Reports say that Samsung would launch i-mode compatible SGH-730i in Europe. This news has come in, after speculations that O2 would scrap the mobile internet i-mode service.

This SGH-730i from Samsung, is an effective slider, and it is also poised for a French and Italian launch shortly, and with other European countries to get the phone soon after.

The SGH-730i is a tri-band GSM handset that boasts a 262k colour TFT display, a 2-megapixel camera and 80MB of internal memory backed up by a microSD memory card slot.

If this handset is launched in UK, then the i-mode functionality means that O2 i-mode subscribers would have another phone to choose from. Currently, only around 12 or so i-mode capable handsets are prevailing in the market. Sources also said that one of the main reasons for the drawbacks are due to lack of decent handsets, proper service and success in this industry.

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