There’s just something about having a handset with dual SIM card slots that’s so cool. It lets you rock multiple (well, two, really) carriers in a single handset. If for some reason you use different carriers and find your pockets weighed down with two different handsets, Samsung’s got your back. The handset manufacturing giant’s dual…
Samsung to build large mobile phone plant in Vietnam
Samsung’s handset division keeps growing like crazy. Last year they’ve produced a total of 160 million mobile phones and this year they’re shooting for 200 million mark. Half of the mobile phones shipped last year were made in Korea, while other half is built in Samsung’s factories in China, Brazil and India. And they keep…
Samsung G600 Belle comes with 3 bottles of matching nail polish
Remember Samsung’s 5 megapixel camera equipped G600? The South Korean giant is making it available in a new color – Burgundy. The so called G600 Belle is a result of Samsung partnering with Nails inc. which provided 3 bottles of matching nail polish that are also included in the box. You’ve read that correctly, nail…
Alltel launches Samsung Muse
Some things are just too good to pass up. The Samsung Muse, for example, rocks EV-DO, GPS and a 2 megapixel camera to handle the cool stuff, while the 64MB of onboard memory and microSD slot, stereo Bluetooth, and external music controls handles the fun stuff. But, the best part is that Alltel is launching…
Samsung’s new 8 megapixel CMOS image sensor is 8.5mm thick
Sure, there are handsets out there that boasts 8.5mm thickness, but you sure aren’t going to find an image sensor inside that’s capable of capturing more than a few megapixels. But, when you’re talking about an 8 megapixel CMOS image sensor with anti-shake, low-light compensation, ISO 1600, smile recognition (what’s with this smile recognition recently?),…
Samsung launches the “MiniSkirt Season 2” lineup – Samsung SCH-C225/ SPH-C2005/ SPH-C2255
Samsung has announced that their new Samsung “MiniSkirt Season 2” offerings. No, Samsung is not getting into the reality TV game, they’re promoting their new lineup of chick-friendly slider phones. The new handsets are being offered as the successors to the original Samsung MiniSkirt handset. After shipping 1 million MiniSkirts, it makes sense for Samsung…
More details (and pics) of Verizon’s Samsung Glyde U940
Verizon’s iPhone-fighting Samsung F700 Croix handset has already passed through the FCC as the US-friendly Samsung U940 on its way to pull duty as the Croix interface-toting, (pseudo)haptic feedback using, CDMA qwerty-slider with a touchscreen display. And we’ve got more details and pics on the highly anticipated touchscreen device from Samsung. Verizon should be picking…
Samsung’s mobile TV enabled P960 coming to Taiwan
We’ve already spotted the Samsung P960 at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Now they’re moving towards announcing their mobile TV enabled baby in Taiwan. Apparently, the Korean giant is about to introduce the device in the country, with launch scheduled to follow later in the year, most probably somewhere in Q3 2008. At the…
Telus adding BlackBerry 8330 Curve, Samsung U740?
We’re not exactly sure what’s Telus up to, but apparently they’ll be rolling out two interesting devices in the near future – BlackBerry 8330 Curve and Samsung U740. The first one was briefly spotted by HowardForums‘ member “blackdogs377” who even got the screenshot of the Canadian carrier’s website to prove. Soon after he posted it,…
Scott Huang drops his title as the VP of Samsung’s Mobile Communications Unit and moves to Apple
Rumble in the jungle, Scott Huang recently resigned from his post as vice president of the mobile communications unit of Samsung Taiwan to take up a new appointment at Apple Taiwan according to Digitimes. That can’t be good, I’m sure he knows the road map for the next several years.