On December 19, at team of 10 skydivers attempted to set the Guinness World Record for fastest test messaging while skydiving. The team used five different Samsung Mobile messaging phones with full QWERTY keyboards. The challange was captured in the air with two aerial videographers plus two more cameras on the ground.The entire team took two jumps and landed safely. Samsung Mobile is sending the videot o Guinness judges to determine if the record was sent and they expect confirmation in the coming months.
Phones used include: Samsung Propel, Samsung Alias, Samsung Gravity, Samsung Rant and Samsung Messager.
More than 2,000 fans rocked out to the All American Rejects at the Samsung Mobile Rock N’ Rally in Columbus, Ohio. The free concert kicked off Samsung Mobile’s new sponsorship of ESPN Rivalry Week. Fans in attendance got to check out the latest Samsung Mobile phones and witnessed an epic performance from the All-American Rejects.
Samsung Mobile and ESPN are bringing you the hottest action during ESPN College Football Rivalry Week. Tune in to ESPN November 22-29 to experience the best match-ups play on the national stage.
Also, don’t miss the biggest rally event in Columbus, Ohio to celebrate the Ohio State/Michigan game!
Samsung Rock-N-Rally on Friday, November 21
FREE concert by The All-American Rejects
The Lifestyle Communities Pavilion
405 Neil Avenue
Columbus, OH 43215
Doors open at 7:30 PM. Space is limited!
For additional information, please visit www.samsungmobileusa/epsn.
Samsung Mobile has teamed up with Ozzy Osbourne to promote the Samsung Propel, a fun and trendy messaging phone with a full QWERTY keyboard available in multiple color options. To view the new Propel TV spots, please visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDZIqXXlMlA.
The Samsung Ace Windows Mobile 6.1 upgrade is ready for you to download. Just go to this link http://www.samsungmobileusa.com/i325/upgrade/ and follow the directions. The Windows Mobile 6.1 upgrade will allow you to view and edit Microsoft Excel and Word files from the Ace, provides chat-style text messaging capabilities and adds Sprint GPS Navigation with Live Search.
A square slider with the best of AT&T’s entertainment offerings such as instant messaging, Mobile Email, AT&T Navigator, CV, AT&T Video Share calling, AT&T Mobile Music, a 1.3 megapixel camera and more, the Samsung Propel™ slides upward for easy access to its full keypad. The Propel™ will be available in late October and will come in blue, green, red, and white with red color options. For images of the Propel™, please click here (http://www.samsungmobilenews.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=976). For additional information, please visit AT&T’s newsroom. Here is the link: http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=4800&cdvn=news&newsarticleid=26186/.
Samsung Mobile joined Sprint, Intel and other partners of the Mobile WiMAX ecosystem in Baltimore on October 8 to celebrate the first official citywide launch of WiMAX in the U.S. Samsung Electronics SVP WS Kim helped Sprint CEO Dan Hesse and Intel CTO Sean Maloney in the ceremonial “cutting of the cord” at the ceremony. The launch event also included live demonstrations of Mobile WiMAX embedded laptops and PC cards onboard water taxis and buses. Baltimore will soon be joined by Washington DC, Dallas/Fort Worth and New York City as major metropolitan areas operating on Mobile WiMAX technology.
Dallas-based Samsung Telecommunications America (Samsung Mobile) was selected as the 2008 “Corporate Horizon” Award winner at the 7th annual Metroplex Technology Business Council (MTBC) Tech Titans Awards. The award honors the company that contributes best-in-class technology and corporate citizenship within the North Texas technology community. Other finalists for the Corporate Horizon award included Eltek Valere, GENBAND and InnerWireless, Inc. President Dale Sohn accepted the award on behalf of Samsung Mobile.
Samsung Mobile was named as an award finalist based on its recent innovations, including the Samsung Instinct™ touch screen phone and the fourth generation network technology called Mobile WiMAX. Samsung Mobile was also commended for its good works in the North Texas community, including its support of Habitat for Humanity and several local education and science organizations.
Samsung Telecommunications America (Samsung Mobile), a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., which is the worldwide partner of the World Cyber Games (WCG), is offering the general public an opportunity to enter the Samsung Mobile Challenge from October 3-5 at E for All Expo as a walk-up contestant. Entrants will compete at Asphalt 4: Elite Racing, developed by Gameloft, the official game of this year’s Samsung Mobile Challenge, for a chance to win cash, prizes and a trip to the WCG 2008 Grand Final in Germany to play for even more prizes.
Also, be sure to keep an eye out for Samsung Mobile ambassadors on the E For All Expo show floor. They will be handing out pre-paid recycling bags for your old mobile phones as part of the Samsung Mobile Take-Back recycling program, a subsidiary of SAMSUNG RECYCLING DIRECT™. SAMSUNG RECYCLING DIRECT™ allows you to recycle your Samsung-branded consumer electronics for no fee, and non-Samsung-branded consumer electronics for a nominal fee paid directly to Samsung’s contracted recycling partners upon delivery of the e-waste.
For complete rules and regulations on the Samsung Mobile Challenge, please visit http://wcg.samsungmobile.com/us. For more information on SAMSUNG RECYCLING DIRECT™, please visit www.samsung.com/recyclingdirect.
It’s not too late to play Jet Set Racer for a chance to win a trip to the World Cyber Games Grand Final in Germany! Samsung Telecommunications America (Samsung Mobile), a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., which is the worldwide partner of the World Cyber Games (WCG), is offering gamers a chance to play Jet Set Racer, a game inspired by Asphalt 4: Elite Racing. Users can compete against other players in the online racing competition where the driver must become the most prestigious racer and achieve a high score. The competition ends September 28 and high scoring players will win Samsung mobile phones and/or games and the highest scoring player will win a trip to the WCG 2008 Grand Final in Cologne, Germany. To play Jet Set Racer and compete in the competition, visit http://wcg.samsungmobile.com. Good luck!
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