AT&T Launch the Samsung Captivate Glide and Samsung DoubleTime

Posted by David Cogen

Tuesday, October 11th, 2011

Today AT&T has announced the launch of two new Android devices. The first is the Samsung Captivate Glide and as it’s name suggests, it is an updated version of the Samsung Captivate with a “gliding” QWERTY keyboard. The second device, the Samsung DoubleTime is more of a mid-range device, but it does have a somewhat unique feature, it has two touchscreens. Here is the full press release with specs:

Samsung Captivate™ Glide

The Samsung Captivate Glide is a 4G Android smartphone that keeps you moving with a thin, side-slide QWERTY keyboard and a powerful 1 GHz dual core processor. Running Android 2.3, the Captivate Glide features access to 4G speeds, a 4” Super AMOLED screen, 8-megapixel flash camera with HD (1080p) video recording and a front-facing camera for video chat.

For the business professional, the Captivate Glide has enhanced Exchange ActiveSync support for IT policies, task synchronization and global address lookup. Know your information and network are secured with virtual private network access and device encryption.

•             UMTS 850/1900/2100

•             GSM 850/900/1800/1900

•             4G HSPA+ 21 Mbps (Category 14)

•             1GHz Nvidia Tegra 2 AP20H dual core processor

•             1GB RAM/1GB ROM/8GB Internal microSD™ to 32GB (not included)

•             Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)

•             4-inch 480×800 WVGA Super AMOLED™

•             Dual camera – 8MP Autofocus w/LED + 1.3MP front

•             Full HD 1080p video camera + HDMI playback

•             Enhanced Exchange ActiveSync® (EAS) to sync email, contacts, calendar and tasks

•             Device and SD card encryption

•             Virtual private network support

•             Mobile Device Management (MDM)

Samsung DoubleTime™

With its compact design and dual touch screen with a full flip keyboard, Samsung DoubleTime is perfect for texting, multitasking and staying connected to social networks. Running on Android 2.2, DoubleTime boasts a white and pink color scheme and features a 3.2 MP digital camera with a camcorder, voice recognition, a dedicated function key for shortcuts, drag-and-drop widgets, five scrolling home screens and an expandable menu with scrolling panels.

•             UMTS 850/1900/2100

•             GSM 850/900/1800/1900

•             Processor Qualcomm 600 MHz

•             Onboard Memory Supports 260MB

•             Android 2.2 (Froyo)

•             microSD™ memory card supports up to 32GB (2GB microSD card included)

•             3.2” full touch screen display with 320 x 480 and 480 x 320 (HVGA) resolution

Seems like that Captivate Glide is the new flagship device with a keyboard for AT&T users and the DoubleTime seems geared a bit more towards your younger, social butterflies as it were. You fall into either demographic? What do you think of these?