Sprint launched the Samsung Moment yesterday.  While it’s not the prettiest of phones it does offer the Android OS, a 3.2-inch AMOLED touchscreen, QWERTY keyboard, 3 megapixel camera, WiFi, 800mhz processor, Bluetooth, Sprint TV and GPS.  You can grab one now for $179.99 after a 2-year contract signing and $100 mail-in-rebate.

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Today, MetroPCS announced their first Windows Mobile 6.1 phone.  The Samsung SGH-i220 Code includes a full QWERTY keyboard, 3G connectivity, Bluetooth, microSD card slot, 2 megapixel camera and is available with their $50 monthly plan.

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Samsung announced their Blue Earth device, an eco-friendly smartphone powered by the sun. This fully touchscreen phone is expected to be available in Sweden by the end of this month, followed by France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Portugal, and other European/Asian countries.

So one would expect a solar-powered smartphone to skimp on features, yes? Well, it sure doesn’t look like it based on these specs:

• Quad-band GSM/HSDPA connectivity
• 3.0 inch WQVGA capacitive touchscreen
• 3.2 megapixel camera
• MicroSD slot
• Stereo FM radio
• Bluetooth with A2DP

What sets Blue Earth apart from other phones is that the back panel is lined with solar cells that charge the phone in direct sunlight. Not only that, the device’s casing is made from recycled plastic, is packed with recycled paper, is able to go into an “eco-mode” power conservation mode, and is bundled with a 5 star energy efficient charger. Now that’s what I call green…err…Blue.

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Samsung and Giorgio Armani today announced a smartphone based on Windows Mobile 6.5. Microsoft’s Balmer presented the phone and described it as the most “fashionable phone he’s ever had a chance to talk about.”

The phone resembles the Samsung Armani W820/W8200 phone and feature highlights include:

• 3.5 inch AMOLED touchscreen
• GPS
• 5 megapixel camera
• 8GB internal memory
• MicroSD slot
• Full QWERTY keyboard

The official name and release date is still unknown but expect to pay around $1k. Hey, it’s an Armani, what’d you expect?

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It’s official, folks. Sprint’s Samsung Instinct HD will be available at Best Buy on the 27th of September for $249.99 after 2 year contract (with a release at Sprint retail stores on Oct.11). So what’s the goods on the latest and greatest from Samsung? Dig it:

• Full Opera Mobile 9.7 browser
• Wi-Fi
• Ambient light sensor
• Accelerometer
• Proximity sensor with haptic feedback
• 5 megapixel camera/HD camcorder
• HDTV out port
• 3.2 inch touchscreen

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Samsung announced the S5PC110 and S5PV210 chips for mobile devices–the former for multimedia-centric smartphones and the latter for netbook-type devices. Both are based on the 1GHz ARM CORTEX-A8 based application processors and feature built-in 3D graphic engines, built-in HDMI 1.3 interfaces, and increased power efficiency.

Customer samples of the chips should be available starting December of 2009.

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Samsung’s Dong-hoon chan, head of mobile device design, confirmed they will be developing their own mobile OS based on the open source Linux OS. Up until now they’ve been using the proprietary Touchwiz interface built on top of mobile OS’s such as Windows Mobile. Could be a smart move by Samsung since Linux has a large, almost fanatical user base that’ll be all too willing to develop cool apps/games…

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While the details are a bit few and far between, we now know that Sprint will soon release an updated version of their Instinct S30, called the Instinct HD, thanks to a Best Buy flyer from over the weekend.  This news comes on the heels of a recently leaked shot of the Android based Instinct, the Instinct Q.  Unlike the Instinct Q, the Instinct HD lacks a full QWERTY keyboard and the Android OS, but makes up for it by including a 5 megapixel camera that can “record and play videos in HD through TV out connection”.  With that said, one would assume that the phone’s screen is capable of playing back HD content, but as mentioned the details are very few and far between.  There’s no word on release date, but Best Buy’s flyer indicates that it is ‘coming soon’.

[via Techtickerblog]

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T-Mobile and Samsung officially launched the Gravity 2 today.  They’re billing it as an “affordable 3G messaging phone”, and at $30 with a 2-year contact signing I’d have to agree ($50 mail-in-rebate required).  It features a slide out QWERTY keyboard, 2 megapixel camera, GPS, microSD card slot, Bluetooth and is available in metallic pumpkin & berry mauve.

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Sprint is scrapping to make a come back and if anything is gonna help them, aside from the Palm PRE, it’s the Android powered devices.  The InstinctQ - a spin off of the original Instinct that Sprint launched a many a months ago - is set to run the Android OS and include a full slideout QWERTY keyboard underneath its hood.  The joystick appears to be of the optical flavor, while the ‘home’ button and ‘back’ buttons are integrated into the phone’s touchscreen.  There’s no word on an official launch date but I’d guess in time for the holiday shopping season.

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