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  Looks like we’ve got some new pricing information related to Galaxy Tab’s launch in UK. According to John Doughty, Mobile Division General Manager of Micro P who spoke with T3, a SIM-free Galaxy Tab will set consumers back by £599 or £199 on a 2-year contract. None of the operators have officially confirmed the [...]

  UPDATE: Apparently, the white version does not sell under contract as its goes for $599.99. Product Page Looks like Samsung will spread Galaxy S’ color options from South Korea to US. Engadget has published a picture that shows Fascinate, Galaxy S variant for Verizon in white hue. Agreed, the whole phone won’t be covered [...]

  Samsung has announced Freeform’s successor for the US market. The Freeform II or SCH-r360 is a candybar QWERTY phone that features a four-row QWERTY keyboard, 2.2-inch QVGA TFT display, 1.3MP camera, Bluetooth, music player, microSD card slot supporting up to 16GB, MetroNavigator GPS navigation and a 1000mAh battery giving talk time of up to [...]

  UPDATE 2: Android 2.2 for Galaxy S is now official. UPDATE: Samsung has removed the JPM build from the Source Code site. If you needed any more evidence about Galaxy S’ Froyo update status, then here it is. The JPM build which was leaked on Samfirmware today is the official Froyo for Galaxy S. [...]

  Samsung has announced that Galaxy Tab is now available in Germany. According to the release, the unsubsidized and unlocked Android tablet is available now and will go for 799 euros. However, if you prefer buying from Amazon, you could get the tablet for 750 euros with shipping scheduled from October 15. We’re not sure [...]

  South Korea has got its first phone equipped with NFC or Near Field Communication technology. KT today unveiled the SHW-A170K which sports NFC technology and uses NFC compatible USIM. An NFC phone is like a contactless card that can be used to make payments or buy tickets, gift cards etc. Currently, companies like GS [...]

  Samsung today announced that they’ve created the industry’s first 3-bit-cell 64Gb (gigabit) NAND flash memory based on 20nm process technology. Samsung says this new chip adopts Toggle DDR technology, giving better performance and can be used in high-density flash solutions like USB flash drives or SD memory cards. The 8GB 20nm chip NAND flash [...]

  Samsung has announced that its Galaxy Tab device will be delayed for its home market. Samsung was supposed to show Galaxy Tab on October 14 but has postponed it because Samsung wants to offer improved localized apps. Samsung will launch its first Android tablet (SHW-M180S) on SKT in South Korea but Bloomberg says Samsung [...]

  T-Mobile Vibrant users, if for any reason, you haven’t received an over-the-air update notification for JI6 update on the phone, Samsung has released the phone through Kies Mini. Do note that Kies Mini is not the regular Kies software but a lighter version of Samsung’s PC software. The JI6 update as we know improves [...]

  Sorry folks, quick access to the ‘Porn’ on the Galaxy Tab won’t happen! Samsung has confirmed that they’ve changed the text on the Galaxy Tab to a more subtle ‘Acasa’ which means ‘Home’ in Romanian. Well, it was funny when it was discovered but kudos to Samsung for quickly correcting it.