What you see above is the result of a partnership between Samsung and Giorgio Armani to develop a luxury-esque handset. Said handset is the Samsung M7500.

This handset runs Windows Mobile 6.5 and features a 3.5-inch AMOLED touch screen, slide out QWERTY keyboard, a 5mp camera and DivX/Xvid support.

There iwas no word on pricing or availability but considering it has the Giorgio Armani branding it probably won’t come cheap.

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Tags: 5mp camera, AMOLED, Cell Phones, DivX, Giorgio Armani, m7500, Mobile News, Mobile Software, Qwerty keyboard, Samsung, Samsung, xvid

Samsung first announced their upcoming touch-screen touting handset Jet last week and already have found it to be a highly anticipated phone. Apparantly, Samsung woke up this morning to find that the Jet was pre-ordered a none-too-shabby 2 million times marking the highest pre-order quota Samsung has ever come face-to-face with.

For those who don’t know, or have forgot, the Jet features a beautiful 3.1-inch AMOLED touch-screen along with an 800MHz processor and 3.6Mbps HSDPA support. Additionally it will have a 5 megapixel camera, GPS, DivX and XviD support and of course a full HTML Samsung designed web browser.

With 2 million pre-orders there has to be some one out there that is anxiously awaiting the Jet’s upcoming release date, let us know.

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Tags: AMOLED, Business, Cell Phones, DivX, dolfin, GPS, HSDPA, Mobile News, pre-order, record, Samsung, samsung jet, software, xvid

Samsung Electronics has taken their mobile phone lineup to another level by announcing their newest full touch product line with DivX Mobile certification. The phone product line with DivX Mobile certification:

Samsung’s Ultra Touch

OMNIA HD

BEAT DJ

These new cutting-edge DivX Certified mobile phone devices offer consumers seamless playback of high-quality DivX video on the go and in the living room. DivX technology produces highly compressed video suitable for mobile platforms that require minimal storage for the highest quality experience possible.

In addition to the three newly DivX Certified mobile phones with Samsung, DivX also announced a new certification profile, DivX Mobile Theater. Now available to DivX IC and OEM licensees, DivX Mobile Theater Profile helps mobile licensees ensure that their phones are certified to support studio requirements for premium DivX video playback, provide true DVD-like quality, and offers an improved user experience.

Products that bear the DivX Certified logo have undergone a rigorous testing program to ensure a high-quality DivX media experience, including reliable video creation and playback, interoperability with other DivX Certified devices and the visual quality users expect from DivX.

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Tags: Cell Phones, DivX, mobile phone, mobile phones, mobile platforms, oem licensees, Samsung, samsung electronics

All the way from Japan comes a new set of GPS drives made by Pioneer, with the following codenames: HRZ099, HRZ088, HRV022, and HRV011. The four new GPS systems are pretty similar, all of them have a drive that can read DVDs, CDs, MP3s, AAC, and also DivX files.

The difference between each model can be seen in the small details, for example, the HRZ009 and HRZ008 are perfect for the music people, because they come with a built-in amplifier that provides good sound power - 50W x 4. If you like to watch movies, the HRZ009 is also a good choice thanks to the big resolution of 800×480, while all the other models have a smaller 480×234.

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Tags: DivX, GPS, GPS, Pioneer

LG’s KU990, otherwise going by the more popular name of Viewty, just got a whole lot better. While other phones are still grappling with VGA resolution video recording, the Viewty one-ups it all with a new update providing video recording in DivX format at a whopping 120 frames per second and a resolution of 640×480 using its 5-megapixel camera. This would mean that the videos can be played directly on a big variety of DivX devices including DVD players and PMPs. The older Viewty models, which kicked the crap out of the iPhone in Europe, will get some sort of a software update while the newer ones will come with the function preloaded.

The Viewty is already available in most of the European countries. Go get one for around $518.

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Tags: Cell Phones, Cell Phones, DivX, KU990, LG, LG, Mobile News, Viewty

Advanced MP3 Players announced that the recently announced Cowon iAudio Q5 portable media player available is now available in 40GB and 60GB capacities in the UK. They claim it to be the equivalent of an ultra-mobile PC more than a PMP, running on WinCE 5.0 Professional as its operating system. The device features MSN Messenger, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Word and features high quality playback of audio/video and photos.

The Cowon iAudio Q5 comes with integrated battery suckers, otherwise known as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, as well as a TV-out port. It is equipped with a 5-inch, 16.7 million color TFT LCD. More features in the extended entry.

Supported video files include DivX, Xvid, WMV, ASF, MPEG, MP4 and OGM. Audio formats include OGG, FLAC, APE, MPC and WAV.

Prices:

40GB: £399

60GB: £439http://www.advancedmp3players.co.uk/shop/

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Tags: audio, cowon, DivX, iaudio, mp3, MP3 Players, mp4, mpeg, photos, player, q5, Ultra Mobile PCs, video, wince

The Samsung Ultra Video SGH-F508 cell phone got the nod from DivX for its mobile multimedia experience. The SGH-F508 got the coveted DivX Certification for its high quality DivX video playback. The certification also guarantees that the F508 is interoperable with over 90 million DivX Certified devices.

The F508 features a large, swivel LCD screen to give you an enhanced viewing experience on the cell phone - great for DivX movies on the move. The Samsung SGH-F508 is headed to Chinese language market in 2007. This is Samsung’s second phone to attain DivX certification, and it can play videos from DivX Stage6 video website as well as other mobile content services.

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Tags: Cell Phones, DivX, Samsung, Samsung, video