Samsung Galaxy S ll

Samsung Galaxy S II is probably one of the most anticipated Android smartphones of the year. With beastly specs and the killer new Super AMOLED Plus display, Galaxy S II seems more than a worthy successor to the first Galaxy S Android smartphone. The device got some rumored release dates here and there and we had the chance to enjoy some leaked documents from certain carriers or retailers, but this time around Samsung gave the word.

The Korea manufacturer stated that the “most powerful smartphone yet” made by them, will be reaching the UK on the 1st of May. For all of you who want to get your greedy little hands on one of these monsters, it seems that we’ll have to wait only a few short weeks and this time around we know it from Samsung. So unlike the large majority of news flying around the web, this one isn’t stamped as a rumor but as a solid fact.
Samsung’s Galaxy S II will be coming in with a 4.3 inch Super AMOLED Plus display, which does look a whole lot better than the first Super AMOLED series ( not as if that one looked bad at all ). The device will weight only 116 grams and will be rocking a 1.2 GHz dual-core application processor ( by this confirming the fact that the Galaxy S II will indeed be shipping with a 1.2 GHz dual core and not 1 GHz dual-core as initially expected ).

The company went on saying that the Samsung Galaxy S II will be available across all the major retailers and networks, so you won’t have to worry about signing a contract with anyone new just to get your hands on it. However, there is no official pricing going for it, but I think we can expect the device to be roughly in the 750-800 US dollar mark area, maybe even a touch pricier, depending obviously on retailer and so forth.

Samsung UltraTOUCH S8300 8Mpix touchscreen slider

Samsung officially announced the new UltraTOUCH S8300 ahead of the Mobile World Congress 2009. The new UltraTOUCH S8300 is a touchscreen slider phone with a 2.8-inch AMOLED anti-scratch full touch screen. Measures only 12.7mm thick, the S8300 has a slide-out tactile 3×4 keypad. The S8300 UltraTOUCH is known as Tocco Ultra in the Europe market.

Samsung UltraTOUCH S8300 8mpix touchscreen slider

Samsung’s ultra slim UltraTOUCH has a 8 Megapixel camera that can record VGA video at 30fps. It includes FM tuner, stereo Bluetooth and a microSD card slot. The phone supports HSDPA 7.2Mbps connectivity and GPS with geo-tagging function.

Samsung UltraTOUCH S8300 comes with the upgraded TouchWiz user interface. Samsung will show this new phone during MWC 2009.

Samsung Star S5230 and Preston S5600 Launched

Samsung launches its Star S5230 and Preston S5600 touchscreen mobile phones. Both phones were first announced two months before. The Star and Preston are TouchWiz phones.

The Star S5230 has a 3-inch touchscreen while the Preston S5600 get a 2.8-inch touchscreen. They have a 3.2 Megapixel camera with video recording capability and both of them support Bluetooth, FM radio, Music recognition and gesture lock.

The Star S5230 works with Quad-band EDGE network while the Preston S5600 supports also HSDPA 3.5G high-speed network.

Samsung OmniaHD i8910 Unboxed in Videos

Here is two video unboxing of Samsung’s OmniaHD i8910. Announced at the MWC 2009, the OmniaHD is the world’s first camera phone to offer 720p 23fps HD video recording with its 8 Megapixel image sensor. It’s camera features Face Detection, Smile Shot, Blink Shot and Panoroma Shot as well.

Samsung OmniaLITE B7300 Touch Phone

Other than the Omnia II and two OminaPRO, Samsung is also launching the OmniaLITE touchscreen based on Windows Mobile 6.1 with TouchWiz 2.0 UI. The phone is basically a less advanced version of …

Samsung Omnia II i8000 Video Preview

Two weeks before, Samsung announced its Omnia II i8000 Windows Mobile 6 smartphone. The phone has a 3.7-inch AMOLED touchscreen display and a 5 Megapixel camera. It supports WiFi, Bluetooth, A-GPS and 720×480 video recording. There are 16GB internal storage capacity and a microSD card slot.

Samsung also includes the TouchWiz 2.0 UI in the Omnia II. Italian site HDBlog.it has got a hands-on with the phone and you can see the video after the break:

Samsung i8910 HD

Samsung had showcased its range of touch mobile phones at CommunicAsia last month. Samsung plans to release two full-touch handsets, the Omnia II this weekend followed by the i8910 HD two weekends later, in Singapore.

Both these devices come with a 3.7-inch AMOLED screen, which is apparently the largest so far. With these devices Samsung aims to offer enhanced multimedia experience along with superior business performance to consumers.

“Samsung’s latest addition to our full-touch mobile phone portfolio enables us to meet the needs of a growing consumer market that embraces the convergence of the best in business and multimedia functionality into one device, reinforcing Samsung’s aim to deliver innovative full touchscreen mobile devices for every lifestyle,” remarked Moon Sung-Hyun, Managing Director of Samsung Asia.

The Samsung i8910 HD touchscreen offers 360 x 640 resolution. The handset features an 8 Megapixel CMOS + CIF camera that is equipped with Auto-Focus, Power LED Flash, Face Detection, Smile Shot, Blink Shot, Panorama Shot functionalities. The device supports MP3,AAC ,AAC+ ,eAAC+ , WMA and RA music formats and also includes FM Radio with RDS.

The touchscreen phone comes with GPS, Proximity, Light Sensor, Compass and Accelerometer capabilities. It offers a talktime of up to 10 hours and standby time of about 650 hours (2.5G) and 590 hours (3G). The handset includes 16GB flash memory and supports microSDHC slot up to 32GB.

The Omnia II operates on Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional and offers a screen resolution of 480 x 800. It encompasses a 5 Megapixel CMOS camera with Auto-Focus, Dual Power LED, Face Detection, Smile Shot, Mobile Blogging, Geo Tagging, Photo Editor capabilities. It offers a talktime of up to 10 hours (2.5G) and 6.5 hours (3G) and standby time of around 600 hours (2.5G) and 470 hours (3G).

The handset features Bluetooth stereo headset (A2DP) and supports MP3, AAC, AAC+, WMA audio formats. The device supports TouchWiz 2.0 UI with Mobile Widget / 3D Media Gate.