Don’t get me wrong – I’ve never been in Sweden. But when I think about solar panels, it’s probably the last place that comes to my mind. In that sense, I was surprised to learn that Samsung will be initially introducing its eco-friendly, solar panel-equipped Blue Earth phone in the land of Ikea, Absolut vodka…
Coupon Quickie: 25% Off Text-Friendly Phones from Verizon
Just a quickie I happened to notice here while reading through some tweets. Verizon has just launched a Twitter promo, offering 25% off the Motorola Rival, LG enV3 and Samsung Alias 2. To take advantage, head on over to Verizon, find the Rival, enV3 or Alias2, and enter the promo code ‘25MSG‘. Happy shopping! [Via:…
Weekend Videos: Palm Pre in beer, N900 can autofocus for recording video, Samsung Giorgio Armani
I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but this is the start of week 42 of 2009, meaning that there are only 10 weeks left until the start of a new decade. Pretty exciting stuff. I can vividly remember when the ball dropped in NYC and it turned 2000. I was there. Something that wasn’t so…
Giorgio Armani and Samsung copy the Nokia N97 Mini, throw on Windows Mobile 6.5
I had to do a double take when I saw this photo up on Engadget. What you’re looking at is a device with no formal name, I’m serious, it doesn’t have a name, but with specs that are pretty impressive: 3.5 inch OLED display, Windows Mobile 6.5, 5 megapixel camera, QWERTY keyboard, 8 GB storage…
Samsung unveils a trio of “Guru” low-end handsets in India: 2120, 2130 and 1160
In its efforts to conquer a portion of the ever-growing Indian mobile market, Samsung has launched three new low-cost handsets (from left to right), as part of their “Guru” series: 2120, 2130 and 1160. Here’s the rundown for each of the phones: 2120 comes with a 1.5-inch CSTN display, Bluetooth, VGA camera, music player, FM…
Images: Samsung i5700 Galaxy Lite aka Spica press shots are here
Here are the first press shots of the upcoming Samsung i5700 Galaxy Lite. According to AllAboutPhones, the all-touchscreen device may get a different name – Galaxy i5700 Spica, though that doesn’t matter much at this stage. What does matter is the release date. We still don’t have one and I’m hoping the Korean giant will…
Samsung F839 unveiled in China
Samsung has unveiled a new all-touchscreen device for the ever-growing Chinese market – F839. The somewhat stylish device comes with a CDMA radio along with 1x EV-DO (3G), meaning this baby is slated for China Telecom. Rest of the specs include 3.2-inch WQVGA (240×400 pixels) touchscreen, 3-megapixel camera, media player (DivX), GPS, FM radio, Bluetooth,…
Hands-on with the Android-powered Samsung Moment
Samsung has officially gone Android. Today, at the CTIA WITE 2009 conference in beautiful San Diego, Samsung unveiled the Samsung Moment as their first Android phone to hit market. The Moment features a 3.2-inch AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 3.2-megapixel camera (with autofocus and LED flash), slide-out QWERTY keyboard, GPS, WiFi and an optical mouse. There’s also…
Samsung accidentally announces the “Moment” for Sprint
Samsung issued a press release today about their groovy AMOLED displays. Their contrast is great, the darks are darker, the colors pop out, and power consumption goes down, but viewing angles in outdoor conditions go straight to hell when compared to transflective LCD displays. Anyway, back to the juicy bit of the press release, the…
Samsung Intrepid WinMo 6.5 smartphone hitting Sprint on October 11th
Sprint announced that it will offer a new QWERTY-keyboard equipped Windows Mobile 6.5 smartphone starting from October 11th. It’s called Samsung Intrepid and it looks like a successor to the Ace model. Specs wise, aside from boasting the latest version of Microsoft’s mobile OS, the Intrepid comes with EV-DO Rev. A connectivity, 2.5-inch QVGA screen,…