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| 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 |
| Canada Gets a 50% Price Cut on Samsung Handsets |  | Bell Mobility, the second largest mobile carrier in Canada, has come up with a promo offer that makes five of its Samsung phones 50% cheaper.
On Bell's official ... [read more >>] | | 22 July 2008, 06:27GMT | (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 |
| Samsung SPH-M4655 Unveiled by LG |  | LG Telecom, the South Korean mobile carrier controlled by LG Group, has recently unveiled a new Samsung smartphone, announced to be launched soon for its Korean subscribers. The handset we’re talking about is Samsung SPH-M4655 and it was presented in the same press release that announces the availability of LG Secret& ... [read more >>] | | 03 July 2008, 10:00GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Samsung Instinct Announced for Canada |  | Initially believed to be released only in the US and only via Sprint, Samsung Instinct (model name SPH-M800) will in fact be available in Canada too, as the Canadian website of Samsung has added the elegant touchscreen phone to its "coming soon" section. This is major news for Canadian mobile us ... [read more >>] | | 03 July 2008, 06:41GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| New i740 Touchscreen Handset From Samsung |  | After the high-end Omnia i900 Pocket PC, unveiled by Samsung less than one month ago, the largest South Korean handset manufacturer has come up with yet another Windows Mobile 6.1 handset, named Samsung i740.
Although it's not presented in an official way, the i74 ... [read more >>] | | 02 July 2008, 13:10GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Samsung J638 to Hit Asia |  | Samsung has recently introduced a new mobile phone targeted for the Asian market, the Samsung Anycall J638. This is actually the Asian version of J630, a clamshell that was first unveiled back in February and seems to be already available on several markets from Europe and the Middle East.
Anyway, the new Samsung J638 is not too different from the J630, save for the fact that the J638 will be available in more colors: bl ... [read more >>] | | 01 July 2008, 08:47GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Samsung Instinct Is a Record-Selling Handset |  | Samsung Instinct, released in the US only a week ago by Sprint, the third largest American mobile carrier, proves to be a smash-hit in terms of sales. More exactly, Sprint says that the new touchscreen device "has become the fastest-selling EVDO handset" in the carrier's history, although it doesn't mention an exact number of sales.
According to Sprint, there is such a high demand for the Instinct that, in some re ... [read more >>] | | 27 June 2008, 05:52GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Show Off Your Instinct, Get Cash from Sprint |  | Sprint's new and fancy Samsung Instinct touchscreen handset, released on June 20 as an "iPhone defeater", can make you super-happy and $10,000 richer. The conditions? You have to be a Sprint customer and make a short clip that has to feature a Samsun ... [read more >>] | | 26 June 2008, 02:43GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Samsung L700 and J800 in Live Images |  | Two of Samsung's latest mid-end mobile phones, the L700 and J800, were spotted in live images, allowing us to make a better impression on what the handsets have to offer to end users. Both of them have recently been presented in Singapore by the South Korean manufacturer.
Samsung L700 is an elegant handset that comes in a candybar form factor and, at first sight, it might appear as a high-end device. But L700's ... [read more >>] | | 24 June 2008, 14:36GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Olympic Samsung Phones for Canada |  | Bell Mobility and Samsung seem to be pretty involved in Canada's participation at this year's edition of the Olympic Games (celebrated in Beijing, China, between August 8 and August 24), as the companies have announced that they will offer Samsung Ace smartphones for every member of Canada's Olympic Team. Moreover, Bell and Samsung will also release, on the 4th of July, a Samsung M530 Olympic Edition phone.
[ADMARK= ... [read more >>] | | 24 June 2008, 10:28GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| AT&T to Release Samsung Omnia, Apple Might Lose Sales |  | Apparently, AT&T will soon be offering the Samsung Omnia Pocket PC, a device that could be considered, by some, far better than Apple's iPhone 3G. I'm sure you already know that AT&T will also carry the new iPhone in the US, starting July 11, and now it seems that the largest North American operator has yet another killer-handset, Samsung Omnia.
Omnia's arrival at AT&T is not official for the moment ... [read more >>] | | 24 June 2008, 03:30GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| HDDs Remain Samsung's Main Focus |  | Samsung, one of the leading manufacturers of consumer electronics is aware of the fact that the storage market is slowly heading towards a new standard. As a consequence, the South Korean company has already unveiled its flash-based SSD storage solution, which Dell uses in a rather large number of its notebooks. Still, the company also keeps a close eye on its hard drive business, while moving forward with its SSD plans.
Accor ... [read more >>] | | 23 June 2008, 06:07GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Nokia 6301 and Samsung T339 Launched by T-Mobile |  | T-Mobile USA has just announced the release of two new handsets for its subscribers: Nokia 6301 and Samsung T339, both being compatible with T-Mo's HotSpot @Home wireless service.
Nokia 6301 is a candybar that resembles the old 6300 model. Weighing 3.2 ounces (91 grams) and measur ... [read more >>] | | 23 June 2008, 04:29GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Samsung's Got a Pink and Free Soul |  | Samsung's phones and female users have always had a special relationship, and I say this because the South Korean handset manufacturer is known for coming up with girls-only versions for lots of its mobile devices. Now Samsung has done it again by presenting the U9 ... [read more >>] | | 21 June 2008, 05:34GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| 1,000,000 Souls Sold by Samsung |  | Samsung, one of the globe's largest companies and the world's second largest handset manufacturer, (after Nokia), announced having sold more than 1,000,000 units of its U900 Soul mobile phone. This impressive number comes after less than two months, as the U900 was released at the end of April across Europe.
According to ... [read more >>] | | 20 June 2008, 11:35GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Luxury Edition of Samsung D780 – Russia's Official Olympic Phone |  | The Russian division of Samsung announced today the release of a Samsung Duos D780 in a Gold edition, which will be the official phone of Russia's Olympic team for the Beijing Olympic Games held in August. The handset will be commercialized as a limited edition, starting the 8th of August – the date when the 2008 Olympic Games debut.
Besides being plated with gold, the luxurious D780 also has the official logo of the O ... [read more >>] | | 20 June 2008, 07:00GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Alltel Released the Entry-Level Samsung MyShot |  | Samsung MyShot, a handset created for users who don't need too many mobile features, was released today by Alltel, the fifth largest mobile operator in the US. The phone can be bought for as little as $29.99 with a contract agreement for two years, both online (via Alltel's website) or from the carrier's retail stores.
Also known as Samsung SCH-R430, the handset is not really new for the US market, as it was ... [read more >>] | | 20 June 2008, 05:54GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Samsung Instinct Out Now, 21 Days Before the iPhone 3G |  | As repeatedly announced starting April, Sprint has released today, June 20, its Samsung Instinct touchscreen handset, presented from the beginning not only as an iPhone competitor but also as a device that can easily outperform Apple's handset. Well, the Instinct is now available for purchase, priced at $129.99, so that everyone can try its capabilities. Of course, not "everyone" in the full meaning of the word, bu ... [read more >>] | | 20 June 2008, 03:58GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Samsung's External TruDirect Slim DVD Writer Released |  | Samsung has announced the development of a slim, slot-in external optical disk drive, the SE-T084M/RSWD model, which comes to expand the company's TruDirect line of optical drives.
Through Samsung's TruDirect technology, users are allowed to create DVDs or burn digital content through a PC even if it doesn't feature a hard disk drive.
Samsung designed the External TruDirect drive to be able to work even without[ADMAR ... [read more >>] | | 19 June 2008, 09:17GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Samsung Confirms Mass Production for Spinpoint Drives |  | Leading manufacturer of consumer electronics Samsung has recently confirmed the rumors according to which the Spinpoint M6 and M2 HDDs will go into mass production. In doing so, the company hopes that its M2 model will be featured in a large of number of desktop replacement and gaming laptops.
According to Samsung, the Spinpoint M2 hard drive is "one of the world's fastest laptop hard drives." Offering a maximum ... [read more >>] | | 19 June 2008, 06:52GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Samsung A523 Going to Canada |  | SPH-A523 is the latest Samsung mobile phone to be released in Canada, via Telus, the third largest operator in the country. The handset is already available in the US, as it was released back in January by Helio, the MVNO that uses Sprint's network.
While the US got the Samsung ... [read more >>] | | 19 June 2008, 04:09GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Samsung Instinct Priced at $129.99, Out in Two Days |  | Sprint's mega-hot touchscreen phone, the "iPhone killer" and award-wining Samsung Instinct, will have a price tag lower than the one of Apple's iPhone 3G. The Instinct will cost $129.99, after a $100 mail-in rebate and the signing of a contract agreement with Sprint for two years.
This price is 70 bucks lower than the one initially rumored, namely $199.99, so I guess Sprint's customers should be pr ... [read more >>] | | 18 June 2008, 11:39GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Samsung J800 and M150 Unveiled |  | Alongside the L700 candybar, Samsung has also unveiled, during the CommunicAsia fair from Singapore, the J800 and M150 mobile phones. Like the L700, these are not high-end devices, but they will most probably be successful, thanks to the fact that they come with ... [read more >>] | | 18 June 2008, 10:40GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Samsung L700 Shows Lack of Naming Originality |  | Samsung has recently unveiled one of its new mobile phones, the L700, which is a mid-end device that will be released on lots of markets around the world, except the Americas and Africa.
The thing is that this new handset has exactly the same name as another Samsung device, which is a 7.2 ... [read more >>] | | 18 June 2008, 07:14GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
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