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Samsung has recently announced a new member of the Corby family, the i5500 Corby Smartphone. Running Android 2.1, this small, yet powerful device is packed-full with features:

With all these features, you can expect a price around 199 euro and can expect to see it in Italy first via TIM and Wind.

[via cellularmania]

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Samsung i5500 Official, Runs Android 2.1

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Motorola [MOT] has announced the Motorola MILESTONE XT720 for those of us in the UK.
The new Motorola MILESTONE has dropped the keyboard and also now includes hi-def recording and output. With the keyboard being dropped, the new MILESTONE is now slimmer than the previous version. It measures 10.9mm now compared to the 13.7mm when the [...]
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I’m thinking that something is brewing on Android market.  Yesterday afternoon I noticed that order of many apps in the “Productivity” category had changed drastically.  The last I checked, at least one of my apps – Hire*A*droid is missing comments entirely (it had about 350). A quick search on Twitter yielded some entries indicating that paid apps started to appear on international markets as well as some apps mysteriously disappearing from the Market altogether.

I’m wondering that with “Apple thing” finally over the time has come for the big Froyo and market push?  Is Google set to deliver on all these wonderful promises that got us all excited just two weeks ago. What do you think?

More importantly, have you noticed any changes on the market?

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The Samsung Galaxy Tab was unveiled a few days ago. When previewed, it had a 7 inch screen putting it in-between the Dell Streak and Apple iPad in terms of screen size.

We now hear that Samsung will launch two other tablet devices also which will include an 8 and 10 inch version.
It is expected that [...]
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Silicon Valley blogger Louis Gray posted a great entry to his blog last night in regards to the new features that the iPhone has. Here are a few of his key points:

• Apple made some good moves with the high quality cameras
• And they made some bad ones by charging for iMovie
• Despite Apple showing stats of marketshare, the onslaught of capable Android devices won’t be slowed, and thats something that fancy iAds won’t fix

And here’s a direct quote of his last three paragraphs, as everything he says is right on the money:

“What I was looking for today was not a device that offered feature parity or similarity to what I have now somewhere else – on a platform that isn’t limiting me to the manufacturer or to the carrier. I wanted more flexibility and more functionality. An iPhone 4-only parlor trick of video calling much like that on AIM or Skype or Yahoo! Messenger from the last decade isn’t what is going to make my phone buying decisions made up, but instead, a promise to create a high quality experience for all aspects of my using the device.

AT&T has failed that litmus test of quality and has done so consistently for years. Today, Apple had the opportunity to look customers in the eye, and either apologize for the poor service we have come to accept from AT&T and Apple, and the missed promises, or better yet, offer an alternative. They didn’t. That tells me either they do not fully understand the magnitude of the problem, or they think they can get away with continuing to ignore it.

Apple, I didn’t want a thinner iPhone that’s slightly faster and better looking. I wanted a promise that the new one would make phone calls, act as a fantastic Web device, and provide 3G access to other devices. Today, you didn’t do that, and it’s disappointing. A smartphone can’t be smart if it’s married to a company as dumb as AT&T.”

[via blog.louisgray]

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New iPhone Features Won’t Slow Android

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Verizon is showing continued support for Android an’ Droid smartphones which are very popular.  So popular you may have to week a few weeks before getting your HTC Droid Incredible.

Tomorrow Verizon is expected launch V CAST for Droid
Incredible, Droid
Eris, Droid,
Moto
Devour, and LG
Ally.

They often pick and pull Android Apps they think Verizon customers will like.  Here are their most recent picks.

• Qik Video 2.0 allows customers to record and
  share video with friends and family via their favorite social networks,
  including Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
• Twitter, the official Android app, allows customers
  to tweet; send direct messages; share photos, videos and links; search;
  and more.
• Mint.com Personal Finance is the top financial
  management app. Customers can view all of their accounts in one place,
  set budgets, track their spending and find personalized savings.

In other realms of Android an’ Droid apps they suggest:

• Mediafly Video + Audio Podcasts offers
  high-quality
  video streams of popular channels, including NBC and ESPN, and gives
  customers a way to organize and discover their podcasts and audio, video
  and radio streams.
• TuneWiki Social Media Player
  shows subtitled lyrics
  as customers listen to music, watch music videos or stream songs.
• Dropbox
  allows customers to create a Dropbox folder
  on their Android devices, which they can sync to their computers to
  browse and share files.

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