South Korea has got its first phone equipped with NFC or Near Field Communication technology. KT today unveiled the SHW-A170K which sports NFC technology and uses NFC compatible USIM. An NFC phone is like a contactless card that can be used to make payments or buy tickets, gift cards etc. Currently, companies like GS […]
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T-Mobile Vibrant’s JI6 update available via Kies Mini
T-Mobile Vibrant users, if for any reason, you haven’t received an over-the-air update notification for JI6 update on the phone, Samsung has released the phone through Kies Mini. Do note that Kies Mini is not the regular Kies software but a lighter version of Samsung’s PC software. The JI6 update as we know improves […]
Samsung Focus WP7 Phone for AT&T
In addition to Omnia 7, Samsung also announced Focus that will be available exclusively on AT&T in US. The 9.9 thin Windows Phone 7 phone features tri-band HSDPA support, 1GHz QSD8250 Snapdragon processor, 256MB RAM, 512MB ROM, 4-inch Super AMOLED display, Wi-Fi 802.11n, Bluetooth 2.1, A-GPS, 8GB internal memory, microSD card slot, 5MP camera […]
Samsung Omnia 7 (GT-I8700) gets official
Microsoft will be unveiling Windows Phone 7 devices today but Samsung has already made its first phone based on the new OS official. As rumored, the phone is known as Omnia 7 (GT-I8700). Omnia 7 has an impressive spec sheet but interestingly, it is powered by 1GHz Qualcomm’s QSD8250 processor instead of Samsung’s Hummingbird. […]
Samsung Galaxy K comes to South Korea with Android 2.2
KT subscribers may have been last in the line to receive Samsung’s Galaxy S variant but they’re the first ones to get Android 2.2 on their Galaxy S phone. Samsung today announced Galaxy K (SHW-M130K) for KT and runs Android 2.2 (Froyo) out-of-the-box. Apart from the OS bump (which other Galaxy S’ are expected […]