Sprint Licenses Visual Voicemail, Can Use It Without Being Sued

When I groped Sprint’s Instinct at CTIA and was flipping through the features, one of the reps made sure to show me visual voicemail%26mdash;a necessity for any device taking on the iPhone. Apparently, he didn’t just mean visual voicemail ...


Samsung Luce Lock is the iPhone of Doorware, Apparently

Fans of Jonathan Ive’s work may find the EZON SHS-5200 lock, aka Luce, from Samsung just a little bit crispy. Built to US standards, and with an emergency keyhole, this slimline digital door fastening has been hailed as being better-looking than...


Garmin Comes to Samsung, Mobile Gets a Nuvi and Google Local Search Upgrade

Two bits of news have come out of the Garmin camp today%26mdash;the first of which involves Samsung phones getting their own navigation software based on the Garmin Mobile(TM) XT platform. The software will be available on smartphones like the i780 i...


Behold the “Access,” Samsung’s First Mobile TV Phone With AT&T

Samsung and AT%26T have officially announced the arrival of the “Access”%26mdash;Samsung’s first device to support AT%26T Mobile TV. The phone features a 2.3-inch landscape display, dual-band 3G and quad-band GSM, one-touch access to...


Samsung NV24HD HD Camera Has AMOLED Display and a Model with Great Hair

Clutched in the hands of this Asian Orlando Bloom-a-like is Samsung’s VLUU NV24HD, an 10-megapixel HD camera with 2.5-inch AMOLED display. As well as automatic smile detection and Red-Eye Fix, what else does the NV24HD have to offer?

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22 Ways to Say “I Feel You”

Samsung’s latest introduction, the SCH-W420/W4200 in the video below, is a slender, iPhone-like handset with a 3.2″ touchscreen, a lively user interface, and the kind of force feedback that the LG Prada phone could only dream of.

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Remakes and Sequels

CTIA comes but twice a year, and it gives the telecoms and phone makers a chance to show off their coolest stuff. Verizon Wireless apparently has its hands full with the whole open-network thing, because instead of unveiling something potentially swee...