Ok their not smartphones by any means but Samsung and Nokia have two new budget phones for the pay as you go market, the cheapskates and the technophobes. Smartphones they are not but they certainly do the job of ringing people and texting with the added bonus of some basic features.

Firstly we have the Samsung Corby II.

• 3.14” Touchscreen
• EDGE connectivity
• microSD up to 16GB
• Bluetooth 3.0
• WiFi
• Samsung TouchWiz UI
• Social Networking Functions

As you can see it is pretty basic but obviously the price will reflect it’s lack of “smartness”. Available first in Germany of all places first we should see it appear on our shores soon afterwards although we don’t have a retail price for it just yet.

Secondly there’s the Nokia X1-00. Nokia are really good at making the ultra-budget phones and have made some in the past cheaper than anyone else but still with that Nokia build quality you expect from the Finnish mobile makers. This is even more basic than the previous phone however. It doesn’t even have a touchscreen It does have its own stand out features though although i think the market they’re aiming for are the annoying kind that make public transport unbearable

• Colour screen
• Series 30 software
• microSD support to 16GB
• Speaker on the reverse (increased frequency range so the sound quality is better than your average phone loudspeaker, “it’s for your chooooons innit”)

The upside to this phone is that it will be available next month at a super cheap £29 SIM Free.

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Couple of Budget Phones for you

Samsung is again expanding its Galaxy Range with two new smartphones. A budget low spec one the Galaxy Apollo and the business style Galaxy Pro so now there’s a Galaxy mobile phone for all markets.

Galaxy Apollo :

• 3.14” 400×240 Capacitive Touchscreen
• 3MP Camera
• 600MHz processor
• Android 2.2 Froyo w/ Samsung TouchWiz interface
• microSD slot
• N-Standard Wifi, Bluetooth 2.1, AGPS

Galaxy Pro

• 2.8” 320×240 Capacitive Touchscreen
• Full QWERTY keyboard
• 800 MHz processor
• 3MP Camera
• Android 2.2 Froyo
• microSD slot
• N-Standard Wifi, Bluetooth 2.1, AGPS

Available in April both phones are said to be coming to Three although there’s no information about prices or tariffs on their site. Expansys has them both listed as pre-order with no date for release as of yet.

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Samsung Galaxy Pro and Apollo

With the meteoric rise of the smartphone, especially the iPhone and the BlackBerry it took a special phone from their competitors to match them. Samsung and Android did just that with the Galaxy S. A super fast, super bright smartphone  that did pretty much everything an iPhone can do and more yet still keep a lower price and certainly better longevity before Samsung decide to take it to the next level. Well now we have it’s sequel on its way, the Galaxy S II.

So what’s it got?

• 1GHz Dual-Core processor
• 4.3” Super AMOLED screen
• 8MP Rear Facing Camera
• Full 1080pHD recording
• 2MP Front Facing Camera
• Super sleek design (8.49mm thick and weighs just 116g)
• 16GB or 32GB models
• HDMI out
• 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth 3.0, AGPS
• DLNA

So the specs look pretty decent and we all know that Samsung have got better and better at their smartphones and Android is now the most popular OS so when can we get the next generation of Galaxy phone? There’s several conflicting sources about on the internet at the moment. Expansys had just a price of £649.99 where as online retailer Clove had it down at £612 with a March release. Then Play.com came along and is allowing people to pre-order it at £599.99 with a May 6th shipping date. Who’s right?? Personally I’d go with play.com but certainly if you’re interested keep checking.

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Samsung Galaxy S II

Those wonderful chaps at Google’s next edition of Android is due soon and has been titled “Gingerbread”. Full details of whats new are still a bit scarce but what we’ve found out is that Samsung are planning a yet to be named mobile to run the new OS and the speccage looks pretty decent. All looks good on the mobile OS front for both Google and Samsung!!

Engadget got the information on this new “Gingerbread” device and kindly shared it with us. So this is what they found out.

• 4.3” or 4.5”  “sAMOLED2” screen (new screen technology???)
• FULL 1080p HD video capture
• 8MP Camera
• 14.4Mbps HSDPA
• n-standard WiFi
• 1.2GHz processor
• 16GB on board storage

Apparently the information was leaked by someone on the inside of Samsung and have also gone on to say that this phone should become official next year, February 2011 to be precise, just in tiome for Mobile World Congress!! It’s also been said that it will be launched as Samsung’s Flagship phone for the first half of next year.

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Samsung ???? :Android 2.3 “Gingerbread” inbound

Samsung are getting it so right at the moment, the success of the Galaxy S phone and now the Galaxy Tab the Koreans are going from strength to strength in the competition for top mobile device manufacturer so what’s next? Well they have come out with the next instalment in the Galaxy mobile series with the Samsung Continuum. Leaked last week by US mobile operator Verizon, it was made official at a New York Media event by Sammy themselves.

A two touchscreen phone, yes two. The top screen a 3.4” Super AMOLED affair as the main screen, with a 1.8” display underneath for all your notification needs acting like a tickertape display. The ticker will show your incoming calls and your text messages as well as RSS alerts, music playback control and weather updates.

Other Specs known

• 1GHz Hummingbird Processor
• 5MP Camera
• 720p Video capture
• up to 32GB of storage
• Android 2.1

Now at the moment it’s only been confirmed for a US release so fingers crossed it’ll get a UK release.

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Samsung Continuum : Galaxy Series Continued

We’ve spoken about the Galaxy S quite a lot recently mainly due to the fact it looked great before it came out and all we keep reading from other sources is how great it is since it’s release. Samsung phones in my opinion have always been just “alright” never exceeding the strengths of Nokia of old or the iPhone today, but I’d love to have a go with Samsung’s iPhone killer to see if the hype is worth believing, plus it runs Android and I do love Android. Well Samsung are taking it to what seems to be the new “next level”. Nokia did it with the N97, Sony have done it with the Xperia X10. Take their giant smartphones and well, make them smaller.

The Galaxy Q has pretty much all the same specs as the Galaxy S, bt as nothing is actually truly official we can only let you know what we know. a 3” AMOLED screen still powered with the 1GHz processor and 16GB of storage. the other difference rumour is that the Q will be a “candy bar” phone and operate a full QWERTY keyboard (I’m always a fan of these) plus as it’s not out for a few months on release should have had the Android 2.2 upgrade. Couple all this with an 8MP HD video capable camera and a 1MP camera on the front, it certainly looks to be a decent enough downsize.

Sadly it’s all just rumourage, so no price or exact release date but you’ll be looking towards Christmas for the Galaxy Q.

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Samsung Galaxy Q : The S but smaller

While we’re still waiting to see the first Windows Mobile 7 phones on the market but no doubt with the release of them not far off it’s time to see Samsung’s offering, well read a few tit-bits of what has been leaked so far.

Called the Cetus, we know that it will have to meet Microsoft’s strict minimum requirements for to run the OS which we’ll run through

• High end processor : Armv7 Cortex/Scorpion or better
• 256MB RAM
• Capacitive touchscreen
• FM Radio
• accelerometer
• at least a 5MP camera
• at least 8GB of internal storage

Whether the Samsung Cetus will better these we’re unsure as the full specifications of the phone aren’t available yet. What we do know is that it will have a 4” 800×480 AMOLED screen. On top of that it will have a front facing camera aswell as a 5MP camera on the reverse. It will also have Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity with built in GPS and a Micro USB slot.

Sadly that’s all we can offer for now as there’s no images or hardware specs. If any new information comes about we’ll update.

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Samsung WM7 phone : Cetus

The Samsung Galaxy S hasn’t been with us long but the super 5 star rated blower is apparently getting an update early next year, according to Russian “internets” types. Now rumours are exactly what they are, RUMOURS but apparently the Ruskies are very much on the ball when it comes to Samsung mobile rumours and have gotten it right before. The one thing making this a certified rumour is the specs look amazing, a bit too good to be true. We’ll give you the rundown of what they said anyway, we can certainly hope it’s true.

The Galaxy S certainly packed some great specs but the S2 takes it to the next level. A bigger 4.3” 1280×720 Super AMOLED screen (wow in itself) with 32GB of storage and the ability to add another 32GB from microSD. It will also pack A-GPS, Bluetooth 3.0 and N-standard WiFi. Camera wise you’re looking at 8MP but again the ability to shoot HD video. To tap into the iPhone 4 market it’ll have a similar style accelerometer/gyroscope feature. Now the rumour also states that by the time the phone’s due, next year, this mobile will be running Android OS 3 but also a massive 1GB of RAM.

Again the only thing with rumours is details, and we have none but I’m sure IF we get some more, we’ll pass them on

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Samsung Galaxy S2 : Rumours

Sorry for the cheese but it had to be done. Remember the Samsung Beam we spoke about a while back , the first mobile phone to incorporate a projector so one can show their pics and vids onto a wall. Well back then it was just a prototype, now Samsung are unveiling it in Singapore next month so it can’t be too long before we can get our hands on it in Blighty and leave us all with “Beaming” smiles…………

As with the new-wave of Samsung mobiles it’s blasting us with a 3.7” Super AMOLED screen for those super nice rich, bright colours and that wonderful Android OS. Connectivity wise you’re looking at HSDPA, 3G, Wi-Fi and the new Bluetooth 3.0. Packing an 8MP camera for good quality pics, it’ll also shoot HD video, a must for todays top smartphones. Now obviously what makes the Beam stand out is it has a mini projector, capable of 50” wide images at a brightness level of 9 lumens. It’ll also back a-GPS and a built in FM radio.

Obviously we wont have any prices till the networks announce it’s release but I’m glad to see this phone made it past prototype and hopefully will live up to it’s potential.

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Beam me up Scotty : Samsung Beam almost here

The Samsung Galaxy is S is receiving a lot of good press from it’s Super AMOLED screen, super fast processing abilities and above all its HD content. This week also saw the announcement of iPhone 4.0 and Samsung were quick to judge and slam the Cupertino’s baby’s screen, claiming it wasn’t a patch on their Galaxy S’s. Well now iPhone 4 is incoming, so to the Galaxy S, which you could essentially get in your hands by tomorrow (iPhone Pre-order starts tomorrow)

For a quick recap on the Galaxy S it has a 4” WVGA Super AMOLED touchscreen runing that wonderful Android OS. There’s also the usual suspects too, HSDPA and WiFi connectivity and a 5MP camera which is capable of shooting HD video. Couple all this with a 1GHz processor and a file extension support that will make your PC blush, this is some serious kit.

Vodafone are offering the phone on pretty much its standard new smartphone contracts. £35 a month for 24 months will get you the phone for nowt. If you only want an 18 month contract then you’re looking at £40 a month

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Samsung Galaxy S :Pre-Order on Vodafone