Samsung News Smartphone

November 11, 2007

RIM sues LG for trademark infringement

Research in Motion (RIM) has filed a lawsuit against LG, claiming that some of the manufacturer's handset names are confusingly, and deliberately, similar to those of the BlackBerry.The Black Cherry and the Strawberry are the phones that have ...

November 05, 2007

Samsung launches touchscreen phone in Korea

Samsung launches touchscreen phone in Korea Samsung has attempted to steal a march on the iPhone by launching a touchscreen mobile in Korea in advance of Apple's entry next year.The M4650 is a Windows Mobile 6 slider with a 2.8 inch screen. Connectivity takes ...

October 17, 2007

Samsung unveils new S60 smartphones

Samsung unveils new S60 smartphones Samsung unveiled two new S60 smartphones at the Symbian Smartphone Show held in London, running on v9.2 of the Symbian OS. Both the new SGH-i550 and i560 include a GPS receiver. The candybar SGH-i550 has HSDPA and a ...

October 10, 2007

Samsung readies new Blackjack

Samsung readies new Blackjack The FCC have done it again and revealed the inside scoop on a smartphone.This time it's the new version of the Samsung Blackjack - the SGH-i617.The 617 is evolution, not revolution. The design is little changed, and the ...

September 11, 2007

Vodafone reveals unknown Samsung phone

Vodafone Global has announced that it will be offering a hitherto unknown Samsung model known as the SGH-i640V.It seems to be a slightly upgraded version of the recently announced SGH-i620, but the details of that upgrade are currently ...

September 04, 2007

Samsung's new slider is officially unveiled

Samsung's new slider is officially unveiled The IFA show saw a lot of product announcements this week and one of the stand-out devices was the Samsung SGH-i620.At only 16mm thick the SGH-i620 is a slim tri-band GSM handset with a slide-out keyboard. It also ...

July 31, 2007

Rumour: Samsung readies first candybar smartphone

Rumour: Samsung readies first candybar smartphone There are some pretty convincing rumours circulating online that Samsung is to launch its first candybar-shaped smartphone - the i550.Coming in an all steel package reminiscent of the Sony Ericsson W880 (the narrow love-em or hate-em keys are ...

July 17, 2007

Samsung to upgrade the i600

Samsung to upgrade the i600 Samsung is reportedly to rollout a new version of its i600 smartphone which is, not surprisingly called the i620.In actual fact the i620 shares little in common with the i600 Blackjack part from its much unloved QWERTY keyboard ...

July 03, 2007

Nokia handsets to use tactile feedback

Samsung has it. LG has licensed it, but hasn't yet used it. Now Nokia is going to start making handsets using Immersion's VibeTonz tactile feedback technology.Tactile feedback allows phone and software developers to precisely control the type and ...

June 28, 2007

3G Penta-band Power Amplifier Slides Into Samsung's Sleek Smartphone

Anadigics are shipping production volumes of their AWT6223 UMTS/EDGE penta-band power amplifier module to Samsung for its SGH-I520 smartphone designed for the European market. The SGH-I520 is the first Samsung phone to use the Symbian OS Version 9.2 ...

January 08, 2007

Samsung and Google Align

Samsung, a leading provider and innovator of mobile phones, and Google Inc. today announced a global cooperation to enable mobile phone users worldwide with quick and easy access to Google products and services - directly from their Samsung ...

Search the smartphone web

Get our news by email

Enter your email address:

Compelling Network