Samsung have obviously been watching the N-series competition from Nokia and have sent their i550 smartphone back to the lab for an all important 802.11 tweak: renamed the i550w, the S60 cellphone now has WiFi in addition to the existing HSDPA.  All other specs for the smartphone remain the same, which means you get a 2.6-inch QVGA display, 3.2-megapixel autofocus camera with flash, GPS and a microSD slot.

Specs:

• HSDPA, UMTS, EDGE, GSM 900/1800/1900 MHz +2100 MHz connectivity
• 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus and flash
• 2.6-inch QVGA 262K color TFT display
• Built-in GPS
• FM Radio
• Bluetooth 2.0 (with A2DP)
• USB 2.0 High Speed
• 3.5 mm headphone jack
• Symbian 9.2 OS with S60 3.1 UI
• Full HTML browsing
• RSS support
• 1200 mAh battery
• 150 MB of built-in memory
• expandable to 4GB with via microSD
• Dimensions: 115×53×13.8 mm  

The i550w appears to be already on-sale, priced at around $395 SIM-free.

[via Unwired View]