Samsung B5722 and C6112 dual SIM phones show up
If you intend to buy a new dual SIM phone in the near future, you should know that Samsung is readying not one, but two such handsets that will be released in Europe this December: B5722 and C6112, both being included in Samsung’s Duos family.
The first device, Samsung B5722, is a touchscreen phone shaped like [...]
Orange UK launches business homescreen for Samsung Omnia Pro B7330, sells 30K iPhones
Orange UK announced that it sold more than 30,000 iPhone 3GS smartphones today, smashing what the company believes to be “the previously published first day sales records for a phone in the UK.”
Orange is the first British carrier to start selling the iPhone after O2, which had an exclusivity deal with Apple until this fall.
Vodafone [...]
Samsung S359 – new basic slider for China
Quite a few new Samsung phones have appeared lately in China, including Samsung i6330, Samsung i8180 and Samsung F839.
Well, we’ve got a new one: Samsung S359, which, unlike the previously mentioned models, is a low-end slider.
The S359 wasn’t officially announced, but will probably be released soon for a low price.
The known features of Samsung S359 [...]
Samsung bada smartphone OS announced, will be launched in December
Samsung has just announced that its own smartphone OS is called bada – a word that means “ocean” in Korean and “was chosen to convey the limitless variety of potential applications which can be created using the new platform.”
The Samsung bada open mobile OS will be launched in December this year, when a SDK (software [...]
Samsung to ditch Symbian, launch fewer Windows Mobile phones?
Not long after Samsung confirmed it’s working on its own Linux-based smartphone OS, we’re now hearing that the world’s second largest phone maker intends to get rid of Symbian, as well as to release fewer Windows Mobile smartphones in the years to come.
According to HMC Investment Securities, Samsung intends to stop making Symbian handsets starting [...]
Samsung M3310 and B3410 in official photos
Two unannounced Samsung phones have recently appeared in press photos – Samsung M3310 and Samsung B3410.
The M3310 is a music-oriented dual-slider that comes with external music controls, stereo speakers, 3.5mm headset jack, Bluetooth 2.1, FM radio with RDS, 2.1 inch QVGA display, 3.2MP camera, and MicroSD card support.
The phone can provide a music playback time [...]
Samsung will pay $1.3 billion for Qualcomm patent licenses
Samsung has recently announced an agreement with Qualcomm, according to which it will pay $1.3 billion for using Qualcomm’s CDMA, WCDMA and OFDMA patents for the next 15 years.
The $1.3 billion will be paid upfront, with additional royalties to be paid afterwards.
According to Telecoms Korea, the $1.3 billion that will be received from Samsung accounts [...]
Samsung and T-Mobile Ready for Behold II Event on Nov 12
I’ve always been intrigued by companies that like to announce that they will have an announcement. Especially in this case where Samsung and T-Mobile are partnering together to hold a press event on November 12 in which the Behold II will be the star of the show.
There have been enough leaked pics and videos of [...]
Samsung sold 10 million Star S5230 phones
Today, Samsung announced that the Star S5230 has become its sixth phone to be sold in more than 10 million units – after the Samsung T-100, Samsung E700, Samsung D500, Samsung J700 and Samsung E250.
The Star S5230 passed the 10 million mark after six months since its release (May), thus becoming the fastest-selling Samsung phone [...]
Samsung Mythic and Flight coming to AT&T on November 8
Announced exactly one month ago, the Samsung Mythic and Samsung Flight will be available via AT&T starting November 8.
Both new devices are touchscreen phones, but they’re not at all similar and are targeted at different categories of customers.
The Samsung Mythic is priced at $199.99 on contract after a $50 mail-in rebate and features stuff like: [...]