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Gem & Samsung & Verizon & best buy 02 Sep 2010 07:11 pm
Best Buy puts the Samsung Gem on their buyer’s guide
Best Buy has been doing a lot tricks with the Fascinate, the Best Buy App, and prepping for definite holiday sales for tablets.
They are also planning to put the Gem, Verizon’s low-end Android phone on their buyer’s guide. It will have Android 2.1 and have TouchWiz 3.0 and Swype. It also has 16GB of microSD expansion, and a 3.2 Megapixel cam.
There isn’t really anything on the price, but my Source suggests something around $79.99.
Galaxy Tab & Gingerbread & Honeycomb & Samsung & Samsung Galaxy Tab & Tab & tablet 02 Sep 2010 10:41 am
Samsung exec already has next Tablet planned
Now that the Galaxy Tab was on prominent display at IFA, it is going to be quite a cool thing.
Apparently, a Samsung head of product planning named WP Hong is already making the next model. This new one is apparently being called the Honeycomb, but that could refer to the operating system which it uses.
After all, Android 2.2 is known as Froyo, and Android 3.0 is Gingerbread. By the way, the Tab is going to get an update to Gingerbread.
I’m sure we’ll be seeing more on this later.
Accessories & Galaxy Tab & Samsung & Samsung Galaxy Tab & tablet 02 Sep 2010 10:28 am
The Samsung Galaxy Tab gets spotlighted at IFA
We have talked about the Galaxy Tab many times before. We have shown a video, talked about its accessories, and the rumor of it going to Verizon.
It has shown up at an IFA Press Conference, and it’s the Android 2.2 tablet that could give the iPad a run for its money.
Don’t forget the 7-inch screen with the 1024 x 600 display, a front-facing video camera, Flash 10.1, HTML 5, and doubles as an e-reader.
I’m sure we’ll be hearing more about it soon.
Press Release:
This is a HUGE WIN for Kobo! Samsung is a global leader – a world class organization that touches billions of consumers worldwide. The GALAXY Tab is an amazing device and will be a real contender in the marketplace as consumers everywhere adopt tablets. To have been selected as THE eReading application that powers the ‘Readers Hub’ on this device is simply incredible.
Let me be the first to tell you that the reading experience on the GALAXY Tab is amazing. It’s ultra-light (380g) with a beautiful 7” TFT-LCD display that’s perfect for a quick read or hours of escape. The Kobo app will be preloaded on devices globally, so consumers can enjoy eReading the world over. Samsung GALAXY Tab customers will have wireless access to Kobo’s extensive catalog of more than 2.2 million eBooks, featuring New York Times best sellers, the latest new releases from top authors around the globe, and over one million free titles ranging from 18th century romance novels to thrillers and more.
As always, we’ve made sure that the Kobo app, designed specifically for the GALAXY Tab leverages the unique features of the device and is easy to use for all readers. Some of the key features include:
Choice: The Kobo store offers over 2.2 million popular titles, including hot new releases and 1.8 million free books. There’s something to suit every reader, and we are adding thousands more each week.
Easy navigation: Tap or swipe to turn pages, scroll through your book, or use the Table of Contents to jump between sections.
Customizable: Personalize your reading experience by choosing the perfect text size and style for your eyes, or switch between day and night reading mode.
Viewing options: Simply turn your Samsung GALAXY Tab to switch from landscape to portrait view.
Find books easily: Browse our extensive selection of categories and recommended reading lists.
Read Anywhere: Kobo also offers free reading apps for computers, smartphones, eReaders and other devices, so you can always access your library from any device. Watch for the Kobo app preloaded on Samsung Smartphones too!
International titles: Kobo is rapidly acquiring titles in the European and Asia-Pacific areas, to deliver choice to readers around the world.
Own your books: Kobo supports EPUB, PDF, and Adobe DRM, so you can purchase and download books from other sources and add them to your Kobo library.
Consumers have clearly demonstrated that they want to read digitally on a variety of devices, and we couldn’t be more pleased to power eReading on this new world-class tablet from Samsung. This is just the beginning, so stay tuned for more announcements as the Samsung GALAXY Tab makes its way into the world.
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Cell Phones & Samsung 02 Sep 2010 03:45 am
1 Million Samsung Galaxy S (SHW-M110S) Sold In South Korea
Samsung has proudly announced that they have sold a million units of Samsung Galaxy S (SHW-M110S) in South Korea. The Galaxy S has surpassed the Yu-Na Haptic phone that sold a million units in approximately 210 days. For your info, the handset features a 4-inch Super AMOLED display, a 5MP camera with 720p HD video recording and playback, Wi-Fi 802.11n, Bluetooth 3.0, GPS, T-DMB and more. [SamsungHub]
4g & AT&T & Captivate & Cell Phones & Galaxy S & Media Hub & Samsung & Sprint & T-mobile & Verizon & android & epic 4g & fascinate & google & qwerty & smartphone & vibrant 02 Sep 2010 03:21 am
Samsung Announcing New Galaxy S Smartphone On September 16th?
Samsung’s first attempt at an Android powered device has been immesnely successful with the Galaxy S. Not only does it feautre highly sought after specs like an AMOLED display and a 1GHz processor, but it has made its way to virtually every carrier in the United States. AT&T has the Samsung Captivate, T-Mobile the Samsung Vibrant, Sprint the Samsung Epic 4G and Verizon the Samsung Fascinate.
While all of these devices feature a similar form factor, the Epic 4G is the only device that features 4G connectivity and a slide-out QWERTY keyboard.
However, it looks like Samsung has something else up their sleeve as they have just sent out invitations to an event in New York on September 16th. At this event, Samsung will be launching a new Android-powered smartphone that many believe will be a new model in the Galaxy S series.
Additionally, Samsung will also announce ‘Media Hub’ on the same day which is an online video store specifically targeting the company’s smartphone line up.
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Android device & Media Hub & Samsung & Samsung Media Hub 01 Sep 2010 07:51 pm
Samsung planning something big on September 16
Sure, Apple was all ablaze with Steve announcing the new Nanos, Shuffles, and iPod Touches (oh my!)
It would appear that Samsung has some sort of similar shindig going down, and they plan to unveil their new Media Hub. This is the one that will allow “Galaxy S users to rent and purchase TV shows and movies for a small fee”.
Apparently, there is some new Android device that Samsung will announce, and it could be the Galaxy Tab or even the Fascinate.
Well, we shall see on September 16.
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Cell Phones & Samsung & Today On Mobilewhack & china & i909 & samsung i909 01 Sep 2010 07:16 pm
Samsung i909 for China
Samsung will soon release a new smartphone for the Chinese market, more specifically the Samsung i909 that is headed for China Telecom.
The Samsung i990 can be considered a worldwide version and a version of the popular Samsung Galaxy S, and in addition to the lightweight of 121 grams it boasts a processor running at 1GHz, GPS, Bluetooth 3.0 and a good internal memory of 16GB. Its 5-megapixel camera is able to record video in HD format and its operative system will most likely be Android 2.1 with TouchWIZ as the user interface. The Super AMOLED display screen has a size of 4-inches and a WVGA resolution of 480×800 pixels.
Samsung & Samsung YP-Q3 & Samsung YP-U6 & YP-Q3 & YP-U6 & portable media player 01 Sep 2010 06:57 pm
Samsung’s new PMP, the YP-Q3 and YP-U6
It seems like everyone is improving on their PMP technology these days, Apple has that iPod nano, iPod Shuffle, iPod Touch, and Philips has that GoGear Connect.
Samsung has announced two new PMPs. The first is the YP-Q3, which can support many formats, including H.264, WMV, Xvid, MP3, OGG as well as an FM receiver and voice recorder. The other is the YP-U6 MP3, which is more of a stick that apparently has an accelerometer of some type.
There is no word on when this will be out, but you should probably expect to hear more of it sometime during IFA.
Cell Phones & Reviews & Samsung & Samsung Blue Earth & Samsung Freeform & Samsung caliber & cell phone & samsung cell phone & solar panel 31 Aug 2010 09:01 pm
Samsung Blue Earth Cell Phone Review–Good For The Planet
The one thing that I absolutely love about Samsung phones is that they have great names. Caliber, Freeform, and so on…you won’t see too many Samsungs that have bland names like the XP-130. So today, we’re going to take a look at another smartly-named Samsung phone, the Samsung Blue Earth.
The Samsung Blue Earth is a candy bar style cell phone that offers Bluetooth connectivity, a two thousand contact phone book, text messaging, multimedia messaging, stopwatch, world clock, calculator, calendar, alarm clock, mobile email, mobile web, Wi-Fi connectivity, a Google app that lets you use Gmail and Google Maps, a voice recorder, music player, a 3.2 megapixel camera, and a Blue Earth pedometer that lets you not only track your step count, but also convert it to carbon dioxide emissions and trees saved by walking. Though in all honesty, it’s hard to draw a causal link between driving a car and killing trees unless you hit a lot of them while driving.
The Samsung Blue Earth, in a bid to be environmentally friendly, also comes with another feature–a solar panel array to recharge the phone on the back. The battery has been tested at about eight hours of talk time on a single charge, and the solar panels appear to be able to kick in about four hours’ worth of talk time when the battery is nearly discharged.
Obviously, I didn’t get a chance to run tests on the solar panels, but one thing I can say is that the phone offers plenty of worthwhile features, though the phone suffers from some pretty cramped conditions when you’re trying to use them. It’s a mixed bag phone, and it’s the ecological awareness of it that really gives it its extra edge.
The Samsung Blue Earth isn’t a bad phone, it’s just a much better phone at saving the world than it is at being a phone.
The Good
Terrific battery life
Plenty of features
The Bad
Solar panels of dubious effectiveness
Cramped controls
Score 7 / 10
Cell Phones & Cricket & SCH-r630 & Samsung & messager touch 31 Aug 2010 01:01 pm
Samsung SCH-r630 Messager Touch available at Cricket Wireless
The Samsung SCH-r630 Messager Touch that we reviewed on June 2010 is now available for purchase at Cricket Wireless, it will cost $160 and is available in two colors: black or white.
In case you forgot the SCH-r630 Messager Touch made by Samsung features a 2.6-inch touchscreen, a 2-megapixel camera, and a sliding QWERTY keyboard. The device was first launched on US Cellular.