Samsung Introduces Secondary Displays For Notebooks
October 21, 2009 by Sanjay · Leave a Comment
Seoul, Korea-headquartered Samsung Electronics Global has introduced a set of secondary display units target at Notebook users.
These display units are LCD monitors. Model LD220G is priced at USD 249.99 and has 1,920X1,080 resolution, while model LD190N is available for USD 149.99 and has 1,360X768 resolution. Also known as “Lapfit monitors”, these units are especially useful for small-screen users when they want to work on multiple screens simultaneously. The monitors provide 16:9 widescreen high definition format. In LD220G model, 1080p picture quality is available. There are inbuilt functions that allow settings such as brightness, backlight and color to be changed with ease.
While LD190N can be hooked to the notebook with a standard VGA cable, the LD220G can be also connected to the machine using USB. Samsung deploys its proprietary UbiSync technology that makes it possible to handle multiple monitors without having to install additional video cards or even to change system settings.
The display units weigh less than 10 pounds and come with an integrated kickstand that can be tilted from 10 to 40 degrees. The units have a thin profile that occupies minimal space on the desk, and which also makes them very portable.
Read more about the latest gizmo arriving in the notebook market, here.
CLP 770ND – Workgroup Printer From Samsung
July 4, 2009 by Sanjay · Leave a Comment
Ridgefield Park, New Jersey-headquartered Samsung Electronics America has released a new workgroup printer in the market, christened CLP-770ND.
The printer costs USD 999.99. A professional-grade color laser printer, the device is geared for environments where high-volume, bulk printing is the norm. According to the company release, the machine is capable of printing at the rate of 33 pages in one minute, in both black/white and color. The cost to the company per page has been worked out to 9.3 cents for one color page, and 1.8 cents for one black/white page. The toner cartridges that go in the device costs USD 174.99 for color and USD 124.99 for black/white.
The printer comes with an inbuilt 800Mhz CPU, 256MB of RAM and an optional 80GB hard disk option. Its network connectivity capabilities can eliminate the need to connect a printer each to every workstation, and makes it especially attractive to a battery of workstations placed in a room or hall.
The device comes with application softwares such as SyncThru and CounThru, which are tools for IT managers who can use them to remotely manage it.
Read more about the latest printer from Samsung, here.
‘Mission Impossible’ Trilogy Free With Samsung’s Delve Mobile
March 1, 2009 by Sanjay · Leave a Comment
Dallas-based Samsung Telecommunications America LLC has tied up with Paramount Digital Entertainment to offer customers buying Samsung Delve mobile, the movie series “Mission Impossible”.
The offer is for all purchases of the Delve mobile in the period between February 20 and April 16, 2009, from the stores of Alltel Wireless. The movie will come in a 2GB microSD card. Customers are invited to mail the redemption card in the Delve mobile kit, and the microSD will be mailed to them within four to six weeks, as per the press release.
The move is the first-its-kind collaboration between Samsung and Paramount, where Samsung is absorbing any inherent cost of the collaboration without affecting the original price tag on Delve.
The Delve mobile is an approximately 4.5″X2.2″X.5″ device weighing about 3.5 ounces, and works with the Alltel carrier. The screen of the mobile has a 3.0″ diagonal length, and comes with resolution of 240X400, 65K TFT color (external). The standby battery time is up to 350 hours. In the trilogy, while “Mission: Impossible” has a running time of 110 minutes, the sequel “Mission: Impossible II” has a running time of 123 minutes, and the currently final episode “Mission: Impossible III” has a running time of 126 minutes. The total running time works out to 359 minutes, so may be you might have to plug in the mobile charger during the final climax scene of the last movie were you to watch the entire trilogy in one go.
Read more about the latest offering from Samsung, here.
Samsung Launches Memoir
February 18, 2009 by Sanjay · Leave a Comment
Model and photographer Helena Christensen with the Memoir
Dallas-based Samsung Telecommunications America LLC today (February 18) launched the Samsung Memoir, a mobile phone with impressive features.
The Memoir is a touch-screen phone with a built-in 8-megapixel camera. The camera comes equipped with Xenon flash, CMOS auto focus and 16x digital zoom. Users get to adjust the brightness and flash, zoom in and zoom out, and select five different shooting modes: single, continuous, panorama, smile shot and mosaic, from the camera’s menu.
The Memoir mobile phone can also be used to record video of up to one hour footage. Customized slideshows of images clicked can be organized in a jiffy, and they can beamed onto TV too.
The TouchWiz interface developed by Samsung is installed on the Memoir. This interface has a new online weather widget which users can click to obtain the current local weather information. Another widget connects the user’s clicked images with online photo-sharing resources such as flickr, Kodak Gallery, Photobucket and Snapfish.
The Memoir also comes with an inbuilt music and video player. There is a full-touch virtual QWERTY keypad that users can tap to compose messages.
The device will be available through T-Mobile USA from February 25, 2009 onwards.
Read more about the latest addition to Samsung’s mobile range, here.
Delve – Mobile Phone From Samsung
December 24, 2008 by Sanjay · Leave a Comment
The “Delve” (Model No. SCH-r800) mobile phone from Samsung is targeted towards the US Cellular market. In terms of features and properties, the mobile compares well with the competitor best-of-breed phones it jostles with on vendor shelves.
The mobile measures 2.17″ by 4.57″, and has a thin waist of less than half-an-inch, weighing fully 3.63 ounces. The system operates in the digital dual-band of EVDO 3G, and functions in the 800, 1,900Mhz range.
The internal display has a size of 3.0″ with 262K color TFT, while the external display has a resolution of 240X400, with 65K color TFT. The screen reacts to the touch of your finger.
The inbuilt camera has a resolution of 2.0Megapixel.
The phone has a built-in user memory of up to 150Mb, plus you can connect external memories through microSDs. This same memory allows you to save up to 500 phone numbers.
The mobile phone comes with 72 polyphonic ringtones and a music library where you can hold your favorite tracks. The facility to download java applications gives you unlimited access to fun and entertaining games. Bluetooth connectivity and an inbuilt HTML browser keep you hooked to the internet. Standard features such as the calendar, clock, worldtime, alarm, currency convertor, calculator, memo book and stop watch adorn the mobile, just as they do the others of the breed.
