MWC 2011 Live: Samsung Galaxy Gio Hands-on Preview

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The Galaxy family is now comprised of various interesting, and uninteresting brothers. The Galaxy S and the Galaxy S 2 are the kind of smartphone we want Android manufacturers to make but the Galaxy Ace, Fit, Gio and Mini are the kind of cheap Android handsets some of us end up buying.

The Samsung Gio is, just like the Ace and the Fit, a smartphone that doesn’t really stand out from the pack. It’s even smaller than the Ace and Fit, feels very light, and, even if I’ll repeat myself saying it, pretty cheap. The handset will be able to offer you Froyo out of the box; yes, the Gio does Android 2.2 too, so you can expect to enjoy some of Froyo’s features on the Gio too.

The handset could be a great first Android toy for someone currently discovering this particular mobile OS but it would certainly be ditched for something more powerful once that person would get a taste of Android mobile performance.

The Gio offers you a “timeless polished design” although you probably can read very well between the lines, a 3.2-inch HVGA display, and free apps from the Samsung Apps store if the Android Market is not enough for you. It will certainly be a great device for browsing the web (even if Samsung had turned off the Wi-Fi by the time we finished with the Ace and the Fit) and enjoying fast apps on the go.

Anyone particularly interested in the Gio? Or the Fit? Or the Ace?

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