Corby is our prize presentation to our youth market. With the Corby, we aim to deliver a remarkable user experience while retaining both an elegant design and reliable performance. The new Corby has redefined many of the current standards applied by mobile manufacturers, creating a product that is both trendy and functional."

said Samsung Levant President Sunny Hwang.

The Samsung Corby also comes with an advanced music and video player, in addition to an FM radio that supports RDS. The handset also supports Bluetooth v.2.1 and boasts an impressive battery life that extends to 450 talk minutes and a standby time of 730 hours.