Samsung announced the G810 yesterday. It is their answer to the Nokia N95. It runs the same operating system (S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1), has the same WiFi, GPS, HSDPA, TV out, but what makes it special is the 3x optical zoom and Xenon flash. Eldar from Mobile Review has had his hands on…
UK: Sunday papers – HiFi Music on your Mobile?
For those of you reading from the UK, you will be very familiar with the tradition of the “Sunday Papers” – buying them first-thing Sunday Morning (i.e. today), and the sitting back with a coffee or tea mid-morning and reading them (in fact that timing could equally well be mid-afternoon, whilst the re-run of EastEnders…
Epocware scores pre-install agreement with Samsung; Symbian S60 based i450, i550 and i560 smartphones to come with pre-installed Oxford Russian Dictionary
One of the largest smartphone application developers, Epocware, recently announced a deal with Samsung to pre-install Oxford Russian Dictionary on the handset maker’s i450, i550 and i560 smartphones. Under the agreement, buyers of the mentioned Symbian Symbian S60 based devices in Russia, will be able to use Epocware’s SlovoEd-powered dictionary, which contains more than 290,000…
Samsung Soul: 5 megapixel, context aware buttons, 7.2 Mbps HSDPA
Samsung’s latest device, to be displayed at the Mobile World Congress no doubt, is called “Soul”. It has a 5 megapixel camera, a pseudo touch screen that is basically a dpad with buttons that change depending on which application you’re using, 7.2 Mbps HSDPA, 2.2 inch 320×240 screen with 16 million colors and it is…
Samsung G810: S60 powered and kicking Nokia’s N95 in the ass
The Samsung G810 is rumored to be running S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1, the same OS as the Nokia N95, have a 5 megapixel camera, like the Nokia N95, include built in GPS, like the Nokia N95, yet unlike Finland’s flagship this Korean Kontestant (yes I know I put a K in there) has…
5 megapixel Samsung F490 shipping now, in Russia at least
The iPhone form factor Samsung F490 is shipping in February in Russia according to Unwired View for around 412 euros. Along with a 5 megapixel camera the F490 has a standard 3.5 mm headphone jack, weighs 102 grams, is less than 12 mm thick and has 3.6 Mbps HSDPA. One to watch out for sure,…
Contactless payment system being trialed on the San Francisco BART
230 people in the San Francisco Bay area are trialing electronic wallets embedded into Samsung mobile phones that allow them to pay for public transport and fast food. They’re probably using NFC, but CBS (3 minute video) is too afraid to get too geeky on us and explain the actual technology. Consumers shouldn’t have to…
Motorola Q9h vs Samsung BlackJack II
There’s nothing like a little showdown battling to figure out which handsets take the user-experience trophy. In the Windows Mobile 6.0 Standard segment, the Motorola Q9h and SamsungBlackJack II are the two entrenched competitors that most people will be deciding between. Both handsets are the second-generation on a proven form-factor, and both offer similar looks…
Samsung and Motorola displace HTC as top non-touchscreen Windows Mobile manufacturer
While HTC is clearly the top-dog in the touchscreen-based Windows Mobile smartphone market, it looks like the (arguably) sleeker handsets from Motorola and Samsung have taken away HTC’s #1 position in the non-touchscreen Windows Mobile smartphone market. Citing internal data from Microsoft, DigiTimes is reporting that HTC owned 50% of the non-touchscreen WinMo market last…
Samsung i900 will NOT run Windows Mobile?
We’ve already posted some details about the upcoming Samsung i900 superphone. Apparently, the new device may be first introduced during the Mobile World Congress, but we’ll have to wait for September to see it hitting the store shelves. In addition, according to PhoneMag, it may not run Windows Mobile after all — making us think…