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Samsung has released the SPH-B8850 slider phone, which we reported a few days back. The phone features a widgetized homescreen, 2.4-inch QVGA LCD, T-DMB, 2 megapixel camera, MP3 player, microSD card slot, EVDO and OZ service.
B8850 will be sold on LG Telecom for 400,000 Won ($319).

 
Perfect RAM or Phase-change RAM may have missed the commercial launch of 2008 but Samsung is finally gearing up to release it for mass consumption in June after exhibiting it in the Ninth Next-Generation Semiconductor Forum in South Korea. Samsung will showcase a 512Mb (64MB) PRAM prototype at the forum.
For those who have missed [...]

 
UPDATE: Samsung has postponed the announcement.
We already knew this and now Samsung has decided to do it the official way. On June 11 in Milan they’ll show their new offspring created along with the fashion brand. Microsoft’s name in the press conference makes it clear that the phone will be based on Windows Mobile.
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Samsung bullishness on AMOLED display technology is no surprise. Now they’re showing a 6.5-inch AMOLED prototype that will find its way into almost every sort of gadget in the near future. Samsung’s Mobile Display division showed this at the SID 2009 expo and is touted to be the most flexible OLED panel till now. The [...]

 
Samsung UK has inked a strategic partnership with Bebo which is claimed to be Samsung’s biggest collaboration with a social network ever.
The partnership is a part to promote its music handsets like Beat Edition and will involve them to a number of things. Samsung will provide content for the Bebo music homepage, hold eight [...]

 
Samsung and SanDisk have announced their renewal of NAND flash memory license agreement. Though both the companies haven’t revealed the intrinsic agreement details, Samsung will have an upper hand as they’ll pay half the royalty amount that they pay currently.
Samsung is the largest NAND flash memory maker and pays almost $350 million in royalties [...]

 
Samsung will be launching a new phone for the South Korean market. The slider, SPH-B8850 will arrive on LG Telecom at an undisclosed price.
Features:
Dimensions: 107×51×13.2mm
Weight: 110 grams
OZ service
2.4-inch QVGA display
EVDO
T-DMB
2 megapixel camera
microSD slot (up to 8GB)
880mAh battery
180 minutes of talk time
220 hours of standby time

 
Samsung has introduced its compact messaging clamshell phone in the US. U.S. Cellular will be bringing in pink and charcoal by the name of Gloss or widely known as SCH-u440. The features include a 2.2-inch CIF screen, QWERTY keyboard, Stereo Bluetooth, 1.3 megapixel camera, expandable storage, easyedge service and a music player. The pricing is [...]

 
Samsung and CPSC have initiated a recall of the a110 and a120 Jitterbug phones. The reason for the recall is that the phones are equipped with BB14 software and cannot connect to emergency 911 services when it’s in a no-service area. The recall affects Jitterbug phones sold from March 2008 through May 2009 and are [...]

 
Announced last month in South Korea, Samsung’s 8-inch SPF-87H digital photo frame has made its way to the US market. For $129, the digital frame packs decent features. It comes with its proprietary Touch of Color (ToC) finish, 1GB internal and SD slot for additional memory and can be doubled up as a secondary monitor. [...]