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Samsung Instinct, From Sprint - April 2, 2008

The Apple iPhone will be getting another competitor very soon with the launch of the Samsung Instinct for Sprint. The phone features a large 3.1 inch touch-screen display with tactile feedback to improve the interface experience. The Samsung Instinct utilizes Sprint’s network to allow owners access to GPS Navigation with Traffic, Live Search, Sprint TV, [...]

Tags: bluetooth, gps, microsd, phones, samsung, sprint, touch, tv, usb, voice

Verizon Announces 4 New Phones - October 4, 2007

Earlier today, Verizon announced four new phones for the approaching holiday season: Juke by Samsung, Blackberry Pearl 8130 by RIM, Venus by LG, and Voyager by LG. Verizon normally doesn’t pre-announce phones, however they have done so in this case since they have a wide range of phones with fancy low-end models starting as low [...]

Tags: blackberry, bluetooth, lg, phones, rim, samsung, tv, verizon, videos, wireless

Blu-ray Outsells HD DVD Movies - August 19, 2007

Last week, Home Media Research released a study revealing that Blu-ray had just outsold its competitor, HD DVD, by 2-to-1 for the first half of 2007. To be specific, HD DVD movie sales only reached about 795,000, while Blu-ray reached 1.6 million. To be even more specific the popular Spartan epic, ‘300′, which became the [...]

Tags: blu-ray, dell, dvd, hd, hd-dvd, hp, hybrid, lg, microsoft, movies, samsung, sony

Samsung WEP200 (Review) - May 29, 2007

Since the advent of Bluetooth, the sizes of the headset that have accompanied the wireless technology have begun to drastically shrink. This is arguably the greatest strength of Samsung’s WEP200. This is a typical wireless headset for cell phones and other bluetooth compatible devices.
Samsung WEP200 Specs:

Wireless: Bluetooth 2.0
Battery: 4hrs talk | 70hrs idle
Weight: 9 [...]

Tags: bluetooth, headset, phones, samsung, wireless

Samsung UpStage M620 – Sprint - April 11, 2007

Last week Sprint announced the availability of the Samsung UpStage (aka SPH-M620). Sprint was kind enough to provide Skatter Tech with a unit for review. The dual-sided UpStage is notable due to having a phone on one side and a iPod-like Mp3 player on the other.
Although the phone is extremely compact, at first glance, [...]

Tags: asia, battery, bluetooth, cdma, display, headphones, microsd, mp3, music, phones, samsung, sound, sprint, upstage, usb

CES: Verizon – Mobile TV - January 7, 2007

Today at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Verizon Wireless announced V CAST Mobile TV and two new phones to go along with it. The upcoming service will allow subscribed customers using either of the two new phones to watch standard TV channels “on-the-go.” Verizon Wireless is expected to launch Mobile TV by [...]

Tags: 2007, ces, lg, music, phones, samsung, tv, vcast, verizon, web, wireless

NeWs Up^2-DaTe (31) - March 11, 2006

CL2 | Comedy Central on iTunes | MS Origami | MSN Live
1) Google Calendar screenshots have been revealed by TechCrunch, a popular Web 2.0 blog. (Yahoo! apparently fed them the info) Anyways “to be launched” service is an online AJAX based calendar service, which is suppose to be called CL2. The service has a gmail-like [...]

Tags: ajax, apple, bluetooth, calendar, central, comedy, daily, feeds, google, itunes, live, mail, microsoft, msn, office, pc, report, rss, samsung, season, show, tablet, tech, tv, web 2.0, wifi, windows

“PSP 2″ With 4GB Flash Soon? - February 24, 2006

Some new rumors indicate that Sony may be planning to release a new and improved edition of the PSP by the end of this year. The unit might be called the “PSP 2″ if it ends up to be a complete redo. (it will still probably be considered a first generation portable gaming device) These [...]

Tags: ces, ipod, ps3, psp, samsung, scea, sony, umd