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Palm has cut guidance due to unexpected slow sales

Published on: 2nd March, 2010

Palm has cut its guidance for the current quarter and expects to have between $285 million and $310 million in revenue. The company directly incriminates the “slower than expected” take up of the Pixi, the Pre and their Plus equivalents. It is also a fact that carriers have ordered fewer devices and occasionally delayed receiving [...]

The first Samsung 3D TV already available

Published on: 1st March, 2010

The first Samsung 3D-enabled HDTV is currently available for purchase on Amazon. Even if the 55-inch UN55C7000 is not the company’s main 3D HDTV, it includes a 240Hz LED display. Samsung’s 3D-enabled TVs, including the C7000, has been announced during the 2010 CES show.
The C7000 benefits from four HDMI 1.3 inputs, which are HDMI-CEC compatible: [...]

Samsung brings Skype to its TVs

Published on: 1st March, 2010

In order to compete against LG and Panasonic Skype deals, Samsung has recently added Skype to its own TV sets. The software will be integrated into the LED7000 and the LED 8000, allowing video and audio calls through the Internet connection. Samsung recommends the Freetalk TV camera, as the company won’t benefit from a webcam [...]

Sigma plans a mirror-less camera with interchangeable lenses

Published on: 1st March, 2010

The camera and lens maker Sigma plans to produce a mirrorless camera provided with interchangeable lenses in the future. This information has been given by the Chief Operating Officer of the company, Kazuto Yamaky. He has revealed the new camera will be equipped with the home-made Foveon sensors. Sigma would consider producing lenses for the [...]

Samsung 3D TVs soon available in the UK and maybe in the US

Published on: 25th February, 2010

Samsung’s president Hu has announced that the company is about to release its 3D-enabled TVs to the UK market, somewhere in March. He has also promised that every top Samsung TV will have 3D capability. In March, the company will be launching about 20 different 3D-capable products, including Blu-ray players, as well as 3D glasses.
Moreover, [...]

More than $113 million spent for Samsung’s mobile device software

Published on: 25th February, 2010

At Mobile World Congress, the chief executive of Samsung, Choi Jee-sung, said that that the investment for mobile phone software will most probably exceed last year’s $113 million. Samsung, which is the second largest mobile phone maker in the world, is planning a revised marketing strategy, in order to gain market share in the smartphone [...]

The Wave, first Bada OS phone of Samsung

Published on: 23rd February, 2010

Recent leaks reveal some plans of Samsung for the first of its entirely self-developed hardware and software of a smartphone based on the Bada platform. The Wave is a full-touchscreen device, a very high-end phone equipped with a 1GHz processor, 2GB of internal storage and a microSDHC, a 5-megapixel camera with 720-pixel video recording and [...]

Beam, the first Samsung phone to run Android 2.1

Published on: 18th February, 2010

Samsung has recently released, through an extra launch, the i8520, which seems to be the new Android leader. The device is called the Beam and is the first Samsung handset based on Android 2.1. Therefore, thanks to this new OS, it has a voice recognition feature and Google Maps Navigation as well. There is also [...]

Clearer, smaller cellphone cameras from Samsung

Published on: 17th February, 2010

Samsung has recently announced the production of two new CMOS image sensors for smartphones: the SSK4E2 and the S5K5CA. The two chips are specially designed to fit the current standard 6.5mm square for very thin cellphones.
The SSK4E2 is able to record still images and also full HD (1080p) video. The S5K5CA can only record still [...]

Samsung’s first Bada phone: the Wave

Published on: 13th February, 2010

According to the billboards advertising at the location of the Mobile World Congress show taking place in Barcelona, Samsung has decided to name its first promised Bada smartphone the Wave. The new handset is a flat-touch phone, with still unknown specifications. The company has not yet revealed any real specs of the Wave, but it [...]

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