Corby
Corby II gets official
UPDATE: Corby II will arrive in Russia in late April for 6,490 rubles (US$230). Galaxy Pro was not the only phone announced yesterday at the Samsung SEA Forum in Singapore. Previously leaked Corby II (GT-S3850) also got the official acknowledgement that will ride on the success of the original colourful Corby series. Corby II [...]
Samsung Corby II (S3850) image leaked
We knew Corby II was coming but now we’ve an image to put against Samsung’s low-end Corby successor. GSMArena managed to scoop it up from a (now-defunct) Samsung website that has been identified as S3850 and S3853. Details about the device are slim at the moment but Samsung will follow the same strategy like [...]
Samsung sells 2.3m Galaxy S; 100,000 Galaxy Tab in South Korea
Just like last month, Samsung has published its sales figures for phones sold in South Korea. A total of 1.89 million Samsung handsets were sold in November, which is a tad low as compared to October sales. Samsung also announced cumulative sales figures of some of its devices, including the Galaxy Tab and Galaxy [...]
Samsung sold 820,000 smartphones in October in South Korea
Samsung Electronics has announced that they’ve sold 820,000 smartphones in South Korea in the month of October, capturing a market share of 43.2 percent in the smartphone arena. Although the market share is impressive it is low by Samsung’s standards who had maintained a 50 percent plus market share since December 2009. Samsung also [...]
Samsung Galaxy 5 (I5500) gets official in Italy as Corby Smartphone
After a series of leaks, Samsung has made the I5500 official in Italy. It will be sold as Corby Smartphone making it the first Corby device to run a proper smartphone OS. The phone runs on Android 2.1 OS and comes with a 2.8-inch QVGA LCD touchscreen, 3G, quad-band GSM, 600MHz Application CPU, 2MP [...]
Samsung I5500 will be the first Corby Android device?
A new device’s existence recently came to light with the certifications from the Bluetooth SIG, Wi-Fi Alliance and even the FCC. And though not many details are out, a new rumor is swirling that this phone will be an Android device. More interestingly, it will be an Android from the Corby family, which means [...]
Samsung outs S3370 as Corby 3G in Russia, is known as Acton in Belgium
Samsung S3370 that has surfaced time and again has officially been announced in Russia. The phone’s known as Corby 3G (or Acton in Belgium and few other European countries) and features a 2.6-inch QVGA touchscreen display, TouchWiz UI 2.0, 3G, Bluetooth, music player, FM Radio, SOS, DNSe 2.0, 1.3MP camera and microSD support up [...]
Samsung Nigeria bundles 2GB microSD card with Corby devices
Samsung Nigeria is running a special promotion related to its Corby range of devices. Nigerians buying up any below mentioned Corby devices are eligible for a free 2GB microSD card from any Samsung retailer displaying the above banner. The offer is valid till June 30, 2010. Corby phones on which the offer is applicable [...]
Samsung rolls out Corby S3650 with SpongeBob Squarepants
Samsung is selling a limited edition SpongeBob Squarepants Corby phone in Hong Kong. The phone is same as the original S3650C but if bought by April 23, consumers can either get a Spongebob or his best friend Patrick Star’s battery cover set. The set includes two battery covers with the cartoon’s pictures on it, [...]
Samsung announces Corby TV and Metro TV in India
Samsung has announced two new variants of its CDMA Corby and Metro phones. The Corby TV and Metro TV now features a customized application that will allow users to watch Live TV or recorded content. The app known as MimobiTV Mobile TV is developed by Apalya and gives users on-demand content streaming of more [...]