Samsung confirms Continuum dual-display Android handset for Verizon

After a rather large complement of leaks, Samsung has finally confirmed its Continuum phone for Verizon, via Twitter of all places. The phone will ship on November 11th. Samsung is billing it as the "first phone with a dedicated ticker display," referring to the secondary 1.8-inch color screen below the capacitive touch buttons. There's a Samsung Mobile event happening at 6PM EST that will undoubtedly shed more light on this Android handset, but for now we expect the specs to be in line with other Galaxy S-series handsets. You know, except for the ticker part. Samsung is also proud to announce that it's shipped 3 million Galaxy S phones in the US, a sizable chunk of the 7 million or so sold globally so far.

Via : engadget, AndroidGuys

Three Samsung Wave phones with Bada OS unveiled

Samsung has announced three more handsets in its Wave family -Wave 525 (GT-S5250), Wave 533 (GT-S5330) and Wave 575 (GT-S5750). All three handsets will run Samsung bada operating system and on top of it will rest TouchWiz 3.0 interface. Just two days ago, Samsung had unveiled new Wave II S8530 that too runs the bada OS and sports 3.7-inch super-clear LCD screen.

Samsung Wave S5250 already available in Russia while Samsung Wave533 be introduced later this month over there. Both phones would gradually hit CIS, Europe, Latin America, Asia, Middle East, Africa and other countries. Sweden will get the Samsung Wave S5750 by mid-November and it would be later released in Europe, Southeast Asia and China. Prices of these handsets are not announced as yet.

Samsung Wave 525 (GT-S5250), Samsung Wave 533 (GT-S5330) and Samsung Wave 575 (GT-S5750) - all have similar specifications. The Wave S5330 will be a slide-out QWERTY with a full touchscreen. While the Wave S5250 and S5750 will come in a candy bar form factor sporting a full touchscreen.

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Samsung unveils three new handsets in the Wave family

Handset manufacturer Samsung has swelled its Wave portfolio by announcing three new Wave smartphones that runs company’s own Bada operating system.

The new handsets, namely the Wave525, Wave533 and Wave575, features TouchWiz 3.0 interface, 3.2-inch WQVGA touchscreens, 3.2MP cameras, Wi-Fi radios and GPS receivers, 100MB of storage that can be expanded up to
64GB using an SD card.

What makes the new handsets different from one another is a slide-out keyboard in the Wave533, lack of 3G in the Wave525 and the brand new Bluetooth 3.0 feature in the Wave575.

The Wave525 and Wave533 smartphones operate on EDGE networks, while the Wave575 come with 3G HSPA. The Wave525 and Wave575 resemble each other in design.

Samsung said that its new handsets have been designed keeping socializing feature in mind. The company described the models as a one-stop hub for all communications such as SMS, SNS, Email and Instant Messaging.

Commenting on the new handsets, Samsung added, “The Samsung Wave family is the perfect mix of features and fun and a great way to be smarter about how you socialize.”

The Wave575 handset is expected to hit Sweden by mid-November, before it reaches other markets in Europe, China and Southeast Asia. The Wave525 presently is available in Russia, while the Wave533 will be made available in Russia in October. The Wave525 and Wave533 will finally reach other global markets, including CIS, Europe, Latin America, Asia, Middle East and Africa.

Via : topnews

Samsung Galaxy S hits 5 million sales

Samsung's high-end, Android-powered line of smartphones has now reached total sales of over 5 million, just a little over a month after announcing the 1 million sales milestone.

It's a blistering rate of sales that's almost unheard of in the mobile phone industry, which for the first time is beginning to focus on individual devices rather than service providers.

n fact, Galaxy S removes the provider from the equation entirely. Samsung has made the platform available on every carrier, though in varied formats.

Galaxy S phones include the Captivate on AT&T, the Vibrant on T-Mobile, the Fascinate on Verizon, and the Epic 4G on Sprint. The latter is the second phone to make use of Sprint's 4G network.

Galaxy S phones have gained appeal for their high-end specs, Super AMOLED screens, and customized Samsung/Android interface
. Samsung is the most prolific manufacturer of Android handsets though it has yet to create one single device that can take on the Droid.

Samsung's Galaxy S phones are all poised to receive the new version of Android, known as Froyo, but so far neither Samsung nor any of the phones' mobile providers has commented on when that will happen. Every other high-profile Android device has already received the upgrade, king of leaving Galaxy S in the dark.

Samsung remains the world's second most popular cell phone maker but until now it sat in that position because of its sheer volume of different devices available. Now it's finally taking a different approach as it focuses on creating a brand presence for specific phones. The company hopes to sell 25 million smartphones in total for the entire year of 2010.

Via : tgdaily

Samsung Galaxy Tab Launching on Sprint November 14 for $399?

Though Samsung hosted a recent coming-out event for the Samsung Galaxy Tab in New York City, carrier release dates and pricing have yet to be revealed. Enter a new report from BGR citing a Sprint source that claims the Tab should be landing on that network around November 14th at a price of $399 on a two-year contract. Off contract? $599. Not an abhorrent price by any means, but we were almost expecting the on-contract price to be a bit lower.

For that price would you be swayed to get the Galaxy Tab? Or would you prefer to hold off for something better?

Via : phandroid

Samsung Cetus caught in Microsoft video

We've still yet to hear anything official from Samsung or Microsoft about the Samsung Cetus and it's Windows Phone 7 credentials, however that hasn't stopped the phone popping up over and over again for us to get a good glimpse of.

The latest unofficial outing for the Samsung Windows Phone 7 smartphone is a Channel 9 behind the scenes video telling you what some of the key players do on the new OS from Microsoft.

15 minutes in to the 17 minute video and Charlie Kindel, program manager for Windows Phone 7 whips out his phone to show a home automation application he has created for himself to help test some of the operating systems features.

Trouble is, as WMpoweruser.com spotted, the phone looks rather like the Samsung Cetus i917 handset rather than just the developers unit that we've already seen - Opps.

Sources have previous confirmed to Pocket-lint that Microsoft is expected to announce the launch of Windows Phone 7 to the world on 11 October with handsets from companies like Samsung launching their handset shortly after towards the end of October.

Via : pocket-lint.com