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  Samsung Wave is already retailing in Germany and now Vodafone UK has started taking pre-orders of the first bada device. The phone will hit the store on June 1 and is priced for free on two-year contract with GBP25 monthly plan. As an additional incentive, Vodafone will give Wave buyers an online redeemable voucher [...]

  Samsung has released a new firmware for its Tegra-toting YP-M1/MB1 PMP. The v1.29 is about 73MB big and can be downloaded from the links below. The changes [translated] in the firmware are: – OGG / FLAC ID3 Tag Error Improvement – DNSe Audio Upsacler breakage problems setting up the sound improvement – Video menu, [...]

  Google’s biggest developer conference is underway in San Francisco and luckily, Google was showcasing a number of Android handsets, which also included a few from Samsung. Thanks to Phandroid, we now have a good look on Samsung’s Acclaim (SCH-R880) for U.S. Cellular, Galaxy 3 (GT-I5801) and Galaxy 5 (GT-I5500). The units were behind the [...]

  Samsung India has bolstered the printer market with the introduction of new mono laser printers, network and multifunction printers. Samsung expects to capture about 30 percent of the laser printer market share and the product that can contribute majorly is ML-1666. ML-1666 is world’s smaller laser printer that prints up to 16 pages per [...]

  Samsung and nine other memory chip makers have been fined by EU commission over price fixing of the memory chips. A total of 331 million euros fine was levied with Samsung bearing the biggest penalty of 145.73 million euros. The cartel was in existence from 1 July 1998 to 15 June 2002 where the [...]

  Samsung had promised to launch their first bada phone by end of May and now they’ve announced the retail availability for Germany. Samsung’s Wave (S8500) is currently selling in the German market for 429 Euros. Wave is a power packed phone featuring a 1GHz CPU, 3.3-inch Super AMOLED display with WVGA resolution, TouchWiz 3.0 [...]

  Corby and Star phones offer touchscreen interface at an affordable price but if that is still outta your budget, Samsung has announced more affordable Champ (S3300). Champ will be priced lower than Samsung’s current cheap Corby range and will sport a small 2.4-inch QVGA touchscreen display, TouchWiz Lite UI, Bluetooth 2.1, 3.5mm audio jack, [...]

  Samsung wants to capture majority of 3D TV market, which is why they’ve extended their 3D technology to the upcoming 750 Series LCD TVs. The 46-inches and 55-inches LCD TVs will boast the same 3D friendliness found in Samsung’s high-end 3D LED and Plasma TVs. The 750 Series LCD TVs feature Samsung’s proprietary 3D [...]

  Samsung’s EX1 (TL500) that was unveiled in February is now retailing in Samsung’s home market. The flagship compact camera boasts f/1.8 24mm wide-angle lens which is touted to be the brightest, capable of capture good pictures under low light conditions. The camera can shoot images at 10 megapixel resolution and features a 3-inch swiveling [...]

  Samsung has released a new firmware of its NX10 digital camera. The v1.15 update is limited to South Korea but is expected to be released in other regions too. The update is about 4.5MB big and brings improvements in the AMOLED screen, Auto White Balance, better read/write SD card speeds, system stability, more features [...]