Android smartphones are gaining traction. T-Mobile USA will soon launch the Motorola CLIQ and is already home to two distinct Android handsets – the T-Mobile G1 and T-Mobile myTouch3G. Sprint is expected to go live with the HTC Hero next month. Verizon is expected to welcome the Motorola Sholes to its network in October. And,…
Bell Launches the Samsung Reclaim
You may recall earlier the plans Bell had to launch the Samsung Reclaim. True to form, those plans have come to fruition and the Reclaim is now available on Bell! You can pick one up for $49.95 on a 3-year contract, $99.95 on a 2-year, $199.95 on a 1-year and $219.95 prepaid. So why is…
Samsung Instinct HD Going Live on Sprint September 27?
We had seen a brief (but official) glimpse of the Samsung Instinct HD for Sprint, and vague promises of it “coming soon”. Luckily,the dumbphone with a nice camera has posed for some press shots here and come with information about a September 27th. launch at price point between $99 and $149. The status of “HD”…
Samsung to Make First MetroPCS LTE Handset, Due 2010
MetroPCS has just announced who they’ll be working with to bring 4G to the masses: Ericsson in the back end, Samsung in the front. The dual-mode LTE/CDMA device should be landing in the second half of 2010 along with the proper network support in metropolitain areas, so there’s still a ways to go, but it’s…
Samsung to release Star S5230 with WiFi connectivity – S5230W and S5233W
Samsung is preparing to release a WiFi enabled version of its highly popular all-touchscreen phone Star S5230 aka Tocco Lite. There will be two versions of the updated device – S5230W for Europe, and S5233W for the Middle East, Asia and Africa. We’re not sure whether there are some other changes under the hood aside…
Sprint Launches Samsung M330
Sprint has announced a simple little slider from Samsung, the M330, which is available for free on contract after rebates. It’s not much to look at, but it does include an app called PictBridge which lets you send photos right to the printer via Bluetooth. It also has language support for Spanish, and the usual…
Sprint Quietly Outs Samsung Instinct HD, “Coming Soon”
Sprint has shown the first public acknowledgment of carrying the Instinct HD, tucked away in their Premier Connection newsletter recently. Between the Best Buy pricing leaks and the hands-on pictures, we could see Samsung’s Instinct HD coming to Sprint a mile away, but you’d think they’d make a slightly bigger deal about the phone when…
Special edition Samsung Think-Pink Star S5230 created to fight breast cancer
Samsung has prepared another version of its highly popular all-touchscreen handset – Star S5230, aka Tocco Lite in the UK. This time, however, it’s not just the new color the Star has — it’s also the cause. The so called Samsung Star Think-Pink edition comes with a cancer ribbon at the back of the device…
Low-end Samsung SCH-S540 SlimStyle hits SK Telecom
SK Telecom has a new low-end Samsung handset in its offering. It’s marked as SCH-S540 aka SlimStyle, and as you can guess, it’s a super slim device (11.4mm thin). Aside from its thinness, the SlimStyle also sports a 2.1-inch 176×220 pixels screen, CDMA2000 1x connectivity, 1.3-megapixel camera, microSD memory card slot, and a 800 mAh…
Vodafone to Announce Linux-Powered 360 by Samsung?
What do we have here? A new Samsung handset packing an 8 megapixel camera and OLED screen running on LIMO? Apparently there’s no official name set, but I think 360 might be a fair bet. Rumour has it Vodafone will be launching a service called “Vodafone People” which will help you stay connected to various…