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According to DigiTimes, Samsung "plans to launch more than 10 touch-enables handsets in the Taiwan market in the second half of 2009." This is to try to beat out their rival, LG. Although Samsung is first in the global market - shipping 6.1 million touch-enabled handsets in the first quarter of this year - LG has 17% of the touchscreen market in Taiwan, while Samsung only has 12%. Some handsets that will be launched in the second half of this year are the Samsung S8000 Jet, Beat DJ M7600, Omnia II I8000, Galaxy I7500, and the S5600 Blade.

[DigiTimes]

Orange released this handset way back in June, but now it's Vodafone's turn. Vodafone has just released the mid-end Samsung S5600 Blade. It's available now for free for as low as £15 ($24.69 USD) a month on a 2-year contract, which is a little bit lower than Orange's offering of £20 ($32.92 USD) a month on a 2-year contract. You can check out the Samsung S5600 Blade's specs right here.

[Pocket-Lint]

It looks like Vodafone will be getting their hands on the Samsung S5600. But, they are going to change the name to the Samsung Blade and they've also decided to change the big square button to a triangular button shaped - somewhat - like a blade. If you remember, the Samsung S5600 Blade has: a 2.8-inch touchscreen QVGA display, HSDPA 3.5G connectivity, a 3.2MP camera, and a microSD card slot. Since Orange UK has the Samsung S5600 for free, Vodafone may also hit UK for free as well. The availability is still unknown.

[Tech Radar]