Some screenshots of the upcoming Samsung bada OS have leaked and it’s no surprise that it looks more or less like the company’s TouchWiz UI. bada will be an open platform like Android in hopes that developers will do all the hard work, tweak it and make it better.

Your handset will need a minimum 800 x 480 resolution display in order to get the most out bada and multi-touch gestures are supported so it can compete with the likes of Apple’s iPhone OS.

The first bada phones will be launched in the first half of 2010, while analysts see the platform dominating Samsung’s handset line-up by 2012.

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Samsung has announced the sporty looking M6560, otherwise known as the ‘Lindy’. The phone has several nice features that users should dig. Features like 3G, video calling, Wi-fi, 3 megapixel camera with autofocus and a nice curvy body and glossy back. The Samsung M5650 Lindy is available right now in Portugal for $221. It should show up in other countries pretty soon.

Folks who like the curved Samsung body and bright colors should dig this one.

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Back in January when I went to CES in Vegas one of the coolest things I noticed was the Samsung charging stations in the airport in Dallas. The stations let you charge your gadgets for free while you are on the go. Samsung Mobile has announced that it is putting similar charge stations into 15 different colleges and universities around the country.

The schools getting a charge station this go around include San Diego State University, The University of Colorado - Boulder, Texas Tech University, The University of Texas at Dallas, Northern Iowa University, The University of New Mexico, The University of Minnesota, Northwestern University, The University of Miami and Louisiana Tech. Samsung plans to add stations to 35 more campuses by the spring semester of 2010.

The stations have eight outlets for charging mobile devices. There is no charge and the stations will charge any device, not just Samsung phones and notebooks.

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Samsung has announced that they are finally taking the leap and making their memory cards available for the consumer market. They will be available in SD, microSD and Compact Flash formats. These cards will be in the ‘Plus’ memory card class and compliant with the Secure Digital class 6 performance standards.
The cards will be available in 4GB, 8GB and 16GB varieties, with speeds from 17 Mbps to 45 Mbps. You’ll be able to get them very soon if you’ve been hankering to use the Samsung brand.

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If you have a moment, then let us take a moment, for the Samsung Moment. Sprint has just announced that their latest handset, the Samsung Moment will be the first in the US from Samsung to run Android. The Samsung moment will arrive with a bunch of pre-loaded Google mobile services like Google Search, Google Maps, Gmail and YouTube. Then of course there’s all of the apps from the Android market too.

Some other features include a 3.2″ AMOLED touchscreen display, an 800MHz processor, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, 3G support, full QWERTY keyboard, GPS navigation, a 3.2-megapixel camera with flash, camcorder and autofocus capabilities and a 3.5mm headphone jack.

The Samsung Moment will be available from Sprint starting November 1st for $179.99 after a $50 instant savings and a $100 mail-in-rebate along with a two-year contract. Looks like a winner.

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Samsung has some additions to its S Series of external hard drives. The 3.5″ S3 Station features a 2TB hard drive, while the S2 comes with a 2.5″ 640GB portable hard drive. We don’t have any word on pricing just yet, but we can tell you that the S2 will arrive this month and the S3 Station will be a bit of a wait and arrive on the market early next year.

As far as security, you are covered. Both of these new hard drives will offer similar security features to other S2 Portable and S1 Mini drives including Auto Backup, SecretZone and SafetyKey.

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Samsung seems to have a thing for dual SIM handsets and their latest is the Samsung C3212 DuoS. It’s great for those who want to separate their work and personal life. This model will arrive in Russia first, retailing for about $196, then it will be released in the European Union.

It didn’t even have specs at press time, but we’re guessing it will be EDGE. And it will likely have a bunch of business-minded features with nothing to offer teens or tweens or in betweens.

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New phones are hitting the market with increasing regularity over the last few months. Many mobile providers are gearing up for back to school shopping and others are rushing to get new smartphones and feature phones onto a market while the demand is high.

Samsung and AT&T announced a new touch screen phone this week called the Samsung Solstice. The mobile phone has a 3-inch screen with a landscape virtual QWERTY keyboard and uses the Samsung TouchWiz user interface. An accelerometer is built in for applications that are more robust.

Users can get direct access to widgets for social networks like Facebook, MySpace, and Yahoo oneSearch. The device connects to the AT&T 3G network and offers access to email, IM, MMS, and has a 2-megapixel camera. The camera also has a camcorder function. The Solstice will launch on August 2 for $99.99 after new agreement and discounts.

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Samsung has unveiled their latest camcorder and the HMX-U10 is all about casual point-and-shoot. It measures a compact 56 x 103 x 15.5mm with a design to better fit your hand. The upright camera has both 10-megapixel stills capture and 1920 x 1080 Full HD video.

Samsung wants some of the Flip UltraHD market with this one. The HMX-U10 records to an SDHC card and uses the H.264 video codec. In the back there’s a 2-inch LCD for framing and previewing, together with basic controls. The 1/2.3-inch CMOS lens is fixed focus and apparently lacks zoom. Samsung’s Intelli-Share app allows for some basic editing and one-touch YouTube uploads. The Samsung HMX-U10 will go on sale this September in the US for $200.

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Samsung announced that they will be releasing two new SyncMaster 80 Series LCD monitors in Korea. The F2080 and F2380, a 20-incher and a 23-incher. According to the company, these monitors feature the highest contrast ratios available for displays that are standardly lit. The contrast ratio is a whopping 150,000:1. Both monitors feature a 178-degree viewing angle and full sRGB coverage. Each are set on a 5.1-inch stand and will be released in Korea soon. We just don’t have a date. Pricing is expected to be around $293 for the F2080 model and $354 for the F2380 model.

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In addition to their new camcorders, Samsung have also unveiled a pair of point-and-shoot digital cameras in the shape of the SL720 and SL502. Each offering 12.2-megapixel resolution and 5x optical zoom, the cameras predominantly differ in their lenses; the SL720 has a 28mm wide-angle lens, while the SL502 has a standard 35mm lens.

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