Samsung is again expanding its Galaxy Range with two new smartphones. A budget low spec one the Galaxy Apollo and the business style Galaxy Pro so now there’s a Galaxy mobile phone for all markets.

Galaxy Apollo :

• 3.14” 400×240 Capacitive Touchscreen
• 3MP Camera
• 600MHz processor
• Android 2.2 Froyo w/ Samsung TouchWiz interface
• microSD slot
• N-Standard Wifi, Bluetooth 2.1, AGPS

Galaxy Pro

• 2.8” 320×240 Capacitive Touchscreen
• Full QWERTY keyboard
• 800 MHz processor
• 3MP Camera
• Android 2.2 Froyo
• microSD slot
• N-Standard Wifi, Bluetooth 2.1, AGPS

Available in April both phones are said to be coming to Three although there’s no information about prices or tariffs on their site. Expansys has them both listed as pre-order with no date for release as of yet.

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Samsung Galaxy Pro and Apollo

With the meteoric rise of the smartphone, especially the iPhone and the BlackBerry it took a special phone from their competitors to match them. Samsung and Android did just that with the Galaxy S. A super fast, super bright smartphone  that did pretty much everything an iPhone can do and more yet still keep a lower price and certainly better longevity before Samsung decide to take it to the next level. Well now we have it’s sequel on its way, the Galaxy S II.

So what’s it got?

• 1GHz Dual-Core processor
• 4.3” Super AMOLED screen
• 8MP Rear Facing Camera
• Full 1080pHD recording
• 2MP Front Facing Camera
• Super sleek design (8.49mm thick and weighs just 116g)
• 16GB or 32GB models
• HDMI out
• 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth 3.0, AGPS
• DLNA

So the specs look pretty decent and we all know that Samsung have got better and better at their smartphones and Android is now the most popular OS so when can we get the next generation of Galaxy phone? There’s several conflicting sources about on the internet at the moment. Expansys had just a price of £649.99 where as online retailer Clove had it down at £612 with a March release. Then Play.com came along and is allowing people to pre-order it at £599.99 with a May 6th shipping date. Who’s right?? Personally I’d go with play.com but certainly if you’re interested keep checking.

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Samsung Galaxy S II

Samsung has unveiled two brand new compact snappers the ST30 “party camera” a simple every day pull out and shoot compact and a slightly more upmarket snapper in the ST6500. Everyone loves cameras let’s face it and social networking has made the digital photo all that more while. Obviously mobile phones these days pack decent enough cameras but they’re still not quite as good as the real thing.

The ST30 is quite a basic affair. It’s not super special by any means, but that’s not what it’s going for. This is an everyday use compact, designed to fit into a pocket or bag (it’s only a measly 16.9mm in size), to be pulled out whenever the need takes you to take simple photographs whether at parties, out on the tiles or on holiday. It has a 10megapixel sensor and a decent 3x optical zoom. There’s also image stabilization to stop you getting blurred shots from an unsteady hand. Also whats great about this camera is it retails for around £89 so it wont break the bank.

The ST6500 however is a more upmarket model. The major draw to this model is the design which Samsung has said it’s a better fit in the users hand down to its 7 degree angled body, making it easy to just pull out and shoot…… Specs wise it has a massive 16MP sensor, 5x optical zoom, 720p video capture and has a built in editing feature. For all these extra goodies though you’ll have to dig a little bit deeper in your wallet and fork out around £199.99

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Samsung Compacts : ST30 “party camera” & ST6500

The ZX310 was teased to us at CES but we’ve got the full lowdown on this new MacBook Air like super slim laptop. Where you’d think the Apple version of this style of laptop would be the dearer one(much like all Apple’s products. This new Samsung one actually costs more. Now obviously there’s a reason behind that so lets take a look inside and see what this one has to offer over its rival.

Firstly it has the same size 13” screen as the MacBook Air and a similar brushed metal look of the MacBook Pro. Powered inside by Intel Core i5 1.4GHz processor it also has 4GB of RAM. Operating system wise it’s Windows 7 and you have the option of the on board SSD at 128GB or 256GB. Well looking at that it’s still as good as a MacBook Air, not better.

Available in the states in February they will retail at $1599 (£1050 ish to you and me) However this isn’t the first time Samsung has slapped a heavier price tag on its product that is obviously in direct competition with an Apple product. The Galaxy Tab was priced higher than an iPad on it’s release. Are Samsung nailing the market? Are they the true rival to Apple? Only time will tell.

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Samsung ZX310 Superslim laptop

CES 2011 kicks off tomorrow so expect lots of super cool gadgets to come out of it. One we know for definite will be getting a showing, and we have all the details for already is the Samsung Galaxy Player. Samsung have done their best to keep their product line as good, if not better than Apple’s. Take the Galaxy Tab for instance, many reviews rate it above the iPad and you certainly get more for your money with one. Looking at the specs of what it can do and the fact this is to the Galaxy S what the iPod Touch is to the iPhone 4 equal in every way with the fact the Sammy is slightly better specced. you can bet your bottom dollar that this will certainly be one to think about if you’re looking for a cheaper PMP that still does pretty much everything including apps.

So lets break it down.

• Runs Android 2.2 Froyo
• 2 cameras (Front-facing VGA, rear-facing 3.2MP camera)
• 1GHz processor with HD video support
• 3.2” Super Clear WVGA (800×480) LCD touchscreen
• T-DMB and SoundAlive audio enhancing technology
• WiFi, Bluetooth 3.0 and DNLA connectivity
• 8GB, 16GB and 32GB storage with microSD expansion
• Ogg Vorbis, Flac, XviD and DivX
• Changeable Battery

So as you can see from those it certainly offers more than your standard iPod Touch does and whats better is the price. Amazon have put them up for pre-order on their site (despite the fact the player hasn’t officially be announced yet but rumour has it down for a 7th January release after it gets shown off at CES) with the 8GB player at £150 and the 16GB at £180 so basically its cheaper than an ipod touch too. Roll on CES, can’t wait!!

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Samsung Galaxy Player : Watch out iPod Touch

Those wonderful chaps at Google’s next edition of Android is due soon and has been titled “Gingerbread”. Full details of whats new are still a bit scarce but what we’ve found out is that Samsung are planning a yet to be named mobile to run the new OS and the speccage looks pretty decent. All looks good on the mobile OS front for both Google and Samsung!!

Engadget got the information on this new “Gingerbread” device and kindly shared it with us. So this is what they found out.

• 4.3” or 4.5”  “sAMOLED2” screen (new screen technology???)
• FULL 1080p HD video capture
• 8MP Camera
• 14.4Mbps HSDPA
• n-standard WiFi
• 1.2GHz processor
• 16GB on board storage

Apparently the information was leaked by someone on the inside of Samsung and have also gone on to say that this phone should become official next year, February 2011 to be precise, just in tiome for Mobile World Congress!! It’s also been said that it will be launched as Samsung’s Flagship phone for the first half of next year.

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Samsung ???? :Android 2.3 “Gingerbread” inbound

Samsung are getting it so right at the moment, the success of the Galaxy S phone and now the Galaxy Tab the Koreans are going from strength to strength in the competition for top mobile device manufacturer so what’s next? Well they have come out with the next instalment in the Galaxy mobile series with the Samsung Continuum. Leaked last week by US mobile operator Verizon, it was made official at a New York Media event by Sammy themselves.

A two touchscreen phone, yes two. The top screen a 3.4” Super AMOLED affair as the main screen, with a 1.8” display underneath for all your notification needs acting like a tickertape display. The ticker will show your incoming calls and your text messages as well as RSS alerts, music playback control and weather updates.

Other Specs known

• 1GHz Hummingbird Processor
• 5MP Camera
• 720p Video capture
• up to 32GB of storage
• Android 2.1

Now at the moment it’s only been confirmed for a US release so fingers crossed it’ll get a UK release.

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Samsung Continuum : Galaxy Series Continued

Here it is official at last, a true competitor to the iPad, the Galaxy Tab. WE’ve talked about the rumours lots here at MightyGadget and we’ve definitely sung the praises of the Galaxy S, Android phone too go alongside it. It will be officially 100% unveiled at IFA on September the 2nd but Samsung have unleashed a wonderful little teaser video showing just what the Tablet can do.

The 7” tablet PC will run the wonderful Android 2.2 Froyo OS and will feature video calling, HD video playback, e-reader functions and will allow connection to a PC it also has a camera on the back of it, certainly something over the iPad there to take into consideration. If it’s as good as the Galaxy Phone then you’re looking at some serious piece of slate.

Keep your eyes on IFA then(next Wednesday) for all the release details. For the video click this link and enjoy.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab is official!!!

We’ve spoken about the Galaxy S quite a lot recently mainly due to the fact it looked great before it came out and all we keep reading from other sources is how great it is since it’s release. Samsung phones in my opinion have always been just “alright” never exceeding the strengths of Nokia of old or the iPhone today, but I’d love to have a go with Samsung’s iPhone killer to see if the hype is worth believing, plus it runs Android and I do love Android. Well Samsung are taking it to what seems to be the new “next level”. Nokia did it with the N97, Sony have done it with the Xperia X10. Take their giant smartphones and well, make them smaller.

The Galaxy Q has pretty much all the same specs as the Galaxy S, bt as nothing is actually truly official we can only let you know what we know. a 3” AMOLED screen still powered with the 1GHz processor and 16GB of storage. the other difference rumour is that the Q will be a “candy bar” phone and operate a full QWERTY keyboard (I’m always a fan of these) plus as it’s not out for a few months on release should have had the Android 2.2 upgrade. Couple all this with an 8MP HD video capable camera and a 1MP camera on the front, it certainly looks to be a decent enough downsize.

Sadly it’s all just rumourage, so no price or exact release date but you’ll be looking towards Christmas for the Galaxy Q.

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Samsung Galaxy Q : The S but smaller

While we’re still waiting to see the first Windows Mobile 7 phones on the market but no doubt with the release of them not far off it’s time to see Samsung’s offering, well read a few tit-bits of what has been leaked so far.

Called the Cetus, we know that it will have to meet Microsoft’s strict minimum requirements for to run the OS which we’ll run through

• High end processor : Armv7 Cortex/Scorpion or better
• 256MB RAM
• Capacitive touchscreen
• FM Radio
• accelerometer
• at least a 5MP camera
• at least 8GB of internal storage

Whether the Samsung Cetus will better these we’re unsure as the full specifications of the phone aren’t available yet. What we do know is that it will have a 4” 800×480 AMOLED screen. On top of that it will have a front facing camera aswell as a 5MP camera on the reverse. It will also have Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity with built in GPS and a Micro USB slot.

Sadly that’s all we can offer for now as there’s no images or hardware specs. If any new information comes about we’ll update.

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Samsung WM7 phone : Cetus