AT&T Quietly Releases the Ruggedized Samsung A657 Phone

AT&T has quietly released a new ruggedized and tough push-to-talk mobile handset from Samsung - the A657. This candy bar phone was tested to withstand the harshest conditions and is preloaded with AT&T Navigator and can be installed with downloadable applications such as Telenav Track and Xora Mobile Workforce Management tools. The Samsung A657 can be mounted on your car’s dashboard and also serve as as light source, thanks to its built-in flashlight.Simple and basic as it may seems, the Samsung A657 is however loaded with nifty mobile phone features as well. it support mobile email with access to Yahoo, AOL, and Windows Live Mail, and supports text messaging, multimedia messaging and various mobile instant messaging through AOL IM, Windows Live Messenger and YM.

For connectivity, the Samsung A657 features both Bluetooth v.2 and USB 2.0 for transfering files to your PC. It also features AT&T Navigator for voice guided turn-by-turn directions, traffic alert and maps. The phone also supports microSD card for expanded storage.

Other features and specs of the Samsung A657 include support various music and video formats, integrated MP3 music player and XM radio, downloadable multimedia content including supertone ringtones, graphics and more, 100 MB internal memory, 3G HSDPA, GPRS/EDGE data transmission capability, 3 hours talk time and 10.5 hour standby time. The Samsung A657 is a GSM/GPRS/EDGE/UMTS/HSDPA phone.

Samsung Intros the B5702 Dual-Sim Phone

Samsung is joining the race to release the killer mobile phone that supports dual-sim operation as it announced the new B5702 dual-standby mobile phone. The Samsung B5702 support quad-band connectivity, hence earning it the title of being the world’s first mobile phone to support global coverage with the said connectivity.

The Samsung B5702 allows you to operate two SIM cards simulataneously and combined with its quad-band connectivity allows you to have a genuine global coverage. To make it easier for you to use the dual-sim capability of the B5702, Samsung has provided two LED lights that indicates which SIM card is receiving calls or messages. To make it even more fun, you can personalized each of the SIM card with respective themes, melodies, and screensavers. This would help you easily identify which SIM is in use. And finally to make it easier for you to use each SIM, the B5702 has dedicated hot keys for each of the SIMS located on the side of the phone. Thus, eliminating the usual process of rebooting the phone to change SIM.

Other features of the Samsung B5702 include full mobile web browsing support for both SIM cards, various multimedia functionality including audio player, video recording, a 3MP camera and an FM RDS radio. The Samsung B5702 also features a 2.4-inch TFT lcd , document viewer, USB 2.0, Bluetooth, 50MB internal memory, 8GB external memory, up to 11.4 hours of talk time and 220.9 hours of standbytime. The Samsung B5702 is a Quad band (850/900/1800/1900) EDGE Class phone.

The Samsung B5702 sports a slim and elegant design with a compact size and refined metal finish. It will be released sometime in May 2009 in various international markets.

Samsung Unveils the I7500 Google Android Phone

Samsung has officially become the first company among the global top three mobile phone manufacturers to release a Google Android mobile phone soon, as they announced the I7500 Android-powered mobile phone. Featuring a cutting-edge smarthphone, the I7500 features a 3.2-inch AMOLED full touch screen, 7.2 Mbps HSDPA and WiFi connectivity, the I7500 gives users quick access to Google’s plethora of mobile services topped by full web browsing at fast speed.

Among the many Google mobile services to be featured on the Samsung I7500 are Google Search, Google Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Google Calendar, and Google Talk. It also features GPS receiver for the use of Google Maps with various features including My Location, Google Latitude, Street View, local search and detailed route detailed route description.

And being an Android-powered phone, the Samsung I7500 would also give users access to the many third-party applications available at the Android market.

Aside from these Android-related features, the Samsung I7500’s other features include a large 3.2-inch AMOLED display, full touch screen, 5 megapixel camera, long battery life, 8GB internal memory, 40 GB extended storage and a slim and compact design measuring only 11.9mm thickness.

Other features of the Samsung I7500 phone include Bluetooth 2.0, USB 2.0, WiFi, MicroUSB, and 3.5mm ear jack. The Samsung I7500 is a EDGE / GPRS (850/ 900/1800/1900) phone. It is slated for a European release sometime in June.

Samsung Releases the Propel Pro Smartphone

Samsung has released a follow-up to its highly successful Propel Smartphone which was released sometime last year. Taking most of the great features of its predecessor, the Samsung Propel Pro is offering a chrome slider smartphone with full QWERTY keyboard, unique and seamless navigation, and running on Windows Mobile 6.1 OS on AT&T’s 3G network.The Samsung Propel Pro is a compact slider phone with an easy to use joystick that allows users to navigate through the phone’s menus and messages seamlessly. The phone allows users to access their multiple email accounts, through Microsoft Direct Push for corporate email, and At&T Xpress Mail for accessing their personal emaila ccount. It also allows over-the-air account synchronization for contacts, calendar, and task lists using Microsoft Exchange Server

The Samsung Propel also lets users browse the web using IE Mobile, sync schedules and contacts as well as manage their Windows mobile documents including Word, Excel, and Powerpoint. It also features threaded SMS, Internet connection sharing, mobile banking and voice command.

For enterprise-grade mobile solution, the Samsung Propel supports Microsoft’s System Center Mobile Device Manager. This allows Mobile Device Manager administrators with software distribution and update capabilities as well as security-enhanced access to company date.

Other features and specs of the Samsung Propel include, AT&T GPS Navigator, GPS-enabled turn-by-turn voice, on-screen driving or walking directions, colorful 3-D moving maps, mobile banking, AT&T Video Share, MobiTV, AT&T Mobile Music, WiFi, Bluetooth, 3.0 megapixel camera with video capture, and microSD memory card slot.

Samsung Brings the Tint to MetroPCS

Samsung and MetroPCS has teamed up to deliver the new Samsung Tint flip phone to MetroPCS mobile customers. The Samsung Tint is a durable and fashionable flip phone which boasts of grey and pink faceplates, customizable wallpaper, banner themes and fonts which all make up for personalization options.
Aside from its fashionable design and durability, the Samsung Tint is also a power-packed mobile phone equipped with useful features. It has an integrated camera, SMS, MMS, email and IM messaging capabilities, advance voice recognition, Bluetooth wireless technology, and speakerphone for hands-free use.
The Samsung Tint also provides quick access to your family and friends via ChatLINK push-to-talk social networking tool. This feature is similar to how a walkie-talkie works that provides an easy and quick way of communicating with others which use compatible phones.

The Samsung Tint also offers mobile web browsing capabilities, downloadable ringtones and graphics.

For its technical specs, the Samsung Tint gives you 1.9-inch TFT LCD and external display, 20MB internal memory, GPS, 3 hours usage time, 250 hours standby time, audio format support for MID, MP3, MMF, AAC, QCP, and PMD.

Available now in all MetroPCS coverage areas, the Samsung Tint goes for $30 to $50 per month depending on the type of mobile subscription which does not need a formal MetroPCS contract.

Samsung Trance to Offer Better Audio, Launches for Verizon

Verizon Wireless, the nation's largest wireless carrier, today launched the Samsung Trance, an enhanced music phone with technology from high-end Danish audio designer Bang & Olufsen.

The Basking Ridge, N.J.-based carrier said the handset uses technology developed by Samsung and Bang & Olufsen to improve audio performance in mobile phones. The built-in ICEpower amp delivers a deeper bass and clearer treble for better sounding music without draining battery life.

Verizon customers can use VCAST Music with Rhapsody to choose and download from over five million songs or sync tracks, albums and playlists from a computer using a USB cable.

The handset comes with 1GB of internal memory dedicated for music -- actual formatted capacity is 64MB.

Additional features include Bluetooth wireless technology with Bluetooth Music Sharing to listen to music through two stereo devices simultaneously, a 1.3-megapixel camera with Multi-Shot, VZ Navigator for turn-by-turn GPS directions and threaded messaging.

The Samsung Trance costs $50 after a $50 mail-in rebate and a new two-year contract.

Samsung S8000 leaked again - this time it speaks Androidish

The yet unannounced Samsung S8000 specs seem quite the thing, especially having in mind the handset is rumored as the first Android phone by Samsung. As you may guess, it features a high-res display, full suite connectivity and sports Samsung's new 3D interface.

As we already informed you before, the Samsung S8000 is one of the upcoming full touch phones by the South Korean manufacturer. However, until now we knew for sure only one feature - the 5 megapixel camera with dual LED flash.

The Russian retailer Euroset.ru however already posted the S8000 up for preorder along with a few juicy specs details, but shortly after that it was removed from their catalog. Anyway we managed to retrieve the full specs sheet, which of course is not official yet, but seems quite close.

The Samsung S8000 sports a 3.1-inch AMOLED touch display with WVGA resolution and 16 million colors, the 5 megapixel snapper with flash, FM radio with RDS, 2GB internal memory expandable via microSD slot and 3.5mm audio jack. The rich connectivity options include 3G support, Wi-Fi, GPS with A-GPS, Bluetooth 2.1 and USB. Finally its body is only 12mm thin.

Surprisingly, the Samsung S8000 will be running on the Android OS and the new Cube-like button hints of some new 3D graphical user interface changes. The video player will support both DivX and XviD formats.

Back to the online store affair, the Samsung S8000 was posted by Euroset.ru at a pre-order price of approx. 470 euro, but at this stage there is no official word or announcement on this handset.

Samsung A657 Phone (AT&T)

Released for AT&T, the Samsung SGH-A657 is a rugged push-to-talk handset built to withstand harsh conditions. The phone is the A657 is certified to Military Standard MI-SID-810F, withstanding dust, shock vibrations, rain, humidity, solar radiation and altitude and temperature extremes. Its block form factor conveniently mounts to a dashboard -- ideal for on-site businesses. Customers can get turn-by-turn directions with AT&T Navigator and track teams with Telenav Track and Xora Mobile Workforce Management tools. The handset also features a built-in flashlight to shines a light in tough work conditions. Additional features include AT&T Mobile Music and Cellular Video, Bluetooth wireless technology, a microSD card slot and USB 2.0 connectivity.

Pimp My Samsung SCH-W750, Behold the Haptic POP

POP and not POPe… The Samsung's new line-up of battery covers for their phones. Today they released the Haptic POP line-up for the SCH-W750, a standard Samsung Haptic phone with DMB, a 3Mpix camera module and so on…

If you feel the need to personalize your SCH-W750, you'll have a choice of seven stylish battery covers.

Samsung Tocco Ultra Edition to slide in the UK by 19 March

The Samsung S8300 UltraTOUCH or otherwise Tocco Ultra Edition is now up for pre-order over at Vodafone UK. Vodafone promise to start shipping it by 19 March and you can get the phone for free with a 30GBP monthly plan and an 18-month contract.

The Samsung Tocco Ultra Edition, as the S8300 would be marketed in the UK, is the style-conscious tech-geek's dream - high built quality and black metallic frame give it a really sophisticated look to go with the long list of features. The 2.8 inch OLED capacitive touchscreen with WQVGA resolution and few apparent buttons do a good job at concealing that it is in fact a slider with a 3x9 keyboard.

It borrows the imaging module from the Pixon but improved image processing holds promise of better photos. Video recording has also been upgraded to WVGA resolution.

Other items on the spec sheet that stand out are the 7.2 Mbps HSDPA, GPS and DivX support. You can find more details in our early preview or our live hands-on at the MWC 2009.

Latest Samsung S5600 and S5230 Phones Soon Available Across Europe

Samsung announced the impending availability of both the S5600 and S5230 in the U.K, France, and Germany and other countries across Europe.

The S5600 is a HSDPA 3G phone with a 2.8” QVGA screen Haptic feedback, 12.9mm thick, 3Mpix camera, Bluetooth 2.1 and FM radio.

The S5230 has a 3” WQVGA LCD, 11.9mm thick, Haptic feedback, DNSe, 3Mpix Camera with QVGA 15fps video recording, Bluetooth…

Samsung Unveils Newest Full Touch Lineup to Touch Every Lifestyle

Samsung S5600 and S5230 Reinforce Samsung’s Full-Touch Leadership

Seoul, Korea, March 10, 2009 – Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., a leading mobile phone provider, today announced the launch of its newest full-touch screen mobiles – S5600 and S5230. With these latest products, Samsung is able to enhance its position as a leading player in the hugely popular touch screen mobile market.

“Samsung S5600 and S5230 are significant products to our full-touch screen mobile portfolio, bringing stylish designs and intuitive user interfaces,” said JK Shin, executive vice president and head of Mobile Communications division at Samsung Electronics.

“We are committed to strengthening our portfolio of full-touch phones by introducing a variety of handsets to suit every lifestyle. These two new products will bring the exciting experience of touch to mobile phone users and will further enhance Samsung’s leadership in the full-touch market,” he added.

Samsung S5600
The Samsung S5600 attracts style-conscious users with its slim and compact design. Boasting sophisticated design, the phone is packed with multimedia features that enable its users to enjoy unique mobile experiences.

Equipped with a 2.8-inch QVGA full-touch screen, Samsung S5600 adopted the TouchWiz User Interface, designed to customize and personalize the way you use your phone. Mobile widgets can be dragged and placed on the screen for one-click access to your favorite applications. Full Internet browsing support with an accelerometer sensor for auto-rotation also gives users exciting mobile Internet experiences via 7.2 Mbps connectivity.

To enhance the usability for touch mobile phones, Samsung adapted “Gesture Lock” feature, which enables the users to unlock the phone and execute the menu directly as they draw a letter of the alphabet on the screen. Users can set which menu they want to correspond to each letter, from A to Z.

Samsung S5600 supports a 3 mega-pixel camera with the latest digital camera features such as Smile Shot. The phone also features music recognition using Shazam’s “Find Music” service. With this service, users can find virtually any song they want to listen to, even at an unexpected moment. By recording and sending a tune to the Shazam server, users can easily track down and even purchase the song through participating operators’ music stores. Multi-codec support including H.263, MPEG4, and WMV eliminates the hassle of file format conversions. The handset’s generous memory (80MB and Micro SD slot up to 8GB) ensures ample storage space for multimedia content.

Samsung S5600 will be available in European countries from May.

Samsung S5230
Samsung S5230 comes with the latest multimedia features in a slim and compact body that measures a mere 11.9mm. Adopting a 3.0-inch WQVGA full-touch screen and Samsung’s TouchWiz User Interface with Mobile Widgets, the phone enables its users to enjoy their mobile easily and intuitively. Using “Photo Contact,” users can call a contact by simply touching an appointed image.

The S5230 boasts various multimedia features including a 3 mega-pixel camera and video recording supporting QVGA@15fps. It supports multi-format and DNSe for ease of use and better sound quality. The phone also features music recognition using Shazam’s “Find Music” service. To enjoy various multimedia content, S5230 supports 50MB memory capacity with an external memory slot up to 8GB.

Samsung S5230 users can enjoy full Internet browsing with an accelerometer sensor for auto-rotation. For convenience, the phone also supports a QWERTY soft keyboard, “Gesture Lock” and handwriting features.

Samsung S5230 will be available in France and other European countries from April.

OZ Double Phone SPH-W6450 by Samsung

Here's Samsung's latest 3G Phone and so far only available in Korea, the SPH-W6450. Thanks to its particular design can rotate the screen in two ways giving you either a clamshell phone or a notebook style PDA. It features a 2.8” LCD with a touch keyboard to use your keyboard as “trackpad”, DMB, MP3, a 3Mpix camera module, and Bluetooth 2.0.