Category: Samsung

Samsung Marine B2100 outdoor mobile phone

Leading mobile phone manufacturer Samsung has launched its latest outdoor mobile phone Samsung Marine-B2100 in India which could withstand any environmental conditions.This phone suits for mountaineers, mariners, trekkers and to all those who enjoy outdoor activities. Having the capacity of eliminating bumps, bangs and scrapes, the mobile is provided with water-resistant, dust-proof and shock-proof through the shock urethane material case.

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Samsung Mobiles aiming for 20 percent market share in India , bringing 7 new models

Samsung which is very much a household brand name in Asia is striving hard to increase its market share in India according to a PTI report. Samsung Mobiles which was once having a very minor share of the handset market in India now has a share of about 10-15% according to country head of Samsung India , Sunil Dutt. Its interesting to note that Sunil was part of the top brass in Nokia India a couple of years back. Good news for Samsung fans, the company plans to launch over 7 new models in India in July and August including the hugely awaited Omnia HD

The company has a lot of handsets in the low end segment but in the high-end there was nothing impressive so far. Looks like it wants to change this myth

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Samsung Fold-Out Keyboard Phone Design

Well over the years, we have seen various form-factors of devices being released so as to incorporate various features. Some examples include:

Samsung B7320 OmniaPRO and B7300 OmniaLITE Announced

Samsung B7320 OmniaPRO

  • Windows Mobile 6.1 upgradable to Windows Mobile 6.5
  • 117 x 61 x 12.7 mm, 102.1 g, 1480 mAh battery
  • 2.4″ Screen with 320*240 resolution displaying 65,000 colours
  • 3G, HSDPA, Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth
  • 528 MHz processor, 256MB RAm, 256MB ROM
  • QWERTY Keyboard, micro-SD card slot and 3 Megapixel Camera

Samsung B7300 OmniaLITE

  • Windows Mobile 6.1 upgradable to Windows Mobile 6.5
  • 3.0″ screen with resolution of240*400
  • 3G, HSDPA, Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth
  • 667MHz processor, 150MB RAM, micro-SD card slot
  • 3.15 Megapixel Camera with Geo-tagging, Smile detection, autofocus and VGA Video Recording at 30Fps
  • DviX/XviD/MPEG4/H.263/H.264/WMV9 player
  • MP3/AAC/WMA player
  • 1500mAh Battery

Samsung OMNIA II and Jet Announced!

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  • Omnia II is the successor of the OMNIA. It’s features are
  • Windows Mobile 6.1 with Touch Wiz 2.0 and 800mHz Processor
  • 3.7″ AMOLED Resistive screen with WVGA resolution
  • HSDPA (7.2MBps), HSUPA (5.6MBps), Wi-Fi, GPS, USB, Bluetooth
  • 8/16GB Built-in Memory and micro-SD card slot
  • 5 Megapixel Camera with autofocus, LED flash, Geo-tagging and 30Fps Video Recording at 720*480 resolution
  • DixX / XviD / MPEG4/ H.263/ H.264/ WMV player
  • MP3/ e-AAC+/ WMA/ RA player, 3.5mm Audio Jack
  • 118 x 59.6 x 11.9 mm, 117 g, 1500mAH Battery

Samsung M8910 Pixon- 12MP Cameraphone!

Samsung has just announced their new phone, the M8910 Pixon which is their first 12MP cameraphone. It will also be the first 12Mp phone to release in the market and will release sometime this month itself! The release is before the Sony Ericsson Satio (Idou) 12MP phone. Continue reading “Samsung M8910 Pixon- 12MP Cameraphone!”

Three Touch Screen Phones Star,Star 3G and Beat DJ Launched by Samsung

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Samsung recently launched three new touch screen phones named Samsung Star, Star 3G and Samsung Beat DJ. As you can view in the image above, all these three phones come with full touch screens.

During the launch, Sunil Dutt, Country Head, Samsung mobile says:

Samsung Star and Samsung Star 3G are significant additions to our full-touch screen mobile portfolio, featuring all the essential functions in one single device. At Samsung, our effort is to deliver full touch products for every consumer lifestyle”. Continue reading “Three Touch Screen Phones Star,Star 3G and Beat DJ Launched by Samsung”

Samsung Omnia HD Photo Gallery

Samsung Omnia HD is the cutting edge phone from samsung which was unveiled at MWC 2009

Its the first phone with HD video recording support .. Rafe from AAS managed to get his hands on the phone and he compares it with the ipod and the 5800 below

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Samsung Pixon – 8 Megapixel camera phone unleashed in India

Although it is becoming a habit with us at Fonearena, we would like to assure all our readers we are not gloating. Yet!

We have been covering the mobile scene with such alacrity and timeliness that sometimes, when a handset is launched in India we realise we’ve already covered its global launch. Similarly, when the Samsung Pixon was launched in September 2008, Fonearena covered the launch. Read the coverage here.

Specs & features at a glance:

• 3.2-inch WQVGA (240 x 400 pixels) touchscreen featuring Samsung’s TouchWiz UI with auto screen rotation

• Samsung widgets on the desktop

• 3G (HSDPA), GPRS/EDGE

• Internal GPS

• DivX, Xvid, mp4 file support

• Music Player with SRS 3D surround sound

• MicroSD card support

• 8MP AF camera with LED flash x16 digital zoom, auto-focus, fast-shutter, face detection

• Bluetooth with A2DP and USB 2.0 (micro)

• FM Radio

• Geotagging

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Samsung Valencia unveiled

The Samsung Valencia, a Windows Mobile powered handset was unveiled at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona recently at the Microsoft counter and surprisingly not at the Samsung counter.

Specs & features:

• 393 MHz processor

• 128MB RAM

• 128MB ROM

• 320×240 QVGA display

• 3G

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Samsung Omnia HD i8910 makes a debut

Samsung has announced the Omnia HD with the model numbe i8910 .. The coolests feature of the phone being a 8 MP Camera and the HD Quality Video Recording.

It was one of the phones samsung announced at MWC 2009.

Another great achievement for Samung is that this is first mobile phone to support 720p video recoding ! Go Samsung ! – nokia might go HD soon

Its got a Full Touchscreen on a stunning 3.7 inch AMOLED Display

Its seen as a successor to the Omnia which ran on Windows Mobile Pro 6.1

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Samsung I7110 Announced & Reviewed

At the Symbian Smartphone Show in London, Samsung announced a new beast after its stellar Innov8. The Samsung I7110 is an S60 3rd Edition FP2 device that has a lot to brag about. An awesome 2.4″ OLED screen, a 5MP camera with LED flash, HSDPA, WiFi, Bluetooth, an optical mouse for a more intuitive browsing experience, an accelerometer, built-in GPS with geotagging and navigation (only 10 European cities supported), an FM Transmitter.

Being an S60 device, the I7110 will allow you to install tons of 3rd-party applications and hence transform it into a mobility powerhouse. At only 12.9mm thick, and with a metallic body, the I7110 is definitely a looker and a very tempting alternative for the Nokia N85.

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Samsung INNOV8 vs Sony Ericsson C905

Put not one but two boiling hot and new devices with an astonishing 8MP camera each, against each other and you’ve got yourself the perfect battle. And it’s a royal one. The INNOV8, Samsung’s latest prodigy when it comes to S60 3rd Edition has just gone head to head against the C905, Sony Ericsson’s beast. It wasn’t an easy fight.

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Samsung Omnia FoneArena Exclusive phone footage

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On 16th October, 2008, Fonearena was represented by Ritu at the ITC Grand Central, Mumbai where a demo of the Windows Mobile 6.1 on the Samsung Omnia was given to three mobile phone enthusiasts (Ankit Saxena and Rupesh from the WATblog were co-invitees).

Microsoft was represented by Sumeet Gugnani, Director – Mobile Communications Business, who also enlightened the bloggers on the rise of MS in the world of mobile phones.

“We have a 33% share in the market of hi-end convergence devices (devices that are not only business phones, but also pack in multimedia features, a good camera and a simple UI)” revealed Sumeet. Continue reading “Samsung Omnia FoneArena Exclusive phone footage”