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EISA Awards 2010 - Samsung Galaxy S

Congatz to all Samsung Galaxy S owners . EISA has awarded it best European smartphone of the year 2010-2011.
Samsung also grabbed the best European Social Media Phone 2010-2011 for Samsung Wave
http://www.gsmarena.com/eisa_awards...st_of_the_best_phones_in_europe-news-1878.php
regards
fayez

this makes me even more glad i ditched my x10 for the sgs.

yay! for samsung SGS

2 million Tabs!

From Yonhap News in Seoul:
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics Co., the world's second-largest maker of mobile phones, said Wednesday that it has sold more than 2 million units of the Galaxy Tab tablet computer within three months of its global debut.
Samsung achieved the sales figure this week as the company sells the 7-inch, Android-running tablet through some 200 mobile carriers in 94 countries, the company said.
The Tabites are growing in numbers!!
(There are 3 kinds of Galaxians:
Essians who have a form of the Galaxy S
Tabites who have a form of the Galaxy Tab
Players who have a form of the Galaxy Player (not yet seen))

Cool deal! More tablets means more developers writing more cool stuff. I see TV ads for them every night...hopefully next week they're at 3 million.

I wonder how many Galaxians there are.
samspunker said:
(There are 3 kinds of Galaxians:
Essians who have a form of the Galaxy S
Tabites who have a form of the Galaxy Tab
Players who have a form of the Galaxy Player (not yet seen))
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Note there are CDMA and GSM variants;
EssiansC and EssiansG
TabitesC and TabitesG
I imagine there are Wifiy variants coming too? Or is that the player?
Also a Verizon 1.2...

Samsung Galaxy S III to hit retail shelves in India on June 8, priced at Rs 39,990

Samsung will be hosting a press conference in New Delhi on May 31 to launch the Galaxy S III in India but the smartphone is likely to be available a week later. Multiple sources have told BGR India that the Galaxy S III will be available on store shelves around June 8. Even online retailers are expecting units to be available for shipping from June 8 onwards.
We are also hearing that the Galaxy S III will be priced at Rs 39,990. This is likely to be the MRP and not the street price. However, considering the high profile nature of the Galaxy S III, we cannot confirm whether the phone will retail at Rs 39,990 for the first few weeks or will it, like all other phones, have a different market operating price as soon as it is launched. At the moment, Samsung is taking pre-bookings for the Galaxy S III and is offering a free Bluetooth headset for those who commit Rs 2,000 to reserve their unit.
The Galaxy S III will compete with the HTC One X, which was launched in India for Rs 37,899 and is now retailing at about Rs 36,000. Samsung might just put a premium on the Galaxy S III, considering the success of the Galaxy S II and the Galaxy Note as well as its marketing muscle, which would easily overshadow what HTC has done so far for the One X. Ideally, HTC could gain some additional sales were it to slash the price of the One X but that is unlikely to happen.
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Nice June 8 isn't too far from now. I'm excited for Indian users as a lot of them are into samsung devices and also great developers like Gadgetcheck.

You can discuss this here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1623525
Or here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1632734

[INFO]Samsung is preparing a Full HD smartphone for Unites States provider AT&T

Samsung is preparing a Full HD smartphone for Unites States provider AT&T. According to Samsung’s own USPROF files Samsung is busy to prepare a Full HD smartphone for the provider AT&T in the USA. The Samsung SGH-I337 could be the next generation Galaxy S device by Samsung. Samsung want to announce the next Galaxy S in March. The Galaxy S IV is rumoured to have a 4.99” Super AMOLED FULL HD display, a octa-core processor and a 13 megapixel camera. The phone will run on Android 4.2 called Jelly Bean. According to Galaxy s IV information in hands from SamMobile Samsung will bring the device to the market in April.
Samsung SGH-I337
<!– Vendor/model –>
<prf:Vendor>SAMSUNG
<prf:Model>SGH-I337
<prf:CPU>ARM11
<!– Display –>
<prf:ScreenSize>1080×1920
<prf:ColorCapable>Yes
<prf:BitsPerPixel>16
<prfixelAspectRatio>1×1
<prf:ImageCapable>Yes
<prf:ScreenSizeChar>25×21
<prf:StandardFontProportional>Yes
<prf:BluetoothProfile>
LINK
http://www.sammobile.com/2013/01/27/...-provider-att/

Re: [INFO]Samsung is preparing a Full HD smartphone for Unites States provider AT&T
Sounds about right. The 4.99 inch designation sounds so funny. Like that would fool us to not think it's a 5 incher anyways.
I have high hopes for a kick-ass display this time around.

Samsung S4 in Vanilla flavor????!?

Just read this article in CNN...
(CNN) -- A month after being released to mostly positive reviews, Samsung's flagship phone is getting some validation from Consumer Reports. The publication has run all its tests, kicked the phone's tires, and named the Android-powered Galaxy S4 its top rated smartphone.
The previous list-topper was the Optimus G, a solid $100 4.7-inch phone from LG that held Consumer Reports' No. 1 spot for several months. The Optimus G is now ranked as the No. 2 smartphone, followed by the HTC One, the Samsung Galaxy S3 and the Apple iPhone 5.
Consumer reports bases its ratings on a number of extensive tests and rates the devices in categories including ease of use, display and voice quality, portability and battery life. The $200 Galaxy S4's weakest scores were in video quality and portability. Like all the other smartphones on the list, it also had mediocre scores for voice quality, a sacrifice that seems common in the smartphone market. The publication also lamented the lack of one-button phone access.
Consumer Reports specifically called out the S4's 5-inch, 1080p touch-screen, multitasking in split view, and a built-in IR feature as some of the handset's standout features. The abundance of features were seen as appealing to more advanced users without complicating the phone for more entry-level users. The publication said the device's camera was "among the best phone cameras for photo quality."
The Galaxy S4 is an update to Samsung's wildly popular S3 phone, which was one of the best selling smartphones of the past year. Samsung was the leader in the smartphone market in in the first quarter of 2013, according to research firm IDC, and it looks like its latest offering will help it hang on to that top spot for the time being.
Last week, Google announced a new version of the Galaxy S4 that will run a pure form of the company's Android mobile operating system. That unlocked and uncluttered phone will cost $649 when it becomes available at the end of June.
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CNN article
Googled it further...
Google Releasing a Samsung Galaxy S4 with Stock Android OS
By Matthew O'Connell, Content WorksMay 16, 2013 10:28 AMprint
Exciting news for Android and Google lovers came out of the annual Google I/O developers conference yesterday. The keynote speech from CEO Larry Page, which lasted more than 3 hours, announced a new variant on the Samsung Galaxy S4. The new Google version of the popular smartphone will run on a stock Android operating system, a potentially appealing prospect for a lot of tech geeks.
The Samsung Galaxy series has built a huge following due to its impressive hardware. On the S4, a 1080p screen with 441 ppi, a 13 megapixel camera, and a powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon processor are among its most impressive pieces of hardware.
The stock Android Jellybean 4.2 OS on the upcoming Google S4 eliminates the Nexus branding that other Galaxy devices have held and comes with a completely unlocked bootloader. The themes and skins that have identified Galaxy software will be replaced by a basic and direct Android interface, and it will have no preinstalled apps bogging it down. That will make for a cleaner and more customizable phone, ideal for developers who seek the capability to modify their devices (hence its announcement at the developers’ conference).
Perhaps because of Google’s backing or perhaps because of the lack of Nexus branding, the stripped-down, unlocked Google S4 will carry a lower price tag than other Galaxy iterations. When it hits the stores June 26, AT&T and T-Mobile members will be able to pick up this developer’s dream device for a relatively light $649.
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pcworld article
Will an official S4 Vanilla ROM be coming soon???!? :fingers-crossed: