NaviGadget

Samsung Instinct was just introduced by Sprint at CTIA today. Instinct supports CDMA EV-DO Rev A networks at 800MHz and 1900MHz, features a really sharp 3.1″ TFT LCD haptic touch screen at 240×432 resolution, and comes with a 2GB microSD card that is upgradeable to 8GB.

Other features include 2MP digital camera, video recording and streaming, bluetooth, and a full internet browser.

Oddly enough the specs page says “two standard 1000mAh Li-Ion batteries” where each one can give you 5.75 hours of talk time.

Then there’s the GPS navigation of course. No stand alone GPS receiver though, A-GPS.

Samsung Muse will soon be available from Alltel for only $90 which is a surprisingly good price for a phone equipped with GPS functionality.

Other features of Muse will include a 2MP camera with video recording, XM Radio compatibility, stereo bluetooth, and MP3 playback. Muse will come with 64MB of memory… read »

In Korea Samsung just unveiled a new phone called MiniSkirt 2 with integrated GPS functionality. It comes with a 2MP digital camera and measures only 1.1cm thin. In addition to being able to process live traffic updates it also serves as a dictionary and can pair up with bluetooth phones.

The software on this GPS enabled phone with a funny name even has a ’smile shot’ mode which can detect if your friend is smiling or not before capturing the image. Not to be seen anywhere other than Korea, this phone will cost about 450,000 KRW ($450)… via

Samsung in Korea just came out with a GPS enabled PMP that is capable of download speeds up to 13MBps (WiBro). The device is called SWT-W100K, which we’re not sure what it stands for but here is the scoop:

Samsung SWT-W100K has a 4.3″ WVGA touch screen, 8GB of internal memory, and supports digitally broadcast TV channels. In addition there’s a 2MP digital camera and a USB host so you can easily transfer your pics to a memory stick.

It can support many multimedia formats such as MP4, XviD, WMV, and H.26, is capable of VoIP phone calls, comes with a browser, and costs about 340 €… read »

Samsung yesterday introduced a new slider phone called M520. M520 is GPS capable. The navigation service is offered by TeleNav and it features audio and visual turn-by-turn driving directions, and more than 10 million local listings.

Press release also talks about Microsoft’s Live Search for Sprint saying it can provide GPS-enabled directions, interactive maps which makes us wonder why anyone would pay for TeleNav’s paid service. Maybe for turn-by-turn directions?

Offered exclusively by Sprint, M520 also offers Sprint TV which has more than 50 channels of on demand video and music channels.

Additional features of the M520 by Samsung include stereo Bluetooth with audio caller ID, audio player, 1.3MP camera with 2x digital zoom and camcorder. Also it has supports microSD cards upto 4GB.

Samsung M520 is already available in stores and you can get it for only $50 with a 2-year contract. If you don’t want the 2 year slavery deal you’ll have to pay $250.

We already told you about this Samsung G810 a few days earlier but now we have a much nicer photo and more details.

The software for GPS navigation is very similar to the one on i550 and i560 and Google Maps 2.0 comes pre-installed and work with the on board GPS receiver.

G810 has a dedicated button for activating the GPS software which in this case is Navigon 6.27. Just like Nokia is doing with their maps - with Samsung all you get is a two week trial version after which you’ll have to pay about 60 € for route calculations and voice guidance.

Also check out this extended review of G810 which talks about all the navigation software in detail and provides photos taken with the 5MP camera and 3x optical zoom.

Some Czech site is reporting on a new Samsung G810 that is going to embed a standalone GPS receiver chip.

G810 will support high speed networks (3.6MPs) and have a 2.6″ QVGA TFT display which work well with the 5MP camera with a 3x optical zoom (any other phones out there with an optical zoom?).

Expect this to be officially announced next week at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and start saving about 580 € to cover the cost.

Here are the rest of the features:

• GSM/UMTS/3.6 Mbps HSDPA connectivity
• Symbian 9.2 OS with S60 3.1 UI
• 150 MB of memory and microSD memory card slot
• Wi-Fi b/g
• Bluetooth 2.0 EDR, USB 2.0 (microUSB connector)
• 1200 mAh battery
• Dimensions: 104×52.9×18 mm

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Samsung SGH-i780 has been on Navigadget before. Today we have a video from unwired about the A-GPS functionality on this device.

A-GPS improves the performance of GPS receivers by providing them with data that they would ordinarily have to download from the GPS satellites. With A-GPS data, GPS receivers can operate faster and more reliably. To make use of the A-GPS functionality though the phone radio needs to be turned on which means you can’t use it in flight mode.

A nice feature is that Samsung SGH-i780 will actually let you know if the A-GPS receiver is in use or not.

The video shows how Google Maps makes use of the information obtained by the A-GPS receiver.

Samsung i780 which we talked about earlier this month was finally announced by Samsung in London yesterday.

Samsung i780 follows the design of i600 and it will be a top of the line product integrating the 3G, HSDPA, GPS and Wi-Fi. The main features of this device include a full keyboard, a screen with 320×320 pixels resolution, Windows Mobile 6 Pro OS, as well as a mouse which gets rid of the stylus making it operable with only one hand.

Hardware specs:

• 2.6″ TFT touch screen
• Full QWERTY keyboard
• integrated GPS receiver with assisted GPS
• Triband GSM (900, 1800 and 1900 MHz), GPRS, EDGE, 3G (2100 MHz) and HSDPA
• 2MP digital camera and a VGA lens in the front for video conferencing
• 256 MB ROM (not yet confirmed)
• 128 MB RAM (not yet confirmed)
• Bluetooth 2.0 + A2DP
• Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
• MiniUSB 2.0
• microSD port
• Integrated Trackpoint
• Dimensions : 11.6×6.1×1.3 cm
• Mobile Windows 6 Professional

No details have been revealed about the supplier of the GPS chip by Samsung. It will be marketed in Europe in January for about 500 €… via

We now have details on the Samsung i560 which we first mentioned a few weeks ago. Samsung i560 is a slider type SmartPhone with integrated receiver GPS.

According to our source it is here to compete with Nokia 6110 Navigator both of which have a very similar form factor.

i560 runs on Symbian S60 and is compatible with the networks 3G and HSDPA (3G+).

Here are more features:

• 2.4″ screen with 320×240 pixels (QVGA) resoulution
• integrated GPS receiver
• Tri band (900/1800/1900 MHz), GPRS, EDGE, 3G and HSDPA with 3,6 Mbps (3G+)
• 3.2 MP digital camera with 16x zoom
• Bluetooth 2.0
• 150 MB of internal storage
• High capacity compatible microSD port (which means more than 4GB)
• Symbian s60 v3 Operating system

It should be ready for holiday season for about 400 Euros.