I like Samsung phones. The Korean company knows how to make a feature phone looking decent. Still, I respect them for making the good-looking smartphones, thus helping to mainstream the whole category. One of their latest devices, SPH-M8100 has both look and features. It is a Windows Mobile 6-powered slider device, that supports CDMA 1x…
Samsung announces world’s smallest 8.4 MP CMOS image sensor
If it’s not TI, it’s Samsung that brings us some neat technology. This time they’ve announced an 8.4 MP CMOS image sensor (CIS) with a 1.4 pixel design. The new chip comes with a high signal to noise ratio (SNR), a key measure of overall image quality.
Samsung’s new LCD to automatically adjust screen brightness
The problem with the all touchscreen based devices is that the display is unreadable on sunlight. Apparently, Apple’s iPhone should have some kind of a sensor to fix this, by automatically adjusting the brightness/contrast ratio of the screen.
Samsung Updates Blackjack System Software
Samsung has released an update for its Blackjack mobile phone’s system software. The Blackjack is a Cingular exclusive, so US subscribers can expect to get the minor changes for free through Samsung’s website. Among the updates are a couple changes to some icons and better roaming support, especially when outside US borders.
Beyonce’s Samsung Phone Gets New Name – Upstage
Not to be, uh, upstaged, by all the other fancy phone monikers out there, Samsung set out to find a unique and catchy name for their new “ultra music” music phone. Already having a world-renowned star signed on to help market the phone, Sammy needed an appropriately flashy name (the “Beyonce Phone” just didn’t roll…
Samsung SCH-B500 Gets New Colors, Nothing Else
Taking a page from Motorola and its Moto Q, Samsung will try to breathe fresh new life into a tried and true platform by changing its colors. The Samsung SCH-B500 slider phone will get a makeover with “magic brown” and “magic gold” color scheme options, but nothing else will change. Same “old” 2 megapixel camera,…
Samsung’s new patent to improve the text messaging
Samsung’s latest patent promises to improve the text messaging. If you’ve seen the iPhone demonstration, you certainly noticed how Apple made text messaging cool. But, Samsung wants to go one step further… The idea of the Korean giant sounds interesting and is set to bind the photos with SMS. The end results would allow quick…
Get Your Cingular Phone Unlocked!…By Cingular!
Many of you already know that the Library of Congress and the Register of Copyright Act of this past November declared that unlocking was legal. But who knew Cingular would be so willing to comply? It seems that the Cingular International Care Center will oblige your unlock request. All you have to do is tell…
Telus adds Samsung u510, Moto KRZR
Telus’ offering just grew with the addition of two mid-range devices – Samsung u510 and white Motorola KRZR. The first one is slider device that, unlike Helio’s Heat (also made by Samsung), comes with the microSD slot. Moto KRZR is a well-known clamshell version of Motorola’s popular RZR phone. Anyhow, these two devices cost 100…
Samsung’s high-end Bluetooth headset WEP 420 revealed
It’s a cruel world out there. Just when I though that my Samsung WEP 410 Bluetooth headset is the coolest one on the planet, the brutal Korean company showcased the WEP 420 model at this year’s CeBIT in Hanover, Germany. 🙁