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  Teaser videos are not the only things Samsung is using to hype their Unpacked event. They’ve now released an Unpacked application on the Android Market that gives event info like schedule, location, time as well as a direct YouTube link to watch the teaser. The app will also enable live streaming of the event [...]

  Walmart and TracFone will soon launch an entry-level Android-based Samsung smartphone in United States. Little is known about the upcoming Galaxy Precedent (SCH-M828C) but is said to be similar to (or just a rebadged) Galaxy Prevail. Amongst the confirmed features, the phone has Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 3.0, GPS, Swype text input support and a microSD [...]

  It seems Apple has again altered an image of a Samsung device to suit their claims in the court. Dutch site, Webwereld went through the complaint filed by Apple in the Dutch court and found Galaxy S height matching Apple’s iPhone 3G. In retrospect, Galaxy S measures 122.4 x 64.2mm, which is wider and [...]

  Not the Galaxy Q we’ve been waiting for but Canadians can pick their sliding QWERTY version of Galaxy Q from Rogers. It’s an entry-level smartphone that goes for just $49.99 on a 3-year contract and features Android 2.2 OS (no word if it will be upgradeable to Android 2.3), horizontal sliding QWERTY keyboard, 3.2-inch [...]

  Samsung has also posted the first video teaser that was supposed to go live before the previous one. This video seems to be the first step towards the big unveiling at IFA, which is why you don’t see any “glowing device” like in the second video. Samsung will unwrap its offerings on September 1 [...]

  Samsung is planning to capture at least 40 percent of the smartphone market share in India by end of this year. Samsung currently holds a 23 percent market share in India but country head of Mobile and IT, Ranjit Yadav reckons they can achieve it due to a wide range of smartphones running on [...]

  Samsung briefly published their very first teaser (which was supposed to be the second) for IFA 2011. The teaser does not reveal anything from the fact that the product shown is a new smartphone and promises that it will be big. Samsung will reveal its product lineup on September 1. UPDATE: Could this be [...]

  At the Gamescom, Samsung unveiled their first power packed laptop for gamers. The Series 7 currently consists of only one notebook — 700G7A and is packed with some serious hardware like quad-core Core i7 processor, AMD Radeon HD 6970M GPU with 2GB DDR5 memory and up to 16GB RAM support (across four slots). Additionally, [...]

  Take it as pure speculation but according to a report on ETNews, Google is looking to release the next Nexus phone in October. The report cites “industry partners” who claim Samsung to have ordered the components for Google’s Nexus Prime device. As for Nexus Prime’s specs, the phone will run Google’s latest Ice Cream [...]

  Couple of more pictures of previously leaked Hercules has surfaced. MobileSyrup posted images that clearly show the front side of Telus-bound Galaxy S II aka Hercules. The phone adopts a slightly different look than the original Galaxy S II as it seems more curvy on the sides and features Android’s touch-sensitive buttons. As for [...]