Looks like we can expect another new Windows Mobile 6.5 device on Bell and Rogers in the very near future. The Samsung Messenger (GT-B7330) is due to hit these two Canadian carriers straight away. Bell is rumored to be releasing the Messenger on April 28th (tomorrow!) and Rogers is shooting for a May 4th launch.…
Samsung GT-I7680 OPhone heading to China Mobile
Samsung will join China Mobile’s OPhone party with its all-touchscreen device – GT-I7680. The device that runs a special version of Android comes with TD-SCDMA 3G (used by China Mobile), tri-band GSM radio, WiFi (actually WAPI – a Chinese version of WiFi), 3.5-inch WVGA (800×480 pixels) AMOLED touchscreen, 5-megapixel camera, 800 MHz CPU, standard 3.5mm…
U.S. Cellular lands Windows Mobile-powered Samsung Exec
There’s some good news and bad news if you’re on U.S. Cellular: you can buy the handset with the best name I’ve heard in a while but it’s going to be decidedly mediocre. The Samsung Exec is powered by Windows Mobile 6.5 and it rocks a full QWERTY keyboard. As the name suggests, this is…
Yahoo! and Samsung sitting in a tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-g [Samsung’s fones to ship without Google]
Samsung and Yahoo! “announced a strategic global partnership” today, that comes down to this: future Samsung devices, including those running Bada and Android, will come preloaded with Yahoo! services. Now I know what you’re thinking, why? Who the hell still uses Yahoo!? In Asia, a lot of folks. In fact, it’s the number one instant…
Samsung Star S5230 available in FIFA World Cup Fan Package and LaFleur editions in Germany
Samsung is rolling out new versions of its highly popular Star S5230 handset in Germany. The first one is the LaFleur edition, which used to be available for one other Samsung phone – F480. The special version of the handset will come in red with floral patterns on the case. The second Star version is…
Samsung may release a Symbian phone later this year
All you Symbian fans should be happy to hear that Samsung is reportedly planning to make a handset with that operating system by the end of the year. There have been some rumblings that the world’s second-biggest handset maker would ditch Symbian because it already supports Android, bada and Windows Phone 7 but that doesn’t…
iPhone Owns 72% of Japanese Smartphone Market – Research
Apple’s quarterly results hinted at hefty growth in Japan, and to corroborate, the MM Research Institute has established that there are 2.34 million iPhones in Japan, constituting 72.2% smartphone market share. If these numbers are true, iPhone’s 2009 growth in Japan is double that of last year. HTC, the runner-up, nabbed only 11.1%, followed by…
OtterBox Cases for Motorola Cliq, Nokia N97 Mini, Samsung Behold II Released
Hey, so long as we’re talking about OtterBox, they’ve got a bunch of new cases for the summer, including the light Impact Series for the LG Chocolate Touch, and Commuter Series for the Motorola Cliq, Nokia N97 Mini, and Samsung Behold II. All Commuter OtterBoxes let you detatch the hard plastic casing if you want…
Samsung Omnia II’s Windows Mobile 6.5.3 coming in May
Samsung Sweden has confirmed that a free firmware upgrade is coming for the Omnia II users. The update will bring the latest version of Microsoft’s mobile OS (6.5.3) along with several other improvements. Most notable change will tackle Omnia’s touchscreen, making touch response much faster and intuitive. In addition, they talk about improved UI, which…
Samsung’s ARM processor roadmap leaks; 2011 = year of the Cortex A9 chips
A leaked PDF document [2.4 MB file] from November 2009, which is nearly half a year ago, has just surfaced and it shows Samsung’s roadmap for ARM processors destined for netbooks. The South Korean firm points to the current netbook computing landscape as Windows + Intel, which has been that way since as long as…