samsung: you know they've got soul
during the mobile hype years (2000-2005) when the whole mobile phone industry, including a fair sprinkling of irish software start-ups, engaged in a collective hype-over-reality delusion, i seriously tuned out any news about new handsets. that was largely because during those years new phones had incremental, if any improvements worth writing about or paying for. but there was also that ridiculous habit of most handset manufacturers of giving their phones meaningless names consisting of digits (step forward a certain finnish brand).
anyway samsung seem to be taking a different approach which will hopefully mark a trend in the industry with the samsung soul (pic above). it's a nice slider with a kind of cool touchpad and user interface. i saw it at mobile world congree but carphone warehouse have announced they are now stocking it here from €99. although personally i think the name is a bit twee, like the motorola razr at least you will easily remember what it's called.
i've found myself increasingly liking samsung products and they are making a major push here - a fact i reported last year much to the annoyance of the same finnish manufacturer.
although i have to say i'm seriously unsure about the pink blackberry pearl announced in the same release.
