Samsung touch-screen phone in South Korea

Samsung has launched a touch-screen mobile phone, thinner than Apple Inc.'s iPhone which delivers to the human touch senses through haptic feedback. The phone is here to cost around 800,000 won US $800 in the Korea but so far there has been no announcements for availability in other territories.

The new Samsung touchscreen phone features a 3.2-inch widescreen display, 2-megapixel camera, a full Internet browser, reception of terrestrial television programming and Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity.