Nokia, Samsung, Sony and Toshiba to Develop Common High-Definition Link

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This is some good news for all cellular fans. Electronic giants Nokia, Samsung, Sony and Toshiba have teamed up with Silicon Image to create a new type of connector.The new connector is developed with a hope to bridge the gap between Mobiles/Portable Media Players and High-Definition Displays. Continue reading “Nokia, Samsung, Sony and Toshiba to Develop Common High-Definition Link”

Samsung SCH-W880 12MP Phone Announced in Korea!

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The Samsung SCH-W880 is the Korean variant of the Samsung M8920 about which we posted yesterday.

The Samsung SCH-W880 has been announced in Korea today. It is the world’s first 12MP camera-phone with Optical Zoom. It can be said as a camera that adds phone functionality. Continue reading “Samsung SCH-W880 12MP Phone Announced in Korea!”

Samsung M8920 12MP Phone with Optical Zoom

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We have seen 12MP camera-phones from brands like Samsung, LG and Sony Ericsson. Although Sony Ericsson was the first to announce a 12MP camera-phone, Samsung overtook it and launched theirs ahead of Sony Ericsson’s. Continue reading “Samsung M8920 12MP Phone with Optical Zoom”

Samsung Galaxy i7500 comes to India on Tata Docomo

Tata Docomo and Samsung have teamed up to bring the first Samsung Android phone to India – the Samsung Galaxy I7500 which also happens to be the worlds thinnest Android powered phone at 11.9 mm thickness

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Samsung launches Pixon12 in India

Samsung has launched the Pixon12 in India – the phone with the most megapixels in the Camera. At 12MP this phone has competition only from Sony’s upcoming Idou/Satio. But the phone runs Samsung’s Proprietary OS with TouchWiz , so you might be stuck to using this handset for nothing more than Multimedia.

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Samsung LIMO Vodafone Handset Leaked

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These are the pictures of a LIMO powered Samsung phone under the Vodafone network. This phone has been leaked ahead of the Vodafone release schedule. Rumours say that this might be the Samsung Riedel i8305. Continue reading “Samsung LIMO Vodafone Handset Leaked”

Omnia HD Price Drop Alert

Some good news for all you folks looking forward to buy the Samsung Omnia HD . The price of the Omnia HD is now only Rs.27600 approx . The phone was launched in India for Rs.33990  some time back and there was a lot of confusion around the blogosphere about the 1GHz  CPU in the Indian variant. If you wondered if the OmniaHD and i8190 were two different models , you must be joking.  Its high time Handset manufacturers make it easier for consumers to remember product names.

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Samsung Star Wi-Fi is announced

You might have already seen that the Samsung Star sold 5 million units in record time. Now Samsung is doing something really smart to sell more Star phones. Its coming out with the Star WiFi which is technically the same as the Star except for the Wi-Fi.  The new phone has been announced in the middle east and is expected to be available in Asia and the Middle East soon.

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Samsung Blogger Meet @ TGIF, Delhi

This past Saturday, saw Samsung did something which it does not do. Till now, Nokia was the only active company which ‘cultivates’ a league of bloggers, but it is not so. Samsung seems to have clearly declared ‘war’ on all fronts. Fonearena was also invited to the event at T.G.I.F, Vasant Kunj in Delhi. Since it was the first that Samsung was doing, we just had to go.

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Samsung To Launch Its Own Application Store on September 14

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After the Immense success of Apple’s App Store and moderate success of Nokia’s Ovi Store,  Samsung is coming up with its own new app store for all the Samsung Smartphone users on September 14th 2009. However Initially, the Samsung App Store will be open only for the UK, France and Italy users of Omnia and I8910 HD, with 30+ countries like Germany and Spain to follow later. Samsung has further added that the App Store will be then expanded to accomodate other models such as Omnia II and OmniaLITE etc.

The Samsung Application Store will supposedly kickstart with 300 native apps and then grow it to approximately 2000 apps by the end of year 2009. The various apps present in the app store will range from Games, references, social networking, e-books and health related apps which can be easily downloaded in a single click. Companies like Gameloft, Electronic Arts, Handmark, TAITO, Paragon SW, Capcom etc will be among the main providers of applications to the Samsung Application Store.

However in order to activate the App Store Service, Both Omnia and I8910 HD users will have to upgrade their devices. Omnia users can simply download and install the mobile client from www.samsungapps.com to access the app store on their mobiles once the store opens up on 14th Sep 09. Samsung I8910 HD users also can download the mobile client by selecting the Application Download icon on their mobile phones.

So if you are an Omnia or I8910 HD mobile user, you can just head over to www.samsungapps.com for more details on the app store and also to browse featured applications after 14th Sep 2009.

Samsung Star Mobile Phone Sales Exceed 5 Million

Samsung Star is turnning out to be a SuperStar for Korean handset maker Samsung with sales exceeding 5 Million Units in barely 3 months.Samsung star is the cheapest one and the first one to get released among the touchwiz series of handsets. Its sleek squared shape design with chic black color completes touch style.Comes with mobile widgets that customize screen with embedded widgets such as clock, scheduler, and other useful apps.Also offers enhanced camera features, MP3 player, FM radio with RDS and a great internet experience with full browser support.

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Samsung i8320 Leaked!

Well here is something good for you Linux fans out there. Nokia recently leaked their Nokia N900/RX-51 Rover which runs on the Maemo (Linux) Platform.

It now seems that Samsung are also wanting to try out Linux on their phones and here’s the end result. The Samsung i8320 is a Linux Based smart-phone which is in the final stages of production. The phone supports touch pad. Continue reading “Samsung i8320 Leaked!”

Samsung Solar Phone

Samsung launched the first solar powered mobile phone, the Solar Guru E1107. The highlighting feature of this phone is, it enables dual charging. The phone has photovoltaic panel at the back, which helps to charge the battery with sun light. Since the battery can be charged anywhere using the solar energy, the users don’t have to worry when the phone battery is running out of charge. Continue reading “Samsung Solar Phone”

Samsung Omnia HD and Omnia Pro launched in India get a Price

The wait for Sasmung i8910 Omnia HD is finally over in India. Samsung just launched the 2 phones in Mumbai today – the Omnia HD and the Omnia Pro

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Samsung Releases 1GHz CPU for Mobiles

Samsung and Intrinsity jointly announced the Hummingbird CPU which is based on the ARM® Cortex™-A8 processor architecture in 45 nanometer (nm) Low Power (LP), low leakage process technology. It is the fastest processor in the industry.

The processor is almost twice as powerful as the iPhone 3GS and Samsung OMNIA HD processors. It is also extremely power efficient and utilises a minimum supply voltage of 1V. Continue reading “Samsung Releases 1GHz CPU for Mobiles”