Google Android Samsung Phone Delayed

Samsung had been planning on introducing a new phone featuring Google’s Android operating system, but that has been put on hold for the immediate future.

Initial reports said Samsung would release its Android device some time in the second quarter of 2009, but according to an article in The Guardian, the head of marketing at Samsung’s mobile division, Younghee Lee, said the company is “planning internally” for a release in the second half of the year. Lee added that Samsung is in negotiations with a number of operators to bring its Android device to market.

Samsung is expected to hold a press conference in the coming days to clarify news about the phone.

LG Arena demo video: S-Class looks awesome!

When LG first got tongues wagging with their new S-Class 3D interface, all we really wanted was a sneak peek at the all new UI in action. And it seems LG have been listening, releasing a demo video of the new LG KM900 Arena in full swing to coincide with the phones official announcement at the MWC 2009 event in Barcelona. While i won’t bore you with the details (as you can take a look for yourself), what i will say is if the finished LG Arena runs anywhere near as smoothly as this video suggests, we may have found a new touchscreen king. Set for launch early next month, click here to register your interest and keep up to date on all things LG Arena.

Samsung UltraTOUCH S8300 will come to Russia

The Russian division of Samsung Electronics also introduced a new phone Samsung UltraTOUCH. It expects the company, Samsung UltraTOUCH become "the hero" of Mobile World Congress, thanks to new technological design and touch screen.



The phone has a touch AMOLED-display with a diagonal of 2.8 inches, provides the brightness and color saturation. Thin (12.7 mm) machine building a well-equipped with a metal frame and polished rear cover.

Built 8 MP camera, LED-flash a smile of recognition and function make it easy to make photos. In addition to the camera, UltraTOUCH equipped with GPS-module, which provides the navigation, as well as the geo-tagging for photos with geo-referenced. Recording video is possible with VGA resolution at 30 frames. The phone uses the advanced interface TouchWiz. The most necessary and frequently used widgets, you can drag the screen, is also a screen keyboard.

Specifications Samsung UltraTOUCH (S8300):

Cellular GSM / GPRS / EDGE (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) and UMTS / HSDPA (900/2100 MHz, 7.2 Mbit / s)
2.8-inch AMOLED-touch display with a resolution 240h400 pixels (WQVGA) and poddezhkoy 16m colors
8-MP CMOS-camera with flash with LED-Dual Power, autofocus, face recognition, smile detection, geo-teging
Video: DivX / XviD / H.263 / H.264 / WMV9 / MPEG4
Video: VGA at 30 frames per second
Video Editing: Trim video, Audio dubbing, Live dubbing, Add subtitle, Image capture
FM-radio with RDS function
Audio: MP3, AAC, AAC +, WMA
Supporting Bluetooth-stereo (A2DP)
Options A-GPS
TouchWiz interface with mobile widgets
Other features: fotobloging, search music, avtopovorot, full keyboard, scratch resistant casing and screen
Interfaces Bluetooth 2.1 and USB 2.0
80 MB internal memory
Card slot microSDHC (up to 16 GB)
Dimensions - 110h51, 5h12, 7 mm
The battery capacity of 880 mAh

LG Arena 3D interface: tantalising first look

After the first leaked image and speculative details about the LG KM900 Arena surfaced last week, the really interesting aspect was the possibility of an all new UI called a 3D interface. With no more information to go on, every man and his dog was playing the guessing game as to how this will actually take shape in the finished article. Until now that is. The latest image of the LG Arena to leak from LG clearly shows an active screen showing off the “3D Interface” which resembles a cross between the iPhone 3G and the Sony Ericsson Xperia with its innovative Panel interface.

Though this is just an assumption, it would appear that the Rubik’s Cube style icon in the middle of the touchscreen features different sub menus on each side such as the media gallery which appears in the leaked image. Navigating through the sides of the cube by swiping your finger across the touch screen should allow you to access different areas of the Arena, whilst the four icons at the bottom (Call, messaging etc.) remain ever present regardless of which side you are looking at.

Though all we have to go on is one leaked image, the new 3D interface certainly looks promising. In the end it will all be down to the execution but the LG Arena certainly puts an interesting new spin on the iPhone style multi windowed menu. Set to be officially announced this week, keep an eye on the Blog for any further developments.