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  We’ve got yet another picture of Samsung Forte. This time however, the phone is closed and shows the back side of the phone as well. We’re still not sure if Forte and R910 are the same device but the Forte is reported to run Android 2.2 and feature 1GHz Hummingbird processor, TouchWiz UI, 5MP [...]

  Samsung has collaborated with IBM to research on semiconductor technologies. Under this new collaboration, both the companies will research new materials, transistor structures etc. to enable next-generation process technology that will be used in variety of devices like smartphones to high-end communications infrastructure. The researchers will work at the Semiconductor Research Alliance at the [...]

  UPDATE: Star II weighs just 94g and will have T9 Trace keyboard, SoundAlive and 1000mAh battery. It seems Samsung has developed a successor to one of its highest selling touchscreen phones. The S5260 or the Star II has been leaked and features some bumped up specs from the original Star. Although we cannot confirm [...]

  Samsung is apparently preparing another LTE-enabled device for MetroPCS. The phone will be called as Forte and as you can see from the image, sports a horizontal-sliding QWERTY keyboard. Additionally, the phone is expected to come on Android 2.2 (with possible Android 2.3 upgrade), 1GHz Hummingbird processor, 5MP camera, TouchWiz UI and microSD card [...]

  T-Mobile’s Galaxy S in the United States is bound to get a spec bump. According to a leaked doc acquired by TmoNews, the Vibrant 4G will support transfer speeds of up to 21+ Mbps, that will make it the fastest Galaxy S device to be sold exclusively on T-Mobile. Additionally, the phone will support [...]

  Although we’ve got a few confirmations about the successor of Galaxy S, none of them have talked anything about specs. Now according to ETNews from South Korea, the Galaxy S2 will go official at MWC next month and will sport a 4.3-inch Super AMOLED Plus display (same as Verizon’s LTE phone), a dual-core processor, [...]

  Samsung has announced a new President and CEO for its Electronics operations in America. Yangkyu (Y.K.) Kim will take place of C.S. Choi as Choi will return to Korea as an Executive Advisor to Samsung’s global Vice Chairman and CEO, Mr. G.S. Choi. Kim will assume the position effective immediately and will overlook the [...]

  Samsung is looking to push more LTE phones in the US market. Boy Genius Report has managed to score a picture that shows off the SCH-R910 for MetroPCS having LTE band. It will also support CDMA band and feature Android 2.2 OS, TouchWiz UI, 5MP camera, 1GHz Hummingbird CPU, microSD card slot, Bluetooth 3.0 [...]

  Samsung’s 4G LTE phone for Verizon was on display at the CES and we did spend some quality time with the phone. The yet-to-be-named phone for Verizon is the new breed of phones that boast an advanced AMOLED display, called as the Super AMOLED Plus. The 4.3-inch Super AMOLED Plus is more vivid and [...]

  Samsung’s JK Shin has confirmed big sales for its smartphones this year. According to Shin, Samsung is looking to sell at least 60m smartphone handsets this year. This is a big number when you consider that this estimation is three times then 2010 where Samsung broke the 20m smartphone barrier. Last year was a [...]