Samsung joins hand with O2 to release Monte smartphone

samsung-monte-smartphoneOn the eve of release of Marvel's Iron Man 2, the Korean phone maker- Samsung has joined hands with O2 to roll out a unique edition of its Monte smartphone.

The Monte smartphone will feature exclusive content material which will concur with the release of the sequel of Marvel's Iron Man. The content distributed with the smartphone shall feature the original version of the Iron Man movie as well as selected content from the Iron Man 2 version ie, the trailer and footage of crew.

Monte which was first premiered at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, enlists a 3-inch WQVGA touchscreen, 3.2-megapixel camera, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth and a TouchWiz UI. It will also cater to the social networking needs supporting Myspace, Facebook, Twitter and Bebo.

The phone which is already available with O2 network comes at a £10 on a two year contract (£15 for 18-months) will have to face the heat of competition from HTC Tattoo and Samsung's own smartphones.