Samsung has created a sensor capable of capturing both a standard RGB image and depth information at the same time.The new technology could give devices Microsoft Kinect-like gesture recognition capabilities without the need for two separate sensors, allowing for the installation of the tech on much smaller devices like mobile phones.The CMOS sensor contains rows of depth-sensing z-pixels built into a traditional RGB sensor array, allowing it to record light and depth information ...

Samsung indicated this week that it is prepared to significantly increase the investment it is making in its homegrown Bada operating system. Right now, the mobile OS is only available in Samsung’s home market of Korea, where it had sold more than 10 million units. It wants to make Bada a viable alternative to Google’s Android platform. Samsung said it will continue to offer smartphones running both Android and Microsoft’s Windows Phone. It plans to eventually have an entire range of Bada phones ...

Verizon Wireless has announced that it will carry the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 4G LTE Android tablet starting March 1. The Galaxy Tab 7.7 features a 7.7-inch Super AMOLED Plus 1280 x 800 pixel display and a dual-core 1.4GHz processor. It runs Android 3.2 Honeycomb and is only 7.9mm thick. The Galaxy Tab 7.7 will cost $499.99 with a two-year contract. Tweet Vote on HN ...

The GSMA, organizers of the Mobile World Congress event, have just announced that Samsung was named “Manufacturer of the year” and that the Samsung Galaxy S II was named “Smartphone of the year” at the organization’s annual GSMA Awards. We happened to be sitting with some Samsung representatives when the word came in, and we can tell you that they were very pleased indeed. Tweet Vote on HN ...

Verizon has announced that it will offer its customers a new handset, the Brightside by Samsung. The Birghtside offers users a slider form factor for those that prefer a full QWERTY keyboard for messaging as well as support for Verizon’s 3G data network. Tweet Vote on HN ...

Verizon Wireless and Samsung today announced the March 1 availability of the Brightside, a touch phone that also has a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. The display measures 3.1 inches and the Brightside runs Qualcomm’s BREW MP operating system that incorporates social network and messaging apps. It includes Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, GPS, an HTML web browser, and EVDO Rev 0 3G. Other features of the Brightside include a 3.2-megapixel camera, corporate email support, the ability to view Microsoft Office documents, and support for microSD storage. The Brightside costs $99 after a $50 rebate. ...

Samsung today announced that an updated version of Tizen and the Tizen SDK are available to developers. Tizen is Samsung’s open-source, standards-based mobile operating system that is currently in development. The new version of the software is being offered as a beta, and adds an updated user interface framework, web APIs, and support for Windows and Ubuntu. In addition to the updated mobile operating system, Huawei today indicated it has joined the Tizen Foundation Association Board of Directors. Its new membership gives Huawei access to the mobile platform and Samsung’s ...

Samsung had relatively few things to announce at MWC 2012 this year, but one of them was the Galaxy Note 10.1, a larger version of the original Galaxy Note. The Note 10.1 uses the Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1) as its design inspiration (it looks nearly identical), but it adds S Pen capabilities to draw and notate on the screen. The Note 10.1 is powered by a dual-core, 1.4GHz processor and runs Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich with Samsung’s TouchWiz enhancements. Tweet Vote on HN ...

Samsung has told TechRadar that it will be bringing out Windows Phone 8 handsets when the new platform is announced.With Windows Phone Tango making a low-key entry into the market at MWC 2012, the focus is now on Windows Phone Apollo (or Windows Phone 8 as it will formally be known) for the future for the top brands. Tweet Vote on HN ...

Samsung’s latest Galaxy smartphone comes with a pico projector. We go hands on with this tiny home-theater-in-a-phone. Tweet Vote on HN ...