You know how Opera and other browsers have their remote rendering setup to offload the heavy lifting from the handset? Well, what if that technique was used for something a little less mundane, like gaming? Then you’d get burgeoning startup OTOY, who have managed to make Crysis playable on on a Samsung Omnia with a…
Dual-Sliding Samsung Exclaim Available on Sprint
Although it’s a bit later than expected, the Samsung M550 Exclaim is now available on Sprint for $79.99 on contract after rebates. With Facebook and MySpace functions built right in and a full QWERTY keypad sliding out the side, the Exclaim is clearly aimed at the heavy-texting teenage crowd. A 2 megapixel camera, GPS, and…
Don’t Call it a Comeback… Call it a Samsung Comeback
Sticking with T-Mobile news, my bud David over at TMoNews has managed to get his hands on details for the upcoming Samsung Comeback. As you can see from the image he spliced together above, the Comeback features video messaging, a 2MP camera with video, 3G, Bluetooth, GPS, microSD slot and much more. A full physical…
Samsung Jet Tops 2 Million in Pre-Orders!
Apple sold over 1 million iPhone 3GS units over the weekend. That’s impressive. What I’m about to tell you about here is most definitely impressive as well. Samsung has announced that pre-orders for the upcoming Samsung Jet device have already reached the 2 million mark. Ridiculous! I knew the Jet had a lot of great…
US Cellular launches Samsung Axle
US Cellular is launching a new low-end clamshell. It’s the Samsung Axle, which won’t impress many with its feature set. We see a VGA camera, Bluetooth support, and speakerphone on the list, meaning this baby is destined for either first-time phone buyers, or those who don’t require much from their mobile phone (and in that…
Here Comes the T-Mobile Samsung ‘Highlight’
Looks like my bud David over at TMoNews has scored some new device info yet again. With the myTouch 3G and Dash 3G hitting T-Mo next month, the ‘Highlight’ will join a rapidly expanding lineup. The device looks to be the very same Samsung ‘Spark’ that was seen in the leaked Walmart roadmap a little…
Samsung’s eco-minded Blue Earth gets handled
While the rest of the world turns their attention to Apple and their just-released iPhone OS 3.0 and upcoming iPhone 3G S launch, it looks like Samsung’s been busy showing off their Earth-friendly Samsung Blue Earth handset. CNET got a chance to put hands on the Samsung Blue Earth at the CommunicAsia conference in Singapore,…
Virgin Mobile Canada Prepping Samsung Vice for Launch
Virgin Mobile Canada has been launching devices fast and furious as of late. No doubt this is a result of the acquisition of Virgin by the folks at Bell. The latest device to come forward from is the Samsung Vice. Bell launched the Vice at $49.95 on a 3-year contract… We would expect the Virgin…
Samsung Jet Already Available on Vodafone
Woah, that was quick. Samsung announced their new Jet (no, not the Omnia II) handset just yesterday and already Vodafone UK has it up for grabs. Here’s a quick refresher if you missed the launch yesteday: 3.1″ WVGA, AMOLED screen 800 MHz processor 5 megapixel camera with autofocus Wi-Fi, aGPS, Bluetooth 2.1 2 or 8…
Samsung unveils the Samsung Omnia II I8000
Samsung blitzed the wires with new handset upon new confusingly-named handset today, showing off their latest touchscreen lineup. Included in their slew of new touchscreen offerings is the Samsung Omnia II I8000. Now that the Samsung Omnia II has been officially outed, it’s looking every bit the high-end smartphone that we had expected it to…