AT&T today announced a line-up of four new Quick Messaging Devices that will be among the first to offer a new suite of consumer data services that will significantly enhance messaging, video and photo sharing, and contacts management.
"Quick Messaging Devices are very important for us — it's a category that we defined for the industry and that we continue to lead in value, quality and innovation," said David Christopher, chief marketing officer of AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets. "Quick Messaging Devices are among our most popular and fastest-growing phones. They offer great value — and now will offer cutting-edge services that enhance the overall experience consumers have with these phones. "The evolution of the mobile phone experience — increasingly sophisticated hardware and software, including apps — has been advancing rapidly due to the proliferation of smartphones in recent years. At AT&T, we're ensuring a similar rich, ever-evolving experience exists for the sizeable number of our customers who use Quick Messaging Devices." |  |
Evernote, the free multiplatform application that allows people to remember everything that matters to them, announced today that Evernote for Android will be pre-installed on selected Samsung Android mobile devices. In the U.S., the Evernote application was included as part of a recent software update to the Samsung Behold® II.
Evernote for Android is a free application that allows individuals to create notes, snap photos, and record audio. Users can instantly find any notes that were created on their phone, desktop computer, or the web. In addition, Evernote automatically makes snapshots containing printed or handwritten text searchable—great for business cards, whiteboards and wine labels.
Evernote is an award-winning application for mobile devices, desktop computers, and the web; which allows individuals to take notes, snap photos, clip web pages, track task and to-dos, and much more. Everything captured in Evernote is instantly synchronized across platforms, making all the content accessible and searchable from any phone or computer. Evernote offers a premium service with additional features and functionality. | 
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Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC (Samsung Mobile), the leading mobile phone provider in the United States, ended the fourth quarter of 2009 as No. 1 in domestic mobile handset market share1, retaining the title for the sixth quarter in a row.
In addition to this distinction, the 2010 Brand Keys Customer Loyalty Engagement Index study ranked Samsung as the customer loyalty winner in the cell phone category, the only wireless handset provider to be awarded the honor for nine consecutive years. The national survey identifies brands that are best able to engage consumers by meeting or exceeding expectations, creating loyal customers. In the cell phone category, consumer preferences were based on wireless phone design and performance.
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Samsung Electronics America, Inc. announced today the imminent availability of its first-ever eReader product for the US market. Initially previewed at CES 2010 in January, the Samsung eReader makes reading a personal experience. Not only can users easily access content, but they can also write notes and thoughts directly on the page, highlight content that matters to them and share notes with friends and peers. Samsung combined over one million electronic titles, advanced handwriting capabilities and WiFi connectivity into a single, easy-to-use device that allows users to read, write and share on the go. The Samsung eReader is an authentic eReading companion in the digital age.
Samsung Electronics America also announced that its parent, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., has formed a partnership with Barnes & Noble to provide the eCommerce storefront for the Samsung eReader.
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Cricket Communications, Inc. today announced the availability of the new Samsung Stunt (SCH-R100).
A slim, sleek and stylish bar phone, the Samsung Stunt comes loaded with Mobile Web, Games & Apps, Bluetooth(TM), long battery life, speakerphone and voice commands. In addition, Crickets MyBackup, which enables subscribers to automatically protect their mobile contacts without the hassle of data cables, is available via a link in the contact list. The Samsung Stunt is a sophisticated evolution from its predecessor, the Samsung SCH-R211, and features a larger and more vibrant 128 x 160 color display and slimmer design. The Samsung Stunt measures 4.22" x 1.73" x .54" and weighs 2.61 oz.
"The Samsung Stunt provides a slender, smart design and introduces Bluetooth(TM) to our most affordable tier of devices," said Matt Stoiber, vice president and general manager of devices for Cricket. "And with its friendly user interface, it offers a sophisticated experience while remaining easy to use."
The Samsung Stunt is now available for $99.99 at Cricket retail stores, dealers, MyCricket.com and by calling 800-922-9169. | 
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Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. today announced the launch of the Samsung Wave. This is the first mobile handset to be released on Samsung’s new, open mobile platform, Samsung bada, and the cornerstone of the company’s commitment to provide a smartphone for every lifestyle.
The Samsung Wave offers a Super AMOLED 3.3” display that makes the screen truly come alive, a Social Hub to bring you closer to your contacts and connections, and TouchWiz 3.0 for an intuitive and hugely customizable user interface. The Wave’s high-speed CPU ensures swift, smooth application experiences and multi-tasking, making the device an always-on mobile multimedia companion. The Samsung Wave has been built to offer users an unrivalled level of performance, customization and choice in how they connect with their world. The stunning full touch mobile will be available globally from April 2010. Super AMOLED – Seeing is believing
With the Samsung Wave, seeing really is believing as it features the world’s first Super AMOLED display; delivering an unrivalled screen experience on a smartphone. The Super AMOLED offers much brighter, clearer, and less reflective AMOLED OnCell display, featuring a high resolution WVGA (800x480 pixels) screen with mDNIe (mobile Digital Natural Image engine) technology. |  |
Samsung Electronics today announced that it has developed two new CMOS image sensors, the S5K4E2 and the S5K5CA, for the mobile phone market. Designers and manufacturers of high-end smart phones and slim mobile handsets can now integrate one of these high-performance, cost efficient, small form factor imagers into their next generation design.
The S5K4E2 CMOS Image Sensor
Using its proprietary pixel technology SEES (Samsung Enhanced Energy Steering), Samsung’s new S5K4E2 imager is an ultra-sensitive 1/4-inch, 1.4 micron, 5Mpixel chip with an integrated extended depth of field (EDoF) IP for crisp, sharp images. The EDoF enables in-focus range from 15cm to infinity with optimum image quality.
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Samsung Electronics today announced that world-renowned model Carmen Kass will be featured in advertisements for the Diva (S7070) and the Diva folder (S5150), the first products in the ‘Samsung Diva Collection 2010’ lineup.
From February, the ‘Samsung Diva Collection 2010’ TV commercial and print advertisements will run in Portugal, Hungary and Baltic counties, and then gradually in the global markets. The advertisements signify the trendsetter’s lifestyle: graceful during the day and glamorous in the evening. Carmen Kass will give off her two different charms during the day, and at night.
“Carmen Kass’ image of luxury and intellectual charm is an ideal fit for ‘Samsung Diva Collection 2010,’ which offers mobile phones that are exquisitely designed for modern women.” said Younghee Lee, Vice President of Mobile Marketing, Samsung Electronics.
Carmen Kass is an Estonian model who has walked the runway for top fashion designers and appeared on the covers of many global fashion magazines.
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Samsung Electronics today announced a sleek, tactile new mobile phone, the powerful Samsung Shark range. The first devices in the range, the candy bar Shark (S5350) and slider phones, devices Shark 2 (S5550) and Shark 3 (S3550), will be available from January.
The Shark series has been created for active, multimedia-hungry users who value style and design as much as they value constant access to their social networks, friends and family. Bringing together power and function in such a unique, style-led handset allows Shark series users to stand out from the crowd while remaining in constant contact with it.
The Shark’s does not come at a cost – the phone offers fantastic value for money while still delivering great style, strong multimedia functionality and an intuitive user experience.
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Samsung Electronics Co. today announced two high-density memory solutions for mobile devices. The new storage solutions – a 64-gigabyte (GB) moviNANDTM memory device and a 32GB micro secure digital (microSD) memory card – satisfy mobile handset designers’ requirements for advanced compact high-density memory.
The memory solutions are based on Samsung’s advanced 32 gigabit (Gb) NAND flash. The 64GB moviNAND, which measures 1.4mm in height, consists of 16 30nm-class 32Gb MLC NAND chips and a controller. The 17-die stack was achieved by using 30-micron thick chips and advanced package technology. With the new 64GB solution, Samsung's proprietary embedded memory, moviNAND, is now available in 64GB, 32GB, 16GB, 8GB and 4GB densities.
The 32GB microSD card, developed this month, stacks eight 32Gb NAND components and a card controller. | 
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Samsung Mobile and Sprint announced today that the Samsung Moment has been selected as the first phone to showcase a demonstration of a Mobile Digital TV chip. The Samsung Moment will receive live digital TV using Samsung’s Mobile DTV Chip, the world’s first single-chip solution for the recently approved Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) Mobile Digital TV standard. The ATSC Mobile Digital TV chip will allow Samsung Moment to receive live TV programming from local broadcast stations, including prime-time network programs, local news and sports and emergency alerts.
The companies also announced that the Mobile DTV-equipped Samsung Moment was selected for a showcase with Sprint customers in the Washington, D.C. and Baltimore markets during the first quarter of 2010 — this is the first-ever consumer showcase of this technology. The Moment was selected because of its 3.2-inch AMOLED display screen, which delivers crisp colors, bright pictures outdoors, and wide viewing angles. Samsung was the co-developer of the ATSC standard that is making mobile digital TV broadcasting possible on mobile phones, laptops, USB drives and other mobile devices. | 
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MetroPCS has launched the Samsung Stunt (SCH-r100). The handset features a black with blue trim bar design, easy-to-use interface, icon carousel with shortcuts and personal tools to keep users connected while on-the-go. Users can send text messages instantly with SMS, MMS messaging capabilities on the Stunt and go hands-free by using Bluetooth® Wireless Technology, speakerphone or voice commands. Stunt users have access to a variety of applications including e-mail, downloadable ringtones, wallpapers, games and other applications.
Basic Specifications:
- CDMA 800MhMHz/PCS 1900 MHz, AWS Band 1700/2100 MHz
- Dimensions: 1.7”L x .54”W x 4.2”H
- Weight: 2.6 ounces
- Display: 1.7” 65K CSTN, 128 x 160 Pixels
- Talk Time: Up to 3.3 hours* and Standby: 200 hours
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Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Nuance Communications, Inc. today announced that select phones from Samsung will be deployed with on-device self-service powered by Nuance Mobile Care. This latest agreement with Samsung brings Nuance Mobile Care to even more consumers on a broad range of feature phones and smartphones within the Samsung handset portfolio.
Nuance Mobile Care is now commercially available through mobile operators worldwide on the Samsung Highlight, Samsung Gravity 2, and the Samsung Comeback. Nuance and Samsung plan to continuously expand Mobile Care across Samsung handsets.
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Nuance Communications, Inc., today announced that Samsung has extended its relationship with Nuance to ship T9 and XT9 predictive text input products across Samsung’s global portfolio of mobile phones. Nuance’s T9 and XT9 are the industry’s most widely adopted predictive text technologies that make it faster and easier for consumers to send text messages and emails, and quickly type URLs via any keypad format, including standard and touchscreen 12-key and QWERTY keypads.
As a result of this renewed partnership, Samsung will provide innovative predictive text capabilities to a broad range of consumers in all of its markets, as T9 and XT9 support more than 80 languages. Samsung is able to feature Nuance’s innovative predictive text capabilities on any of its mobile handsets, including those based on Samsung’s own operating systems and others such as Android, Windows Mobile and Symbian. Today, T9 and XT9 are already featured on some of Samsung’s most popular models around the world to provide the best possible messaging experience.
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Samsung Telecommunications America today dedicated the first of more than 90 charging stations at 20 U.S. college campuses. By the end of this year, Samsung Mobile plans to install charging stations at 10 colleges including San Diego State University, The University of Colorado - Boulder, Texas Tech University, The University of Texas at Dallas, Northern Iowa University, The University of New Mexico, The University of Minnesota, Northwestern University, The University of Miami and Louisiana Tech. Samsung Mobile plans to place charging stations in 10 additional schools during the spring semester of 2010.
Samsung Mobile is kicking off its nationwide collegiate program with special on-campus events at San Diego State University and The University of Colorado - Boulder today, to educate students and promote the features of the mobile charging stations. The events will feature Parkour climbing demonstrations, live music, free massages to relieve stress from the academic year and energy bars and drinks. Samsung Mobile Brand Ambassadors will be on-site to give demonstrations of the Samsung Omnia II and answer questions about the charging stations.
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Samsung today announced that the Samsung Mondi, the nation’s most advanced Mobile WiMAX-enabled handheld device, is now commercially available in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. The introduction of the Samsung Mondi to the North Texas region coincides with the rollout of Mobile WiMAX service in the Dallas/Fort Worth market. The touch screen Mondi, which is Latin for “world,” is designed for use with the Clear Mobile WiMAX service from Clearwire. Dallas/Fort Worth joins other major markets with Mobile WiMAX service including Philadelphia, Atlanta, Las Vegas and Portland, OR.
The Samsung Mondi launch celebration was held Wednesday night at the Ghostbar inside the W Hotel in Dallas. Audrina Partridge from the hit MTV reality series, “The Hills,” served as the host of the exclusive party.
The Samsung Mondi can harness upload and download speeds that double comparable devices running on 3G networks while taking advantage of the widespread connectivity of Mobile WiMAX.
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swype, an innovative text input technology, today announced its first consumer launch on one of the hottest smartphones set to hit the market, the Samsung Omnia II. Swype is a cutting edge new application featured exclusively on the Samsung Omnia II.
Swype’s patented technology provides a faster and more intuitive way to input text on touch-screens. With one continuous finger or stylus motion across the keyboard, users can enter text at over 30 words per minute. Equally important, the underlying software provides a high degree of error tolerance making it easy for first time users to successfully enter text.
Created by Cliff Kushler, co-inventor of the T9 predictive text technology, which is currently used on over 4 billion mobile phones worldwide, Swype is set to again revolutionize the way users communicate via text input. With a database of over 65,000 of the most frequently used words, Swype’s adaptive function also allows it to regularly learn new words, phrases, phone numbers and more data unique to its owner. |  |
Verizon Wireless today announced the availability of the Samsung Omnia II, a full-touch all-in-one smartphone powered by Windows Mobile 6.5 to keep customers connected to their corporate and personal e-mail accounts and synchronized with their schedules and contacts. The Omnia II comes in black with red accents on the battery cover. Key features: - 3.7-inch ultra-brilliant touch screen
- Widescreen WVGA AMOLED (Wide Video Graphics Array Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode) responsive touch screen results in one of the brightest and clearest displays on a mobile phone in the United States
- Virtual QWERTY keyboard with Swype technology allows customers to input text faster and easier with one continuous finger or stylus motion across the screen keyboard
- Features Windows Mobile 6.5, which keeps customers connected with corporate and personal e-mail and synchronization of schedules and contacts
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LiMo Foundation, a global consortium of mobile industry leaders today announced the Samsung SCH-M510 as the first LiMo Compliant handset which will be deployed in the Korean marketplace. SK Telecom is the latest global operator to specify and deliver a LiMo handset to mobile subscribers, following earlier deployments from LiMo operators NTT DOCOMO and Vodafone. The Samsung SCH-M510 is the first LiMo compliant handset for the Korean market, and the 45th LiMo compliant device overall.
The Samsung SCH-M510 is a rich media device with support for various audio and video media types and features a 3.5” WVGA AMOLED screen and a 5 megapixel autofocus camera. This advanced handset features Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity and also includes support for proximity, accelerometer and ambient light sensors.
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