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Samsung Silently Adds Bitcoin Support for Blockchain Phones

Samsung’s Galaxy S10 range launched in March with the “Blockchain Keystore” feature offering the storage of cryptocurrencies and transactions for Ether and ERC-20 tokens. Samsung recently added Bitcoin to the Blockchain Keystore, on the blockchain-enabled smartphones.

The newly added bitcoin features to the developer kit are available on the S10 models, as well as the Note10 and Note10+ devices.

The blockchain features are currently only available in South Korea, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, and Switzerland.

According to the information on the Samsung Developer’s website, cryptocurrency Klay launched by the Korean messaging app, Kakao is supported as well.

Source: Samsung

Samsung is still in the process of developing a blockchain mainnet based on Ethereum and may release its own token in the near future.

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Solana Introduces Web3 Mobile Phone Saga

Solana Labs subsidiary Solana Mobile has announced the launch of the mobile phone “Saga” set for launch in 2023.

The flagship Android mobile phone is a modified OSOM handset which consists of speciality crypto wallet functions and the “Solana Mobile Stack (SMS)” software development kit for Web3 programs.

Solana said that the $1000 mobile phone has “unique functionality and features tightly integrated with the Solana blockchain, making it easy and secure to transact in web3 and manage digital assets, such as tokens and NFTs.”

Saga designer OSOM is a leading Android development company. The company has built computing hardware for Google, Apple, and Intel, among others.

Saga was introduced at an event in New York. The event also introduced Solana Mobile Stack, a framework for Android allowing developers to create rich mobile experiences for wallets and apps on Solana and create a “Secure Element” for private key management.

“The Solana Mobile Stack SDK is available to developers now, and Saga is available for pre-order starting today, with delivery in early 2023,” Solana said in an announcement.

Solana’s biggest mobile-focused bet will feature a Web3 dapp (decentralized app) store, integrated “Solana Pay” to facilitate QR code-based on-chain payments, a mobile wallet adapter and a “seed vault” that will store private keys deep within the recesses of the phone.

“Saga starts from first principles to create a mobile experience for individuals, developers, and ecosystem participants that opens a new era of mobility,” said Jason Keats, co-founder and CEO of OSOM. “The world needs novel hardware to embrace the future that is web3, and building out an ecosystem that looks to the future without being burdened by past legacy ecosystems is hugely exciting for us.”

According to Solana, Saga’s specifications include a 6.67” OLED display, 12 GB RAM, 512 GB storage, and the latest flagship Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 Mobile Platform, the security features of which will enable the Solana Mobile Stack’s Seed Vault.

“With the addition of a Secure Element built into the device, the Seed Vault keeps private keys, seed phrases and secrets separated from the application layer yet still capable of interacting with apps running on the device or in a mobile browser,” Solana said.

Pre-Production Solana Phone Set to Ship to Developers in December

As the launch draws closer, Solana phones (also called Saga) pre-production are now set to be shipped out to developers for testing from December 15th.

Reportedly, the release software that’s going through final testing is the last obstacle the Saga phones are facing currently, as about 3,500 developer-focused kits have been produced and boxed up for launch.

Holders of the Saga Pass, a membership NFT given to early adopters of the Solana phone, are sure to be delivered with the developer kits. Though a mint of the membership NFT has been done, another one is said to be coming soon.

With the Solana phones, developers in the Solana ecosystem will be able to test out dApps (decentralized applications) for the Solana dApp store. Not only that, but developers will also be able to try out the Solana Mobile Stack and the Seed Vault, an application the phone uses to store private keys.

Saga is a Solana phone based on Android. The phone specifications include the latest Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chip, 12 gigabytes of RAM, 512 GB storage, and an OLED display. It is set to go on sale for $1,000 in the first quarter of 2023.

The Solana phone Saga was initially introduced in June at an event in New York. It is said to be a flagship Android mobile phone that modifies OSOM handset, which consists of speciality crypto wallet functions and the Solana Mobile Stack (SMS) software development kit for Web3 programs.

According to Solana, the phone has unique functionality and is tightly integrated with the Solana blockchain, making it easy and secure to transact in web3 and manage digital assets, such as tokens and NFTs.

“Saga starts from first principles to create a mobile experience for individuals, developers, and ecosystem participants that opens a new era of mobility. The world needs novel hardware to embrace the future that is web3, and building out an ecosystem that looks to the future without being burdened by past legacy ecosystems is hugely exciting for us,” Jason Keats, co-founder and CEO of OSOM, stated.