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| Samsung Tocco to Hit T-Mobile USA |  | T-Mobile USA customers, get ready for the most advanced South Korean handset you've ever seen from your carrier: Samsung Tocco (aka Samsung F480, aka Samsung TouchWiz). Unlike the current Samsung phones included in T-Mo's line-up of products, Tocco is a touchscreen device ... [read more >>] | | 18 August 2008, 06:37GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Samsung Innov8 Available in the UK Starting September |  | The UK is among the first countries to get an official release date for the latest high-end Samsung smartphone, the i8510 Innov8 slider. The South Korean company has announced that the handset would be on sale starting "early September", via Carphone Warehouse, under the simple name of Samsung i8510 (the Innov8 was dropped for the UK market).
Samsung did not mention the retail price of i8510, but UK mobile users ... [read more >>] | | 14 August 2008, 05:26GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Samsung L770 Released in Russia |  | Samsung has recently released a new mobile phone in the world's largest country, Russia, to answer the needs of users who want fashionable mid-end handsets. The new phone we're talking about is Samsung L770 (or Samsung SGH-L770), a slider that was first presented by the South Korean manufacturer back in February, together with other ... [read more >>] | | 13 August 2008, 05:10GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Samsung Messager Now from Cricket |  | Only a few days from its release via MetroPCS, Samsung Messager, the new and affordable QWERTY handset, has been launched by Cricket.
The Messager is available as of today on Cricket's ... [read more >>] | | 12 August 2008, 08:56GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Ukraine Gets the Samsung U800 |  | Samsung U800, the most recently released mobile phone from the Soul lineup of handsets, is now available in Ukraine, one of Europe's largest mobile markets in terms of the number of subscribers (about 55 million).
Also called Samsung Soulb, the U800 was officially introduced to the world at the end of May, coming as the third member of the Soul family, which also includes the U900 slider and the G400 clamshell.
T ... [read more >>] | | 08 August 2008, 12:43GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Samsung Messager Launched in the US |  | Samsung announced today that a new handset is available for US mobile users: the so-called Samsung Messager (model name SCH-R450). The device was released via MetroPCS and it targets young users who send lots of text messages or make heavy use of Instant Messaging applications on their phone(s).
To meet the needs of its future buyers, Samsung Messager comes equipped with a full QWERTY keyboard that slides out horizontally to ... [read more >>] | | 08 August 2008, 10:42GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Samsung W460 and W3300 Announced for South Korea |  | Samsung has recently unveiled two new handsets in its home country (South Korea): SCH-W460 and SPH-W3300. Neither of the new phones brings too advanced features; thus, they are targeted for users who are happy only with low to mid end devices.
The first handset, Samsung SCH-W460 (or simply Samsung W460) is a clamshell that should be pretty soon released via SK Telecom, the largest mobile operator in South Korea. The W460 bri ... [read more >>] | | 08 August 2008, 09:04GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Samsung Soul-Like S7330 Slider Leaked |  | Samsung's Soul U900 handset is undoubtedly a huge commercial success for the South Korean company. This is why the Asian manufacturer thought of coming up with another phone of this kind, namely the Samsung S7330.
The S7330 keeps the slider form factor of the already famous U900, adds some slightly different design elements and lowers its performances a bit. These aspects will make the new phone more affordable than the ... [read more >>] | | 08 August 2008, 05:59GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Samsung Omnia Turns White, iPhone 3G Might Get Jealous |  | Samsung's latest iPhone 3G fighter, namely the Omnia i900, will be soon released in a new white color version, according to several rumors appeared on the Web. You might say that this is obviously a move aimed at stealing some of the success the white iPhon ... [read more >>] | | 08 August 2008, 04:13GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Samsung A237, New Flip Phone for AT&T |  | AT&T is getting ready to offer a new Samsung handset for all its American customers in need of affordable devices. The phone we're talking about is Samsung A237 (or SGH-A237) and, since it's an affordable one, it does not come with too many features. As a matter of fact, its official specs are completely missing for the moment, together with details about its price and release date.
Anyway, there are some pictu ... [read more >>] | | 06 August 2008, 06:40GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Samsung i7110 Leaked – New 5 Megapixel Candybar |  | Shortly after the official announcement of the 8 Megapixel Samsung Innov8 smartphone, another high-end camera handset from the South Korean company has surfaced. Named Samsung i7110, the new phone is not yet confirmed by the world's second largest handset ma ... [read more >>] | | 06 August 2008, 04:50GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Samsung U900 Soul in an Olympic Edition |  | The highly popular Samsung U900 Soul handset has now a new Olympic Special Edition, created to celebrate the upcoming 2008 Beijing Olympic Games that will debut three days from now (on August 8).
Apparently, there will be three model names for the Olympic U900: SPH-W5900IL, SPH-W5950IL and CH-W590IL. All of them have the 2008 Olympic logo on the back of their cases and are pre-loaded with Olympic wallpapers, screensavers and ... [read more >>] | | 05 August 2008, 08:42GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Samsung F400 Goes to the UAE |  | Samsung and Elissa, the famous Lebanese singer and the company's brand ambassador for the Middle East, have just launched a new music phone in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The phone is Samsung F400 and it's one of the company's latest multimedia devices.
Available across Europe since last month, Samsung F400 comes with a dual-sliding design, unveiling an alphanumeric keypad when slid up and a dual ster ... [read more >>] | | 05 August 2008, 05:44GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Samsung F480 Released in India |  | Samsung F480, also known as Samsung TouchWiz, was released today in India, several months after its European launching (the handset is called Samsung Taco in Europe).
The F480 is one of Samsung's latest high-end devices, offering a wide range of nice features that are packed in a small and elegant case.
First of all, Samsung F480 brings a 2.8 inch touchscreen display with 240 x 320 pixels, 262K colors and haptic fee ... [read more >>] | | 04 August 2008, 06:26GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Samsung B308 and B289 Unveiled |  | Samsung B308 and Samsung B289 are the names of the latest clamshell phones unveiled by the South Korean manufacturer in Asia. The B308 and B289 both come in clamshell form factors and are entry-level devices targeted at users who can't afford paying too much for a phone.
The features of Samsung B308 (or Samsung SGH-B308) include the following: dual-band GSM connectivity (900 / 1800 MHz) with GPRS, a 1.5 inch CSTN intern ... [read more >>] | | 04 August 2008, 04:13GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| The Samsung AT&T Summer Krush Music Tour Debuted |  | Samsung, the world's second largest handset manufacturer, and AT&T, North America's biggest mobile carrier, have announced the launch of this year's Samsung AT&T Summer Krush music tour in the US. The tour features leading artists who are performing live, in unique shows, in several important American cities.
Samsung AT&T Summer Krush debuted last night, with a performance by Mariah Carey in Los Angeles, and ... [read more >>] | | 01 August 2008, 12:14GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Samsung U800 Turns Purple for a Good Cause |  | Girly-colored Samsung handsets are definitely not something new, hence mobile users should not be surprised to find out that the latest Soul candybar, namely Samsung U800 (also known as Samsung Soulb), will soon be released in a purple version.
The purple U80 ... [read more >>] | | 31 July 2008, 06:30GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Sprint Boosts Your Wireless Coverage with Samsung Airave |  | Sprint, the third largest North American mobile operator, has just announced the future commercial availability of Samsung Airave – which is not a new handset, although some of you might want a new South Korea-made phone.
Available in few US states since last year, Samsung Airave (or "Sprint's Airave by Samsung", how the carrier calls it), is a mini cell tower (or femtocell) that can significantly boost your wi ... [read more >>] | | 30 July 2008, 10:44GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Samsung Innov8 Is Officially DivX Certified |  | Samsung Innov8 i8510, the new multimedia monster smartphone unveiled by Samsung on July 24, is now officially DivX certified. This means that the handset is able to provide a high-quality DivX video playback as well as an easy way of transferring video content from it to a PC and backwards.
"Samsung Innov8 users value video and image quality on their devices, and Samsung is dedicated to upholding their expectations of ... [read more >>] | | 29 July 2008, 06:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Samsung Will Pack GyPSii Technology into Its High-end Handsets |  | GeoSentric, a Dutch company specialized in geo-mobility social networking platforms and digital lifestyle applications, announced that it has sealed a multi-year agreement with Samsung, the world's second-largest handset manufacturer, in order to embed GyPSii technologies into its handsets.
Starting with Samsung Omnia and Samsung SGH-i780, the GyPSii digital lifestyle application will be pre-installed in select Samsung ... [read more >>] | | 29 July 2008, 04:41GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Samsung's “Costume” - For Ladies Only |  | Samsung is undoubtedly one of the leading manufacturers of consumer electronics, but it also has a significant presence on the computing market, granted especially by its storage products. By the looks of things, this Korean manufacturer is set on taking one of its product lines to the next level by making it more appealing to women.
In other words, Samsung intends to win over this segment of the market with the future releas ... [read more >>] | | 28 July 2008, 08:39GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Samsung Has Been Leading the LCD Market for 38 Moths in a Row |  | Samsung Electronics Co. managed to hold yet for another month the first position on the global liquid-crystal display (LCD) market, says DisplaySearch, the global display research institute. The company registered $1.8 billion in sales during June, which translated into a 26.2 percent of the total LCD sales worldwide. This is the 38th month for Samsung holding on to the first position.
25.4 million large-sized panels were shi ... [read more >>] | | 25 July 2008, 05:53GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Samsung Rolls $799 “Home Theater in a Box” |  | Samsung, a worldwide leading consumer electronics manufacturer, has recently announced that it will expand its home theater in a box (HTiB) systems equipped with Blu-ray players. The offer will now include an additional HTiB, which will begin shipping next month. With the new product, Samsung's offer will include a total of three models, the last one of the lot being the cheapest of them all.
The new $799-suggested model ... [read more >>] | | 24 July 2008, 10:20GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Samsung i8510 Confirmed and Renamed Samsung Innov8 |  | The new 8 Megapixel Samsung smartphone, called i8510 and unofficially unveiled about two weeks ago, is now confirmed by Samsung, together with all the awesome features rumored to be packed in it.
The South Korean company has presented the i8510 at an event held in New ... [read more >>] | | 24 July 2008, 05:18GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Samsung i740 to Be Available Starting August |  | Samsung i740, one of the latest touchscreen smartphones to come from the South Korean manufacturer, has now a release date and a price. The handset first appeared on the Web about three weeks ago, but back then there weren't any details about its launch and pricing.
Apparently, the new Samsung will first be available in Ukraine, starting the second half of August. Its retail price will be somewhere around 1950 Ukrainian ... [read more >>] | | 23 July 2008, 12:52GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Pink and Blue Hijack the Samsung BlackJack II |  | Although lots of AT&T's customers are waiting for the release of Samsung BlackJack III, the largest US carrier has decided to offer the "old" Samsung BlackJack II smartphone in two new color versions: pink and blue.
The new BlackJack II handsets are not fully dressed in pink and blue respectively. Only their back cases and their keys are touched by these colors, the rest (meaning the front case) being cove ... [read more >>] | | 22 July 2008, 03:07GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Samsung a227 from AT&T, only $9.99 |  | AT&T, the largest North American mobile carrier, has recently added a new Samsung handset to its lineup of products, and that is the a227 (also called SGH-a227).
Presented as a compact device targeted for businessmen and "built for productivity," Samsung a227 is a pretty basic flip phone that should attract users with its messaging features, as well as with its affordable price.
The new Samsung brings a 12 ... [read more >>] | | 21 July 2008, 11:40GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Samsung and Sun to Improve Server-grade SSDs |  | Samsung Electronics and Sun Microsystems announced yesterday that they had managed to develop a single-level-cell (SLC) NAND flash memory device that was to be used in Solid State Drives. The drives that will feature the new SLC memory are expected to offer much higher endurance levels, compared with any other flash memory device currently available on the market.
According to the two manufactures, the new 8GB SLC device provi ... [read more >>] | | 18 July 2008, 07:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Samsung Chairman Gets $109 Million Fine |  | A court of law in South Korea has recently found Lee Kun-Hee, former Samsung chairman, guilty of tax evasion and security law violations and consequently issued appropriate punitive measures. Lee will have to pay a hefty fine in excess of $100 million and spend 3 years in prison, a sentence that the 66 year old man will not serve because it is a suspended one. Thanks to Kim Yong Chul, a former Samsung lawyer, it came to light that Lee had ... [read more >>] | | 18 July 2008, 03:37GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Samsung M150 Officially Presented |  | Besides announcing the upcoming Italian availability of the high-end i900 Omnia Pocket PC, Samsung has also recently unveiled the release of another new phone, named M150 and targeted for fashion-conscious users who don't want to spend too much money on ... [read more >>] | | 17 July 2008, 08:23GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Samsung Omnia Out on July 22, Free Xbox 360 Console Included |  | Samsung announced that Italy was the first country where the new high-end Samsung i900 Omnia would be available, starting July 22. This comes shortly after Samsung said the Omnia would also be available in Germany, but only starting the 6th of August.
... [read more >>] | | 17 July 2008, 03:36GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| HTC Touch and Samsung Ace, Cheaper from Sprint |  | Sprint, the third largest mobile carrier in the US, has cut $100 from the prices of HTC Touch and Samsung Ace. Both handsets had an original price of $199 (with a contract agreement for 2 years) and can now be acquired for only $99.
[admark=1]This move comes not only because Sprint has recently released its mega-hot ... [read more >>] | | 16 July 2008, 05:35GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Samsung i760 Upgraded to Windows Mobile 6.1 |  | The only Samsung smartphone from Verizon Wireless' line-up of products, namely the SCH-i760, can now be upgraded to Windows Mobile 6.1 (from the old 6.0 version).
[admark=1]Besides the Vista look of Windows Mobile 6.1, users who upgrade their Samsung i760 will also get support for YouTube videos, enhanced Bluetooth capabilities, better MMS delivery, WLAN chipset improvements, a Qualcomm patch, MEID support and memory leakages fixe ... [read more >>] | | 15 July 2008, 09:53GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Samsung Omnia Gets an August Release and a $1,000 Retail Price |  | Samsung Mobile announced yesterday the official release of its i900 Omnia Pocket PC in Germany, scheduled for the 6th of August. The new handset will be offered by all the German mobile operators: T-Mobile, Vodafone, the KPN-owned E-Plus and Telefónica's O2.
[admark=1]The availability of Omnia in the first week of August is surely great news for German mobile users, but there's also a not-at-all great aspect, which relates ... [read more >>] | | 15 July 2008, 06:12GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Samsung i8510 – the 8 Megapixel Monster Smartphone |  | Samsung, currently the world's second largest handset manufacturer, has prepared a multimedia monster smartphone that presents itself as a real threat to Nokia's N96, Sony Ericsson's C905 and all the other highly-featured camera phones that will be ... [read more >>] | | 12 July 2008, 06:24GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Sprint Offers Push-to-Talk Phones in New Markets |  | Sprint has just announced that, starting July 13, four of its Push-to-Talk (PTT) devices – which work on the Nextel Direct Connect network – will be available in 14 new US markets. The handsets are Samsung Z400, LG LX400, Sanyo PRO-700 and Sanyo PRO-200, all of them being clamshells. Already available in 46 regions across the US, the phones, which leverage on the QChat technology, can offer Nextel Direct Connect push-to-talk services and t ... [read more >>] | | 10 July 2008, 12:52GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Samsung SCH-M480 Announced for South Korea |  | SK Telecom, the largest mobile operator from South Korea, will soon release the Samsung SCH-M480 smartphone. The handset will be available in the second half of July, for a retail price of 600,000 KRW ($600 or 384 Euros).
The SCH-M480 is, most probably, the CDMA version of Samsung i780 ... [read more >>] | | 10 July 2008, 10:08GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Samsung Instinct Is a Best-Seller at Best Buy |  | Samsung Instinct is selling at high speeds not only in Sprint's stores, as the third largest US carrier announced two weeks ago, but also in the Best Buy Mobile stores.
[admark=1]Best Buy, one of the largest North American consumer electronics retailers, is the onl ... [read more >>] | | 10 July 2008, 03:55GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Samsung's New SC-MX20 Camcorder Is Ready for YouTube |  | Sure, we live in a world where high-definition has become the main concept behind just about any piece of A/V gear, but the truth of the matter is that there are a lot of people out there who simply shoot video clips in order to upload them to YouTube, the world's most famous video sharing website. And it's no wonder that quite a lot of consumer electronics manufacturers have begun launching all sorts of "YouTube-ready" ... [read more >>] | | 10 July 2008, 01:20GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Samsung i780 Now in India |  | Samsung announced the release of its i780 smartphone (also known as SGH-i780) for the Indian market, in a partnership with The MobileStore, one of India's largest chains of mobile retail stores.
[admark=1]Running on Windows Mobile 6.0, Samsung i780 is a business-oriented ha ... [read more >>] | | 09 July 2008, 07:25GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Samsung Starts Mass-Producing Affordable 128GB SSDs |  | SSDs (or solid state drives) will represent the next big boom in storage, and for this reason, the main players on the market are already ramping up their production capacities in order to meet future demand. And in order to prove their commitment to this market segment, the Korean giant Samsung has announced that it has started mass-producing 1.8- and 2.5-inch multi-level cell (MLC)-based solid state drives (SSD) with a 128 Gigabyte (GB) ... [read more >>] | | 09 July 2008, 01:37GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| The Slim Samsung i200 Smartphone Is Now Available |  | Samsung i200 (or SGH-i200) is now commercially available in Europe and Asia, being offered as one of the slimmest Windows Mobile smartphones on the market. Announced at the beginning of the year and said to come with Windows Mobile 6.0, the i200 is now bundled wit ... [read more >>] | | 08 July 2008, 07:03GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Samsung U900 Soul Got Cloned Too |  | Unlike Nokia or Apple, Samsung is not a brand that had the honor of inspiring too many Chinese manufacturers into copying its mobile devices. Still, we've recently spotted a brand new clone of Samsung U900 Soul slider, which was ... [read more >>] | | 08 July 2008, 04:37GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| M5310, the First Samsung Handset with Shake Control |  | A new unofficially announced Samsung handset has appeared on the Web, coming a few days after the dust and splash resistant B2700 model. The new phone is named Samsung M5310 and, as the aforementioned one, it comes in a candybar form factor. The M5310, however, is more advanced, an ... [read more >>] | | 07 July 2008, 08:25GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| The Olympic Samsung m530 Out Now in Canada |  | Bell Mobility has released an exclusive Samsung handset, named Samsung m530 Canadian Olympic Team Edition. The phone was rumored, since last month, to come via Bell, and now it's officially released and available for purchase from the second largest Canadian mobile operator.
... [read more >>] | | 07 July 2008, 03:40GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Samsung's "Corn Phone" Gets a Korean Green Prize |  | Samsung SCH-W510, the first mobile phone from the second largest handset manufacturer to be made out of bio-plastic materials, was recently presented in South Korea.
The plastic used in Samsung W510 is obtained from corn, literally. Moreover, the phone doesn't include hazardous metals like Lead, Cadmium or Mercury. These are the reasons why the Korea Eco-Products Institute has awarded the handset a "green label" ... [read more >>] | | 04 July 2008, 10:46GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
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