Samsung Launches Handset For Pre-Teens

Teen with Sumsung!!

I’m not entirely sure if this is good news, bad news or just ‘news’ news but Samsung has recently launched a new handset - The Tobi S3030 slider phone - that’s apparently designed and directed toward the pre-teen market. Of course it would be irresponsible to assume that that’s their prime demographic, considering the release also states that it’s for ‘young adults, and anyone who desires to experience fun and safety features from their mobile phones’.The handset is available in colorful variations (Sweet Pink, Bright Orange, Loyal Blue, Oasis Blue, Apple Green and Snow Silver with interchangeable back covers) and is reportedly made from non-toxic recyclable and biodegradable bio-plastic. It’s painted using non-toxic paints and non-allergic materials to keep the environment as well as the health of the users safe. Does this mean that kids can safely shove this up their nose, or bite on it without the materials causing them any harm? Hopefully. Additionally, the earphone is also made of eco-friendly materials without any polyvinyl chloride (PVC).
The Tobi is quite an equipped handset that comes with a 1.3MP camera, audio player, Bluetooth (with BT messaging), a 1.9-inch TFT display (176×144 pixels, 65k colors), GPRS and microSD card support. What’s supposed to make the handset so enticing are the GUI colorful themes - Monster theme, Snowman theme and Ocean World theme as well as the interchangeable cover with a transparent portion at the back for inserting a photograph. It’s a light-weight phone at just 85g so I’m presuming it’d be easy to misplace or break too, unless the company has thought of that and it comes equipped with Samsung’s resident Mobile Tracker software and is made of some truly rugged yet ‘eco-friendly’ material. But jokes aside, the handset does come with safety features that include - SOS Call, SOS Message and a feature called Fake Call. Using these safety features, users can be directly linked to their family members and friends in emergent situations and even “easily escape from dangerous situations”. I’m not sure how, but that’s what the release says.The handset will be out sometime this month in the Europe sector and could make its way to Asia soon after that. There’s no price mentioned yet.


There are probably a slew of arguments for a scenario that arises out of a pre-teen requiring a cell phone. While a mobile handset can in no way be construed as a mere toy and there are innumerable handsets that are directed at the youth in general, the S3030 is just another electronic gizmo for a slightly younger generation. Whether or not it’s relevant is something for you to decide. I’m curious, and I’m sure most of you mobile maniacs out there are too, to find out what everyone thinks of a mobile phone
for kids. But before posting your comments do stop to think of the security features etc. that the handset comes with.

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Samsung TouchWiz Launched in India

Touch The All New Samsung.!

Samsung Telecommunications India (STI), has announced the launch of its full touch screen, ultra-slim lifestyle segment mobile phone – the Samsung TouchWiz (F480)- in the Indian market.

The TouchWiz is being launched to coincide with the Olympic Games 2008.

Announcing the launch of this new phone, Sunil Dutt, Country Head, Samsung Telecommunications India, said, "Given the growing consumer interest in touch screen phones , the Samsung TouchWiz offers a brilliant full touch navigation experience; widgets with 'Drag and Drop' technology and User Interface with Haptic Feedback which makes the experience of using the phone highly interactive and easy."

The TouchWiz has 'drag and drop' technology, which allows widgets to be selected from the left panel of the screen and dropped anywhere on the home screen. Since the Widgets comprise widely used applications like clock, calendar, alarms, music player, FM, games and profiles, this equips the user to set hotkeys on the touch menu for all these functions as they please. Haptic feedback offers a tangible feedback when a user makes a selection on the touch screen.

The phone encased in a metal body with a leather cover, features a 2.8-inch TFT LCDdisplay and has a 5.0 Megapixel camera with face detection, image stabilizer, auto focus, CMOS video lens and Wide Dynamic Range (WDR). It also includes the 'Auto Smile Shot' feature - making its worldwide debut - that enables the camera to detect when a person is smiling and automatically take a picture when in the 'Smile shot' mode.

The Samsung TouchWiz is equipped with 240MB of internal memory, which can be expanded up to 8GB via the microSD memory card slot. It is compatible with GPRS, EDGE, 3G, HSDPA (7.2mbps) networks and functions on GSM 900/1800/1900, and WCDMA 2100 bands.

The Samsung TouchWiz costs Rs. 20,990.

New Samsung

Samsung Launches G400 Soul

Samsung is all over the mobile scene these days from WMC in Barcelona, to Mobile Asia 2008 in Delhi and now CeBIT in Hannover where they've announced the launch of a new clamshell handset the G400 Soul.

This a rather unique handset given the fact that it has identical displays inside and outside. Both displays are 2.2 inches with 240 x 320 pixel resolutions and 262k colors. It’s touch sensitive with haptic technology for fingertip feedback and can access the phone's media, as well as other features. The G400 also has HSDPA support, Bluetooth and USB connectivity and also supports external memory with microSD cards. It also comes equipped with a 5 megapixel auto-focus camera with features like face recognition and Samsung's Wide Dynamic Range optimization and image stabilization technology. Quite a well-rounded handset.

The Samsung G400 Soul will be available in Europe from June of this year and there’s no price tag yet unfortunately. Stay Tuned.

Samsung For all....

Samsung has revealed their M150 entry level mobile handset. This simple yet seemingly good looking handset is equipped with a 1.77-inch LCD display that sports a 128 x 160 pixel resolution. It comes with 20MB of internal memory and a VGA camera that also supports MPEG4 video recording. Other features include an integrated FM radio and a music player that supports MP3, AAC, AAC+ and WMA audio file formats. If you think that those are all the features the phone has, you’d be wrong as the M150 also supports Bluetooth v2.0 and WAP.

The price and availability of the M150 has not yet been disclosed although the worldwide launch of the handset will be sometime next month.