Samsung have announced more new phones today than I can possibly blog about. So to help you navigate through their maze of product announcements, here’s a brief overview, some links, press release cuttings, and images.

Mobile TV

Samsung Electronics, Co., Ltd., (Samsung) today affirmed its global leadership in the burgeoning mobile TV category by demonstrating several “world’s firsts” among its line-up of nine handsets crossing multiple mobile broadcasting platforms - Satellite DMB (S-DMB), Terrestrial DMB (T-DMB), Media FLO and DVB-H. These various mobile broadcasting standards will bring large-volume multimedia, television and radio content direct to consumers via their mobile handset.

Samsung also will demonstrate for the first time a handset developed for Qualcomm’s MediaFLO mobile broadcasting platform. Beyond its wireless multimedia content capabilities, the handset’s two megapixel camera with integrated flash allows users to capture still images and video, which can then be viewed on the phone’s 262,000-color TFT display, shared with friends via a high-speed data connection or stored on a microSD card in the phone’s external memory slot. Samsung’s iconic swivel screen design will allow users to view streaming video or multicast packet data in landscape mode, further enhancing the multimedia experience.

Links:

• MobileMentalism’s take on the new Samsung SPH-B4100 mobile TV phone
• Samsung’s press release

Much more news, images, links of Samsung’s CES 2006 announcements after the jump.

Samsung Super-fast Mobile Phones

Samsung HSDPA mobile phone

Samsung reinforces its technology leadership with the world’s first successful demonstration of High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) technology, reaching speeds up to 3.6 Mbps, at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

Although there have been several demonstrations of speeds up to 1.8 Mbps in the past, Samsung’s demonstration of HSDPA handset speeds of 3.6 Mbps is the industry’s first ever.

Web browsing, as well as streaming and downloading of content, will be demonstrated to compare with speeds of 1.8 Mbps and 384Kbps. Samsung’s 3.6 Mbps HSDPA handset allows users to download content much faster than on WCDMA or GSM/GPRS networks. For example, downloading a 4MB mp3 file takes less than 10 seconds at 3.6Mbps HSDPA.

Links:

• Samsung press release
• MobileMentalism’s take on the Samsung zx10 and zx20 high speed phones
• Also see SamsungHQ, Engadget

Samsung’s M8000 WiMAX phone

For the first time in the United States, Samsung demonstrates WiBro (Korean Wireless Broadband) service on one of its world’s first Mobile WiMAX phones, the Samsung M8000. Samsung’s WiBro service demonstration is an exciting precursor to the first commercial service in the Korean market slated for the first half of 2006.

WiBro, a Korean Wireless Broadband service based on the mobile WiMAX technology (IEEE 802.16e TDD OFDMA standard), is a wireless high-speed broadband service able to deliver voice, data and video at speeds of up to 120 km per hour. The Mobile WiMAX technology provides true mobile connectivity by giving users seamless broadband connections anytime, anywhere. Mobile WiMAX’s advantages include a broad range of converged services delivered from a single, IP-based network. Home, business, and vehicular applications include Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIp), video telephony, multimedia messaging and conferencing, location and telematic services, broadcast, and multimedia push and demand services. Mobile WiMAX will drive revenue through delivery of broadband services to rural and suburban locations not accessible by current technology as well as creating broadband “hot zones” in more densely populated areas. WiMAX is also capable of delivering access and transport convenience and cost savings through wireless backhaul.

Using its M8000, a smart phone equipped with a QWERTY keypad, Samsung showcases WiBro services available in the Korean market through a series of applications including broadcasting, home networking, video conferencing, video on demand, mobile navigations, and push-to-all (push-to-talk/data/video).

“Samsung is excited to showcase WiBro services on Mobile WiMAX technology, network infrastructure, and devices at CES,” said Kitae Lee, president of Samsung’s Telecommunications Network Business. “As a leader in developing Mobile WiMAX globally, Samsung knows the tremendous benefits this technology offers consumers. Our demo at CES is a preview of what we are commercializing in Korea during the first half of this year, and hope to eventually roll out in the U.S.”

Links:

Samsung press release

Samsung Slim phones

Samsung today unveiled an uncompromising product portfolio for 2006, led by the most diverse and advanced slim phone line up for North America and Europe. Samsung’s six new slim phones average slightly less than half-inch thick and deliver unprecedented design and multimedia innovations. The aggressive slim phone rollout emphasizes the company’s heritage as a global design and technology powerhouse and addresses consumers’ desire for thinner handset designs without sacrificing advanced multimedia features.

Samsung’s slim phones on display at the 2006 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) integrate features and design elements not available on competitors’ devices. The company is showcasing its A900, t809, d807 and the Z510, Z540, P300 - developed for the North American and European markets respectively. These devices offer advanced features such as mobile television capabilities, high-speed Web connectivity, Bluetooth(R) wireless technology and megapixel cameras and camcorders. The phones, available in slider, card and clamshell designs, also incorporate design elements - such as external multimedia navigation keys - that enhance consumers’ experience.

“Samsung’s 2006 slim phone line-up, the most advanced and diverse in the industry, showcases the company’s manufacturing and design genius,” said Kitae Lee, president of Samsung’s Telecommunications Network Business. “We continue to lead the wireless industry with premier technologies and eye-catching form factors,” Lee added.

Samsung’s highly anticipated A900 thin phone marries form and function and helped launch Sprint Nextel’s Power Vision EVDO network in the U.S. in November 2005. Constructed of lightweight, industrial magnesium, the A900 is the thinnest Sprint Power Vision phone, enabling full-music track downloads over the air, a U.S. industry first. The A900 also features a 1.3 megapixel camera, camcorder with a flash and zoom, pictBridge-enabled printing capabilities, Bluetooth wireless technology and phone-as-modem functionality.

The t809’s sleek, flat design and large, full-color screen evokes the look and feel of high-end plasma televisions. The elegant slider phone, available through T-Mobile, features a 1.3 megapixel camera/camcorder, Bluetooth wireless technology, an MP3 player supported by external stereo speakers, 70MB of internal memory and a T-Flash(TM) memory card.

Samsung’s d807 slim slider-designed multimedia phone gives users the flexibility to travel internationally with GSM quad-band networks. Featuring a 1.3 megapixel camera with a flash, an MP3 player, and a microSD(TM) memory slot that provides up to 512MB of storage, users can quickly and easily access their digital music and imaging files.

The Z510 and the Z540 are the thinnest 3G phones and feature a 1.3 megapixel camera, 4X digital zoom, video telephony and messaging and real-time streaming video. The Z510 includes an MP3 player, while the Z540 features 150MB of internal memory, Bluetooth wireless technology and USB connectivity.

The P300 multimedia phone, nicknamed “The Card” for its credit card-style form factor, measures 0.35 inches thick and features a 1.3 megapixel camera with a flash, a music player and advanced video recording capabilities.

Other Samsung mobile phones

Samsung SCH-A930 multimedia mobile phone

The Samsung SCH-A930 is a slim multimedia phone for Verizon wireless. based on the A900, it has a clamshell design with music-dedicated keys on the front cover, MP3 music player, and memory expansion through T-Flash cards. The SCH-A930 has dual displays, swiveling 1.3-megapixel camera with video record capability and stereo speakers. Other features include:

• Video on Demand (VOD) and Music on Demand (MOD)
• Bluetooth
• VibeTonzâ„¢-enhanced ringtones

Link:
PhoneArena

Samsung T709 WiFi mobile phone

I knew there’d be a phone from Samsung with WiFi in there somewhere, and here it is: the Samsung T709 WiFi mobile phone. It supports GSM/EDGE 850/1800/1900 frequencies, has 262k colour screen, and 1.3-megapixel camera that can snap video files. The Samsung T709 also supports Instant Messaging (AOL, ICQ, Yahoo supported), WiFi, and features speaker-independent voice recognition.

The SGH-T709 is expected to ship in the second quarter of 2006, and T-Mobile will first carry it.

Link:
PhoneArena, Engadget

That’s not a complete round-up of Samsung’s news, but it’ll do for now!

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