The president of the mobile division of Samsung Electronics said it expected to be close to double sales of its phones in 2012, compared to last year, increasing its competition with Apple.

SEOUL, JK Shin, president and chief division of Samsung Mobile Communications Business, made ??the remarks to reporters before the start of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. His comments were confirmed later by a company spokesman. Samsung led last year’s ranking of worldwide sales of smartphones, cuadriplicandolas to 97.4 million on 2010, according to Strategy Analytics.

Apple finished a close second, with 93 million units sold. Shin also said Samsung expects to increase its sales of all their phones to 380 million this year, which would mean an increase of 16 percent in sales in the second manufacturer mobile in the world. Samsung Electronics last year sold 327.4 million devices, compared with 280.2 million 2010, according to Strategy Analytics.

Although expected, Seek Samsung (SPH-M350) has been included by Boost Mobile for its new line of GPS navigators types and other features. The company officially launched by Sprint a few weeks ago, the FeaturePhone not offered by the company without without permission from Boost Mobile, which is also part of the Sprint Telecommunications Group.

However, this Samsung touch screen would be the first mobile phone with a slide-out keyboard that also has a wide use of GPS navigators and types next to the Boost Mobile network.

The FeaturePhone includes a QVGA touch screen 2.6 inches (240 x 320 pixels), 1.3 megapixel camera, full QWERTY keyboard, wireless web mail, stereo Bluetooth connectivity, built-in GPS receiver, connector 3.5 mm headphone jack and microSD card slot for memory expansion (up to 32GB).

Even if only a mobile phone entry level, it also has voice recognition capabilities, MP3 music player and instant messaging (AOL, Yahoo and MSN), applications in the browser type and use GPS.

The Samsung search is set to hit the shelves on August 25th for $ 149 with free shipping. It will be available in the Boost Mobile Web site, but those who wish to can also be found through some exclusive shops.

Having the phone root (SuperUser access) has advantages as well disadvantages, advantages like being able to access hidden system options and disadvantages such as losing the phone warranty among many others, it is up to you to see what’s best for you, if you are a person who can not be still dig inside the phone and like to have as much control in, root is your option if you are opposite your phone then leave as is.

First of all you must verify that your phone is capable of download access and recovery mode .

How to access recovery mode and download?

The following picture describes it:

If you meet the above you can follow the tutorial.

1 .- You must download the following file (update.zip) and place it in the phone’s internal memory must be in the root (/ sdcard) should NOT be in a folder and subfolders less.

The file should NOT be renamed or decompressed.

2 .- Once you transferred the file to your phone, turn off the phone.

3 .- Press the volume up, volume down and turned simultaneously to launch the phone in recovery mode (as detailed in the picture above). (more…)

It’s a bit shocking, but the white smartphones have become one of the most sought by users.

It is odd to talk about the iPhone 4 white, which has caused a sensation, and the Nexus S also getting this color is generating much interest.

Now from the network reaches a photograph showing a genuine white Nexus S, which had been rumored for some time.

As he says, the white version of Google smartphone will be launched, possibly exclusively with the telephone operator Vodafone. It is safest to first come to Britain and then we enjoy in other European countries, including Spain (or at least those are the forecasts).

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Samsung S5260, Samsung Star II is a continuation of a success as it was the Samsung S5230 comes with some features that were missing star.

The new device is called Star II Samsung S5260, besides having a different design and Wi-Fi, it seems to bring many new features.

Samsung S5260 Star II leaves us in your features a 3 inch touch screen, plus he adds a TouchWiz user interface with a media player, as the former star has an FM radio, 3.2MP camera and microSD card support has . (more…)

In the same vein as the Apple iPhone, BlackBerry Storm, the HTC HD or the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic is the Samsung Omnia i900, a touchscreen smartphone the most complete and highest performance that exist in the market. It’s a phone that implements all the necessary on these devices.

With a large touch screen 3.2 “, with a 5MP camera with the ability to play music and DivX, with a 16 GB internal memory expandable to 32 GB with GPS and WiFi, the i900 provides everything necessary, with its Windows Mobile 6.1, surf the Internet with ease. (more…)

One of its distinguishing features is the ability to record HD video. It also allows taking pictures with its 8MP camera. All this on a 3.7 inch screen, the largest ever known in this type of device. Also implements access to high-speed Internet.

Everything you need in a single device, ideal for demanding people who want to be constantly connected to the world. Its system for AMOLED display still and moving images, sits on a high brightness and a high concentration of color, also allowing the entire contents can be viewed from any angle without distortion.

But do not stop there, the Samsung SGH-i8910 HD has a touch screen with auto rotation. Turn the phones you can adjust what you’re looking and behold the best flat, horizontal or vertical. (more…)

Hardware Features

In terms of hardware components, the Nexus S has a four-inch screen with a multitouch Super AMOLED WVGA resolution of 480×800 pixels. According to its developers, is designed to fit the contour of the palm of the hand more naturally, using a curved glass dubbed by Samsung as “Contour Display.”

This technology has also a light capacity 1.5 times higher than a conventional LCD display. However, it is not clear that all terminals Nexus S will have this same screen. For a supply problem with Samsung panels that make up the screens in some markets such as Russia, it will be Super Clear LCD.

With respect to the processor, chipset is notable for the “hummingbird” of a gigahertz and 512 of RAM, along with a solid SSD storage of 16 gigabytes. The phone lacks MicroSD memory slot to expand storage capacity, which is common among other hardware features Android terminals. (more…)

The browser launches the first “smartphone” with the latest version of Android OS

On December 6, Google introduced its new phone Nexus S, made in collaboration with Samsung and provided with the latest version of Android 2.3, called “gingerbread.” It is the first phone based on Android to have this new version. However, advances over its predecessor Nexus One are not spectacular. The focus is mainly on the possibilities of the new operating system, capable of withstanding including NFC cards or SIP protocol for IP voice calls. (more…)

The flagship of Samsung as far as Android concerns can finally cross off your to-do list to update Froyo. Although it was announced for the past day 11, the update has been made a bit of begging. The first to receive the new data packet has been Vodafone customers, and provides that all owners of this smartphone be accessed Android 2.2 in the coming days.

The upgrade comes just one day after the HTC Legend. The HTC model had considerable delay in reaching Froyo and few users were unhappy with the upgrade policy of Mountain View.

The most bizarre thing is that, unlike the Legend, the Samsung Galaxy S does not receive the update automatically on the mobile. The only way to upgrade to 2.2 is Android by Kies, manager of desktop applications developed by Samsung for Samsung Apps. In other words, you need to connect the terminal to a PC with internet connection and run the update from Kies. Those who have not installed this software you can download for free at the Samsung Web Apps. (more…)