VODAFONE ANNOUNCES THE 360 H1 AND 360 M1 PHONES BY SAMSUNG

UK based Vodafone has announced two new touchscreen phones, the H1 and the M1 that work with the carrier's new Vodafone 360 cloud-based service.

As mentioned, the 360 H1, along with the 360 M1 (which will be mentioned in a little), revolve around Vodafone 360, a cloud service that lets users sync contacts, messages, photos, and music wirelessly or with a PC. It is a full-featured touchscreen device manufactured by Samsung that offers a range of options.The service, for example, integrates all of a user's address books from their phone, Facebook, Windows Live Messenger, and Google Talk into a single place. Users can also share status updates and location-based information with friends and family. So, if you're a social butterfly with too many social networking sites and contact books to keep track of, this phone and service might be ideal for you.

In terms of specs, The 360 H1 includes a 3.5-inch OLED touchscreen display, 16GB of internal memory, and a 5.0 megapixel autofocus camera to shoot pictures. HSDPA and WiFi data connectivity are present for high-speed data. Users can use Bluetooth 2.0 to connect hands-free headsets as well. GPS will help users take advantage of Vodafone's 360 over-the-air data syncing service.

And now, the 360 M1: also part of Vodafone's cloud service, the 360 M1 features a 3.2-inch TFT touchscreen with internal storage provided by a microSD card slot (1GB card included). The phone includes 3G HSDPA connectivity for surfing the web and sending messages. Users can take photos with the M1's 3.0 megapixel camera and then save them to the web with the Vodafone 360 suite. Bluetooth 2.0 is also packaged for use with hands-free headsets and a GPS is also available, which is sure to come in handy.

Vodafone's press release for all the 360 phones can be found here.

Here is the H1 product page and M1 product page for those interested in additional details.