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Samsung Messager

Yesterday, at Dallas, TX, Samsung introduced and announced the availability of the new Samsung Messager (or SCH-r450) to MetriPCS. This device is a sleek slider, equipped with QWERTY keyboard.

Its main features and specifications are: QWERTY keyboard; Stereo Bluetooth Wireless technology; an MP3 Player, with a rich interface; a built-in 1.3 megapixel camera; SMS, MMS, E-Mail and IM messaging; Voice Recognition; speakerphone; a display of 2.1” 262K TFT, 176X220 pixels; dimensions of 4.4” x 2.0” x 0.7”; hands-free; and an external micro SD slot with memory support up to 2GB.

Samsung Messager is available in Black, but the price and the availability were not immediately mentioned.

Samsung S7330 Soul

As they had a great success with the ‘Soul’ series, Samsung decided to come up with another device, but this time they went back to the slider model-Soul S7330. They created this model in order to be more accessible for the mass market.

Samsung S7330 Soul is a stylish and plastic-ish model, as well as a solid mid-ranger. It comes equipped with a quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE radio (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) on board, HSDPA support, a 2.2-inch QVGA screen, a 3.2 megapixel camera with LED flash and face recognition, CIF front camera for video calls, an FM radio with RDS, Bluetooth connectivity, a media player, and a 800 mAh.

In addition to all these, S7330 comes with the Interactive “Magical Touch” DaCP display/touchpad, which is characteristic to the ‘Soul’ series. The phone measures 105×49.5×14 mm and weights 110 g.

It seems that Samsung S7330 Soul will be officially released next month, at the approximative price of $500.

Samsung i7110 S60 smartphone coming soon

After launching the first Symbian S60 smartphone with an 8 megapixel camera-the i8510 INNOV8-, Samsung is planning to launch another Symbian S60 device, the i7110. We still don’t know when the official launching will take place, but rumors say that this could happen very soon.

In comparison with the first Symbian S60, the i7110 is not such a high-range device. But still, it is a high-end device, being equipped with a 5 megapixel camera with flash, an optical mouse, a media player, Bluetooth, FM radio and a microSD memory slot. We don’t know if it featuresthe 3G (HSDPA), Wi-FI or GPS, but it wouldn’t be a surprise.

We will be back with more information and, hopefully, with the official release date.

Samsung Bluetooth headsets in Russia

Samsung has just unveiled three new mono Bluetooth headsets in Russia: WEP250, WEP350 and WEP700. These have a stylish look and quite make the money.

WEP250 headset has its roots in the well known WEP200 model. WEP250 weights only 11 grams, has a battery that provides up to 7 hours of talk and up to 100 hours of standby time.

WEP350 headset is 5.9 mm thick, and is considered to be the “world’s most thinnest headset.” It is available in three color options: Glossy Black, Romantic Red and Metallic Silver. It is also equipped with a desktop docking station charger-it allows receiving of the calls even while charging. Its battery provides up to 5 hours of talk and up to 80 hours of standby time.

And finally, WEP700 headset, is a stylish comfortable one which has a business look and weights only 10 grams. The device comes with noise suppression system and allows clear sound echoes even in a noisy environment. Its battery provides up to 6 hours of talk and up to 200 hours of standby time.

Samsung WEP250, WEP350 and WEP700 headsets are expected to hit the market of Russia in August and will be sold for $38, $58 and $90. It is still unknown though, whether Samsung will introduce this trio to other countries as well.

Samsung INNOV8

On 24 July 2008. at London, UK, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd and Symbian Limited announced the new Samsung INNOV8. This device is equipped with high-end features and multimedia features, including an 8 megapixel camera, Internet browsing and ergonomics.

Samsung INNOV8 is based on Symbian OS v9.3 and it comes with power efficiency, platform security and phone performance. It also brings a S60 applications library, 3D games, a 2.8” LCD display and HSDPA connectivity.

This phone’s features are the following: HSDPA 7.2 Mbps (900/2100), EDGE / GPRS (850/900/1800/1900) network; Symbian OS v9.3, S60 v3.2; an 8 Megapixel CMOS camera, with AF and Dual Power LED, Smart Reader, Image Stabilizer, Auto-Panorama Shot, Smile Shot, Blink Shot, Wide Dynamic Range, and Face Detection; a Video Player (DivX / H.263 / H.264 / WMV / MP4) with QVGA 120 fps Video recording, VGA 30 fps recording and Video Editing; FM Radio with RDS; Music Player (MP3/ AAC / AAC+ / eAAC+ / WMA / AMR/ RealAudio); Bluetooth Stereo Headset (A2DP); GPS; Optical mouse; Accelerometer; Bluetooth connectivity; a memory of 16GB Flash + External Memory slot : microSDHC™ (up to 16GB); and a battery of 1200 mAh. The phone measures 106.5 x 53.9 x 17.2 mm.

Samsung INNOV8 will be available in Europe starting with August 2008.

Samsung SGH-M150 bar phone

Yesterday, in Korea, Samsung presented its new phone, the Samsung SGH-M150 candy bar phone. This phone is a slim and sleek one, with dual-band, but it is a simple phone, for everyday use.

Samsung SGH-M150 features a built-in VGA camera, a large 1.77″ 65k color TFT display, and SMS, MMS, and E-Mail messaging. It also offers handsfree options, Bluetooth connectivity, speakerphone, a music player and FM radio.

Its size is of 106.5mm x 45mm x 13mm, but the weight and the battery life are still unknown. It is also equipped with video-playback and capture-, an internal memory of 20MB, USB and Bluetooth, GPRS, and a GSM band of 9000/1800MHz.

Samsung SGH-M150 comes in different colors, like Light Gray, Charcoal Gray, Pure White, Lavender Pink, and Ice Blue. The phone will be first available in Germany during August, but after that markets in Europe, Southwest and Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia will follow.

Samsung SGH-a227

Another phone that showed itself up on the web pages of AT&T is Samsung SGH-a227. This phone is equipped with an internal color display of 65k and a monochrome external display. Coloured in black and grey, this phone lacks real multimedia capabilities, but it seems that it is ready, having an office look.

Samsung SGH-a227 features connectivity with quad-band GSM (850/900/1800/1900MHz) network support and an HTML Web browser. The phone weights 96.4g, and has a battery that lasts about 4 hours of talk time. It measures 88.9mm x 45.7mm x 20mm (3.5″ x 1.8″ x 0.8″), has a main display of 65k color cSTN and 128×160 pixel resolution, it has SMS, MMS and IM messaging, E-Mail, an internal memory of 32MB, and speakerphone. But this phone lacks important features like a camera, video, or Bluetooth.

Samsung SGH-a227 is already available at AT&T, at the price of $9.99

Samsung “Soul” in Europe

Samsung has just launched its “Soul” phone in Europe. Samsung Soul will be ready for release this month, in France, UK and Germany.

Samsung soul is a tri-band phone and it is equipped with a 5 megapixel camera, with 4x digital zoom, the face detection technology, image stabilizer and wide dynamic range. But it also has a 7.2mbps HSDPA data access, and has 3G support. The phone is slim and light, a perfect combination between style and functionality. The keypad is adaptable and has a simple navigation of menus. It also has music icons which appear when a user is using the phone as a music player.

Samsung Soul also features: GPRS Class 10 at 32-48kbps, EDGE Class 10 at 236.8 kbps, 3G through HSDPA at 7.2 mbps download speed, Bluetooth connectivity, SMS, EMS, MMS, and E-Mail messaging, GSM 900/1800/1900 support, a large 2.2 inches TFT screen with 240×320 pixels, polyphonic and mp3 ringtones support.

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Samsung “Soul”

Samsung Soul U900 will be sold somewhere at the price of $798.

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Review: Samsung D880

Samsung D880 is considered a 2-phones-in-one device. It is a phone equipped with a great solid design and the unique Samsung quality. Its great feature is the fact that it has the dual-SIM functionality, but also a 3 megapixel camera and a large 2.3″ QVGA TFT dispaly.

Samsung D880 Duos doesn’t offer an extraordianary external design or interface capabilities, but it does have style in its look, and most of all it features the dual SIM. Unfortunatelly it lacks 3G and Web browsing. It also has a 3 megapixel camera with autofocus, a large display, stereo Bluetooth and TV-out connectivity.

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Samsung D880

Its dimenssions are 104 x 51 x 18.9 mm and it weights 116 g. It is also thicker than D900i, all its covers are made of plastic and the battery cover is made of a soft rubber-like matt finish, which gives a leather-like look.

All in all, its main features are: first of all the dual-SIM functionality; the 3 megapixel autofocus camera, which has a good image quality; the 2.3″ 262K-color TFT display; a microSD memory card slot; FM radio; Bluetooth connectivity and TV out; MS Office document viewer; quick interface response, nice and comfortable keyboard and controls.

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Samsung D880

Samsung D880’s main disadvantages are: secondary SIM has dual-band support only and can be used for telephony and messaging only; poor sunlight legibility; doesn’t have 3G support; poor Web browser and music player; and a larg size.

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Samsung D880

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Samsung SGH-i900 Win.Mobile Smartphone

Samsung has just unveiled the new Windows Mobile smartphone Samsung SGH-i900 during a Dutch telecom, “Televisie 2008″.

There have been different rumours about this phone, but Samsung confirmed that SGH-i900 is running Windows Mobile 6.1. Most of the features of this phone are still unknown or still not confirmed. What we know is that this device will be equipped with at least triband GSM/GPRS/EDGE, singleband UMTS/HSDPA, Bluetooth 2.0 and EDR, and WiFi b/g connectivity. Rumours say that it will also have GPS and FM radio, but it’s not confirmed yet.

The phone is expected to have 3.5″ screen with Windows Mobile resolution of 240×400 pixel. The camera is supposed to be with autofocus and of 5 megapixel. The new phone will also support a memory of 8 GB.

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Samsung SGH-i900

The date of the release and the price are of course still unknown, but it is rumoured that the release will be sometime during the summer. We’ll be back with news.

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