Samsung S5200 coming to the Netherlands, other countries

Remember Samsung S5200, the low-end-ish slider we saw back in April? Well, now we have more information to share about it. We’ve heard it’s about to hit BelCompany’s stores in the Netherlands for 129.99 EUR, which is about $182. Apparently, two versions of the device will be available — black/red and black/beige one — and they will come with a 2.1-inch QVGA screen, 3 megapixel camera with smile detection and LED flash, Bluetooth, music player, and we guess a microSD memory card… Read more

Two Taiwan Companies announced Android-smartphones

Computer devices producer Acer and telecom company Far EasTone Telecommunications Co situated in Taiwan announced their plans about releasing their own smartphones created on the base of open operational system Google Android smartphone. Acer is going to release not just smartphones but also Android netbooks, and Far EasTone already announced the dates of its first device appearance – the third quarter of the year. Read more

Dual-Sliding Samsung Exclaim Coming

The Samsung Marcello spotted in Sprint’s leaked roadmap is apparently coming soon, as evidenced by some new pictures showing off the device in blue and purple. It’ll be bearing the market name M550 Exclaim, and feature a 2.6″ QVGA screen, 2 megapixel camera, EVDO Rev. 0, aGPS, and a distinctive dual-sliding layout.  This is yet another cheap texting phone making the rounds lately, but there are more than enough folks out there who want easy texting without all the financial baggage of a smartphone. Read more

Warid offers free prepaid connection

Warid Telecom offers a free Zem prepaid connection with a Tk 299 talk-time at a cost of Tk 299, said a press release. Actually subscribers are getting the SIM free of cost as connection price and the amount of free talk-time are same. Under the offer, a subscriber can buy the Zem connection preloaded with Tk 50, which can be used for every types of usage. Read more

AT&T upgrading 3G network with 7.2Mbps HSDPA for new iPhone

It’s becoming a tradition. Every year, just as the world builds up frenzied hype about Apple’s new impending iPhone launch, AT&T announces that it is upgrading its wireless network. When we saw the first Apple iPhone go live in 2007, AT&T announced that it would be upgrading its entire EDGE network (remember, the original iPhone was EDGE-only) with greater capacity and coverage.

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Sony Ericsson starts its work in South Korea with Xperia X1

Mobile devices market in South Korea is considered one of the most developed in the world where local companies rule, and primarily Samsung and LG. Unlike its rivals trying to get to Korean user with relatively old models like Motorola RAZR2, PEBL or Nokia 6210 Navigator without GPS possibilities, Sony Ericsson decided to start conquering the Korean market with a newer but tried communicator Xperia X1. Read more

iPhone features everywhere in rivals’ new phones

Copying a few pages from the playbook of Apple Inc’s iPhone strategy, which brings many of the powers of the Internet to mobile phones, is no way to beat the computer interloper at its game. But that’s exactly what many of the world’s biggest handsets makers are trying to do with new copycat phones and services that ape key features of the iPhone.
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If you’re hoping for a 12-megapixel Samsung cameraphone at MWC… don’t

You can go ahead and stop holding your breath now. Despite varied speculation hinting at a 12-megapixel cameraphone from Samsung rearing its head at Mobile World Congress, word on the street is that Samsung won’t be bringing any mega-megapixel cameraphones to Barcelona. Telecoms Korea cites “a source familiar with Samsung’s internal marketing plans” in their report that Samsung will be holding off on launching their 12-megapixel beast for just a bit longer.

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Obama Packs Verizon BlackBerry 8830 World Edition on the Job

The jaw-clenching drama of President Barack Obama’s phone situation is settling down, now that we see he’s happily thumbing away on his BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM) outside the White House. We still don’t know if he’ll pick up a Sectera Edge, but officials state that with the enhanced security on this particular BlackBerry, Obama will be conducting both business and pleasure. Read more

Samsung Show – mobile phone with pico-projector

The Samsung Company presented new mobile phone Samsung Show which is equipped with built in projector. The phone Samsung Show is built in the form of a monoblock with sensor display and user interface TouchWIZ. The Samsung Show projector can function in more than one regimes: picture photos as slide show, shoe movies, cartoons, mobile television and also work as a flash light. Read more

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