A new budget phone christened SGH-M150 is being unveiled from the staples of the Korean giant Samsung. The simple candy bar cell phone is to be made available by mid August in Germany and later in Europe, Asia and Africa.
Specs:
Dual-band GSM 9000/1800MHz Data GPRS
Size 106.5mm x 45mm x 13mm
Main Display 1.77″ 262k TFT, 128×160 pixel resolution
Camera VGA Video
Bluetooth 2.0+EDR
Recent acquisition of Symbian has created quite a stir in the ever increasing market of Mobile Operating Systems. Symbian OS accounts for 60 percent of the converged mobile device segment, but has been loosing share lately. This has been largely to Windows Mobile and Linux.
Symbian has largely been controlled by Nokia. And it seems pretty odd, other phone manufacturer’s paying large sum of money going into the hands of a competitor.But this will all change with the Symbian foundation. How much? Only time will tell.
Google is about to unleash linux-based Android pretty soon on Motorola handsets. So this means putting additional pressure on Windows Mobile, which charges heavy on licensing fees. Continue reading “Windows Mobile – In trouble?”
At the Singapore Telecommunications Exhibition 2008, held last month, Samsung unveiled two new slider handsets – J800 Luxe and the L870.
J800 Luxe
Sleek and neat would describe this handset with standard features.
Specs & features at a glance:
• 2.2-inch TFT display
• 176 x 220 pixels resolution
• 256K colours
• Tri-band
• Bluetooth A2DP
• microSD cards
• Media player Continue reading “Two new slider handsets from Samsung – J800 & L870”
Samsung launched the i-Killer, the i900 recently. Certainly has killer looks…
Specs & features:
Samsung have launched the successor to the highly successful B100 (Samsung Guru) model, the Samsung B200. One of the main strong holds for the Samsung model was the attractive series of ads they had promoted the product with. The product itself was meant to be a basic entry level model with no oomph value attached to it. It was a sturdy no frills model. What it did have was a whooping 9 hour continuous talk time battery life.
Samsung recently launched the tri-band Samsung D780 Duos. A rather stylish candy bar design, this handset is loaded with goodies.
Specs and features at a glance:
• 2.1 inch, 256k colour, QVGA display
• 2 megapixel camera
• USB 2.0 data transfer
• Bluetooth with an A2DP profile
• microSD card support for external memory
• Media player for music and video
• FM radio
The D780 allows both SIMs to be active at the same time. Continue reading “New Dual Sim offering from Samsung – D780 Duos”
Samsung is known for coming out with stuff, which nobody can imagine. First the company came out with a concept phone, which has a 10 mega-pixel camera embedded in it and now Samsung has launched the world’s thinnest Camera CMOS module, which can be easily used in today’s camera phones. Continue reading “Worlds Thinnest Camera module”
Yes. That’s right. An 8 megapixel 28 x 15.3 x 8.5mm CMOS into a camera that will be available by the end of this year.
Now for some technical gyan:
The new camera phone module will be 10 percent smaller than present phone modules, and will feature low-light ISO 1600 sensitivity and F2.6 focal length, anti-shake function, face detection technology, and an automated shoot mode that is activated by silly, smiling faces (similar to the smile-shutter feature in some Sony Cyber-shots).
All said, some experts argue that mobile CMOS modules cannot match the quality of larger digital camera CMOS modules and CCDs; even if the chip were to deliver higher pixels, it would still get much lesser light than normal camera CMOS modules. Still others are of the view that Samsung’s camera lenses will not allow for better quality images than say Sony’s camera lenses despite the 8MP output size.
Few months back Nokia appointed Shahrukh Khan as their brand ambassador in India for their mobile phone business. Nokia being the number one player in India wanted to go with the Number 1 Khan. Samsung on the other hand didn’t want to settle for less and has roped in the other Khan who is Number 1 in his own ways. Aamir Khan has been appointed as the brand ambassador for Samsung mobile phones. Continue reading “Aamir says, Jo Jeeta, Wohi Samsung”
Samsung has partnered with Adidas to launch the Samsung F110, or the Adidas miCoach.
Equipped with a web-based analysis tool that can help you with your sport needs, the miCoach has a heart rate monitor, which makes use of a belt that measures your heart beat off your chest.
It also has the accelerometer and the pedometer, the phone gives you a real-time voice-coaching during workouts. The phone can also read out your current stats like time, calories, heart rate etc.
Wow! Continue reading “Samsung F110, or the Adidas miCoach launched”
Its party time for all Samsung phone fans in India . They recently unleashed more phones at Mobile Asia 2008 Samsung – F490, SGH i550, SGH i780, F250, J210, SGH i450 and D880
F490
A multimedia phone with a 3.2-inch TFT screen with a complete touch user interface, a 5MP camera and HSDPA connectivity with killer good looks and svelte lines.
Samsung showed off a lot of handsets from their platter, from lifestyle phones, to basic and low-end handsets at the Mobile Asia 2008
Samsung Soul
A slim, lightweight, stylish phone with features that adapt to the user depending on the application, the Soul is pure eye candy. With Magic Touch by DaCP, navigation indicators on the keypad change according to the user’s needs.
This 3G handset is equipped with professional photographic functions including a 5MP camera. It features music library navigation and a digital power amplifier.
Measurements of the Samsung Soul are 105.9×49.5×12.9mm. Continue reading “Samsung showing at Mobile Asia 2008 – Soul, Metal series, SGH G800, Serenata, Armani”
The Samsung D880 is a Dual SIM phone from Samsung .. I was trying out this phone at a local cell phone store called in Chennai
The Coolest feature about this phone is that you can actually select the SIM when you actually make a call ..
Imagine being able to switch between Airtel and Hutch sorry Vodafone when you are in the city and inside a building where no network is having the best signal . The phone looks cool and some great features
2007 was a blockbuster year for Mobile phones. Apprx. 1 billion mobile phones were sold in the year 2007. 2007 also saw some unique launches with Nokia launching their N Series devices followed by Apple launching the iPhone, which created ripples in the mobile phone industry. Continue reading “2007, a Blockbuster year for Mobile Phones”
Samsung has launched an economy phone for the Indian market. Named Guru100, this handset is a candy bar handset with features that would fulfill the minimum requirement for any handset user.
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Specs and features at a glance:
• CSTN display with a resolution of 128×128 pixels
• 65,000 colours
• Hinglish SMS function
• MP3 ringtones
• Download MP3 ringtones and songs
• Mobile Tracker
• 9 hours talk time
• Up to 500 phone-book entries
• Handsfree
• Java games
• V card
• V calendar
• PC studio
• Alarm and calculator
• Li-ion 1000 mAh battery Continue reading “Samsung Guru100 Economy phone for the Indian market”
