Samsung Galaxy S Hoppin Bounces To South Korea

by Rob Jackson on January 24th, 2011 at 10:13 am

By the name, you might be inclined to think the Galaxy S Hoppin is a Galaxy S prepackaged with NBA or Basketball applications- afterall, March Madness is right around the corner. But the “Hoppin” referred to in this case isn’t about dunking a ball but instead streaming your media. The Samsung Galaxy S Hoppin will be available on local carrier SKT whose Hoppin service allows users to stream content on their phone to TV or PC.

The Hoppin has a 4-inch Super AMOLED screen and 1GHz processor like many of the Galaxy S phones we’ve seen, plus Android 2.2, GPS, 5MP camera, DLNA, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 3.5mm headset jack and more. Looks like a pretty nice phone although I can’t say I’m particularly fond of the “heft” below and above the screen- seems like a lot of hardware beyond the screen.

  • Xgarryx

    it wil ship with 2.1

  • Alex

    Samsung continues to blatantly rip off Apple hardware design. If you’re going to get an Android device, why would you get one that looks like an iPhone?

  • Dave

    Some of us don’t get Android phones just to be “different” than the iPhone.

  • Logan

    @Alex. That is why I love the look of my OG Droid. It is very anti-iphone.

  • Pimpstrong

    Why would I NOT get a bad ass phone because it looks like another phone?

  • Steven Skwarkowski

    So many boring Samsung devies with the same crap. Yes, my OG Galaxy S (Vibrant) was and is close to a top-of-the-line phone and will continue to be if they keep putting out crap like this. Where are the 8mp cameras, dual-led flash, 3mp+ ffc, 32gb built in internal memory?

  • Mf

    Looks like someone linked thier whole picture gallery to the article.

  • me

    Can’t you already do all of this with any DLNA enabled device? I don’t really see what is new here other than maybe some new software…

  • LOL

    @Alex lol im so surprised that Apple didnt claim any copyrights over galaxy s like they did to meizu m8 :)

  • Likeasombodeeeeeeee

    How doesit look like an iphone? Screen size is 4.0, thickness is 10.9 and the back is so different! check this site even though some of u dont understand korean.
    http://kr.samsungmobile.com/product/anycall/product/overview.do?pageNo=&screenType=big&kind=&phoneModel1=&phoneModel2=&phoneModel3=&pdGroup=100001&pdModel=SHW-M190S&pdMaster=SHW-M190S&openYN=&query=&shape=smart&sort=createdate

  • http://pilot0312.blog.me Brian L

    I live in south korea and i use this phone
    it dont have some basketball app.
    the hoppin means cyworld korea’s video player

  • lebrahc

    hi brian, i’m from the US but i’m planning to visit seoul on may. i want to get the galaxy s hoppin just because of IU, i’m not familiar how it is there with buying handphones so my question is can i buy an a galaxy s hoppin without an skt plan? or can i get that particular galaxy s unit outside skt? & do you know how much it might cost?



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