Tuesday, April 28, 2009 10:00AM - By Jared Newman
In the war for smartphone operating system supremacy, Google’s Android has earned another recruit. Samsung’s I7500 will be the first smartphone from a major worldwide cell phone manufacturer. The 3.2-inch AMOLED touchscreen is good for viewing all sorts of Google services, such as Gmail, YouTube and Google Maps, along with apps from the Android Market. Other features include HSDPA and Wi-Fi support, a 5-megapixel camera, GPS and 8 GB of storage, plus a Micro SD slot for up to 32 GB more space. The I7500 is coming to major European markets in June, with no official word on a US release. However, Crave notes that the smartphone’s supported bands are compatible with T-Mobile’s 3G network. Perhaps a US announcement isn’t far behind. [via Akihabara News]
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 10:00AM - By Carl Weiss
The TL320, a 12 MP point-and-shoot camera just announced by Samsung, packs a lot of bite into a slim package. The revolutionary 3-inch AMOLED screen with HVGA resolution is the largest we’ve seen on a digital camera. And then there’s the 720p video, HDMI connectivity, optical and digital image stabilization, wide-angle 24-mm Schneider lens, 5 x zoom, Smart Auto setting that automatically detects and switches the scene mode and feature detection arsenal (face/blink/smile/beauty). For a finishing touch, take a look at the retro-chic analog gauges displaying battery life and available memory. A sleek, sexy camera with all the bells and whistles, the TL320 will be available this May for $380. [Businesswire via DVICE]
Monday, February 16, 2009 10:30AM - By Emily
T-Mobile has officially dated and priced the Samsung Memoir. The handset is expected to be available February 25th for an MSRP of $249.99 with a 2-year contract. If you don’t remember the Samsung Memoir, the handset is designed primarily for people who want to capture their memories with the phone. The 3G handset has a built-in 8-megapixel camera with Xenon flash, a 16x digital zoom, and CMOS autofocus. The phone also has widgets that allow you to upload the pictures you take directly to Flickr, Photobucket, Snapfish, or the Kodak Gallery. In addition to the camera features the phone will also have a GPS and stereo Bluetooth. [via MobileCrunch]
Friday, February 13, 2009 12:00PM - By Jared Newman
Samsung appeases the treehugger set with the Blue Earth mobile phone. The first thing you’ll notice is its solar panel that provides enough charge to make a phone call in sunlight, but that’s not all. An “eco-mode” cuts down on unnecessary backlighting, brightness and bluetooth. The body is made of PCM — a plastic extracted from water bottles — and there are no harmful substances, such as Brominated Flame Retardants, Beryllium and Phthalatein, in the handset or charger. If all this doesn’t make you feel earthy enough, an “eco walk” app tells you how much CO2 you didn’t emit by walking instead of driving. There’s little else in the way of specs, but who cares? It’s green! Look for it in the UK during the second half of the year, price TBD. [Pocket-lint via Engadget]
Thursday, February 12, 2009 1:30PM - By Joe Wertz
Get this git-fiddle while the gettin’ is good, the $49.99 Ashley AIL RA23B Rock Axe plugs into either a PS2 or PS3 to help you string up to shred Guitar Hero or Rock Band. Tune in after the jump and plug into more rockstar deals.
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Tuesday, February 10, 2009 11:00AM - By Jared Newman
Samsung is claiming “first” to pair 10x zoom with a wide-angle lens in its latest digital camera. The 10.2-megapixel WB500 (or the Hz10W in the US) includes hardware and software image stabilization, face detection auto focus, smile shot and blink detection. This camera was shown off earlier in the year at the Consumer Electronics Show, boasting features like Smart Albums for sorting photos and a wide range of manual controls to make it feel professional-like, but Akihabara is quoting a new Korean press release in regards to Samsung’s self-appointed accolades. In any case, the camera is available now for $300. [Akihabara News via Electronista]
Monday, February 9, 2009 12:00PM - By Emily
Samsung is reportedly working on its first full touchscreen phone. The M7600 is expected to have Bang and Olufsen audio, with am amp built-in to improve audio quality. The phone is also expected to have an AMOLED screen, 3-megapixel camera, HSPA-based 3G, and GPS.
The rumors come from some leaked photos of the device that hit the web this weekend. No word on what pricing would be for the phone- or if we’ll even see it come Mobile World Congress. From the looks of things however, it looks like MWC this year is shaping up to have a ton of pretty decent product announcements, despite the tumbling world economy. [via Electronista]
Friday, February 6, 2009 11:00AM - By Carl Weiss
For years we’ve found ourselves stuck on the convenience side of the quality/convenience compromise of cell phone cameras. Unlike your real camera that you take out for all those contrived photo ops, the cell phone camera is always there for the unexpected shot that you just have to take. Unfortunately, while those pictures are theoretically the best shots in your collection, you can barely make them out afterwards. Swept in by the winds of change, the Samsung Memoir destroys the compromise with an 8 MP camera with 16 x digital zoom, 5 shooting modes and Xenon flash. On one side of the phone, a brilliant touch screen beckons the fingertips, and on the other, a camera that actually looks like a camera is prepared to take REAL pictures. You don’t lose any of the other perks, either–bluetooth, built-in GPS and audio/video player are all there. The Memoir will be released on T-Mobile’s 3G network is expected to run $299 w/2 year contract. [DVICE]
Thursday, January 29, 2009 11:30AM - By Jared Newman
Samsung, already pleased with itself for introducing DDR, DDR2 and DDR3 RAM, said it has created the first-ever 4-gigabit (1 GB) SDRAM chip. Throw eight of these on a laptop memory stick and you’ve got twice the RAM that is currently available. It’s also more efficient than regular DDR3 memory thanks to a 50 nanometer manufacturing process, with an estimated 20 percent power savings of 2-gigabit sticks. Transfer speeds reach 1.6 gigabits per second. Samsung doesn’t say when these chips will be commercially available, but the International Data Corporation estimates that “over 2 gB” DDR3 RAM will comprise 3 percent of the market this year and more than half the market by 2012. [PR via Electronista]
