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Apple has set the bar high for mobile phones _ finding a product as fun and versatile as its iPhone is difficult. But because some people may not want to use AT&T, the iPhone's exclusive U.S. carrier, I've been testing two new touch-screen competitors. Neither Sprint's Samsung Instinct nor Verizon's LG Dare has touch controls as intuitive as the iPhone's, but both have desirable features lacking in Apple's product. SAMSUNG INSTINCT The Instinct can shoot videos; the iPhone cannot. And...

By Siti Syameen Md Khalili MYSTERIOUS - that is the High Speed Downlink Packet Access- enabled Samsung SGH-F480 at first glance. Up close, it boasts simplicity and solidity. It features a 2.8-inch touch-screen, front camera, earpiece and a trio of keys on its front panel, along with a few control buttons and slots on the side. The review unit came with a regular metal cover and another leather set that also covers the front screen. Once fully charged and switched on, it is easy to get...

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., a leading mobile phone and telecommunication equipment provider, today unveiled the new mobile phone collection for August 2008. Samsung launched i780, the new executive smartphone and Samsung G810, the latest multimedia mobile phone.Sandeep Saihgal, general manager of mobile phones at Samsung Gulf Electronics added: "The new i780 is geared up on business efficiency and extensive multimedia capabilities to provide the consumer with a more personal experience....

Canada-based communications company Bell has announced that it will introduce the Samsung Instinct, a touch-screen mobile phone, on August 8, 2008. Already launched in the US last month, the Samsung Instinct offers easy touch or stylus navigation on its full Qwerty touch-screen keyboard and extra-large high-resolution display. According to Bell, the Samsung Instinct will also be available with a wide range of voice and data plans; including the $10 unlimited mobile browser add-on data plan...

By Anonymous Samsung is offering up-and-coming bands the chance to provide the soundtrack to online and radio ads for its F400 mobile phone. The consumer electronics company has linked up with social networks Facebook, MySpace and Bebo to promote the competition. Bands are being encouraged to upload a demo track to f400share.com, where visitors can vote for their favourites. Two phase one winners were announced yesterday (10 June), while a second pair will be chosen on 20 June. The Samsung...

SAN DIEGO, July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Skinit, Inc., the leader in consumer personalization for electronic devices, has completed an in-box offering with Samsung Telecommunications America (Samsung Mobile) to distribute pre-packaged design skins with Samsung's WEP301 Bluetooth headset. "Samsung wanted to inspire fashion-savvy buyers to embrace the new Bluetooth product, so we chose a selection of the most popular urban and fashion design skins for the offering," said Mark Batliner, VP of Sales...

Just a few days after hitting store shelves, Samsung Instinct has become the fastest-selling EVDO handset in Sprint (NYSE:S) history. Instinct was first available exclusively to current Sprint customers on June 19 breaking records for the initial launch of any Sprint product. Instinct became available to all customers on June 20; sales continued to be brisk with Instinct breaking Sprint's record for the first week of sales for any device. "We had high expectations going into the launch so...

By Edward C. Baig You've got to feel a little sorry for the folks at Samsung and Sprint Nextel. Last Friday, they launched a feature-rich, attractive and generously priced $130 smartphone called Instinct, yet all anyone wants to gab about is the new iPhone coming July11 from Apple and AT&T. Instinct invites the inevitable comparisons to its iconic rival. Instinct and iPhone kind of resemble each other. And both run off their respective carriers' fastest cellular networks. Moreover, it...

NEW YORK -- This is a review of the 3G iPhone. No, not the one Apple announced on Monday. The other one. You know -- the one from Sprint and Samsung? Amid the buzz surrounding Apple Inc.'s new iPhone model coming out July 11, it's been easy to miss the news that Sprint Nextel Corp. is bringing out a phone on June 20 that is the closest thing so far to an iPhone made by someone else. The Samsung Instinct is, like the real iPhone, a slab with a large touch screen and few buttons. There are...

By Jason Gertzen, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Jun. 19--Sprint Nextel is moving to upstage the masterful marketers at Apple with a cheaper touch screen phone it touts as a rival to the iPhone. Apple CEO Steve Jobs crowed last week that his new iPhones were twice as fast for half the price of the original. One new iPhone model, with 8 gigabytes of memory, will be available for $199 when the new iPhones go on sale in July. The 16-gigabyte model will be priced at $299. These are far below the...