ZTE has launched its Android 2.1 smartphone Blade in France. It was launched as Orange San Francisco in UK sometime back and got rave reviews.

ZTE Blade comes with a 3.5″ multipoint capacitive touchscreen, with a resolution of 480×800 pixels, 3.2 mega pixel camera, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, Email, Internet, video player / recorder, MP3 player, FM radio, etc.

“After the CUTE in February and the LINK in May, the BLADE is a significant new step for ZTE in France. With this smartphone, we would like to develop enthusiasm for the Android platform by providing a powerful and stylish phone at a reasonable price.  This step is part of our strategy to move up-market and participate in the development of our brand in the French territory,”said ZTE’s Head of Mobile Terminals Department Emmanuel Rousseau, in a statement.