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  It’s not what you think but Galaxy S owners in South Korea can hook their phones to Kies to upgrade their phones to the latest DG07 update. The update is a minor one as it promises to improve Bluetooth A2DP playback, call quality and more. The update is applicable to only SHW-M110S devices and [...]

  Samsung is planning to sell 10 million Galaxy S devices. Although we’re not sure about the period (we presume it’s for 2010), JK Shin confirmed this global target last month. Now this goal may sound a bit farfetched but going by Samsung’s marketing efforts and massive distribution plan there’s a fair chance Samsung could [...]

  Samsung has announced a new hybrid camcorder for the South Korean market. The luxurious looking HMX-M20 is a pretty lightweight camcorder (269 grams) and comes in a metallic design. It has a 1/2.33” Back Side Illumination (BSI) CMOS sensor that helps to record low or no noise videos at full HD resolution in low [...]

  Samsung’s Galaxy Tab is an open secret. We’ve seen the picture and now in an interview with Forbes, JK Shin reconfirmed the tablet along with some of its features. Samsung’s maiden Android tablet will feature two cameras, apparently, one for clicking pictures and one for video conferencing. We’re not sure about the megapixel count [...]

  Samsung has expanded its N Series and R Series lineup of netbook and notebooks in South Korea with the introduction of N150 Plus, N145 Plus, R590, R540 and R440 computers. The N Series netbooks will feature Samsung’s Enhanced Battery Life that will give run time to up to 13.5 hours. Additionally, these netbooks will [...]

  Samsung’s first bada phone has reached an iconic milestone. Over 1m units of Wave have been sold globally and all this was achieved in just under 4 weeks. Meanwhile, we’ve been monitoring Galaxy S sales in South Korea and today SK Telecom announced that they’ve surpassed the 300,000 unit figure mark. This makes Galaxy [...]

  Samsung has finally put a date to Galaxy S’ Android 2.2 Froyo update. However, before you get excited let me tell you that this piece of info relates to the Korean version of Galaxy S (M110S) and not the International or US variants. Anyways, a Samsung official has confirmed that Galaxy S’ Android update [...]

  T-Mobile had scheduled Vibrant to go on sale on July 21 (even the website says the same thing) but a tweet from T-Mobile’s official twitter account suggests otherwise. According to their twitter account, T-Mobile will jumpstart Vibrant’s sales almost a week early, from July 15. The original reply seems to be deleted but we [...]

  It’s not a 2-year old device but looks like Samsung is attempting to support old Windows Mobile phones. This time it’s the 9-month old Code (I220) for MetroPCS that might soon have a Windows Mobile 6.5 upgrade. There’s no official confirmation but MetroPCS’ accessories page lists two Code devices – one as “Code Smartphone” [...]

  We have been playing with Galaxy S for quite a while and before we put out our review of Samsung’s powerful device, here’s an unboxing video of the phone.