Gizmodo: ultra edition

Samsung Soul Has Mighty Morphing Touchpad Display

Haroon Malik — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 03:55:50 EST

Samsung's Ultra Edition range will get a revamp with their new Soul, a 7.2Mbps HSDPA cellphone which, at only 12.9mm thick, it comes with auto focus 5MP camera, 2.2" 320 x 240 pixel full-color display, SD slot and a touchpad display system that will morph the user interface, changing icons according to the application you are using. For example, in music mode playback controls will appear, but whilst sending an SMS these will be replaced with editing functions. The rest of the specs are quite nice too.

[Akihabara]

Samsung E210, Plain Vanilla Cellphone With Fancy Pants On

Charlie White — Fri, 25 May 2007 09:07:13 EDT

Take a look at the Samsung E210, a good example of the level of pretty cellphone technology you can get for around $200. If you're not looking for email capability, Web access, a QWERTY keyboard, and a monthly cellphone bill that's more expensive than dinner at a New York steakhouse, maybe this 16.5mm-thin flip phone is for you.

Don't you just love it when Samsung trickles down its super-slim technology from its Ultra Edition line of cellphones, bestowing its slim benefits on the great unwashed? You won't suffer too much with this bauble, though—it's got just the right stuff to get the job done. Take the jump to see the spec list.

GSM 900/1800/1900, GPRS class 10 connectivity
120×160 px, 65K color OLED screen
96×96 px, monochrome external display
1.3 mpx camera
176×144/15 fps video capture
10MB of Internal memory
microSD memory card slot
Bluetooth, USB
Dimensions: 92×44x16.5 mm
Weight: 82g

These phones will first be available in Europe; expect to see that $200 price moving a lot lower if you buy into a cellphone service plan. – Charlie White

Samsung E210 - thin and affordable clamshell [Unwired View]

Samsung's Ultra Edition 5.9 Sets Bad Example For Teenage Girls

Jason Chen — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 18:45:40 EST

Samsung's gone and upped their Ultra Edition 10.9 (10.9mm thick) with the Ultra Edition 5.9, which is 5.9mm thick. For those of you who can't do the math, that's 0.23 inches thick! And instead of trading functionality for thinness like the RAZR, this thing's not actually a piece of shit.

The Ultra 5.9 has a 3.2-megapixel camera, 80MB of internal storage, tri-band, Bluetooth, and a media-player. It may not be a fancy smartphone that runs Windows Mobile, but it is 5.9mm thick, which counts for quite a bit. – Jason Chen

Samsung Ultra Edition 5.9 [Kataweb (Cellularmania) via Mobile Mag]

Samsung's Ultra Edition 8.4 Unveiled as World's Thinnest 3G Cellphone

Gizloco — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 11:30:31 EDT

Samsung used Paris's Louvre Museum as its own corporate theme park recently when it showed off more additions to its Ultra Edition line of 3G cellphones, specifically the Ultra Edition 8.4. In order to prove that 3G cellphones aren't destined to remain bulky and generally unattractive for the duration of the standard, Samsung's Ultra Edition 8.4—or, Z370—was designed to be the world's thinnest 3G cellphone, no doubt important to the Paris Hilton crowd out there. It's got a 1.93-inch TFT display stuck inside a body whose depth is only 0.3-inches. A 2-megapixel camera (plus a VGA camera) rounds out the cellphone's finer points.

Also introduced at Samsung's Parisian summer vacation was the Ultra Edition 13.8, or the Z720. (Samsung's taking a cue from BMW with the names of its fancier cellphones, it seems.) Supporting WAP 2.0 and boasting a 2.1-inch QVGA display, the 13.8 was introduced as the world's thinnest HDSPA slide-up, which is like saying the number one comedy in America when it's the only one in theaters. For kicks, it also sports a document viewer and a second camera for video calls.

Fingers crossed for a stateside release sometime soon! – Nicholas Deleon

Samsung launches Ultra Edition 3G handsets in Europe [Slashphone.com]

Samsung's Ultra Edition Cellphone Line Expands by Two: the 11.8 Clamshell and 13.5 Slider

Gizloco — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 10:39:35 EDT

Samsung plans to release three more Ultra Edition cellphones by the end of the year, the first pictures of which have just hit the Internet. Pictures of the Ultra Edition 11.8—the clamshell Z620—and the slider Ultra Edition 13.5—model number unknown—were smuggled out of an exciting slideshow and are now available for your viewing pleasure.

The Ultra Edition 11.8 features a tough magnesium body, a 2-megapixel camera, and 2.3-inch QVGA display and 138MB of onboard memory, with a microSD slot for expanded storage.

The Ultra Edition 13.5 has a 3-megapixel camera and 150MB of memory and also sports a microSD card slot. More pictures of the cellhones are waiting for you after the jump.

These latest additions to the Ultra Edition family are expected to be available this December. – Nicholas Deleon

3 new phones of the Ultra Edition series in Decembe [Mobile-review.com via Slashphone]

Samsung Unveils Ultra-Edition Cellphones

Travis Hudson — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 11:38:20 EDT

Samsung has unveiled three phones that are part of the "Ultra-Edition" line of cellphones. The three phones include the Ultra Edition 6.9—or X820&mdashwhich is a candybar style phone being labeled as the world's slimmest phone; the Ultra Edition 12.9—or D900— which is a slider phone targeted at business professionals and the Ultra Edition 9.9—or D830—which is claimed to be the world's thinning clamshell.

The 6.9 candybar phone is only .27 inches thick and features a 2 megapixel camera, triband GSM, EDGE, USB, Bluetooth and TV-out. The 12.9 slider has a 3.13 megapixel camera, music player, Micro SD expandability and a unique user interface. The 9.9 clamshell features a large 2.3-inch screen and 2 megapixel camera along with all of the other standard features like Bluetooth, memory expandability, etc. The 9.9 is only .38 inches thick. – Travis Hudson

Samsung Ultra Edition [Akihabara]