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  Samsung has finally let the cat out of the bag. At Barcelona, Samsung is displaying a huge billboard showing off their first bada phone dubbed as Wave (aptly named!). The teaser shows only the phone along with few highlighted features like AMOLED display, multimedia and messaging capabilities. The things we know for now is [...]

  Samsung is on the list to launch a Chrome OS netbook later this year. At a notebook launch, Samsung Australia’s Phil Newton confirmed to launch a Chrome OS netbook equipped with Wi-Fi and 3G. Newton said the netbook will be similar to N210, which means it will have a 10.1-inch display, 2GB RAM, 12-hour [...]

  Samsung today announced that they’ve developed couple of CMOS image sensors meant for smart and slim handset models. The S5K4E2 CMOS Image Sensor is a 1/4-inch, 1.4-micron 5MP chip that uses Samsung Enhanced Energy Steering (SEES) technology along with extended depth of field (EdoF) that helps to take clear pictures. With the help of [...]

  Samsung might be about half a month late but they’ve finally released the impending Omnia HD update. The JB1 firmware is now available for download via PC Studio 7. The firmware brings kinetic scrolling but unfortunately only in some parts of the interface. Other reported improvements are faster web browser, camera settings and other [...]

  Samsung has launched its eco-friendly phone Blue Earth (SCH-W940) in South Korea. Its the first solar charging phone for Korea and boasts lots of other eco-friendly things that should make environmentalists proud. The phone’s packaging is made from eco-friendly materials, has 25 percent more efficient charger and is free from materials like Brominated Flame [...]

  Yota has handed an additional contract to Samsung to provide more Mobile WiMAX equipments for the deployment of a nationwide Mobile WiMAX network in Russia. Samsung will supply more than 5,000 Mobile WiMAX macro cellular base stations and Access Control Routers (ACR) from March 2010. Yota is planning to expand the Mobile WiMAX coverage [...]

  Samsung has released its second Android device in the Indian market, making it the cheapest Android device around. The I5700 as we all know sports an 800MHz processor and features global GSM support, 3G, 3.2-inch LCD screen, 3.2MP camera, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 3.5mm audio jack, GPS, DivX, DNSe 2.0, microSD card slot supporting up to [...]

  MWC is closing in and Samsung is gradually revealing its wares for the biggest telecommunication show. Confirmed today is Monte (S5620) that is a translation of word ‘mountains’ in Italy, Spain and Portugal. We saw live pictures of the phone couple of weeks back and unlike our speculation of it being a bada device, [...]

  Samsung is planning to introduce a Super AMOLED equipped phone at this year’s MWC. Now before you get excited, Super AMOLED is the same display that has an integrated touch sensor. It will be the world’s first display to embed a touch sensor and is five times more vivid than regular AMOLED screens and [...]

  This sure has taken its time but Samsung and Sharp have finally reached a settlement over LCD patents. Both companies have decided to drop lawsuits and patent infringement litigation in US, Japan, Korea and Europe which they were fighting since 2007. They haven’t disclosed the financial agreements but has confirmed to use all the [...]