Free unlimited calling plans are MetroPCS’s forte, but they just don’t have any youth-oriented messaging phones. As such, MetroPCS has announced that they are picking up the horizontally-sliding Samsung R410 to boost their wireless stable. What’s with the horizontal slider, you ask? Why, it reveals a full QWERTY keyboard for the text-messaging set. Unfortunately, when…
Samsung launches first Indian CDMA handset on the open market – Samsung Max
Samsung’s going after the Asian cash-cow that is the Indian wireless market by releasing the CDMA Samsung Max as an open-market mobile phone offering. Hyundai Kim, Vice President and Head of the CDMA Division at Samsung Telecommunications India Pvt. Ltd., said, “We expect to fuel the growth of the Indian CDMA industry through the launch…
Samsung develops RFID chip to read various RFID formats
In the world of RFID, not all chips are created equal. Multiple chips are usually required to read the RFID information from different RFID chip-sources, resulting in more bulk – which is counter-productive to the trend towards lighter and slimmer handsets. So, to help make RFID a more ubiquitous technology in the mobile industry, Samsung…
Samsung Bang&Olufsen Symphony/Serenata F310 gets a case from Louis Vuitton
A device like the Samsung Bang&Olufsen Serenata F310 isn’t something you should carry unprotected, even if you have tons of money — and you probably do in case you bought one. You need a case, not “yet another case” but something special. Something designed by no other company but the masters of fashion bags –…
Brief: Video unboxing of Samsung BlackJack II
The Samsung SGH-i607 BlackJack II launched over the Turkey weekend and we’ve got an unboxing video for you guys to ogle – courtesy of WMExperts. If you like what you see, head on over to your nearest AT&T store and grab your very own BlackJack II for about $150 (after contract, of course). [Via: WMExperts]
Unlock your Samsung BlackJack II’s integrated GPS receiver to work outside of TeleNav
The good news is that the new Samsung BlackJack II rocks a full-fledged SiRF III GPS receiver – none of that cell-tower signal triangulation stuff here. The bad news, unfortunately, is that the GPS hardware in the BlackJack II is locked-down to only work with the bundled TeleNav software (AT&T’s way of getting more TeleNav…
AT&T issues Samsung SGH-i607 BlackJack recall on the downlow
Here’s another bit of bad-news to put a damper on the holiday spirits of all Samsung SGH-i607 BlackJack owners out there. In addition to still not having an official Windows Mobile 6.0 ROM upgrade, it seems that AT&T and Samsung is quietly recalling all BlackJacks manufactured between November 2006 and February 2007. Word comes from…
TELUS releases Samsung R500
Telus has just announced a release of the new low-to-mid range phone – Samsung R500. The stylish clamshell comes in red and blue, and also supports exchangeable faceplates allowing users to refresh their device from time to time. As for the specs, there’s the 1.3 MP camera, Bluetooth, and of course microSD memory expansion slot.…
Samsung U900 FlipShot officially available on Verizon
As expected, Verizon has launched the Samsung U900 FlipShot. The screen-flippin’ phone somehow reminds us on Nokia’s N90, N92, N93(i) models, but still manages to look original. For $199.99 with a new two-year term contract, potential users will get quite a decent Get it Now-enabled device — boasting such features as 3 MP camera, Camcorder,…
Samsung SGH-i617 BlackJack II confirmed with integrated GPS – available Black Friday
We’ve just gotten confirmation that the new Samsung SGH-i617 BlackJack 2 (II) will be sporting an integrated GPS module. The SiRF III GPS receiver inside the Samsung BlackJack II is reportedly the real deal – not some cell-tower triangulation, faux-GPS. AT&T’s BlackJack 2 promo website reveals that the handset will sport “integrated GPS,” indicating that…