All About New Cell Phones

Still remember the Samsung Corby Pro that we mentioned last month? Mobile Syrup has reported that Rogers is ready to release the Samsung Corby Pro B5310 in Canada this week. Rogers will target this handset at “teens looking for a touchscreen device that looks good and allows them to stay connected to friends and multimedia”, and at “customers looking for smartphone-like features without having to subscribe to a data plan.” Rogers’ Samsung Corby Pro retails for $69.99 with a 3-year contract, $119.99 with a 2-year contract, $219.99 with a 1-year contract, or $274.99 free of contract. As a reminder, the Samsung Corby Pro comes jam packed with a 2.8-inch QVGA touchscreen display, a full QWERTY keyboard, TouchWiz UI, widgets, a social networking integration, a 3.5mm headset jack, a stereo Bluetooth, a 3MP camera and a MicroSD card support. [Mobile Syrup]

Samsung has officially announced the CDMA model of the Samsung Corby in India, which is dubbed as the Samsung Corby Speed. The phone is capable of supporting data transfers of up to 2.4Mbps. Available in yellow, black or white colors. the Corby Speed will also function with all networks that support OMH SIM cards (Tata Indicom, Reliance, MTS and Virgin Mobile) thanks to the OMH (Open Market Handset) technology. The Samsung Corby Speed CDMA comes jam packed with a 2.8-inch QVGA display, Bluetooth connectivity, music playback, a built-in FM radio and social networking integration. [UnWiredView]