Samsung to Bring TouchWiz Touch Screen Phones to U.S.

By Allen Tsai | Thu Oct 23, 2008 5:26 am

Samsung today announced plans to bring their customizable touch screen user interface in the U.S. market.

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Their new TouchWiz UI has specially designed widgets to personalize commonly used applications. Organized on the home screen, users can pick from several widgets preinstalled applications such as the web, music player, instant messaging, Bluetooth and navigation services.

"Samsung's TouchWiz interface has been a huge hit overseas and we're excited that it is coming to several new Samsung phones in the U.S.," said Bill Ogle, Chief Marketing Officer of Samsung Mobile. "TouchWiz is all about customizing your phone to make it look and work just the way you want it to."

Samsung expects to launch several full touch screen devices with TouchWiz technology in late 2008 and early 2009.

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