The Samsung SGH i310, you know the phone with the with 8 GB Hard Drive is getting an awesome upgrade, in Korea at least. The phone is going to be renamed the SCH-B570 and will be able to receive broadcasts through DMB services being added to the device. The Samsung SGH i310 is till set to be launched later this year in Europe so you can bet the release of the SCH-B570 will be even further out. Korea gets the best phones.
Source: Gizmodo
The Samsung SGH-X280 lays claims to the now boring title of world’s thinnest phone. There is one thing that Samsung seems to understand that just about every manufacturer seems to have a lapse of understanding about… featues! While there is no mention of expandable memory the SGH – X280 does have a 2 Megapixel camera with recording capabilities, an MP3 player, a file viewer, Bluetooth and TV-out. Pricing for the Samsung SGH-X820 is unknown at this time.
Quick Specs
Triband GSM/GPRS 900/1800/1900MHz
EDGE
2 Megapixel Camera
1.9†176×220 262K Color TFT Display
Video Recording & Messaging
Media Player MP3 / AAC / ACC+ / AAC+ (e) / WMA
Bluetooth
USB
PictBridge
Document Viewer/TV-output
80MB memory Internal
Size: 113 x 50 x 6.9 mm
Wight: 66g
Source:Slashphone
Samsung practically releases a phone every week. The model on deck today is the GPS boasting, Samsung SCH V890 slider. Samsung does ok with this handset except for the price bump which I can only imagine is for the NATE Drive navigation service. 1.3 megapixel camera and the handset is only 13.8mm thin.
Quick Specs
1.3 megapixel camera
2.12″ 240 x 320 TFT LCD display with 262k colors
Bluetooth
80MB Memory
Media player (MP3/AAC/ AAC+/e-AAC+/WMA
PictBridge
NATE Drive GPS
source: engadget
Sprint, who seems to be heavily favoring the low-end of the market when it comes to handsets has released/announced a few new phones for the entry-level buyers segment. Two of the handsets are listed below.
Sprint CDM-120
This clamshell is also known as the UTStarcomm CDM-7025. A quick rundown of the specs includes a 1.5 inch 65k color display, speakerphone and MP3 ringtones. (shown above). The cheapest BigBerries has seen this phone is FREE (with agreement of course).
Samsung SPH-A580
This Samsung offering has a 128 x 160 pixel internal display with 65k colors. The external display is grayscale. This flip phone does offer voice-dialing and 1xRTT data. If not mistaken this phone (shown at right) will replace the A560.
Size:91 x 45 x 23 mm
Weight” 93g
Talktime: up to 3.5 hours
Source: engadget
The Samsung website is showing that the SGH X507, which was approved quite a while ago by the FCC will officially launch with Cingular Wireless.
The entry-level clamshell is a quad band GSM phone with EDGE, Bluetooth, and USB. Expected pricing is in the area of $100.00
Quick Specs
Quad Band GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz
Size: 84 x 44 x 19mm / 3.30″ x 1.75″ x 0.75″
Weight: 82g / 2.9oz
Talktime: up to 5 hours
Standby: uo to 250 hours
Available Colors: Metallic Blue, Silver
120 x 160 65K Color TFT display (Internal)
Email functions (POP3, IMAP4, SMTP)
Messaging (AOL,ICQ,Yahoo!)
Calendar, to-do list, calculator, voice commands, speakerphone
Souce: textually
According to pocket-lint, T-Mobile is launching the official England World Cup cell phone.
The phone in particular is a Samsung SGH E370, which will be loaded with an awesome inspirational video clip of Geoff Hurst’s winning goal in 1966.
Other clips and exclusive content will also be included as well as the “Three Lions” logo. In June T-Mobile is expected to offer exclusive mobile phone access to its World Cup channel.
Quick Specs
Tri-Band 900, 1800, 1900MHz
65k Color TFT display (128×160)
Weight 98g
1.3 Megpixel camera
Media player (MP3)
EDGE and GPRS
Bluetooth
USB and 40MB of internal memory
Source:textually.org
Samsung Electronics has developed a new MMCmicro that is the size of a fingernail and claiming speed 3.5 times faster than any other card on the market.
“The 2GByte high-performance MMC is a powerful indicator of Samsung’s expanding efforts to embrace the widest possible range of multimedia applications including mobile video,†said Don Barnetson, Director, Flash Marketing, Samsung Semiconductor, Inc.
Capable of storing 12 hours of mobile video and can download 3 hours worth under 2 minutes. The 1GB should be available commercially sometime this year. The 2GB version release date is not yet announced.
Source: PhoneScoop
BigBerries stumbled across the new CDMA EVDO phone that should be heading to Verizon Wireless, the Samsung SCH-A990. From what we understand, the new flagship handset is based on the SGH 2710. The SGH -2710 is currently Samsung’s top-end 3G phone in Europe.
Quick Specs
3.2 megapixel camera
Bluetooth
MicroSD memory card slot
Color external display
Internal antenna.
The European model, the Samsung Z710 also features an auto-focus lens and QVGA display and though not stated, those features are expected to appear on the US version of the Handset.
Great to see Samsung expanding the boundaries for the flagship model despite 1st Q results. The comapny said it’s looking to gain tremendous position in the market and with close to a billion phones and models like this and others recently announced a billion can’t be too far off.
Source: mobiletechnews
Samsung and Airlink, are set to deploy the first commercial WiMAX network in North America. In early 2007, Muskegon County, MI gets to be first in the next wave of technology to come.
The State of Michigan is providing assistance by financing a portion of the project as part of the Digital Divide Investment Program.
Samsung will provide Mobile WiMAX services for Muskegon County exclusively and are said to be first company to provide a commercially available WiMAX solution in North America.
Converged services, video telephones, multimedia messaging, push and demand services are on the way!
It’s almost a daily routine with Samsung. Not as thin as yesterday’s phone but I’m sure it will satisfy.
Quick Specs
Network: CDMA
262k Color TFT LCD display
1.3 megapixel camera
MP3 player
Gizmodo is also stating the SCH V870 has a dictionary. We assume that ties into the mobile printing features. Korea is like THE place for phones right now.
Price is expected to be around five bills ($500.00 US).
From the looks of it there’s a tech site on the auction block. Let me not say anything, the ink may spill and ruin it for everybody. Plus BigBerries usually does not cater to that.
