Samsung and Toyota today announced a new partnership with the goal of integrating smartphones into the in-vehicle infotainment systems of Toyota’s cars and trucks. The system will use MirrorLink to make the connection. The cars will use a user interface created by Toyota that is safer to operate when driving a vehicle than the user interface of the smartphone. The system will let drivers access music, location services, hands-free calling, voice interaction, and text-to-speech features of the smartphone through the dashboard. The two companies expect this service to reach ...

Samsung today announced the Rugby Smart for AT&T. Like previous Rugby phones, this model is rugged, including being waterproof for up to 30 minutes under three feet of water. While previous Rugby models were feature phones, the Rugby Smart runs Android 2.3 and sports a 3.7-inch Super AMOLED display. Other features include HSPA+ data, 5-megapixel camera, front camera, and memory card slot. A 1650 mAh battery provides up to eight hours of talk time. The Rugby Smart goes on sale with AT&T on March 4 for $100 with two-year contract and data ...

Samsung today announced a new version of its Exynos processor with four application cores. The new chips use a 32nm processes that leads to an approximate 26% improvement in computing power while also delivering a 50% improvement in battery life. The processors can be clocked up to 1.5GHz. More details will be provided by Samsung in the coming days. Tweet Vote on HN ...

We might be all aflutter at the prospect of the Samsung Galaxy S3 but there’s life in the Galaxy S2 yet as Samsung announces that it has sold 20 million of the handsets.Having been on the market since April 2011, that’s a very impressive 2 million devices exchanged for cash every month.Want to hear that fact again in a slightly different way? The Galaxy S2 hit 10 million sales in September 2011, which means Samsung has shifted 10 million more in the five intervening months, equating to 2 million a month again. You can’t fault the working.To put it into Samsung-based ...

U.S. Cellular today announced the availability of the Samsung Galaxy S II for $229.99 after $100 mail-in rebate. The S II includes a 4.52-inch display, 1.2GHz dual-core processor, 8-megapixel camera, and Android 2.3 Gingerbread. Tweet Vote on HN ...

After the success of the original Samsung Galaxy Ace, it makes sense that the Ace 2 will have a similar level of fervour behind it.The new phone, which comes with an 800Mhz dual core processor and a much bigger wedge of storage under the hood, was only announced this morning but TechRadar has rounded up the networks and found out which will be stocking it.O2, Orange and T-Mobile have all confirmed that the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 will be launching in their stores, but were unable to give any kind of firm price or release date as ...

The Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 and Galaxy Mini 2 have been officially announced by Samsung ahead of MWC 2012 in Barcelona.Building on the success of the original Galaxy Ace the Galaxy Ace 2 will feature a bigger 3.8-inch display with a higher 480 x 800 resolution.The Galaxy Ace 2 will ship running Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) on a beefed up 800MHz dual-core processor and 768MB of RAM. Tweet Vote on HN ...

Samsung today announced a range of new SD and microSD cards that are waterproof, shockproof, and magnet proof. All the cards in the range can withstand up to 24 hours in water, the pressure of 1.6 tons, and the powerful magnets used in medical equipment. There are two sets of cards available, the High Speed Series and the Plus Extreme Speed Series. They range in capacity from 2GB to 32GB and from Class 4 to Class 10 with respect to read/write speeds. Prices vary from $9.99 to $89.99. Samsung designed the cards for today’s mobile devices and they will be able to protect user data in ...

Samsung has revealed via regulatory filings that it is going to separate its loss-generating LCD display panel business from the rest of the company. The new company will be called Samsung Display and will officially launch April 1 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics. According to a Samsung representative interviewed by Bloomberg, the company is evaluating whether or not to merge the new Samsung Display LCD business with its existing Samsung Mobile Display OLED business (which makes screens for its smartphones). The company wants to be able to concentrate more fully on OLED ...

The Samsung Galaxy Note for AT&T is a unique device that sits right in between a smartphone and a tablet in the mobile device ecosystem. Though it is sold as a phone, the Note’s massive 5.3-inch display makes it feel like a tablet when you hold it. Tweet Vote on HN ...