Samsung U900 Soul
April 16, 2008 by Jayvee Fernandez
Filed under Samsung
Definitely a winner in design, Samsung has brought the “Soul” back into mobile phones. The Samsung U900, better known as the Soul is really an aesthetic play with the phone’s real estate. The directional keypad is a show off of Samsung’s DACP or Magic Touch Dynamic Active Control Panel. This basically turns the directional buttons into context sensitive fields for various functions. In terms of usability, the DACP has gone a long way since the time LG’s Chocolate phone launched with a rather blah keypad.
The Soul is packed! It comes with a 5MP camera with face recognition, Bang and Olufsen …read more
The “Soul” within Samsung
March 7, 2008 by Jayvee Fernandez
Filed under Samsung
Samsung sent out a press release last month talking about its new “Soul” line. The “Soul” basically captures the new user interface and philosophy behind contextual buttons for specific functions in the “Ultra” line of Samsung phones. So if the MP3 player application is active, only the music player buttons will be highlighted. Same goes for camera and phone and other multimedia functions. I guess it is something similar to the Motorola ROKR E8 design philosophy.
“We believe that is the answer for today’s style-conscious consumers, excited by outstanding quality design and performance,” said Geesung Choi, President of Samsung’s Telecommunication Business. …read more
