Gizmodo: SCH-W420

Samsung's Anycall Haptic Phone: 22 Ways to Say "I Feel You"

Wilson Rothman — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:58:52 EDT

Samsung's latest introduction, the SCH-W420/W4200 in the video below, is a slender, iPhone-like handset with a 3.2" touchscreen, a lively user interface, and the kind of force feedback that the LG Prada phone could only dream of.

With just three actual buttons at the bottom, it relies mainly on a touch interface that you can customize (if you know Korean), with drag-and-drop desktop building. In the force feedback dept., it uses a vocabulary of 22 different vibrations to simulate actual feels and actions. When you see a volume knob for the radio and reach to turn it, you hear and feel the clicks of an old-timey dial.

The phone, which includes a terrestrial broadcast TV receiver, is going to sell for $700 to $800 and is Korea only—but for how long? Bring it, Sammy! We're waiting. [AP; NewLaunches]

Samsung's UFO Phone Stands for Unimaginable, Fast Speed and Oh, 7.2 Mbps

AddyDugdale — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 06:53:11 EDT

The official name of Samsung's new slider is the SCH-W300, but it's been dubbed the UFO phone — and rightly so, given its ghostly gray fizzog. An HSDPA cell with 7.2Mbps download speed, which means an MP3 file in 4.4 seconds, a video file in 44 seconds. Snappy stuff, almost as snappy as its UFO moniker. More deets and another pic below.

Just 12.9 mm-thick, the SCH-W300 has a 2 megapixel camera, Bluetooth and transportation card function. Available in Magic Silver and Black Pearl to start with, and Violet and Sapphire Blue to follow, the UFO phone will be available firstly in Korea, with a suggested price of below $630. I should hope so too! [Aving via Unwired View]

Samsung Intros SCH-W559 ShakyPhone

Charlie White — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 08:18:29 EST

The Samsung SCH-W559 cellphone has no numeric keypad, and why should it? After Apple's iPhone rollout, keypads to seem so last month. But entering phone numbers on a touchscreen might present a problem—there's no tactile feedback.

The solution? Samsung builds in VibeTonz to play along with virtual button pushes, giving you adjustable vibrating tactile feedback, whether you're entering data with your finger or that yucky stylus. Sort this out with me.

Samsung is already acquainted with Immersion's VibeTonz—whose shaky vibrations (introduced a year ago) already accompany ringtones and a games in its more-conventional SCH-a870 clamshell rolled out last summer. But the idea to incorporate touch feedback for entries on a touchscreen is a new way to use the shaky stuff.

Seems shaky to me. All that shaking would just drain the battery. Is it worth the sacrifice in battery life? – Charlie White

Samsung goes touchy feely [Mobile Entertainment]

Samsung SCH-W200 HSDPA phone

Jason Chen — Tue, 16 May 2006 14:51:25 EDT

More funky fresh cellphone news from Samsung today. They korean company has just launched the SCH-W200 HSDPA phone with S-DMB. In addition to the high speed 1.8Mbps data access and mobile TV, the phone includes a 2 megapixel camera (that's low in Korea), video recording in h.263 and h.264, dual speakers, mp3 and aac support, and a microSD slot for expanded memory.

Best yet, in today's Samsung model pic, we get a shot of Hyori too.

SCH-W200, Samsung's HSDPA phone [Akihabara News]