One of the gems of the CTIA Wireless 2009 show is Samsung. There’s a surprising lack of manufacturer and carrier presence in the Las Vegas Convention Center, and that plays to Samsung’s advantage. The Samsung booth, as always, sprawled across the showfloor and offered passersby a glimpse of the latest and greatest from Samsung Mobile.…
Samsung Omnia Available at Telus for $129.99
Canadians looking to get their hands on the latest touchscreen devices will be pleased to know that Telus officially launched the Samsung Omnia yesterday! We’ve been reading more and more about the Omnia over the past few weeks, at least it seems that way. The Omnia comes with Windows Mobile 6.1, a 3.2″ touchscreen display,…
GyPSii hits Samsung’s Mobile Application Store
Mobile social networking application GyPSii is now available as a free download in the Samsung Mobile Applications Store. As a result, GyPSii could reach a potential audience of millions of Samsung mobile customers via the online application store. Not exactly the pre-install deal, but it’s the second best thing. However, it’s worth noting that GyPSii…
Samsung Slyde M540 Available At Future Shop
Future Shop has taken it upon themselves to announce the upcoming release of the Samsung Slyde M540. The Slyde is now up on Future Shop’s website, even though you can’t currently purchase online. If you really, really need to get one you can head down to a Future Shop store and pick one up in…
Hands-on with the Samsung Magnet messaging phone
Samsung apparently couldn’t wait for CTIA Wireless 2009 to kick off in Las Vegas. A couple days before the trade show was scheduled to begin, Samsung blitzed the media with a slew of affordable messaging handsets. And then they blitzed us again with the Samsung Instinct S30 and Samsung Mondi the next day. Nevertheless, we’re…
Hands-on the Samsung Mondi @ CTIA Wireless 2009
Samsung just yesterday unveiled their first WiMAX-capable smartphone for use with Clearwire’s WiMAX-based Clear network in the US. As the company’s first foray into the 4G WiMAX market, the Samsung Mondi is going to be an interesting device to watch. The Mondi isn’t a handset, it’s being billed as an MID (Mobile Internet Device), but…
Samsung opens up the TouchWIZ platform; Announces Yahoo, Google and AccuWeather.com widgets
Samsung has finally did the thing I’ve been thinking about for some time – they’ve opened up their TouchWIZ platform to enable interested companies and individuals to bring their widgets to Samsung phones. UI Evolution is developing a set of developer tools for Samsung to support the easy development of TouchWIZ widgets. Based upon the…
Verizon offering Glyde Refresh?
Some time ago, we talked about Verizon Glyde’s problems with the touchscreen. Apparently, software update wasn’t able to fix all the issues, hence Samsung decided to change the screen. As a result, capacitive touchscreen is dumped for the resistive one, meaning you won’t be able to read the screen’s contents on a sunny day, but…
Samsung launches WiMAX-enabled Samsung Mondi
WiMAX’s near-term future in the US is looking good. Sprint is expected to roll out WiMAX service to 10 major US cities this year, and that means we’re going to see some WiMAX-capable handsets launching soon. And, this being CTIA Wireless 2009 and all, Samsung has decided to go ahead and launch their first WiMAX…
Hands-on with the Samsung Instinct S30 for Sprint!
CTIA Las Vegas hasn’t even officially kicked off and Samsung’s already in full conference-mode. Samsung today went official with the successor to Sprint’s popular Samsung Instinct, the Samsung Instinct S30. Following on the the Samsung Instinct’s record-setting sales performance in the US, Samsung is looking to go for broke with an new Instinct handset. The…