Anyone wanting to give their video conferences that classy Paris Hilton sex video look will be crossing their fingers in hope that the Samsung SCH-W760 scores a release outside its native Korea. The phone is the first to come with a front facing infrared camera for low-light video conferencing and also includes a rear-facing 3-megapixel [...]
Samsung is touting the new Jet as “smarter than a smartphone”. Not sure how the folks at Samsung measure “smartness”, but the claim probably stems from the beefy 800MHz processor powering the phone. However, opting for Samsung’s own TouchWiz 2.0 platform instead of a traditional smartphone operating system means the phone is more likely to [...]
Samsung has introduced their first solar-powered phone, an inexpensive device targeted at emerging markets. The dual-band (900/1800MHz) GSM E1107 “Crest” includes a normal 800 mAh battery that is charged normally and a large solar panel which provides 5-10 minutes of talk time for each hour it is exposed to the sun.
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., today introduced the world’s first 12-megapixel camera phone with full-touch screen. The Samsung Pixon12 (M8910) will be available in Europe at the end of June.
The Jitterbug, a simplified cell phone for seniors with oversized buttons (whose name conjures the good old days of yesteryear) has been recalled because, wait for it, it can’t always call 911. The bug, which Samsung blames on a version of the phone’s firmware which was distributed after March 1, 2008, prevents subscribers from connecting [...]
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U.S. Cellular has announced the availability of new square shaped flip phone from Samsung. Available in his ’n’ hers charcoal or pink the Samsung Gloss (aka the SCH-U440) includes a 2.2-inch QCIF 220 x 176 pixel display and boasts a textaholic friendly full QWERTY keyboard inside a 2.55 x 2.94 x .82-inch clamshell form factor.
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Verizon today announced the availability of the Samsung Alias 2. Like its predecessor, it’s still a dual-hinge messaging phone with EV-DO connectivity, but this time around Samsung used E-Ink keys to solve the usability issues that arise from slapping two labels onto a single key.
Samsung today announced the I7500, their first Android handset, which is set to arrive in “major European countries” in June 2009. The 11.9mm thick I7500 features a 3.2-inch (320×480) AMOLED touch screen, and beats the T-Mobile G1 in a few areas – 8GB of on-board storage, a 3.5mm headphone jack, and a 1500mAh battery which [...]
Samsung Mobile Display, a joint venture between Samsung Electronics and Samsung SDI, is predicting the global smartphone market will grow from 170 million devices in 2009 to 500 million devices in 2012, taking the market share from 14 percent to 29 percent.
Samsung has unveiled the Mondi, a mobile Internet device that runs the TouchWiz UI on top of Windows Mobile 6.1, with browser duties taken care of by Opera 9.5.