CES: Samsung Verizon Network Extender EV-DO Prototype Shown
Samsung isn’t normally too welcoming of photos at their booth. But, they did let us take a few of something… we’re not sure they realized it wasn’t on the market just yet. Titled as the “Combo FemtoCell”, the device is a CDMA2000 1x and EV-DO femtocell, and is clearly labeled with Both Verizon and Network […]
CES: Stupid Samsung Tricks
Samsung has done some odd marketing moves in the past, but these two take the cake. The first photo on the left depicts a quality rating system that makes Intel’s dumbed-down “brains” ratings blush. The second photo takes it even farther. An entire exhibit kiosk devoted to showing the Android Market, which is “Serviced by […]
Sprint and Samsung Announce Samsung Moment with DTV Tuner
Sprint and Samsung have jointly announced the forthcoming trial of a version of the Samsung Moment Android smart device with the first example of a digital television tuner based on the recently ratified ATSC M/H mobile tv transmission standard. The handsets will be made available on a limited trial basis in Baltimore Maryland and Washington, […]
HTC, Sprint Confirm Android 2.0 for Hero and Samsung Moment Early Next Year (Updated)
HTC has confirmed via their Twitter feed that the Sprint Hero will be receiving the long awaited Android 2.0 update known coloquially as Eclair early next year, which places it in the same timeframe as the recently announced update for the Verizon Droid Eris. Android 2.0 features many core improvements to the operating system such […]
Verizon Announces December 2nd Launch for Omnia II
Verizon has announced the forthcoming launch of the Samsung Omnia II on December 2nd, which follows up on a previous report last week. As previously reported, the Omnia II features a 3.7 inch AMOLED widescreen resistive touch display at WVGA resolution, Windows Mobile 6.5, Bluetooth with stereo audio support, 3.5mm headphone jack, microSDHC expansion slot […]
Verizon Omnia II on December 2nd
Verizon will launch the Samsung Omnia II on December 2nd for $519.99 Retail/Month to Month, $369.99 after a 1 year agreement and $299.99 after a 2 year agreement before an additional $100 mail-in rebate. The Omnia II features a 3.7 inch AMOLED widescreen resistive touch display at WVGA resolution, Windows Mobile 6.5, Bluetooth with stereo […]
Samsung Releasing 3G UbiCell with EVDO Support
Samsung has announced a new version of its UbiCell femtocell that supports EVDO data access and will be released next year which will be marketed as the 3G Ubicell. The original Ubicell was marketed by Verizon Wireless as the Network Extender released in January and Sprint as the Airave, which was launched last July respectively […]
Samsung Pulls Out of Symbian, Focuses on New, Internal Smartphone OS (Updated)
Update – Samsung has issued a statement refuting the original DigiTimes article: “Samsung is an initial member of Symbian Foundation and continues to cooperate with Symbian Foundation. At the same time, Samsung supports various existing open operating systems including Symbian, Linux, Android, and Windows Mobile. To provide more choices to meet consumers’ many different tastes […]
Sprint Launches Sanyo 3810 and Samsung Moment
Sprint has launched the Sanyo 3810 and the long-awaited Samsung Moment. The Sanyo 3810 features an external display with a mirror finish when not in use, internal 2.4 inch QVGA display, large keypad, menu size control larger for easy navigation through menus and sub-menus, 1.3 megapixel camera with digital zoom and Bluetooth. The Moment features […]
US Cellular Launches Samsung Trill and Caliber
US Cellular has launched the Samsung Trill and Caliber. The Trill features a 1.3 megapixel camera with video recorder, media player, speakerphone, microSDHC expansion slot and Bluetooth with stereo audio support. The phone also features audio technology from noted boutique manufacturer Bang & Olufsen. The Samsung Caliber features the TouchWiz user interface, HTML browser, virtual […]