Samsung is launching a new rugged candybar, GT-B2700, that is certified to be resistant to water and dust. The idea seems to tackle this relatively under-served market and offer quite stylish (for a rugged device) phone. As for the specs, don’t expect the high-end features of a modern smartphone. The B2700 packs quad-band GSM/GPRS +…
Bell bringing Samsung Instinct to Canada on August 8
It’s no surprise that Sprint’s hottest-selling smartphone would eventually make it to the Great White North. The Samsung Instinct’s GPS and mobile TV-laden feature-set is a sure-fire hit that’s not going to be satisfied with just blowing the doors off the US CDMA market. Bell Mobility has just confirmed that our friends to the North…
AT&T Windows Mobile roadmap leaked!
Not looking to jump on the iPhone 3G bandwagon next week? AT&T is already a couple steps ahead of you. After all, not everyone is going to find Apple’s handset a good fit for their needs. AT&T has some Windows Mobile smartphones planned for release throughout the rest of 2008, and WMExperts managed to get…
Sprint pays YOU to advertise their Samsung Instinct on YouTube!
Sprint sure is pulling out all the stops with their spectacularly successful Samsung Instinct. As the first seriously hot smartphone to ship through Sprint’s doors, the struggling national wireless carrier is pushing the Instinct so hard it almost hurts. Following on Sprint’s latest Instinct-contest offering anyone a chance to win a free Sprint Samsung Instinct…
Apple places order for 50 million NAND flash memory chips, causes worldwide NAND supply reductions
When Apple hits the NAND flash memory market for some binge-shopping, the world pays attention. Apple is the NAND market, at least on this planet, and the iPhone-maker routinely affects global flash-memory supply with their massive orders. The latest such NAND flash-memory order to shortchange the rest of the world’s flash-memory buyers is Apple’s 50…
UK: Samsung are busy emailing everyone about the Tocco…
Much as Motorola were the other day, now Samsung are busy mailshotting me, to let me know about the Tocco (F480). I got a lovely email inviting me to check out the website, which I duly did. On arrival, I landed on a very busy homescreen, but on clicking through to the Tocco, found a…
Samsung SGH-i740 Windows Mobile smartphone in works?
Samsung is serious about every single platform they commit to. Apparently, we’ll see them releasing more Symbian S60 and Windows Mobile smartphones in the near future. Speaking about the latter, the Korean giant is reportedly preparing a new model for launch. The SGH-i740 slider will run the latest version of Microsoft’s mobile OS (Windows Mobile…
Samsung SGH-D780 Gold Plated Edition is official Russian Olympic Team phone
It’s a good marketing for handset makers to prepare the special edition phones for the Olympic Team of any country. When it comes to Russia, a golden phone is needed. And because the Olympics involve travelling to China this year, it’s neat to have a device with two SIM card slots so you could use…
Samsung Omnia coming to AT&T in Q3?
Far be it for AT&T to sully their competitive reputation by keeping the iPhone-competing Samsung Omnia from hitting their networks. Word on the street has it that the sleekness from South Korea will be making it’s way to AT&T in the third quarter of 2008 – bringing with it Samsung’s expertise in packing massive features…
Pink Samsung Soul lands in UK
When you sell million units of a single device within a month, you certainly want to tweak it a bit to additionally drive sales higher. Samsung is a smart company and they know that, hence they’re launching the pink Samsung Soul in the UK. Aside from the color, the device is same as the original…