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Samsung has officially unveiled the Samsung Jet S8000. Samsung Jet S8000 is a smartphone with multi-task manager and Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync, so it is good to go for the corporate world.

Samsung Jet S8000 has a stunning 16M WVGA AMOLED display that measures 3.1″ and has a 800MHz processor. Combined with the built-in GPS receiver you can be sure that Samsung Jet S8000 will deliver great GPS navigation experience. If only we knew which navigation software would be on the device.

It has 5MP camera, built-in GPS as we just mentioned, DNSe & SRS Sound Effect technology, and DivX and XviD video support.

Samsung Omnia Pop has just been released by Softbank in Japan. In addition to featuring a GPS receiver it also has a 3″ screen with 800×480 resolution. That means get ready to leave your GPS navigation system at home.

Here are some other features:

• 5MP camera
• micro SDHC card slot
• W-CDMA and HSDPA network support
• 1Seg TV tuner
• Bluetooth
• Weight: 111.4 grams
• Dimensions: 111.2×50.9×13.1mm

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Samsung i7500 is the first Android phone by Samsung. Announced today by the company, Samsung i7500 is set to be released by June of this year in major European countries.

We have some good and bad news. Bad news first: No mention of North America release. Good news: The phone supports 1700Mhz which is what T-Mobile uses for 3G. So there is some hope for us in the U.S. for a future release.

Here are the full specs for Samsung i7500:

• 3.2 HVGA(320×480) AMOLED display
• 5 MP Camera (Auto Focus), Power LED
• HSDPA 7.2Mbps / HSUPA 5.76Mbps (900 / 1700/ 2100MHz)
• Video: MPEG4, H.263, H.264, WMV
• Audio: MP3, AAC, AAC+, e-AAC+, WMA, RA
• Full Web Browser
• Bluetooth 2.0, USB 2.0, WiFi, MicroUSB, 3.5mm ear jack
• Internal memory: 8GB
• External memory: Micro SD (Up to 32GB)
• Battery: 1500 mAh
• Size: 115 x 56 x 11.9mm

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A new device that came out last week from CTIA 09 show we forgot to mention was the Samsung Mondi – a WiMax internet deice with GPS capabilities.

The mobile broadband service will be available through Clearwire only – so you may want to check the coverage map for the provider.

• Windows Mobile 6.1
• Microsoft Outlook and Windows Mobile Office
• WiMAX Mobile Internet Access
• WiFi Access (BTv2.1+EDR)
• GPS: Route 66 Navigation with Preloaded Maps
• 4GB of Internal Memory
• Direct Push/Mobile Email (POP3, IMAP, SMTP)
• Supports Instant Messaging and MMS
• 3.0 Megapixel Camera and Camcorder
• Bluetooth ® 2.0
• Opera 9.5 Web Browser
• HDMI TV Out
• Supports Multiple Video and Audio Player Formats

Some other hardware specs include 256MB RAm, slideout QWERTY keyboard and a 4.3″ touch screen with 640×480 resolution.

After regular sized Samsung Instinct get ready to welcome the mini-Instinct; Samsung Intinct S30. The new S30 also includes an integrated GPS receiver and many features to go with it:

• Sprint Navigation with GPS-enabled turn-by-turn driving directions, traffic rerouting and more than 10 million local listings
• Live Search for Sprint, powered by Microsoft, provides easy access to directory information, integrated GPS-enabled directions, interactive maps and one-touch click to call access

Samsung Intinct S30 has a Opera Mini 4.2 browser for a “True HTML Web experience”, 2.0 megapixel camera with camcorder, a 3.2″ touchscreen with haptic feedback, 3G speeds, and bluetooth.

Samsung Instinct S30 will be available starting April 19 and will cost $130 with a 2-year contract, $70 instant savings and $100 mail-in rebate. The GPS navigation cost is included in the Sprint’s Simply Everything plan ($99/mo.) which also promises unlimited calling, texting, email, and web browsing. Sprint Navigation is powered by TeleNav – in case you were wondering.

Samsung just recently announced the new Samsung S7220 in the U.K. with the name “Samsung Lucido“.

The device is a quad-band GSM, dual band (900/2100MHz) 3G phone with integrated A-GPS receiver getting ready to be released in the U.K. first.

It has a 2.2″ AMOLED screen, storage that can go up to 8GB with the microSD card slot, 5MP, auto-focus, face detection, Smile-Shot camera, bluetooth 2.1, and an FM radio as well as a media player to keep you entertained when bored. It kinda resembles the Samsung Ultra S730… read »

Samsung is getting ready to release an UMPC here at the States – as we discovered going thru FCC docs. Possibly called Samsung NP-Q1EX, the device will feature a 7″ WSVGA touch screen with 1024×600px resolution and run on an VIA Isaiah CPU. On the back of the device there’s also a digital camera, but as of now we’re not sure what the specs for this are (maybe 1.3MP). For connection Samsung NP-Q1EX offers Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth.

Even though not mentioned in the semi-complete user manual, a few test setup photos also revealed an SiRF Star embedded GPS receiver which made us very happy here at Navigadget.

Other specs we could dig up were the 4000mAh battery, SD card slot, 3.5mm audio jack, and HDD for storage.

T-Mobile Samsung Memoir is now officially announced by T-Mobile. We didn’t know what kind of GPS navigation system would be on it when we first talked about but now we know it will come with TeleNav GPS Navigator and for $10/month you’ll get unlimited usage out of it. Of course before you’re there you’ll need to spend $250 on the device after signing a 2 year contract and wait for a $50 mail-in-rebate (we hate rebates). If you already have a contract with them the phone costs $500.

Here are the features of TeleNav GPS Navigator on T-Mo Memoir:

• clean user interface
• destinations can be pre-planned online
• speech recognition
• traffic alerts; updates every 5 minutes; re-routing
• location sharing

And here is a video of it running:

Samsung yesterday announced the launch of BEAT Edition mobile phone called the Samsung BEAT DJ that really focuses on its audio capabilities and the touch screen interface.

Samsung Beat DJ M7600 comes with Bang & Olufsen audio technology as well as music application for finding, purchasing and recommending music.

BEAT DJ has a 2.8″ AMOLED display, 50MB of on-board memory which is expandable to 16GB with the micro SD card slot – so there’s enough room with plenty of music.

It also has built-in real stereo speakers – powered by B&O’s ICEpower amplifier that can output a deep bass and crystal clear treble which is unlike any other phones out there.

Other features include 3MP camera with face detection, 3G connectivity, bluetooth, 960mAh battery, and of course integrated GPS which supports geotagging and an application called “My Location Find”.

Samsung Ultra S7350 is another GPS enabled device from Samsung that was just unveiled at MWC in Barcelona.

S7350 offers dual band 3G, quad band GSM network supports, has a decent size 2.6″ WQGVA display and a 5MP camera with an LED flash. Not bad at all for a slider phone that only measures 12.6mm thin.

Other features of Samsung UltraS S7350 include integrated GPS Navigation and similar LBS (location based services), FM radio with RDS, and video recording that can shoot 30 frames per second at 720×480 resolution. You’ve also got bluetooth.