We've received an interesting story that we thought to share with you. Just as the wrestling shows on TV tell you, don't try this at home! I recently bought myself the Samsung i560. I drive a massive 34 ton truck, and am on the road all day everyday. I was busy fixing the bindings on my truck and in the struggle, my phone fell out of my pocket. I proceeded to drive over the handset with ...

I would like to share my excitement with all that share the Blog. I have upgraded from an old Nokia phone to a Samsung i560. What a difference. But before upgrading I surfed the net on Samsung and were amazed by the features this phone has. While surfing I came across the Las Vegas competition. Because of my curiosity, I played the game with Captain Vivaz. ( As you all know, this was crack the cod...

Yesterday marked the official start of the Samsung i560 Fortune Hunter competition where 3 winners of Samsung i560 handsets from a previous Samsung Fun Club competition had to perform an Amazing Race type of challenge for a chance of winning R50,000! The Samsung Blog team met up with them at their hotel near OR Tambo Airport to provide them with their first clue: GPS co-ordinates (which they could...

One Friday afternoon I received a Samsung i560 to take home for the weekend and tinker with. Having never owned a Samsung phone before, I was curious to see whether it would annoy or impress. i560 Design The i560 makes a good first impression, at least looks-wise. It's sturdy yet streamlined, and the slider form factor, while not ideal, does make room for both a large screen and spacious keyp...

Author: Caroline TelfordSamsung is a phone company which may not release new mobile phone models in the market as often as Nokia - but they are still a worthy competition. This is especially true when it comes to the smartphones that they offer. Basically, smartphones are defined as a mobile phone which offers more than

Via AllAboutSymbian, a new podcast #87, here are the topics covered; Google Maps 2.2, Skyfire and Missing Sync for Symbian. Samsung i560, Samsung G810 and Nokia 6650 content coming soon. Hands on with the Samsung L870 Hands on with the Samsung INNOV8 Alessandro

It's... another All About Symbian Insight podcast, number 34, with Rafe and myself discussing Google Maps 2.2, Skyfire, Missing Sync for Symbian, plus the Samsung i560 and G810. Then we move onto the Nokia 6650 and the Samsung L870 and INNOV8.

Play the Samsung Fortune Hunter game and stand a chance to win one of four weekly Samsung i560 handsets. Not only that but you could also stand to be in line to be a finalist to win the ultimate R50,000 prize! The four chosen finalists go head-to-head on an exciting adventure, equipped with teir i560s, a starter pack and pocket money. Clues are unfolded and they have to navigate their way through

Vodafone have confirmed, following initial reports that the Samsung i560 would be taken up for the UK as a Vodafone exclusive, that they "won’t be ranging this device. This device was tested with our new Sat Nav software and we weren’t happy with its performance." This was the only one of Samsung's new S60 smartphones that we had a hope of seeing in the UK, although the i450 and i550 a

"For example, the i560's inferior camera and display, as compared to the Samsung i550, aren't all that crucial as long as it is a carrier-branded phone, since it gets subsidized and thus consumers don't see its real price. In their turn, operators acquire a mid-range slider running on the S60. The whole point about the i560 was to diversify the slew of Nokia-branded products dominating this segmen