Samsung Electronics has confirmed the official Olympic partner status and announced Samsung SGH-E848 Golden Olympic Edition. The device is plated with 18-carat gold and carries the Olympic Games 2008 logo. This is a slider featuring functionality of an up-to-date handset. It will hit the stores from the opening of the Summer Olympic Games in Peking.

• Networks - GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
• Display – 2.2” (240×320 pixels, 262K colors)
• Camera - 2-megapixel 4x digital zoom
• 70 MB of internal memory
• microSD-slot
• NetFront 3.4 browser
• Audio - MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA
• Video - H.263, MPEG4
• Interface - Bluetooth 2.0 (A2DP), USB 2.0
• Talk time – up to 5 hours
• Standby time – up to 250 hours
• Dimensions – 101.5×52.5×10.6 mm
• Weight - 99 g