What we got here is a video review of Samsung Solstice SGH-A877; a courtesy of our folks at the Phone Arena. As a reminder, the phone features a 3 inch touchscreen with widgets, TouchWiz, virtual QWERTY keyboard, 3G, a 2MP camera, aGPS and some other specs and features.
Here is the full list of what Samsung Solstice got:
- Model: Candybar
- Network: GSM network, 3G, EDGE, GPRS, GSM, HSDPA (3G), UMTS (3G)
- Network frequency: 850, 900, 1800, 1900
- Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP
- USB 2.0
- Fax / Data Yes
- Main Display Color TFT touchscreen, 262,000 colors, Resolution 240 x 400 pixels
- Internal memory 80MB
- Expandable memory 16GB
- support for MicroSD, microSDHC Memory slots
- Standard battery, Li-Ion 1000 mAh
- Stand-by time 240 hours
- Talk Time 5 hours
- 2.0 megapixels camera
- 3x digital zoom
- Video Recording
- No Secondary camera
- FM radio
- Java
- QWERTY keyboard,
- Accelerometer sensor Meter,
- Downloadable games,
- GPS with aGPS,
Check out the video review after the break… (more…)
The South Korean’s most famous manufacturer Samsung have presented yet another phone that target the youth as its market. The name of the phone is Samsung SPH-W8700 Honey Bubble.

The Honey bubble is powered with a 2 Megapixel camera, Bluetooth, Memory cards, GPS, Mp3 player, DMB TV, and dictionary. An interesting features of the phone is the SOS Siren Alarm that allows you to turn on the sound of sirens, while sending a message asking for help.
The Samsung SPH-W8700 Honey Bubble is priced at 400 000 won (about $ 322).
Ok, here is another news to accompany you while you are waiting for August 23rd, when many Samsung devices will be reavealed. So we haven’t heard anything about the Samsung A797 and strangely, the pics showed up on Craiglist and it is being sold for only $115.

Specs wise, the Samsung A797 is said to have a touchscreen display, QWERTY keyboard, MP3 player and Bluetooth. Other specs and features is still unknown.

No further info is available about the device, including the release date. However, we are guessing that AT&T will soon announce the Samsung A797 soon…
Recently Virgin Mobile have announced the availability of Samsung Link. Virgin Mobile users can pick the Samsung Link on 2 different colors, grey and black.

Samsung Link offers a decent specs and features that is adequate for texting lovers. The Link offers A-GPS, Bluetooth with A2DP, MP3 player, web browser, a 1.3 megapixel camera, 30MB of internal memory, and MicroSD card support.Another nice addition is a 3.5 mm headphone jack, dedicated key to access popular networking site Facebook, and a TFT screen with a resolution of 220×176 pixels capable of rendering 262K colours.
Ok it is time to talk about the price. The contract Plan for Samsung Link includes:
- Virgin Mobile: US$24.99 on a two-year contract,
- Virgin Mobile: US$99.99 on a contract-free basis
(Bell Canada’s pricing is US$19.95 on a three-year contract, and US$219.95 on contract-free basis).
Here is another budget phone from Samsung besides the eco-friendly Samsung Reclaim.The device’s name is Samsung Link, and the market target of the phone are entry-level people who just love to text…. Anyway, several key features and specs of the Samsung Link are:
- A-GPS,
- Bluetooth with A2DP,
- MP3 player,
- web browser,
- a 1.3 megapixel camera,
- 30MB of internal memory,
- microSD memory card slot
- 3.5 mm headphone jack,
- dedicated key to access popular networking site Facebook,
- TFT screen with a resolution of 220×176 pixels with 262K colours
Now let’s talk about the price. Samsung Link price is pretty attractive. Virgin Mobile offers the Link for US$24.99 on a two-year contract, and for US$99.99 on a contract-free basis, while Bell priced the device at $ 19.95 on a 3 year contract and $219.95 on a contract-free basis.
If you are someone who love all things that are eco-friendly, then the new Samsung phone from Sprint might be just the phone for you. Just recently Sprint has officially announced the ec0-friendly Samsung Reclaim. They said that the Samsung Reclaim is the first phone in U.S. that uses the eco-friendly bio-plastic materials and it is 80% recyclable.

According to our source, the Samsung Reclaim will be available on August 16 with less than $50 price tag for 2 years of contract plan. Wal-Mart will also start sell the phone in early September. If you buy the phone from Sprint, you will donate $2 for The Nature Conservancy’s Adopt an Acre program, which supports land conservation across the United States and protects some of the world’s most beautiful and important natural habitats.
Talking about the specs and features, Sprint claimed that the Samsung Reclaim is more than just an eco-friendly phones. It got several cool features, such as:
- a slide-out full QWERTY keyboard making it easy to access personal or corporate email as well as text and multimedia messaging;
- Sprint Navigation with Search, providing easy access to directory information and GPS-enabled directions;
- 2 megapixel camera with 3x digital zoom and camcorder;
- advanced stereo Bluetooth® 2.0;
- expandable memory storage up to 32GB;
- an integrated Web browser; and
- two color options – Earth Green and Ocean Blue.
Ok so do you want to buy one?