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  Own a Samsung touchscreen equipped phone? Use an Airtel connection? If you answered yes to both the questions, there’s some good news for you. Airtel is offering three months of free data usage up to 100MB on Samsung phones. The phones include Corby S3653, Star (S5233), StarW, S5603, F480 and i8910. To activate, send [...]

  Little is known about I6500 codenamed Saturn right now but expect some more details to unfurl in the coming weeks. For now, its confirmed to have Wi-Fi.

  Samsung has announced financial results of the third quarter ending Sep 30, 2009. The total revenue for the Korean company on a consolidated basis reached 35.87 trillion won, up 18.5 percent on YoY. Consolidated operating profit stood at 4.23 trillion won, more than what was expected in the earnings guidance. The operating profit went [...]

  Update 3: Launched in Germany. Will be available in December for 399 Euros ($596). Update 2: Norway and Sweden also gets the device. It will trade for NOK 3,500 (USD 614) in Norway whereas SEK 4,500 (USD 639) in Sweden. Update: Galaxy Spica also announced in Denmark. Price 2,999 kr ($596). Samsung Galaxy I7500’s [...]

  Samsung announced a voluntary recall of refrigerators being sold in their home country. About 210,000 units from the SRS, SRT and SRN series sold between March 2005 and 2006 are said to be affected causing the defrost heater to overheat and pose a hazard. Samsung says the chances of an incident are slim but [...]

  Amongst the different displays at the FPD 2009, Samsung is also showing a color e-paper that will hopefully be seen in the future e-book readers. The 10.1-inch 0.7mm thick color e-paper was made by combining the E-Ink’s e-paper, a glass TFT substrate and color filter and features a resolution of 450×600, contrast ratio of [...]

Check out these displays that are currently being showcased at the FPD 2009. Intrinsic details regarding each of the displays are hard to find so suffice yourself with pictures for now. 3.3-inch AMOLED WQVGA screen with 3D 3.5-inch WVGA Curved Display 2-inch AMOLED transparent display supporting 176×220 resolution, 16.7M colors and having a 30 percent [...]

  Samsung’s innovative showcase at the FPD 2009 also includes this 30-incher. This is the world’s first 30-inch AMOLED TV that supports 3D picture (stereoscopic) as well as full HD resolution. The panel measures just 2.5mm and is developed by Samsung’s patented Simultaneous Emission with Active Voltage (SEAV) technology. The set also features Crosstalk tech [...]

  At the FPD International 2009 in Japan, Samsung has arrived with a plethora of interesting display technologies. The list starts with the recently unveiled 3.9mm Needle Slim LED TV panels along with 3D displays, slim netbook/notebook display, eco-friendly Edge-lit TVs and more. We’ll update the list as we uncover more. – 40-inch 3.9mm Needle [...]

  Samsung has launched two entertainment-centric monitors in US that not only supports HD resolution, it also doubles up as a television. The 19-inch 933HD+ and 23-inch 2333HD supports 720p (1360×768) and 1080p (1920×1080) respectively and allows users to watch live television with the inclusion of a digital TV tuner and optional cable or satellite [...]