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It looks like Samsung is preparing a “Luxury” edition of its Android-powered Galaxy Tab that will cost nearly $1,000. The Luxury Galaxy Tab was reportedly unveiled at the Millionaire Fair and, as you’d expect from a fair with that name, it seems to be aimed at people with more money than sense. Sure, you get…
We may doubt the prospects of the bada platform, but Samsung is one stubborn company and that could be a good thing after all. As a matter of fact, they said the plan to sell 5 million bada-powered devices this year is going just fine. The first bada smartphone, Samsung Wave, was announced during this…
Bell has just unleashed a new promotion, featuring a pair of Android-Powered devices, and one Windows Phone 7 handset at a favorable discount. On now through the end of the month, you can take $75 off the regular price of the Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant, HTC Desire Z, or LG Optimus Quantum. The Quantum runs…
Good news if you’re a UK citizen looking to grab yourself the Samsung Galaxy Tab. The Korean giant is giving away a voucher for 200 GBP worth of free downloads with the purchase of the tablet. Included in the deal are 15 movies, 5 ebooks from WHSmith’s best-seller range, 7 Gameloft games and up to…
The Google Nexus S is one of the most anticipated handset launches of 2010, and we managed to get our hands on one of these Samsung-made superphones to put it and its new Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS through its paces. But, before we give the handset the flogging of its life, we figured we’d unbox…
The status of Android 2.3 working on the Samsung Galaxy S series phones was somewhat in question, but a few tweets from Samsung India doubly confirms that yes, Gingerbread will be available at some point. This will be a big relief to owners of the Fascinate, Vibrant, Captivate, and Epic 4G who might have been…
We know not many of you care that bada 1.2 SDK is now in its final version, but we see it as important news, nevertheless. The reason is obvious – Samsung is one of the major handset makers and their bada-powered devices are selling in millions (though their Android devices are selling even more). That…
If Amazon can do it, why can’t Samsung? Android will eventually have a handful of different application markets available from various different vendors, which may or may not be a bad thing. Samsung, for example, has their own application market for Android. The catch is that it’s only for those in Turkey. The screenshots of…
Samsung can neither confirm nor deny updating Galaxy S handsets to Android 2.3 in the future. Perhaps it might be a little frustrating to Galaxy S variant users – Fascinate, Vibrant, Captivate and Epic 4G – who are still stuck on Android 2.1. The manufacturer built the Nexus S for Google, which will be the…
The Samsung Nexus S wouldn’t be a true Google phone if the search giant wasn’t giving it away at every opportune moment. Through their new Nexus Twitter account, Google is giving away Nexus S Android handsets to those who are clever enough to figure out the answers to their challenges. It looks like challenge #2…