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Sprint’s Samsung Moment 2 Leaked

The kids over at We R Android managed to get their hands on pics of Sprints Samsung Moment 2 from a source they deem credible.  As of yet we don’t we don’t know much, but this is what we do know.

Samsung Moment 2: Courtesy of WeRAndroid

According to their source the Moment 2 is sporting specs similar to the current Moment with the addition of a dedicated search key, TouchWiz 3.0 and Android 2.1.  With the current moment slated to get Android 2.1 in the coming days and the fact that Samsung didn’t rework the design of the handset much other than slightly enlarging the surface area of the keys and adding a chrome bezel, is upgrading your current Moment really worth it to get Touch3.0 and a dedicated search key?

• Android 2.1
• Touchwiz 3.0
• CDMA (Sprint)
• Full QWERTY (4 rows)
• Addition of a search key to the capacitive touch keys
• Chrome Bezel
• This will not have the new Super AMOLED

No word on pricing or availability, as we learn more we’ll let you know.

[via: WeRAndroid]

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More on the Samsung Galaxy S

Samsung Galaxy S

Samsung Galaxy S, Samung’s new Google Android phone will sport a 1 GHz processor and will also be one of the first mobile devices to ship with Bluetooth 3.0 on board.

The Galaxy S runs Android 2.1 and features a 4-inch, WVGA, super AMOLED screen, which offers better viewing in bright outdoor light than previous AMOLED screen technology.

According to Samsung the 1Ghz processor will allow the Galaxy S to play HD videos at 720p resolution. You’ll be able to watch those videos on larger screens when you connect the Galaxy S to your DLNA compatible home theater equipment. The Samsung Galaxy S supports a full range of audio and video formats; including MP3G4, H.264, H.263, H.263Sorenson, DivX HD / XviD and VC-1 video codecs, and 3GP (MP4), WMV (ASF), AVI (DivX), MKV and FLV video formats, as well as MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, OGG, AMR-NB, WAV, MID, AC3, IMY, FLAC and XMF audio formats.

Galaxy S will ship with the Layar Augmented Reality browser on board, in addition to some custom apps and widgets to support news and information feeds as well as social networking services.

For text input, the Samsung Galaxy S will use the Swype keyboard design for gesture-based typing. A 5-megapixel camera can be found around back, and the phone has a front-facing VGA camera for video conferencing. The phone’s camera offers Auto Focus, Self shot, Action shot, Add me, Stop motion, Cartoon shot, Smile shot and Panorama shot.

The phone will also support Bluetooth 3.0, USB 2.0 and Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n when it comes to connectivity.

You will also get to choose from 8GB and 16GB versions of the Galaxy S, and there’s also a microSD memory slot with support for up to 32GB cards.

Check out the side by side comparison with the iPhone over at infoSync.

We’re still waiting to hear which U.S. carrier will offer all this Android goodness.

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Samsung Announces Galaxy S

Coming Soon to a Carrier Near You

During his CTIA keynote speech J.K. Shin, President of Samsung Mobile announced the Samsung Galaxy S a super AMOLED Android device optimized for full length movies, TV shows, books, newspapers and magazines.

The Samsung Galaxy S sports a 4 inch super AMOLED touchscreen which brings a 20 percent increase in battery life, is 20% brighter, and 80% less reflective.  The Galaxy S will also sport a 1 Ghz processor the new standard for Samsung, Shin said — bringing better graphics, multitasking and video.

The device will be  available in Samsung’s major markets (Europe, North America, Latin America, Australia, and Asia), in the coming weeks.

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Maintenance Update Available for Sprint Samsung Moment

Moment Maintenance Update Available in Stores

Sprint announced today via their Twitter account that a maintenance update is available for the Samsung Moment. Unfortunately, it’s not the Android 2.1 upgrade we’re all looking forward to.  Currently the update is available only by visiting a Sprint retail location with a repair center.  Sprint did state that the ability to update your device OTA will be available in the near future, which in carrier time that could be days, months or even years.  We’ll keep you posted as we learn more.

Here’s are the fixes:

• Network Assist GPS to allow indoor location fix
• Updates to several third-party apps, including Visual Voicemail, NFL, NASCAR and Sprint TV
• Change to Emergency Dial on lock screen
• Hard reset available in recovery mode: remove and reinsert battery; press volume down, send and end keys until reboot option pops up; scroll to wipe data/factory reset; press OK
• Various improvements to battery life

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Sprint Samsung Moment First to Get Mobile DTV

The Nexus One may have Google’s love and affection, but the Android-powered Samsung Moment for Sprint is getting something nifty too: free mobile TV.

Today Samsung announced that the Moment would be the first phone to feature Mobile DTV, the new free-to-air mobile TV standard that’s launching early this year. The Mobile DTV-equipped Moment will be part of a customer trial in Washington and Baltimore during the first quarter of 2010, Samsung said.

Mobile DTV allows local broadcasters to transmit free digital signals to cell phones and portable devices using their existing broadcast spectrum. More than 35 stations are already online, with five in Las Vegas doing demonstrations at CES. Stations in 96 of the top 100 US markets have signed up to broadcast mobile TV, according to the Open Mobile Video Coalition, the trade organization behind Mobile DTV. You can learn a lot more about Mobile DTV in our previous story.

According to a Samsung press release, the Moment was chosen because of its big, bright 3.2-inch AMOLED display, which allows for wide viewing angles. Sprint previously said that the Moment, which runs Android 1.6, will get an update to Android 2.1 – the same version that’s running on the Nexus One – soon.

The choice of the Moment is interesting because up until now, most of the Mobile DTV sample phones we’ve seen have been from competing manufacturer LG. Samsung and LG merged their two competing, proposed standards, along with some other partners, to form the final Mobile DTV standard.

There’s no word on when the DTV-equipped Moment will be available to the general public.

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