Samsung is apparently trying to sell off its loss-making hard disk drive (HDD) business. According to WSJ’s source, the Korean giant is trying to sell the unit in order to tap newer “growth areas.”

One of the reasons for the loss is due to the rise of flash memory storage, which are used in mobile products like tablets, mobile phones etc.

Samsung is trying to offload the business unit for about $1.5 billion but is also considering to sell under $1 billion. Seagate is claimed to be a potential buyer.

Samsung will apparently unveil a larger-sized Android tablet at Mobile World Congress in couple of days. According to Pocket-lint’s sources, the new Samsung tablet will feature a 10.1-inch screen and will be lighter and thinner than the current Galaxy Tab.

The tablet will reportedly run on Honeycomb OS and have a dual-core Qualcomm processor along with an 8MP camera. The last two details seems to be in line with the specs we heard about Galaxy S2 earlier today.

The tablet is expected to be unveiled on the same day as Galaxy S2.

Why Samsung won’t use its own Orion (now known as Exynos) processor inside the Galaxy S2 is a bit surprising but if the new specs leak posted by PocketNow are true, the Galaxy S2 will boast a 1.2GHz Qualcomm’s 8260 Snapdragon processor with Adreno 205 graphics.

Remaining specs are more or less the same from last time like the 4.3-inch Super AMOLED Plus display, 512MB RAM, 8MP rear camera, 2MP front-facing camera, full HD video recording support, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, NFC, HDMI TV-out, DLNA, GPS and microSD card slot.

Samsung will reveal the Galaxy S successor on Sunday at MWC.

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Although Samsung and Apple are competitors in the smartphone and tablet market, Apple is also its one of the biggest customers. Now contrary to the WSJ report that said the iPad 2 is already in production and will have the same display as original iPad, Daum and Korea Herald are reporting that Samsung’s subsidiary, Samsung Mobile Display could provide LCDs to Apple for iPad 2.

Apple is apparently interested Samsung’s Super PLS LCD that was unveiled in December. Super PLS LCD is superior than IPS panels as it is cheaper to produce, improves viewing angle by 100 percent, is 10 percent brighter and supports resolution to up to WXGA (1280×768).

Looks like we’ve got the alleged specs of Samsung’s Galaxy S successor that will be revealed to the world on February 13. According to a Korean site, Nocutnews the new Galaxy S codenamed Seine will pack some punch.

The new Galaxy S will feature a dual-core Orion processor along with a GB of RAM, 4.3-inch Super AMOLED Plus display with WVGA resolution support, NFC, 8MP camera with full HD recording support, Android 2.3 OS, all packed in thickness of 9mm or less.

The phone will also have some sort of Personal Cloud Computing service.

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Although we’ve got a few confirmations about the successor of Galaxy S, none of them have talked anything about specs. Now according to ETNews from South Korea, the Galaxy S2 will go official at MWC next month and will sport a 4.3-inch Super AMOLED Plus display (same as Verizon’s LTE phone), a dual-core processor, Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS and an NFC chip.

The purported specs look highly plausible but we would rather wait for the official confirmation which is just a month away.

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Epic 4G users will get the Froyo update in a few days. Phone Arena has received a screen shot of an internal memo, which if true, Epic 4G users can expect Android 2.2.1 to hit their devices after the Christmas day. The DL11 build is different from the leaked one we saw early this month and will be released over a 4-day period over-the-air.

In addition to the OS update, the DL11 promises to improve Bluetooth support, GPS enhancements, Flash Player 10.1, install apps on SD card and more.

We do know that Samsung is working on a 10-inch tablet but if Blogeee’s source is to be believed, it will be different than the current 7-inch Galaxy Tab. Purportedly known as the Gloria, the 10-inch tablet will run Microsoft’s Windows 7 OS with a customized user interface that sits on top. Additionally, the tablet will also gain a horizontal-sliding physical QWERTY keyboard.

Having a physical QWERTY keyboard is always a plus but I’m not sure of having it on a tablet as large as this because typing on a Galaxy Tab in portrait mode is faster and comfortable as compared to typing in landscape orientation.

The tablet is still unconfirmed and so is the image. However, if it turns out to be true, we can expect the tablet to be unveiled by April 2011.

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It seems the I9200 that was revealed by way of a firmware leak is already being used by few testers. This confirmation comes from a quick search on Google’s Picasa that reveals quite a few pictures clicked from the device.

We still don’t have any solid details on the phone but little more investigation of the firmware has revealed the icons found in the firmware is similar to the phone which is tipped to be the Galaxy S’ successor.

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[Thanks, Ricky!]

It’s no secret that Google’s Nexus One device was created by HTC. Now a new rumor has cropped up claiming that the Nexus Two might be created by Samsung. The phone is expected to run Android 2.3 and will be unveiled on November 8 at an event in New York.

This rumor, if true, could make Nexus Two the most powerful Android device in the coming months considering Samsung’s use of excellent hardware and steady stream of software updates from Google.

However, I’ll still stick with the launch of Continuum due to the fact that the invite has the stock ticker graphic that goes pretty well with Continuum’s Ticker display.

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