Someone at Best Buy has leaked a presentation that shows ship dates for several highly anticipated devices. Noted in the slide above are the following devices and ship dates: Verizon Blitz, October 26th Sprint HTC Touch Pro, October 26th Samsung M540 Rant, October 26th AT&T BlackBerry Bold 9000, October 26th T-Mobile BlackBerry Pearl Flip, October…
Samsung Omnia creeps into South America, hopes for North linger
The FCC filings have been getting our hopes up for a North American release of the Samsung Omnia, but the latest docs are actually pointing for South America. The i900L is due for Venezuela (although more likely Brazil since it’s on the 2100 band), but definitely shows that Samsung’s answer to the iPhone is creeping…
Samsung GT-S3600 clam brings bits of the Soul design to the masses
Samsung GT-S3600 is a newly announced low-end handset for those that look for a simple, yet stylish phone. The device clearly resembles one of the company’s flagship devices, Soul, and is hence trying to appeal to the masses who like the design, but don’t care that much about the features. Specs wise, the low-end Soul…
Samsung Instinct gets another firmware update
Back in August, we reported that Sprint’s flagship device, Samsung Instinct, received a firmware update. Now a new firmware is available to Instinct owners that aims to fix 249 tickets open since the previous public firmware release. The most important improvement in the new software is the updated web browser, which reportedly brings a 10x…
Verizon adds Samsung Sway, Motorola Rapture VU30, VU204
Just as we’ve expected, Verizon Wireless has announced new devices – rugged Motorola Rapture VU30 and low-to-mid range slider – Samsung Sway. In addition, the king of U.S. CDMA networks has also included low-end MOTO VU204 phone as well as the MOTOPURE H15 Bluetooth headset. We’ve covered the Rapture and Sway in the past, I’ll…
UK: Samsung says “we are not doing content, we make devices!”
Samsung Mobile’s VP of Mobile for the UK was recently asked about the manufacturer’s strategy for content – the face of offerings by Apple and Nokia (particularly music), it’s a very interesting question. The response was quite clear – essentially that Samsung are a manufacturer of devices, and it’s about enablement of content consumption in…
Samsung i7110 specs are here
Back in August we reported that the Samsung i7110 is coming. Now we have more information to share, and we gladly do. Here’s what we know. The Samsung i7110 specs will include: 3G (HSDPA) support, GSM/EDGE Symbian S60 9.3 OS (Feature Pack 2?) QVGA 262K color OLED display 5 megapixel camera with autofocus and LED…
Rogers’ Samsung Jack gets Windows Mobile 6.1 update
The SGH-i616 on Rogers just got blessed by the powers that be at Samsung with Windows Mobile 6.1. Some of the key features of Windows Mobile 6.1 include: Instant messaging-like texting Improved Internet browsing Simpler e-mail and Bluetooth setup New Home screen interface New Getting Started Center Security enhancements Easier Wi-Fi connection More personal choice…
Nokia E71 wins Phone of the Year
The 2008 Mobile Choice Awards went down last night, and the Nokia E71 went home as the big winner, but Samsung did pretty well for itself, too. Other notables include… Phone of the Year: Nokia E71 Best Smartphone: Nokia E71 Best Manufacturer: Samsung Best Cameraphone: Samsung i8510 Best Music Phone: Samsung F400 Readers’ Choice: iPhone…
Samsung i907 coming to AT&T as Epix
Forget about the BlackJack III. AT&T had it enough with BlackJacks, hence the next QWERTY-keyboard equipped Samsung smartphone will be hitting the carrier as AT&T Epix. From what we can say, it’s basically the i780 model with some tweaks. Specs include HSDPA support, WiFi, GPS, memory card slot, some camera (we guess 3 megapixels) with…