The Samsung F490 is the direct competitor to the iPhone. It is a touch screen mobile phone that comes with tactile feedback, similar to that of Motorola's haptic technology. As beautiful as this phone is, can it take on the might of apple and win the hearts and minds of gadget lovers the world over? This article looks at the F490's features and attempts to answer this very question.

The Samsung F490 is a 3.5 HSDPA handset, which means that data transfer on this magnificent handset is no problem whatsoever. The screen is particularly large with a resolution of 240 X 432 pixels. This is a longer screen than is usually found on a mobile phone and one can assume that this is to support widescreen playback for films and TV shows.

Samsung has taken a lot of the features from its flagship "Armani" phone, in particular the interface and operating system. With system upgrades and bug fixes, the F490 should be a stable phone that is fit for even the most avid mobile user. The F490 comes equipped with a 5 mega pixel camera, although nothing has been mentioned about autofocus yet, a feature that is expected on today's mobile phones.

The internal memory is 130mb. This is small and will probably allow you store approximately 40 songs or 300 photographs (depending upon what resolution you select). You can expand the memory using a micro SD card up to a capacity of 4GB., this is plenty; for a mobile phone.

Overall the Samsung F490 is a fantastic mobile phone that is surely going to make waves in the industry. It is pushing Samsung further on in the telecommunications world and pitting it against the likes of Nokia and Sony Ericsson. This is a good thing as the more competition we have the better.