In a note from reader Penny, she tells us this morning that Samsung Mobile is attempting to set a Guinness World Record… Check this out: Samsung Mobile is attempting to set the Guinness World Record for “Fastest Text Messaging While Skydiving” on Friday, December 19. A team of professional skydivers will text message while freefalling…
Samsung Pixon with AT&T 3G frequencies spotted on FCC
It seems the Samsung Pixon won’t be a T-Mobile exclusive “thing,” only. The FCC has revealed the “L” variant of the 8 megapixel cameraphone, sporting the right frequencies (850 and 1900 MHz) for AT&T’s 3G network. No word on date, but I guess AT&T is kinda late to push Samsung’s all-touchscreen device for the holiday…
Samsung Nabs Ex-RIMboy for Smartphone Head
Samsung recently announced their new BizBee branding for enterprise smartphones, and it looks like they mean business after bringing on an ex-marketer from Research in Motion, Marcus Stone, as their new head of smartphones in the UK and Ireland. Along with Marcus is Nick France, who will handle business-to-business sales. Surely Marcus’ experience with RIM…
Samsung Memoir 8 megapixel cameraphone coming to T-Mobile USA?
File this under “what the heck are they waiting for,” but it seems T-Mobile is gearing towards the launch of Samsung Memoir, an 8 megapixel camera phone. We don’t have all the details, but we do know it’s not a smartphone, nor does it have a WiFi radio on-board. Still, we do expect to see…
Sprint Instinct can now sing along Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Notes
One of Sprint’s flagship phones, Samsung Instinct, is now more enterprise friendly than ever. The CDMA carrier has made the all-touchscreen phone capable to sing along popular corporate email and calendar solutions – Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Notes. The new syncing ability is available at no additional charge to all Samsung Instinct owners. All they…
Samsung Ego GT-S9402 Offering Dual SIM Luxuriousness to Russians
The previously-rumoured Samsung Ego was announced in Russia recently, boasting an impressively tough construction, and room for two SIM cards. Specs? Triband GSM (900/1800/1900 Mhz), GPRS/EDGE connectivity on 1st SIM card Dual band (900/1800 Mhz), GPRS/EDGE connectivity on 2nd SIM card 262K color QVGA AMOLED display 5 mpx camera with autofocus, image stabilization, smile detection,…
Verizon Drops Pricing on Samsung Omnia
Earlier today Verizon dropped the price on the new Samsung Omnia, or should I say ‘iPhone Killer’ (haha, yeah right… I’ve heard that before!) only a week after the Omnia’s launch. The device was originally priced at $250 with the standard contract and $70 rebate. With this pricing update, you can get one on Verizon…
Low-end Samsung M3110 smells like a best-seller
Samsung has recently unveiled a new low-end clamshell – M3110. The somewhat stylish handset is designed for mass market, and the Korean giant priced it accordingly. It will be sold for about $180 and that’s without any carrier subsidies. As for the specs, there are two screens (external – 96×96 pixels and internal 128×160 pixels),…
Samsung’s kids phone Tobi S3030 unveiled in Europe
Samsung has announced a new phone for pre-teens called Tobi S3030. As you can see from the image above, the colorful device looks cute and is available in a number of colors — including Sweet Pink, Bright Orange, Loyal Blue, Oasis Blue, Apple Green and Snow Silver. In addition, backside covers are interchangeable, allowing kids…
Samsung launches “BizBee” smartphone brand in Europe
Samsung has launched a new business smartphone brand “BizBee” in Europe targeted towards the busy executive, “who requires a business mobile that offers optimum performance, 24/7, from any location.” The BizBee name is designed to drive awareness of Samsung’s new smart phone range in the business community and ensure consistency in marketing communications. The target…