Another mobile phone you can play dress-up with other than Modu, is the new Samsung SGH-E490 handset. The Samsung SGH-E490 has seven different models to choose from: blue jean, pearl white, scarlet red, indigo blue, lemon green, gram gold, and sweet pink. Take it out with you to b-b-q one day sporting a laid back look and dress it up well for next day’s golf game with your client. The Samsung SGH-E490 provides you aesthetic versatility. The handset features a 176×220 resolution on its TFT screen, multimedia player, EDGE and GPRS connectivity, Bluetooth 1.2 and USB 1.1, 25MB internal memory, and 1.3-megapixel camera with 4x optical zoom. The model will be presented in next week’s Mobile World Congress.

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Still another addition to Softbank’s Spring line along with Samsung 821SC and X02NK is Samsung 820SC. The clamshell international roaming device named Samsung 820SC supports 1-seg. The Samsung 820SC features a 2.6-inch QVGA OLED screen, 1.96megapixel camera with auto-focus, up to 2GB microSD card, 3G connection, music player, infrared, and Bluetooth. The handset which would be available in gold, black, silver, and red would be released by mid-February 2008.

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Along with the Softbank X02NK, the Samsung 821SC is included in the Softbank Spring line of handsets. The toy-looking phone will be available in purple, pink, red, silver, and white. Measuring 49×99.5×16.7 mm, the Samsung 821SC features 2.4-inch QVGA OLED screen, 1.96 megapixel camera, up to 4GB micro SD card, infrared, bluetooth, and music player among others. The Samsung 821SC will be available starting mid-March 2008 in Japan.

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Looking like something out of a Barbie set, Samsung Electronics launches two models of their Secret Color Phone Line namely models SCH-W360 and SPH-W3600. The phones feature a two-tone scheme with the keyboards available in four different colors — blue, pink, green, and red. The keyboard is a touchpad with vibration for tactile feedback. The phones could also support two concurrent Bluetooth connections and data transfer speeds of up to 7.2Mbps. While the two current models are slide types, Samsung announces that it expects to launch the clamshell type Secret Color Phone model SPH-W4150 next month. The Secret Color Phone models come bundled with make-up product. There are only 600 handsets available and each will sell for around US$530 to US$630 in the Korean market.

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Along with the pink BlackBerry Pearl and the purple Samsung Gleam, Verizon Wireless is also releasing the Samsung FlipShot in red. Now you can have a choice the more rosy, Valentine-ish color and the original black. FlipShot features a 3.0 megapixel camera and 240×320 TFT display. Read more about the Samsung FlipShot.

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Remember the rumors for the new high-end mobile phone, the Samsung i900? Well, it’s rumor no more. MobiFrance reports that they’ve contacted Samsung France which in turn confirmed the Samsung i900 Windows Mobile phone. According to the report, the handset will be released on September, 2008. The wonderful people of MobiFrance even created a mock-up of i900, pasting a Windows Mobile screen on the F490. That’s not exactly how the i900 looks like, but you get the picture.

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Samsung’s new mobile phones, L310 and L320, which are designed with the female consumers in mind, were unveiled. Both clamshell phones stress stylish design and femininity. Samsung L310 is black and gold in color with S-shaped metal hinge that shows when you flip the phone open. Samsung L320 on the other hand sports a two-tone color scheme. Both phones features a shopping list system, calorie consumption calculator, and a fragrance type feature which suggests the best fragrances for you depending upon your listed favorite food and beverage as if all we, women, ever think of is shopping and losing weight. They will also feature 2 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, external memory slot, and MP3 player. Both handsets will be available in Russia and other European countries starting February with the L310 selling for approximately US$350 and the L320 for approximately US$320.

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Good news for everyone planning to buy the BlackJack for Valentine’s for only US$99. Today, Samsung has announced that the BlackJack handsets could be upgraded from Windows Mobile 5.0 to Windows Mobile 6.0. The update could be accomplished via a desktop download directly from Samsung. BlackJack is available in the US exclusively through AT&T. With the Windows Mobile 6.0, BlackJack users can now use Outlook Mobile as well as view PowerPoint documents and manage Word and Excel files via Office Mobile. BlackJack users can now also read HTML emails which Windows Mobile 6.0 supports. You can upgrade your BlackJack handset from Windows Mobile 5.0 to 6.0 by downloading the software here.

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PixelPlus, a leading Korean semiconductor company, has announced that it will be providing its new PO4010 CIF “System on a Chip” (SOC) image sensors to Samsung in its future camera phones. Targeted at meeting the increasing demand for ultracompact camera solutions in 3G phones, the PO4010 is one of industry’s smallest sensors with a size of 1/11 inch. It is based on the company’s PlusPixel2 technology and is an ideal solution for the secondary VGA camera used mostly for video-calling on the current 3G phones.

PixelPlus has already started shipping the PO4010 sensory to Samsung Electronics beginning in December 2007.

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With the increasing demand for better-quality camera phones, Samsung has announced the release of the old SGH-G600, this time, equipped with a 5-megapixel camera. The 5-Megapixel SGH-G600 will be called Anycall Premiere Phone or model SCH-C280. The model SCH-C280 will be released exclusively to SKT subscribers in Korea. The target market for the high-end 2G Anycall Premiere Phone are people who want to keep their old phone numbers but want functionalities which could be found on 3G phones.

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Details of the new high-end smartphone by Samsung have apparently been discovered by an Italian web site. The Samsung i900 is speculated to be unveiled during the 3GSM Conference next month in Barcelona. According to sources, the i900 boasts 3.5-in touch screen with a 240×400 resolution. It runs on Windows Mobile 6.1 and can use microSDHC cards of up to 16GB for storage. It has HSDPA receiver which can receive data of up to 7.2Mbps in speed. The Samsung i900 also features WiFi, Bluetooth, output TV connection, 5-megapixel camera, GPS functionalities and FM radio.

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Anyone wants an alternative to the iPhone? Check out Samsung’s SGH-F700V a smartphone from the company that for the most part is famous for its consumer-focused models rather than its business offering.

Available exclusively on the Vodafone network in the UK for the time being, you get touch and keyboard controls including a 3 megapixel camera and microSD card support. The F700V is a tri-band GSM handset (900, 1800, 1900) with EDGE and HSDPA, capable of mobile broadband speeds of up to 7.2Mbps. Measuring 4.1 x 2 x 0.6 inches and weighing 3.2oz.

It’s a little smaller in all but thickness than the iPhone though its 2.78-inch, 240 x 440 touchscreen is considerably smaller than the Apple’s 3.5-inch display.

Other features include a document viewer, an FM radio, a music and video player with a healthy number of formats supported, A2DP Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR and drag and drop file transfer.

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It’s official. The Samsung U940 and LG VX9100 are indeed coming to Verizon, after going through the FCC. Samsung’s U940, the CDMA version of F700, may look like the iPhone but can give it a run for its money when we talk about features. The U940 comes with a 5-megapixel camera, HSDPA with speeds up to 7.6Mbps, a “drag and drop” touch interface on a 2.78 inch color display, VibeTonz technology, and a full QWERTY keyboard. There is no information on what sort of operating system this baby might be running. But get ready iPhone, the big players are growing restless.

On the other hand, not much is known about the LG VX9100 other than the tidbit that it might come with EV-DO.

Verizon customers can expect both of these within the first quarter of 2008.

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Remember the Samsung F490 for the European consumers? Well, a North American variant will be soon releasing exclusively for Sprint customers. Called the Samsung SPH-M800, the device, like its European counterpart, boasts 3.2-in wide TFT touch screen. It has 2 megapixel camera as well as high-speed internet connections which could be used to access Sprint TV and Sprint music store. It features Sprint Navigator GPS and Bluetooth connectivity with A2DP stereo music streaming. We will let you know when it is official.

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Softbank Mobile has released the PHOTOS 920SC slider phone that features two cameras - a 5-megapixel camera for picture taking and a 3-megapixel one for video conference. It further takes a stamp on the camera-phone market by including a xenon flash, 3X optical zoom, Bluetooth, IrDA, GPS, face recognition and auto focus capabilities. This will give its contemporaries, a run for their money.

The camera is intuitive towards hand-shake and can prevent red eye pictures by correcting them. The 2.4 inches 240×320 display features 26 million colors. It takes in a microSD (maximum 2GB) card, and supports W-CDMA and GSM (900/1800/1900). It also has 3G high speed connectivity at 3.6Mbps make which loads 500 ten thousand pixel cameras on January 12th.

The phone measures at 52×101.5×18.9mm and weighs 129g, has a 340-hour battery and gives about approximately 200 minutes of talktime. The device will be out on the 12th of this month however, it will only be available in Japan.

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Do you remember that pic leak of the Samsung F490 in the Ukraine? You won’t have to squint and play guess the specs anymore. The Samsung F490 is official. It features 3.2-in TFT touch screen which can be used for both normal and landscape viewing mode, 130MB of shared memory and Bluetooth and USB connectivity. The device is tri-band with GPRS and EDGE connections and best of all, it’s also 3G with HSDPA capability. The Samsung F490 will be released in Europe on February and will retail for USD$780.

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Something I’ve learned with marketing is that you don’t really have to be first, you just have to claim it. That’s what Samsung just did. Although the Nokia N95 was first to come up with 5 Megapixels, Samsung claims the throne with the reasoning that they’re the first to have optical zoom. And true enough, the Samsung SGH-G800 IS the world’s first 5 megapixel phone with 3x optical zoom. The camera functionality features Wide Dynamic Range and face detection. It also has video editing functions and even a mobile blogging feature. There’s no price or release date yet, but for those waiting for a 5-megapixel phone WITH 3x optical zoom, then check back because Mobilewhack will follow-up on the SGH-G800 when news comes out.

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The following products have recently been approved for sale in America, so look out for them soon:

Meet Samsung Solid, Samsung’s first strongphone, if you can call it that, with a military IP54 rating, which means its dust, water, and shock resistant.

Features aren’t its strongest forte but it more than makes up for that with a rubber body and a unique SOS feature. Pressing the volume button three times quickly will immediately send a message to a predefined number from its phonebook and the next incoming call will automatically be answered. The built-in flashlight sure sounds handy.

But other than this, the only major feature to talk about would be its FM tuner, which could be useful while you are stuck waiting after your SOS message. GPRS, WAP 2.0, VGA camera, MMS, Java support, and Bluetooth are its other passable features.

All in all, a solid and durable phone for the accident prone.

The Samsung Solid is available exclusively on O2 for £59.99 under its Pay&Go plan.

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For those who can’t decide which they like better — alphanumeric or QWERTY keypads and for those who need both for various purposes, you might like what Samsung’s brewing. A patent has been submitted for a design which lets you interchange your keypads between the QWERTY and the standard alphanumeric. The keypads will be engraved on the battery panel and hence, you’ll be changing the battery every time you change keypads. It’ll be interesting to see where this design would bring the next generation of mobile phones.

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