
Vodafone will release the Samsung H1 on October the 30th, 2009, but you can pre-order this handset right now. The phone is available for free with a 24-month contract, which costs £30 per month. In case you didn’t know, the Samsung H1 is Vodafone’s first mobile phone that uses Vodafone 360 Platform. It features a 3.5-inch OLED display, a 5-megapixel shooter, a built-in GPS, WiFi, HSDPA/3G connectivity and a 16GB of storage space. [Vodafone]

Here is good news for those who are living in the UK. Sony Ericsson will release the Sony Ericsson Satio via Vodafone network. FYI, the handset has a 12.1-megapixel camera with Xenon and LED Flash and runs on the Symbian S60 5th edition OS. Vodafone is offering the Sony Ericsson Satio for a hefty £35 or £40 ($55 or $64) monthly with contract for 24 months. [TechRadar]

It seems that Vodafone will release the HTC Magic worldwide. Vodafone’s UK branch has announced that they will release the Magic this Friday, May 1st. You should be able to pick up the device for free, depending on the data plan that you pick. [Engadget Mobile]
Vodafone has decided to release the HTC Magic in April 2009. This Android-powered handset is powered by a 528MHz Qualcomm processor with a 512MB ROM and 192MB RAM. Other features include a 3.2 inch TFT LCD flat touchscreen display at 320 × 480 HVGA resolution, HSDPA/WCDMA support, Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support, internal GPS antenna, Bluetooth 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rate, Wi-Fi b/g connectivity, a 3.2MP color camera with auto focus, and a microSD memory card slot. [intomobile]

The UK carrier Vodafone has decided to release the BlackBerry Storm 9500 smartphone. Sadly, there is no word on the release date and pricing info at this time. The smartphone offers a 3.25 inch touch screen display at 460 x 360 resolution, a 3.2MP camera with autofocus and flash, automatic screen rotation, 128MB RAM, 1GB internal memory, a microSDHC memory card slot and HSPA connectivity. Just remember that the BlackBerry Storm 9500 doesn’t have Wi-Fi connectivity. [SlashGear]