Samsung Plans New Products

Samsung Plans New Products

Author JoeDigital

Samsung Electronics Co. is going to follow its NC10 netbook soon with a new model and expand its range of smartphones with models based on a number of different operating systems, the company said today.

“In the first half of this year, for touch-screen phones, we will expand our lineup and upgrade some of the functions, including the user interface, and for smart phones, expand our lineup and provide various OSes to satisfy the diverse needs of our customers,” said Chi Young-cho, head of the recently created digital media and communications unit, in a conference call with analysts.

Samsung already offers phones based on the Windows Mobile, Symbian and Linux
operating systems. However, most anticipated is an announcement from the company concerning a phone based on the Android operating system developed by Google Inc. Samsung is a member of the Open Handset Alliance formed around Android, but it has yet to show a phone running on the platform.

No other details were disclosed, although an NC10 successor has been rumored for some time. Early predictions were that the new computer could launch around February and be based on Via Technologies Inc.’s low-power Nano processor.

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