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  As promised, Samsung has launched its Android-based Ch@t application. The app allows Samsung users to keep in touch with each other for free and in return earn usage points that can be redeemed for airtime on South African operators like MTN, CellC or Vodacom. The app will soon be available in the Samsung Apps [...]

  Samsung has announced its that application processors for smart phones and tablets will now be segregated under a new brand name called Exynos. The word Exynos is derived from Greek words exypnos and prasinos meaning smart and green respectively that goes with Samsung’s Smart and Green strategy for semiconductors. The first product to be [...]

  Samsung has officially introduced Gem Android phone for the US market. The phone will be available via Alltel and as we expected it is an entry-level Android device that will go for free on two-year contract and after a $50 mail-in rebate. Gem runs Android 2.1 OS and comes with 3.2-inch WQVGA display, 800MHz [...]

  If you’re a subscriber of Reliance CDMA and have been waiting to use a high-end Android phone, well, here’s some good news. Samsung and Reliance will soon launch the Galaxy I500, a CDMA variant of Samsung’s bestseller Galaxy S. The phone goes by the model number SCH-I500 which also belongs to Verizon’s Galaxy S [...]

  Samsung Germany has teamed up with YOUNiik to provide custom body skins to new Galaxy Tab users. A user who bought the Tab anytime from January or will buy by March 31, 2011, will be eligible for a free custom skin. A user can choose from up to 1,500 different skins or can create [...]

  Although Samsung and Apple are competitors in the smartphone and tablet market, Apple is also its one of the biggest customers. Now contrary to the WSJ report that said the iPad 2 is already in production and will have the same display as original iPad, Daum and Korea Herald are reporting that Samsung’s subsidiary, [...]

  Samsung has developed two imaging sensors for smartphones and other high-end devices that will offer superior low-light performance. The S5K3H2 8 megapixel CMOS imager features Samsung’s advanced 1.4 micron (um) back side illuminated (BSI) pixel technology that will enable users to shoot better quality pictures in low-light conditions. The new imager is touted to [...]

  Samsung’s Forte (SCH-r910) has been officially announced by MetroPCS. The phone known as Galaxy Indulge is the second LTE phone from MetroPCS after Samsung Craft but Indulge will become the world’s first commercially available Android phone with 4G LTE slated to go on sale this week. On the specs front, the phone is powered [...]

  Samsung has announced to enter into a patent cross-licensing agreement with IBM. Although specific terms and conditions are not disclosed, the agreement will allow both the companies to gain access to each other’s patent portfolio that can be used by them to develop new products. This licensing agreement will help both companies expedite innovation [...]

  Vodafone is not the only one who’ll launch Google’s Nexus S phone. A visit to Google’s official Nexus S page reveals that the phone will be available in other countries via cellular operators as well as retailers. Here is a list of where consumers will be able to buy the device in the coming [...]