Android updates on the brain, much? Following on Motorola’s Android 2.1 OS update timetable, Sprint has revealed that the long-awaited Android 2.1 update would soon be arriving for Samsung Moment and HTC Hero users. Both of these devices are still stuck on Android 1.5, which is getting outdated rather quickly. The update will be expected early in the…
Samsung’s Super OLED Display: The only OLED display that is usable outdoors
Mobile World Congress is taking place in Barcelona this year, as usual, and the weather has been absolutely terrible. All this rain and freezing temperatures. Will and I however, both owners of the Google Nexus One, couldn’t be any happier. OLED screens, as beautiful as they are, frankly don’t work that well outside. Before I…
Samsung unveils two new HD CMOS image censors for mobile phones
It’s not all about phones for Samsung at the Mobile World Congress. The Korean giant has also unveiled two new HD CMOS sensors for the mobile phone market – the S5K4E2 and S5K5CA. Let’s briefly talk about each product, shall we: S5K4E2 CMOS image sensor – ultra-sensitive 1/4-inch, 1.4 micron, 5-megapixel chip with an integrated…
Hands on video of the Samsung Wave – Proving that Bada OS can be Bada-Ass
The Samsung Wave just ushered Samsung’s Bada OS into the smartphone segment at the smartphone maker’s press conference earlier today, and we’ve some sweet, sweet hands-on video (HD video, booyah) of the impressively-spec’d handset for your viewing pleasure. Samsung gave us a chance to play with their first smartphone powered by the Bada OS, and…
Two new phones spotted at Samsung’s MWC portal: E2370 and Ch?t (B3410W)
In addition to the Bada phone (Wave), two Monte models and the super-powerful I8520 – we’ve found two more devices at Samsung’s MWC portal: E2370 and Ch?t (B3410W). The first of the two (picture on the left) is a low-end ruggedized candybar with dual-band GSM radio, 1.77-inch 128×160 pixels screen, VGA camera, music player, FM…
Samsung I8520 rocks Android 2.1, 3.7-inch WVGA Super AMOLED, 8 MP camera, pico projector!
Even though Samsung failed to officially announce the I8520 Android-powered smartphone at its Bada event, we’ve found the device at the company’s MWC portal. It’s a rockin’ awesome device with features that impress! Here’s the specs rundown: Quad-band GSM coupled with tri-band HSPA connectivity 3.7-inch WVGA Super AMOLED touchscreen 8-megapixel camera (720p / 30fps video…
Samsung Monte Slider E2550 and Monte Bar C3200 unveiled
And we have the specs of two Samsung Monte phones we briefly talked about earlier today… not that Samsung actually mentioned them at their Bada/Wave event – we got the info from a PDF file in the press kit. Without further ado, here’s what to expect: Samsung Monte Slider (E2550) Dual-band GSM/GPRS (900/1800 MHz) 2-inch…
Samsung shows LTE-enabled N150 netbook at the Mobile World Congress
Samsung is demonstrating the first LTE (Long Term Evolution) netbook at the Mobile World Congress – N150, which comes with Samsung’s own in-house designed LTE modem chipset, Kalmia. In addition to an LTE modem, the N150’s specs include Atom N450 CPU running at 1.66 GHz, 1 GB RAM, 10.1-inch WSVGA screen, 160 or 250 GB…
Samsung unveils Samsung S8500 Wave as first Bada OS phone
Mobile World Congress has yet to officially get underway, but that didn’t stop Samsung from taking the early-announcer advantage and unveiling the Samsung S8500 Wave as their first ever smartphone powered by the Bada OS. It’s powered by a 1Ghz processor, sports a 5-megapixel camera (with flash), and rocks an amazingly crisp and bright Super…
Two new Samsung phones spotted – Monte Slider (E2550) and Monte Bar (C3200)
Samsung will follow the successful practice it learned from the Corby example with another device – Monte S5620. What that means is that Monte will no longer be a single phone, but a family of devices. That said we present you the Monte Slider (E2550) and Monte Bar (C3200). We don’t have the official specs…