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Samsung presents Orion - a dual-core ARM Cortex A9 CPU

Samsung presents Orion - a dual-core ARM Cortex A9 CPU

7 September, 2010 | comments (132)

Samsung unveiled the successor of their highly popular Hummingbird processor - Orion. The new platform is based on 1GHz dual-core ARM Cortex A9 CPU, packs a vastly better GPU and allows 1080p video encoding/decoding. Plus there is support for up to...

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Samsung S7230E Wave 723 live photos fresh off the IFA 2010 floor

Samsung S7230E Wave 723 live photos fresh off the IFA 2010 floor

3 September, 2010 | comments (23)

The Samsung S7230E Wave 723 (a real mouthful) was announced only recently and today at the IFA 2010 floor we had the chance to see it in person for the first time. The Samsung Wave 723 is based on Samsung's Bada OS and is supposed to be the...


Froyo-running, QWERTY-packing Samsung I5510 spotted at IFA

Froyo-running, QWERTY-packing Samsung I5510 spotted at IFA

3 September, 2010 | comments (20)

The Galaxy Tab was the star of the Samsung show at IFA, but look who else showed up at the party. The Samsung I5510 appeared on the Vodafone booth touting Android 2.2 Froyo and a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. It hasn't been announced officially so...


Samsung P1000 Galaxy Tab goes official, has phone functionality

Samsung P1000 Galaxy Tab goes official, has phone functionality

2 September, 2010 | comments (112)

The Tab has landed - the Samsung P1000 Galaxy Tab tablet just went official, confirming many of its rumored specs. The 7" tablet has full voice call functionality, up to 7 hours of video playback, DivX and Flash videos included and the excellent...


Samsung Galaxy S now getting Froyo, a million sold in the US

Samsung Galaxy S now getting Froyo, a million sold in the US

30 August, 2010 | comments (61)

After the several leaked Froyo updates for the Samsung I9000 Galaxy S we can finally welcome the first supplied via the Samsung KIES desktop software. Meanwhile, the company announced it's sold over a million units of the various Galaxy S...


Samsung S7230E Wave 723 claims the entry level smartphone market

Samsung S7230E Wave 723 claims the entry level smartphone market

30 August, 2010 | comments (29)

Samsung has just announced the next member of the Wave family, the Samsung S7230E Wave 723. Like its more expensive brother, the S8500 Wave, the Wave 723 will also be based on the Bada platform. While it doesn't sport a Super AMOLED touchscreen,...


New WP7 Samsung Cetus and LG C900 pose for a blurry photoshoot

New WP7 Samsung Cetus and LG C900 pose for a blurry photoshoot

22 August, 2010 | comments (35)

The candybar Samsung Cetus and the QWERTY slider LG C900 are the latest leaked Windows Phone 7 devices. Both are heading to AT&T this holiday season. Like most of the leaks recently, both Samsung Cetus and LG C900 tease us with a few blurry...


Samsung launches a handful of original Galaxy S accessories

Samsung launches a handful of original Galaxy S accessories

20 August, 2010 | comments (27)

Okay, we admit, we may be a bit slow on this one, but we just stumbled upon this nice set of Galaxy S accessories straight from Samsung. The line of premium accessories includes a desktop dock, a charger with a second battery, a vehicle dock, a...

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LG KS365 and GD550 plus Samsung S5530 go official

LG KS365 and GD550 plus Samsung S5530 go official

18 August, 2010 | comments (11)

It proved worthy digging into the official LG and Samsung websites. We discovered three new phones, which have never been announced via press release. Meet LG KS365, GD550 and Samsung S5530. We are already familiar with the LG KS365, which was in...

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EISA Awards 2010: which are the best of the best phones in Europe

EISA Awards 2010: which are the best of the best phones in Europe

16 August, 2010 | comments (202)

The EISA awards are out and the winners are not that unexpected. Apple, Samsung and even Sony Ericsson snatched awards in the Mobile Devices panel. There's also the traditional green award. The European Smartphone 2010-2011 award goes to the...


Photos of another WP7-running Samsung phone appear

Photos of another WP7-running Samsung phone appear

15 August, 2010 | comments (88)

Manufacturers are still keeping their upcoming Windows Phone 7 devices to themselves, or at they are least trying to. Photos of a WP7 device from Samsung hit Twitter, and it's one we haven’t seen before. A couple of photos of the new Samsung...


AT&T's Samsung A927 Flight shows up before its premiere

AT&T's Samsung A927 Flight shows up before its premiere

08 August, 2010 | comments (8)

The QWERTY-enabled Samsung A927 Flight II has made its way to both Samsung's and AT&T's websites even it hasn't been properly announced yet. Apparently, its premiere is just around the corner so we will get a chance to see it in flesh pretty...


Samsung Galaxy S lands in two more countries, Brazil and China

Samsung Galaxy S lands in two more countries, Brazil and China

05 August, 2010 | comments (46)

Samsung Galaxy S made it to Brazil and it seems that along the way it has picked up a strange appendix pointing from its top. Yup, it's a digital TV antenna. Unlike the other Galaxy S versions spread around the globe, the Brazilian Galaxy S comes...


Nokia N8 to hit it off in Spain and UK too, a white Galaxy S as well

Nokia N8 to hit it off in Spain and UK too, a white Galaxy S as well

02 August, 2010 | comments (168)

Nokia N8 is coming soon. Apparently, the phone will start selling at the end of August in the UK and maybe even sooner in Spain. In the meantime, the Samsung Galaxy S is getting a white paint job. Who saw that coming? A white color version of the...


Samsung Q2 2010 financial report is out, growth slows down a bit

Samsung Q2 2010 financial report is out, growth slows down a bit

30 July, 2010 | comments (13)

After the impressive start of the year Samsung's growth slowed down a tad during the second quarter of the year. Nevertheless, the financial report shows that the company is still doing quite fine and situation is expected to get even better in the...

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Samsung Galaxy S Android 2.2 Froyo update leaks

Samsung Galaxy S Android 2.2 Froyo update leaks

28 July, 2010 | comments (93)

The Samsung I9000 Galaxy S is expecting its Android v2.2 (a.k.a. Froyo) update sometime in September but if you're too eager to taste the Froyo, you can do it right away since an official Galaxy S test firmware packing Android v2.2 has just leaked....


Rumored Samsung Galaxy Q packs Froyo, 8MP cam, QWERTY

Rumored Samsung Galaxy Q packs Froyo, 8MP cam, QWERTY

27 July, 2010 | comments (44)

Standby for the latest breaking news from this side of the Galaxy - rumor has it that Samsung is working on a Galaxy Q phone. Details are a bit murky but a 3-inch SuperAMOLED, a QWERTY keyboard and Froyo treatment are enough to get our...


Antennagate goes on: it is Samsung's turn to speak

Antennagate goes on: it is Samsung's turn to speak

23 July, 2010 | comments (229)

The story goes on. Samsung did say something about the Antennagate but their official statement on that matter never showed up. Up until now. Here it is. It just can't get any more official and clear than that! Click to enlarge This is a...


Unbreakable AMOLEDs coming from Samsung in two years

Unbreakable AMOLEDs coming from Samsung in two years

21 July, 2010 | comments (110)

Samsung is developing unbreakable bending AMOLED units, which are supposed to enter the mass-production cycle in two year. You should definitely check their awesome video demonstration. The video below shows a standard AMOLED screen with glass...

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Samsung I5800 Galaxy 3 to hit Germany by the end of July

Samsung I5800 Galaxy 3 to hit Germany by the end of July

20 July, 2010 | comments (12)

The Samsung I5800 Galaxy 3 was announced a good one month ago and apparently it is almost ready to start shipping across Germany. The Android-running phone is said to hit the German market by the end of this very month. The recently announced...