Verizon’s Galaxy Nexus may still be few weeks away from retailing but one lucky user has been using it and has uploaded a video as well. Verizon’s variant comes with 4G LTE support and as we can see in the video, it runs Android 4.0.2, which seems to fix the volume bug.

The phone also comes pre-loaded with couple of Verizon apps.

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Check out the 5-minute video prepared by Samsung that shows features of Galaxy W. Galaxy W (Wonder) sits right in the middle of the Samsung’s new naming convention and comes with decent features like Android 2.3 OS with TouchWiz UI, 3.7-inch WVGA (800×480) TFT LCD, 14.4Mbps HSDPA, 5MP camera with 720p HD video recording and support, Bluetooth 2.1, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, various Hub support, Kies Air, DLNA and GPS. Contrary to the video that claims a dual-core application processor, Galaxy W has a 1.4GHz single core CPU.

Samsung has already announced Galaxy W for Taiwan.

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The image above is enough to know which device won the ultimate test. Folks over at SquareTrade took the newly launched iPhone 4S and Galaxy S II and put through a trio of drop tests. The iPhone 4S succumbed to the final face-down drop test whereas Galaxy S II walked away with just some scratches.

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Looks like Samsung is gearing up for the big launch of Galaxy R (aka Galaxy Z). Check out this short demonstration video showing off few features of the Galaxy R. To regurgitate, Galaxy R will be a cheaper variant of Galaxy S II and will feature lower specs like a 4.2-inch Super LCD screen, 1GHz dual-core Tegra 2 processor, 5MP camera with 720p HD video recording, Social/Readers/Music/Game Hub support, Wi-Fi, GPS, FM Radio, 8GB internal memory and microSD card slot supporting up to 32GB.

Samsung was supposed to launch the device in UK but has apparently backtracked at the moment saying it has not been “confirmed” for the UK market.

UPDATE: We’ve been told Galaxy R should be announced pretty soon. Europe will be the first stop followed by South West Asia, Middle East and China.

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I’ll confess, holding the Galaxy S II battery cover the first question that came to my mind was how many days will it survive? Well, it looks like the cover is here to stay for quite some time. Although the battery cover is made up of plastic, the cover is truly flexible that can be bent and put back into place without any fuss.

Check out the video proof below.

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Samsung’s recently announced Galaxy Tab 10.1 has got a hands-on treatment. The folks over at AndroidHD managed to lay their hands on the new Galaxy Tab for a whole day, which they summarized in a 12-minute YouTube video. You can check out the video below that shows most of the features of the tablet.

Galaxy Tab 10.1 is powered by Nvidia’s Tegra 2 processor, Honeycomb OS, 3G support, 8MP camera, 2MP front-facing camera, full HD video recording and playback, USB 2.0, Bluetooth 2.1 support, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n etc.

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Although we know what to expect from Samsung’s presser tomorrow, the Korean giant has released another video related to its Unpacked event. Unlike the last time, the video does not tease any device but concentrates on its marketing efforts they’ve been doing to hype before the big day.

Samsung’s Unpacked event will begin in Barcelona, Spain from 7PM (CET).

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Galaxy S (SC-02B) that is currently on sale in Japan has got a follower from the dark side. NTT DoCoMo brought Darth Vader at the Galaxy S’ launch in Japan and now the villain is seen in DoCoMo’s commercial following Galaxy S users wherever they go.

The concept according to a NTT DoCoMo spokesperson is that the Darth Vader is playing a human representation of customizable DoCoMo phones, which apparently is working well considering NTT DoCoMo sold off the initial batch to 50k units in the first week itself.

Check out the commercial below.

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We obviously wouldn’t recommend to try this with your Galaxy Tab (or any other gadget) but in case you were wondering about Gorilla Glass’ strength, take a look at the video below. A user took his CO2 powered gun and shot the tablet within the point-blank range. Surprisingly, Galaxy Tab survived with just a few bullet marks on the display.

To give a better perspective, the user also attempted a similar stunt with a glass which succumbed to death in the first shot.

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Samsung is yet to acknowledge Continuum but here we’re watching a video hands-on of the device. It’s a phone from the Galaxy S family and the phone’s selling proposition are its dual display – one acting as a regular one whereas the smaller OLED one known as the Ticker.

Although the video doesn’t really show much, the Ticker display can be seen firing up pretty quickly than the main display and showing email, social networking notifications, date etc.

The phone is rumored to be launched on October 29.

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