T-Mobile offers (some) details on Galaxy S variant: Vibrant

The latest U.S. carrier to dish details on a Samsung Galaxy S variant is T-Mobile. Although it was hardly a secret, it was good to see some official information from the carrier itself.

AT&T earlier detailed its own version of the Galaxy S, the Captivate earlier.
While the first really powerful Android phone on that network, it's still crippled by AT&T's App Store-like restriction against side-loading apps.

Meanwhile, no other carrier seems to implement that restriction, so we assume that T-Mobile won't either. The T-Mobile version will be called the Samsung Vibrant, and based on the Super AMOLED screen of the device, it certain is.

T-Mobile has a countdown page for still more details, such as (perhaps) a ship date, but here is what the carrier already said:

Hardware

• The Vibrant offers a 1GHz Samsung Hummingbird processor which is optimized for superior media viewing and game play.
• The Vibrant has a 4.0-inch Super AMOLED touch screen display that gives you a bright, vivid viewing experience.
• The Vibrant benefits from enhanced speeds with T-Mobile’s HSPA+ network, but it’s not an HSPA+ device (huh!)
• The Vibrant is one of the slimmest smartphones on the market. The dimensions are 4.82” x 2.54” x 0.39”; weighs 4.16 oz.
• The Vibrant’s 5 MP camera is equipped with digital zoom and autofocus. Comes with an HD video recorder too! (yes, but no front-facing camera as in the European version and no flash)

The Vibrant will unfortunately ship with Android 2.1, but there's little doubt that it will get 2.2 (Froyo) later.

The loss of the flash and front-facing camera is disappointing, but puts the phone in the Captivate category, but with the addition of side-loading.

While T-Mobile's date for details appears to be Monday, Samsung has already sent invitations to a Tuesday night event to unveil a "new class of brilliant Android smart phones." Those are likely to be Galaxy S phones across carriers, as well as hopefully some information on rumored Galaxy S Pro phones, as well.