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  TeliaSonera have struck a deal with Samsung that will mostly make the European operator, the first ones to sell 4G/LTE modems. The modem (GT-B3710) is USB-based and will be available commercially in Sweden and Norway in 2010 with a promise of up to 10 times higher speed than available today. The chip inside the [...]

  Samsung’s T*Omnia successor has gone official in the home market. The T*Omnia II (SCH-M710/SCH-M715) will be available via SK Telecom and expectedly, Samsung has modified the device to suit the Koreans. Few changes from the original Omnia II are the integration of DMB, T map, T Store services and reduction in internal memory (T*Omnia [...]

AT&T Corp. today filed a lawsuit against Samsung and other LCD manufacturers for allegedly fixing the price in the LCD market. The lawsuit includes Samsung, LG Display, AU Optronics, Sharp etc. charging them to run a long-term conspiracy to fix, raise and maintain high LCD panel prices. The compensation charges are not revealed but AT&T [...]

  South Korea’s second largest mobile operator and Samsung will be announcing SPH-M8400. The device supposedly running WinMo will support WiBro, Wi-Fi and WCDMA connectivity. M8400 will become the second WiBro smartphone to go on sale since and will allow users to carry out VoIP calls. Exact availability and price are not known. Via

  Samsung B3310 is not retailing yet but the product page listed on Samsung Mobile’s website reveals the quirky QWERTY slider phone will be sold as Corby Mate in India. The phone will presumably priced a little higher than the original Corby and feature a 2-inch display, quad-band GSM support, 2MP camera, video recorder, FM [...]

  Samsung Giorgio Armani (B7620) has already made its way out in the international market and now the non-QWERTY slider specifically meant for Samsung’s home market has also been given the official treatment. The W820/W8200 Giorgio Armani will be released later this month but Samsung has started taking pre-orders with stores like New World Department [...]

  Samsung has teamed up with Spanish Federation of Breast Cancer (FECMA) and launched My Touch 2GB Pink Ribbon edition to spread awareness and fight against breast cancer. For those who’re wondering My Touch is the same as S5600, which is also known as Preston or Star 3G. The phone will be sold through Telefónica [...]

  Samsung is happily flaunting the world’s first chip compatible with the North American mobile digital TV broadcasting standard. The Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) that works towards standardizing mobile digital TV officially adopted DTV as an ATSC standard. The new chip is based on 65-nm process that combines the radio frequency (RF) and digital [...]

  We talked about the Samsung Code (SCH-I220) today and now MetroPCS has gone official with the device. The first Windows Mobile powered Samsung device runs on WinMo 6.1 that brings all the advantages of the Microsoft OS along with WizPro UI that allows to customize home screen and most frequently used features. The feature [...]

  Samsung has been touting its AMOLED screens for its picture quality and now they’ve got another reason to pitch why their AMOLED screen is one of the best in the market. Check out this video below that shows a Samsung AMOLED prototype that’s not only flexible but also has the ability to survive a [...]