Samsung Galaxy Lite i5700Time to rejoice Android smart phone fans; the Samsung Galaxy Portal i5700 is being subsidized by T-Mobile in the UK.

With an exclusivity deal for a whole month, T-Mobile will be bringing out this impressive little budget Android in its many deals and offerings. Grab the device from pay as you go or get it for free under some of T-Mobile’s various plans. One good deal makes the device available for free (18 months, £23 per month).

Originally named Galaxy Spica outside of the UK, the Portal seemed like it would never hit UK shores until a news update from Samsung popped out about a week ago. The Galaxy and the Galaxy Spica would be receiving Android updates from the original version 1.5 Cupcake to the much newer 2.0 Éclair.

With the news came the excitement that the Spica might just get a UK release after all. Looks like Android phones seeking a UK release need a name change first. The same thing happened with the Motorola DROID when it was ported over; the device was renamed as the Motorola Milestone.

The Portal will be exactly the same as the Spica in terms of specs (it is the same phone after all). First off, the device will come with a nice big 3.2 inch TFT touch screen –a great upgrade over the usual 2 inch touch screen on other budget devices. The resolution is 320 x 480 pixels, and the display capacity is 16 million colors so expect to get a lot of depth and detail when viewing images you shoot with the phone’s 3 mega pixel camera. The camera comes with auto focus and supports geo-tagging, but it lacks LED flash so be careful of lighting when shooting photos.

Head over to Softpedia and get all the details.