Don’t quote me on this, but it looks like Samsung’s full QWERTY keyboard-equipped feature phone, R560, is heading to MetroPCS. Apparently, the carrier wants to replace its now outdated R450 Messager with this baby. And how we know this? Well, the device with MetroPCS branding has been spotted at Samsung’s website, though when I checked…
Video: Samsung Jet announcement makes me want one of these!
Don’t know how we missed this video from Samsung’s Jet announcement, but it’s cool and we’re going with it, even if we’re late. The clip is Minority Report-like and apparently Samsung used technology from Korean firm D’strict. It combines infrared motion sensing and 3D imagery a la Microsoft Natal… Enough said, push the play button…
Samsung Link Launches Ahead of Schedule at Virgin Mobile Canada
So much for the rumor of Bell launching the Samsung Link on the 30th all by their lonesome. Virgin Mobile Canada has jumped the gun and launched the Samsung Link in Grey. You can head over to Virgin Mobile Canada right now for full details or to pick one up for yourself. Pricing on the…
Samsung Link Coming to Bell and Virgin Mobile in a Few Days?
Bell and Virgin Mobile up in Canada are all set to launch the Samsung Link in the very near future. Last I heard, Bell was set to launch the Link on July 30th… No details have been available on a Virgin Mobile launch… until now. A live link has appeared on the Virgin Mobile website,…
Samsung to launch over 10 touch screen devices and LG to launch 14 devices, 7 to be touch, in 2H09
Jae Hyun Ryu, Director of the Mobile Communications Unit at Samsung Taiwan, said that the South Korean company is planning on launching over 10 touch screen devices in the Taiwanese market during the second half of this year. We already know about the Star 5230, Jet S8000, Beat DJ M7600, Omnia II i8000, Galaxy i7500…
Samsung working on a Tegra-based smartphone?
It seems NVIDIA has found a powerful ally for its promising Tegra processor. Samsung confirmed that it’s on board, and considering the reach of the Korean giant, this could prove as a big win for NVIDIA, which is a new entrant to this space. No additional details were given, but we think Samsung will certainly…
Samsung Announces 1 GHz Hummingbird Processor
Qualcomm has been getting all the attention of the Snapdragon 1 Ghz processor sitting happily inside the Toshiba TG01, but Samsung is ready to fight back with their new ARM processor, the Hummingbird. These little squares of technohappy could find themselves into an iPhone in the moderate future, as Samsung has been supplying the CPUs…
UK: Samsung Jet viral Ad is certainly off-the-wall
OK so this is a bit ‘land of the weird’ – Samsung commissioned a viral Ads agency to come up with a memorable Ad – and they did! Quite what the memorable element is, I won’t say, you’ll have to watch the Ad – but you will see the Samsung Jet mentioned at the end…
Version of Samsung Omnia II for Latin America passes the FCC, we ask why; UPDATE: U.S. version is cleared, too!
FCC has cleared the Samsung Omnia II for the U.S. market. The FCC docs talk about the device with WCDMA bands II and V, and that’s cool since those bands are required for use in North America. But wait a tick, the certification label says it’s i8000L, and considering the label is written on Spanish,…
Two watch phones compared: Samsung S9110 & LG GD910
Now when Samsung has its own watch phone its only fair to compare it with LG’s baby. Yap, we decided to prepare a small table to compare the key features of the two devices. What’s else to say, rock on! Samsung S9110 LG GD910 Network GSM 900/1800 MHz GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz; HSDPA – 2100…