Samsung T139 Mayon has been spotted on the company’s website on its way to T-Mobile USA. It’s an entry-level clamshell that targets folks who need an easy-to-use device for basic calling and texting. Features include two screens (internal and external), VGA camera that can take both photos and videos, Bluetooth, aGPS, speakerphone and an HTML…
Samsung: Our mobile division will grow 19% this year
Samsung expects that its handset shipments grow 19% to more than 270 million units this year, helped by demand for smartphones. In other words, that’s more than double that of the industry, according to the company’s president of the mobile-communication division – J.K. Shin. Last year, Samsung shipped 227 million mobile phones and this year…
Samsung M100S Android phone unveiled with Android 2.1 OS and TouchWiz
Say what you will about TouchWiz, but no amount of complaining about its awkward and confusing user interface will keep Samsung from continuing to feature TouchWiz in their latest smartphones – the new Samsung M100S, for example. Samsung just unveiled their Samsung M100S as their first Android smartphone to run Android OS 2.1. Like it’s…
Samsung S8500 first to get Bluetooth 3.0 certification
Being the first one to do anything deserves some serious street-cred. Being the first mobile phone to be certified for Bluetooth 3.0 deserves our geeky attention. The Samsung S8500 has just become the world’s first mass production mobile phone to feature support for the Bluetooth 3.0 standard, as approved by the Bluetooth Special Interest Group…
Rogers’ Lineup to Boast Many New Touchscreen Devices in Early 2010
The next few months are going to see quite a few new touchscreen devices appearing on Rogers. Among them are the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10, the LG Pop, Samsung CorbyPRO and LG KM555. The Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 boasts a 4″ capacitive touchscreen display, 1Ghz Snapdragon processor, 8MP camera, GPS, WiFi, micro SD and more.…
Samsung: In March we’ll begin mass producing a 3.3 inch 800×480 resolution AMOLED multitouch screen
Yesterday Samsung announced that they’re going to being mass production of a 3.3 inch AMOLED screen, with a resolution of 800×480 pixels, and that has a multitouch layer built into the screen itself, during March. Usually when one builds a multitouch screen they start with a plain old display, and then slap a multitouch sensor…
Samsung Galaxy 2 shows up?
I’m not sure whether we should believe the image above, but apparently it’s the successor to Samsung’s first Android smartphone – I7500 Galaxy. From what we’ve heard, the Galaxy 2 will get a specs boost to include such things as 1GHz Snapdragon CPU, 3.7-inch AMOLED touchscreen, 32GB of internal memory, whereas Android 2.1 will run…
Giorgio Armani WinMo smartphone hits India
Samsung India has launched the super-fancy Giorgio Armani smartphone, which is powered by the latest version of Windows Mobile (6.5). As you may remember, this baby packs all possible radios allowing users to connect over HSPA, WiFi and GSM networks. Rest of the features include a 5-megapixel camera, 3.5-inch AMOLED touchscreen, GPS, full QWERTY keyboard,…
Samsung Corby POP C3510 officially announced in Russia
Samsung has officially announced the cheapest member of its Corby family, POP C3510, in Russia. We’ve already talked about the all-touchscreen device and are familiar with all of its specs. They are worth repeating, nonetheless, and include such things as 1.3-megapixel camera, 2.8-inch QVGA display, music player, FM radio with RDS, 3.5mm headset jack, Bluetooth,…
Samsung CorbyPRO comes to UK as the Genio Slide
Why do some handsets have so many names? Confused I am! Anyway, now the Samsung (ready for this?) B5310 CorbyPRO, or Samsung Genio Slide as they are calling it in the UK, is now for sales on the Vodafone UK shop site. Got all that? Then you’ve done well! The B5310/CorbyPRO/Genio Slide is aimed at…