When it comes to selecting the right music phone, it seems that consumers want more for less. In that sense, Samsung Upstage sold via Sprint just got the new, lower price — from $150 to $100 — not even a month after its release. I could assume that Sprint wants to go one step further…
GSM Association rallies Industry heavy-hitters for eWallet Standards
Nokia, LG, and Samsung have teamed up with AT&T, NTT DoCoMo, Vodafone, and KTF, in conjunction with financial institutions like Mastercard, towards a Near Field Communication (NFC)-based eWallet initiative, dubbed “Pay-Buy Mobile.” The GSM Association has garnered the support of these industry heavy-weights for a standard set of NFC chips, sourced from NXP and Sony,…
Hydrogen Fuel Cell Patent From Samsung
Samsung looks to be investing in some hydrogen powered fuel cell research. A patent application that was filed by the company, back in 2006, was recently published by the FCC and details Samsung’s intention to use their slim fuel cell in future handsets. The “multi-layered thin film hydrogen fuel cell” has overcome the previous obstacle…
Another Symbian S60 smartphone from Samsung, SGH-i400
What we have here is the first Symbian-branded device. And it’s coming from no one else than Samsung. So far, we haven’t seen any Symbian-powered device wearing the Symbian badge, and in that sense this is something new. Samsung SGH-i400 is a non-3G mid-range device, runs S60 on top of Symbian OS, and among other…
Samsung offers some affordable thinnest with its C170
Looking for thin, yet affordable handset. Samsung comes to rescue! Lately, Korean giant has announced yet another ultra-thin device. Its price — we said it’s affordable — means you shouldn’t expect to watch DivX movies on it, but with one of these you will certainly be among the coolest kids in the neighborhood. Samsung C170…
Samsung i600 coming to Orange UK
Orange in the UK is working round the clock to get its customers more Windows Mobile love. Lately, they’ve announced addition of Samsung i600 to its offering. Those not familiar should know that the i600 is a slim QWERTY-equipped smartphone, that among other things packs a 1.3 MP camera with auto flash and digital zoom,…
Samsung Ultra Video F500 passes the FCC hurdle
DivX certified Samsung Ultra Video F500, also known as UpStage‘s big brother, just got the FCC’s seal of approval. This means that Samsung’s cool-looking member of the Ultra family is about to hit the cellphone store shelves in the States. If some carrier picks it up, it will most probably be either Cingular or T-Mobile…
Alltel Serves Up Two New Samsung Phones – “Wafer” and “Snap”
Alltel has released two new cell phones, the “Wafer” and the “Snap.” As the name might suggest, the “Wafer” is ridiculously thin – at 8.4 mm thick it’s a wafer indeed – and busts up any preconceived notions that CDMA phones are bulky and brick-like. The Samsung Wafer takes the cake as the slimmest Alltel…
Samsung and Nokia to cooperate on mobile TV interoperability
It’s nice to see two giants sitting at the same table for the common good. That was the case with Samsung and Nokia, who announced that they will work together to achieve interoperability among their DVB-H enabled mobile devices. Two companies will also work to support solutions based on the open OMA BCAST standard for…
Samsung To Debut SCH-B710 DMB Phone At Korea IT Show – PIP For DMB
Samsung is planning to debut a new DMB TV phone in their home-country’s upcoming Korea IT Show. The Samsung SCH-B710 is the newest addition to the Anycall lineup and rocks that digital TV tuner so popular in South Korea, but the shining light on Samsung’s new DMB baby is its PIP (Picture in Picture) technology.…