Small and so delicious, this candy bar phone makes viewers drool with anticipation. The Samsung SGH-F500 is a dual-faced phone that’s business on one side, and movie viewing pleasure on the other. This phone sports a 2.3″ widescreen that is capable of playing back many popular video formats, including DivX, and can play content back from either its internal memory (about half a GB) or from the microSD card slot. The keypad, a DVD-style navigation setup, can twist away from the screen, making for a convenient stand while content is being viewed.

I had a chance to get some hands-on time with the SGH-F500 at CES 2007, and I was truly impressed. The video (mostly movie trailers) looked great, and was clearly viewable, although I have some concerns with how subtitles will come across. Navigation was easy, and the button faces also feature the “sweeping motion” style control that is popular with many digital media players today.

The video features, combined with a 2mp digital camera and music playback support could make this media-friendly phone a big deal, although Samsung had no information on any future U.S. release.

[Samsung’s wireless site]