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The European Imaging and Sound Association (EISA) awarded Samsung SGH-G810 with "European Photo Phone 2008-2009". The comission liked very much both photo and phone features of Samsung SGH-G810.

The Samsung G810 has a 5 megapixel camera with 3x optical zoom, 4x digital zoom and Xenon flash. In addition, the G810 operates with latest digital camera features including face detection, image stabilizer, high ISO (up to 800), macro shot, panorama shot and mosaic & multi shot.

According to TmoNews, T-Mobile US subscribers will soon be getting the Samsung T919, previously known as Tocco, or Roxy. Not much info is available about this one, but we know it will support the 1700MHz WCDMA band. It remains unknown whether the phone will feature Wi-Fi and a front-facing camera.

Other specs include:

Samsung has released a major OTA software update for its Instinct handset. It is available now, and users will be notified about the need to update when running applications.

The full change log is posted below:

Picture Mail:

• Reduce system busy errors for large picturemails;
• Reduction of “408″ timeout errors when sending large picturemails;

Browser:

• Optimized vending machine shopping experience;
• More robust and user friendly access to Yahoo, Hotmail, Best Buy, YouTube;
• Remove feature that sent browser back one page with camera button;

Sprint TV/Radio:

• Optimizations to resolutions for streaming video playback;
• Reductions of pausing.

The Samsung E200 is a new phone with an entire exterior made from bioplastics (substances extracted from corn). Both charger and the phone's packaging will also be made from recycled materials to ensure the lowest possible harm to the environment.

The E200 has a candybar form-factor, and features a 1.3Mpix camera and media playback capabilities. It should be available in Europe in September.

The Samsung L770 is now available in Russia. It has a classic Samsung design and is intended for those who are looking for a simple cell phone capable of music playback.
The unlocked version is available in black, silver, gold and pink for 7990 Roubles or about $330.

• Slider form-factor;
• 14mm thickness;
• 93 grams;
• Tri-band GSM/GPR

Briefly: the Samsung U700 slider is now available in Lovely Pink color in Taiwan. The phone was repainted to celebrate the Chinese Valentine's Day.

Features include:

• GSM 900/1800/1900 MHz + 2.1GHz;
• HSDPA 3.6 Mbps;
• Camera: 3.2Mpix camera (AF) + VGA;
• Display: 2.2” QVGA TFT LCD (262K Colors);
• MP3/ACC/eAAC+/WMA/WMDRM;
• MPEG4/H.

MetrocPCS has added the Samsung Messager to its lineup. The Messager is a sideways slider featuring a full QWERTY keyboard, SMS/MMS/EMS/IM messaging capabilities, 1.3Mpix camera, Bluetooth support, and a micro SD slot (up to 2GB).

No word on pricing and availability as of yet.

And here's another cell phone from Samsung, the Anycall SPH-W3300, which is expected to become available sometime in Q4 2008. Some of its features include:

• Quad-band GSM (850/900/1800/1900MHz);
• 3.6Mbps HSDPA data;
• 262K color QVGA display;
• 1.3Mpix camera;
• Bluetooth support

 

This is the newly launched Samsung S7330. The device is pretty similar to the Soul model, and will be available next week for about $500 (unlocked).

Features include:

• Quad band GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz;
• UMTS 2100MHz, GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA data;
• 2.2" 16M colors, QVGA 320×240 pixel LCD display;
• Interactive "Magical Touch" DaCP secondary display/touchpad;
• 3.

According to CNet Asia, Samsung will soon release the white version of its Omnia SGH-i900 windows mobile smartphone in Singapore. However, the new color will be applied only to the back panel, the fron panel will retain the original design.

In addition, a new firmware build for the Omnia will also be released this week in Singapore, and will include some new widget add-ons and chinese text input.