Samsung Lucido: We love it when a phone comes together

Samsung thinks the Italians say it sexier, so it'snamed its new candybar phone Lucido,announced today, which is the Italian word for 'sleek'.

The Lucido is the follow-up to the SamsungU800, which we loved. With its brushed-metal finish and long battery life, theU800 was a classic mid-range phone, so we've got high hopes for its newer sibling.

The handset will feature a 56mm (2.2-inch) AMOLED screen. We've seen the screen in person on theupcoming ToccoUltra, and we loved its bright, vivid colours -- even in the glaring lightsof our secret command centre at the top of the BT Tower.

It will also have a 5-megapixel camera with face and smiledetection, zippy downloads via 7.2Mbps HSDPA, and GPS with Google Maps builtin.

From the press images, it looks like Samsung has gone withslimming black to make this 11.8mm handset look even trimmer. We're not sureabout the red pinstripe -- it has a hint of A-Team van. If you're going all Murdock on us, Samsung, you might as well do it right.