Mobiles reviews - samsung

Samsung Instinct bares all - disassembly with instructions

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:35:59 +0000

There's nothing like a little gadget breakdown to get our juices flowing. Like so many Hollywood beauties, the Samsung Instinct has followed up its tremendous launch success by baring it all in front of the camera. The folks at Rapid Repair have posted disassembly pictures and instructions, in case you want to get your own Samsung [...]

Sprint sees record sales of Samsung Instinct

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:55:54 +0000

We all knew Sprint's Apple iPhone-fighting Samsung Instinct would sell quite well, but it turns out that's a gross overstatement. Toting features like EVDO Rev. A, GPS, 2 megapixel camera, WiFi, and full-body touchscreen with haptic feedback (via device vibration), the Sprint Samsung Instinct has the distinction of being the iPhone 3G's most competent rival. And, [...]

Sprint customers - tell Sprint your mobile habits and win a FREE Samsung Instinct

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:06:43 +0000

The Samsung Instinct is being touted as Sprint's answer to the iPhone 3G. Chock-full of features, a slick, full-body touchscreen, and boasting numerous accolades and an incredible price-point, the Samsung Instinct is shaping up to be a serious contender for the US touchscreen market. And, to make sure Sprint customers know they're appreciated, Sprint is announcing [...]

Mobile handset manufacturers bringing Symbian together for new open-source mobile platform - Symbian OS, S60, UIQ united

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:06:35 +0000

With news that Google's Android-push will take just a bit longer than we would prefer, it's fitting that Nokia has just announced that it will be working to bring together the fragmented Symbian environment under a single, open-source umbrella. Nokia has been working closely with Symbian for years with S60 development, and it seems that the [...]

Samsung has sold 1 million Souls in a month!

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:36:17 +0000

Kudos to Samsung. The Korean company has announced the initial Soul numbers and they are impressive, to say the least. In the first month of availability, they managed to move one million units! The Samsung Soul is a stylish slider, boasting HSDPA support and that haptic-feedback display at the bottom instead of real keys (hence, their [...]

Samsung i788 to hit AT&T as Samsung BlackJack III?

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:46:59 +0000

Well, we previously told you that there are rumblings throughout the various intertubes that AT&T is looking to bring the WiFi, 3G (UMTS/HSDPA), and GPS-addled Samsung SGH-i788 on board as a touchscreen offering to its Windows Mobile 6.1 fans. Sure, that sounds all well and good, especially considering that the added features of the Samsung [...]

Samsung i900 Omnia announced; Ready to compete head to head with iPhone, HTC Diamond, others

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 07:58:35 +0000

Samsung has officially announced its real iPhone killin' device. Instinct is just not smart enough to compete with Apple's handset, but the 12.5mm-thick i900 certainly is. Let's quickly go through specs, shall we: Network: quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE + HSDPA 7.2Mbps Wireless: stereo Bluetooth (A2DP), WiFi Display: 3.2-inch WQVGA (240×400 pixels) touchscreen Camera: 5 megapixels with auto-focus, featuring face and smile [...]

Samsung Instinct vs. Apple iPhone - Round 1

Sun, 08 Jun 2008 18:40:25 +0000

We all know that handset manufacturers (and their partner carriers) that aren't the iPhone are gunning for the all touchscreen form-factor that's proved to be so popular among smartphone fans. But, this newest advertisement from No. 3 US wireless carrier Sprint may be the first case of a carrier overtly going for the iPhone's jugular. Here [...]

Samsung SGH-U800 welcomed as new Soul phone - Samsung Soulb

Thu, 29 May 2008 22:58:39 +0000

Samsung's new push to take the Soul lineup to new heights has seen a few handsets with varied form-factors proudly sporting the Samsung "Soul" branding. The newest Samsung monoblock (candybar) mobile phone to be inducted into the "Soul" lineup is the Samsung SGH-U800. Samsung has branded the U800 as the Samsung Soulb. With quad-band (850/900/1800/1900Mhz) GSM, [...]

Samsung SGH-L870 powered by S60, runs Apple's Webkit-based Safari browser

Wed, 28 May 2008 21:25:03 +0000

The Samsung SGH-L870 was unveiled, and then announced, as Samsung's first smartphone in their Soul lineup. The super-thin slider is powered by S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2 running on top of Symbian v9.3. And, at just 13.5mm thick, the Samsung L870 once again proves that Samsung knows how to pack some serious power in [...]

Samsung L870 officially announced at S60 Summit in Barcelona

Wed, 28 May 2008 10:03:41 +0000

A week ago we posted more details about the upcoming Samsung L870 smarpthone. Now we have even more information as the Korean giant officially unveiled the device at S60 Summit in Barcelona, Spain. The official specs go like this: Network: HSDPA (2100MHz) 3.6Mbps, plus tri-band (900/1800/1900) EDGE/GPRS Display: 2.4-inch QVGA 16M Color TFT screen Camera: 3 megapixels Operating System: Symbian [...]

Images: Samsung i900 shows its face again

Wed, 28 May 2008 09:28:33 +0000

Windows Mobile device makers are on the rage. HTC unveiled the Diamond, Sony Ericsson - XPERIA X1, and Samsung is preparing to roll-out its "iPhone answer" - i900. There's certainly a momentum for Microsoft's mobile platform and once all the devices mentioned above are released, picking the right one won't be an easy task. XPERIA [...]

Samsung drops Qualcomm as component supplier, taps Infineon for chips

Tue, 27 May 2008 23:54:45 +0000

Following on Infineon's recent announcement that their CEO will be stepping down at the end of this month, Samsung has announcement that they've tapped Infineon to supply the mobile chips for Samsung handsets. In doing so, Samsung will no longer be sourcing wireless components from Qualcomm. The South Korean company has purportedly chosen Infineon as their [...]

Samsung SGH-F480 to be known as Samsung Tocco from here on out

Sun, 25 May 2008 22:04:46 +0000

The Samsung SGH-F480, announced in February at the Mobile World Congress 2008 in Spain, has been officially dubbed the Samsung Tocco at a Dalí exhibition in London today. While it wasn't the flagship model of Samsung's launch of products, the Soul is just such an attention whore, it's still a pretty impressive device: 5 megapixel [...]

Nokia and Samsung to collaborate on DVB-H and DRM standards

Fri, 23 May 2008 15:56:08 +0000

Samsung and Nokia have announced that they are going to work together to boost the adoption of DVB-H services - they will do this by enabling interoperability of their devices, and Nokia's DVB-H network delivery system. The manufacturers are going to deliver solutions based on the OMA-BCAST standard - previously Samsung had used the CBMS [...]