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  Samsung is apparently preparing another LTE-enabled device for MetroPCS. The phone will be called as Forte and as you can see from the image, sports a horizontal-sliding QWERTY keyboard. Additionally, the phone is expected to come on Android 2.2 (with possible Android 2.3 upgrade), 1GHz Hummingbird processor, 5MP camera, TouchWiz UI and microSD card [...]

  UPDATE: Front facing camera is VGA. Will come in 8GB, 16GB and 32GB storage capacities. Samsung has announced a new Android-based Galaxy Player that will be showcased next week at the CES 2011. Samsung says the new music player takes inspiration from its successful Galaxy S phone and is spec’d similarly sans the cellular [...]

  Google has released Nexus S’ first over-the-air update. The 1.9MB GRH78 ups the Android OS to 2.3.1 and comes with a new version of Google Maps along with some bug fixes. If you haven’t received the update yet, you can trick the phone to receive the update notification by dialing *#*#checkin#*#*. Via

  Samsung has a deal in place with regional US carriers to launch LTE-enabled phones and it looks like they’ll do the same with Verizon as well. Details about the device are slim but going by the image, the SCH-I520 phone will support 4G band, Android 2.2.1, TouchWiz UI and will have Bluetooth 2.1 and [...]

  Samsung and subsidiary of DeNa, ngmoco have come together to bring a social gaming platform for Samsung phones. The Moboge social gaming platform will be integrated in most Samsung Android smartphones in coming months and will allow gamers to connect with other gamers, track their status etc. As social gaming features rise in popularity [...]

  UPDATE: Carphone Warehouse has also revealed the Nexus S pricing. It will retail for 549GBP sim-free. Full pricing details here. Google has officially unveiled the Nexus S running the latest Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS. It will be the first Android 2.3 device and will be released unlocked or locked with T-Mobile in the US [...]

  According to a report from Gartner, Samsung is the number one Android handset provider in the United States market. The research report is for Q3 2010 where Samsung managed to capture 32.1 percent of the US smartphone market share as compared to 22.9 in Q4 2009. Needless to say, Galaxy S Series is the [...]

  Samsung is working on a new Android handset that can pip Korean’s bestselling Galaxy S device. Samsung is preparing SCH-I510, which according to DLNA’s certification is codenamed “Stealth V” and will feature Android 2.2 OS, a 4.3-inch AMOLED display, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n and 8 megapixel camera. Rest of the details is a mystery but we [...]

  Considering just a month left for this year to end, it may sound exaggerating but Samsung is confident about selling 1 million Galaxy Tab devices by end of 2010. On the eve of Galaxy Tab’s South Korean launch, JK Shin, head of Samsung Mobile Division said that “consumer responses in Europe and Asia have [...]

  UPDATE: YP-GB1 will also have Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n considering its been certified by the Wi-Fi Alliance. If this leak is any indication, Samsung is banking too much on the Android OS. After having glimpsed YP-MB2 before and officially unveiling YP-G50 Android PMPs, Samsung is preparing a Froyo (Android 2.2) based Galaxy Player. Korean site Moveplayer [...]