mKhoj Ads

3GWeek - Asia’s Mobile News

mobile phone news, reviews & tips

Archive for the ‘Samsung’

‘Made in Korea’ Android phone delayed

Korean phone maker Samsung has delayed the release of its first Android phone until Q2 2009 and the company’s exec said there will be no Android phone at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next week. Yes, you got it right: It’s the second delay of the Android phone this year, following the Australia-based Kogan Agora phone [...]

Samsung UltraTOUCH S8300

For slim sliding phone fans, here is Samsung UltraTOUCH S8300. It is slimmy beautiful — with 12.7 mm thick — and has AMOLED touchscreen. The UltraTOUCH series is aimed for premium fashionable phone market. The S8300 will debut its present at Mobile World Congress 2009. Here some specs: 2.8” WQVGA AMOLED screen touch screen 8Mpix camera module with [...]

Samsung unveils its mobile applications “online store”

Following the success of Apple App store, Samsung unveils its version of application store . Currently only 11 mobile phones supported, including Omnia, INNOV8, and SGH-i780. Yeah, the app store is specific for Windows Mobile based applications. The version is currently available in GBP (Great Britain Pounds) signaling which country is the main supporter of this [...]

Samsung SGH W740 with 8 megapixels CCD camera

Quite a while since we heard the last camera phone with CCD. This time, the Korean giant is trying to be in front of 8 megapixels camera with CCD sensor. Samsung SGH W740 is the GSM phone with 8 megapixels CCD camera. The camera features of autofocus, face detection, ISO up to 1600, blink shot, [...]

Samsung Show: the projector phone

It is something in CES 2009. Korean giant, Samsung, unveiled Samsung Show. This iPhone-form-factor-look-alike may project its display in the big screen like projector. The phone uses TI’s DLP technology rather than the Logic Bolt’s LCoS system to project images onto a big screen. The phone is kinda smartphone, although running under proprietary OS. Unfortunately this [...]

Samsung Anycall Origin for active senior

It is simple and nice, has clamshell design, and it is aimed for active senior citizen. Samsung Anycall has launched Origin, a cellphone for seniors. I dunno what so special about this phone anyway, to be called phone for active seniors, the features is quite average. The phone packs 2.6 inch AM-OLED LCD, 2 megapixels camera, [...]

Samsung’s Android: will be unveiled Q2 2009

A news from Korean giant, Samsung. Finally Samsung will join other Android comrades to unveil its Android phone version on Q2 2009. The place? Still in North America, but definitely there will be more chance to be showed up in Asia region. Samsung is currently on progress developing the competitor of Symbian and iPhone and predicted [...]

Samsung’s CDMA phones in India: M309 and M569

I haven’t heard much about CDMA network in India until this story comes up. Apparently India has several CDMA operators, like Reliance Mobile, Tata Indicom, and Virgin Mobile. Anyway, Samsung has launched its new MPower series for Indian market, named M309 and M569. Both phones are using cards, so the phone can be used inter [...]

2009’s Korea phones

What’s the story of Korea local phones in 2009? With the withdrawal of WIPI regulation on April 1, Korea market is prepared to handle the foreign products that will come soon. BlackBerry Bold has been announced to be available for SK Telecom, while iPhone is soon enough to be available there. What’s the strategy of local [...]

Samsung W690 with AMOLED screen

Korean giant, Samsung, has launched its new product in clamshell, SCH-W690. Available only–for now–in local market via SK Telecom, the phone will feature a new 2.6 inch AMOLED screen that supports 240×320 pixels and 262K colors. It is the similar screen used by Nokia N85. Here are some specs of the SCH-W690: GSM and HSDPA connectivity GPS 1.5 inch [...]