Samsung SCH-W760 released

Posted in Samsung by Conner Flynn on July 2nd, 2009

Samsung SCH-W760 releasedWe first told you about this one back in May. Samsung has finally rolled out the odd SCH-W760 cellphone in South Korea. It’s the first handset in the world to come with an infrared camera. Very handy if you want to do video calls in low-light situations like a strip-club, or while hunting for Bigfoot in the wild.

It also has a 3-megapixel camera and 2.8″ AMOLED display with 240 x 400 resolution. Some other features of the SCH-W760 include 8GB of internal memory, a microSD memory card slot, S-DMB TV support and high speed 3G connectivity.

Samsung bringing NVIDIA Ion-powered netbook to market

Posted in NVIDIA by Shane McGlaun on July 1st, 2009

samsungionnetbook-sbSince January when the Ion platform from NVIDIA first launched, not many netbooks or nettops have taken advantage of the HD capable platform that crams a 9400M GPU into the netbook chassis. A few machines have trickled onto the market using Ion but not as many as NVIDIA had hoped.

NVIDIA has confirmed that Samsung will be launching an Ion-powered netbook model soon. The GPU maker won’t confirm details like model, specs, or pricing other to say its Ion platform is being used.

Samsung releases four new handsets

Posted in Samsung by Conner Flynn on June 29th, 2009

Samsung releases four new handsetsSamsung has just released not one or two, but four new handsetsin its mid-range phones series. The phones in question are the Samsung S6700, C5510, M2510 and M2310.

The M2310 comes with a sad VGA camera and the M2510 features a sad 1.3MP camera. Both have dedicated music controls. The Samsung C5510 is a dual band 3G handset that features a 2MP camera with fixed focus, and a 16GB storage capacity. While the Samsung S6700 is a slider with HSDPA, GPS, a 3MP camera with auto-focus and dual LED flash, and 120MB of storage space.

Samsung AMOLED RFID e-passport video demo

Posted in Samsung by Conner Flynn on June 23rd, 2009

Samsung AMOLED RFID e-passport video demoSamsung has been showing off their latest AMOLED concept, an e-passport with a 2-inch QVGA resolution flexible display in an identity card. The idea is to show a 360-degree view of the card-holder, rather than just a headshot. The e-passport uses an AMOLED display that can be powered wirelessly via an RFID reader.

Usually the display is blank (That’s why you need a normal picture. Not everyplace will have an RFID reader) but when it gets close to the scanner it powers up and automatically shows the video. The AMOLED is flexible, but also has a 10,000:1 contrast ratio and is capable of displaying 260k colors. Video below.

Samsung develops new SATA mini-card SSDs

Posted in Samsung by Shane McGlaun on June 23rd, 2009

samsung-logo-sb1The SSD has been on the market for a while now and the prices of SSDs are finally starting to come down. When they first became available, a small SSD could run into the $1000 range. Today you can get a nice SSD for about $300.

Samsung has announced a new SATA-interface SSD that can be used for either primary storage or as a complementary drive to boost performance. The SSD uses a mini-card form factor and is very rugged. The SSD measures 30mm x 51mm and is 3.75mm thick.

Samsung Jet gets over two million pre-orders

Posted in Samsung by Conner Flynn on June 22nd, 2009

Samsung Jet with 800 MHz processorLooks like Samsung has a bit of a hit on its hands. Samsung has announced that it has sold 2M Samsung Jet handsets with pre-orders alone. For Samsung, this represents the largest handset order ever. The Jet runs Windows Mobile 6.1 Pro, with some serious capabilities like a 800Mhz processor and a WVGA AMOLED display. Those two features are superior to the iPhone 3GS. It even has decent looks.

The Samsung Jet also sports a web browser based on Webkit (like the iPhone and the G1), a 5MP camera and more. While Windows Mobile 6.1 is not your ideal dream touch-phone OS, we can hope that it’s upgradable to WM 6.5.

Samsung unveils first 32GB DDR3 memory module

Posted in Samsung by Shane McGlaun on June 18th, 2009

samsung-logo-sbThere is a huge push in the enterprise computing and data center markets to move to more energy efficient and green servers. The push is not only because green computing is better for the environment, but also because saving power in the data center can mean huge money savings for companies.

Samsung has announced new RAM modules aimed at green computing in data center that are the world’s first 32GB DDR3 modules. The modules operate at 1.35V and have 20% greater throughput compared to 1.5V DDR3 modules.

Samsung unveils VC240 HD video conferencing LCD

Posted in Samsung by Shane McGlaun on June 17th, 2009

samsungvidconflcd-sbVideo conferencing is becoming an increasingly important part of business communication in the poor economic climate around the world. In better years, companies would just fly employees to a conference to talk business, but now many use video instead.

Samsung has announced a new stand alone video conferencing LCD that is called the VC240. The device can also be used as a Pc display. The screen is 24-inches in size and it uses V2oIP for communications and is fully compatible with other VoIP systems.

Samsung Omnia Pro B7610 gets official

Posted in Samsung by Conner Flynn on June 15th, 2009

Samsung Omnia Pro B7610 gets officialSamsung isn’t saying much, but at least it has made the Omnia Pro B7610 (aka, B7610 Louvre) QWERTY slider official today. That would be the phone on the left. The one on the right looks like the Omnia Pro B7320, which is already available.

Sadly, aside from this lovely shot in the hands of an Asian beauty, Samsung isn’t giving us any details on the B7610, so we just have the rumored specs: 3.5-inch AMOLED display with 800×480 pixel resolution, 5.1 megapixel camera, 7.2Mbps HSDPA data, 802.11b/g WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0, 1GB built-in with microSDHC expansion, and 800MHz processor with Windows Mobile.

Samsung B7610 Louvre spotted

Posted in Samsung by Conner Flynn on June 13th, 2009

Samsung B7610 Louvre spottedWe knew that the Samsung B7610 Louvre would be making its way to the masses at some point. It’s just a question of when. ut if you can’t wait and are impatient, here are some specs to tide you over.

You’ll get Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE and 7.2Mbps UMTS/HSDPA, 3.5″ WVGA AMOLED touchscreen display, 5-megapixel camera, 1GB ROM, 802.11b/g Wi-Fi and aGPS connectivity, Accelerometer, Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity, FM tuner with RDS, microSD memory card slot, miniUSB, and Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional.

Samsung Crest E1107 Solar Cellphone only $59

Posted in Samsung by Conner Flynn on June 11th, 2009

Samsung Crest E1107 Solar Cellphone only $59Samsung has announced it’s first solar powered GSM cellphone, the Crest E1107. It’s for eco-friendly, budget conscious types who want to harness the power of the sun. Supposedly, the Crest can generate enough power for 5-10 minutes of talk time with one hour of sun exposure.

I don’t know about you, but I associate the name Crest with toothpaste, so I’m a tad disappointed that this thing can’t power your spin-brush too. It has some basic additional features like an FM radio, MP3 ringers, fake call feature to avoid unwanted calls. Even a flashlight. Yet nothing to brush your teeth.

T-Mobile’s Samsung Bigfoot

Posted in Samsung by Conner Flynn on June 11th, 2009

T-Mobile’s Samsung BigfootThis looks a little different than that Bigfoot we saw a while ago, but you can definitely see the resemblance. It just looks…wilder. According to Boy Genius Report, this is Samsung’s Android-powered Bigfoot for T-Mobile, which will be hitting the high end of the carrier’s smartphone line.

It features a 3-inch capacitive AMOLED display, full QWERTY, 3 megapixel camera, and HSDPA. It is supposed to launch very soon, so you may want to hold off on that G1 for now.

Samsung intros 17.3-inch R720 multimedia laptop

Posted in Samsung by Conner Flynn on June 10th, 2009

Samsung intros 17.3-inch R720 multimedia laptopThose looking for an oddly sized 17.3-inch laptop will be happy to see Samsung’s latest offering. This laptop features an LED-backlit panel, ATI’s Mobility Radeon HD 4650 graphics, stereo speakers (with “subwoofer”), a full-sized numeric keypad next to the QWERTY layout, four USB 2.0 sockets and Windows Vista Home Premium.

That’s about all of the details we have at the moment. We have no price, release date or HDD size. This one is likely headed to the UK first, anyway.

Samsung I8000 finally shows its face

Posted in Samsung by Conner Flynn on June 9th, 2009

Samsung I8000 finally shows its faceIt’s been camera shy thus far, but the Samsung I8000 has finally made its first public appearance by way of a Lithuanian online retailer. The I8000 is the successor to the Omnia and will come with the following impressive specs.

A 3.7″ AMOLED touchscreen display, 8.1-megapixel camera with dual LED flash, VGA video recording supported, 150MB internal memory, Qualcomm processor, microSDHC memory card slot, and the Windows Mobile operating system.

Samsung unveils Pixon 12 camera phone

Posted in Samsung by Shane McGlaun on June 3rd, 2009

samsungpixon12-sbAll of the phones I have ever owned, including my iPhone, seem to have the camera added as an afterthought. The camera on most phones is junk that won’t take a decent picture, especially in low light. The crap camera is my biggest complaint on my iPhone.

Samsung has taken a different route with its new Pixon 12 camera phone. The camera is the big draw for the device with 12-megapixels of resolution and a full touchscreen. The camera has autofocus and the user can touch the touchscreen to tell the camera where to focus in the shot they frame up.





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