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Samsung unveils Android 2.1 smartphone

Bluetooth 3.0 and 802.11n Wi-Fi on board

Cloud based data management

Samsung has taken the wraps off its latest Android smartphone - the Galaxy S, based on version 2.1 of the Google mobile OS.

The S sports a 4in, 800 x 480 OLED touchscreen and a 5Mp camera with 720p HD video recording. Assisted GPS provides location data, while Samsung's own Layar UI handles augmented reality tasks.

Samsung Galaxy S

Samsung's Galaxy S: Android 2.1 on board

The phone's "Social Hub" brings together in all your social networking connections.

The Galaxy S has a 1GHz processor powering all this, though Samsung didn't name the type. It has 16GB of on-board storage, expandable with Micro SDHC cards of up to 32GB capacity.

The phone will communicate by 802.11n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 3.0, though it's not the first handset with these capabilities that Samsung has announced. That prize goes to the Bada OS-based Wave, unveiled in February.

Samsung Galaxy S

The 122 x 64 x 10mm, 118g S also has quad-band GSM/Edge and tri-band 3G HSDPA.

Samsung said it will be available soon. ®

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The Apple/iPod dominace is failing by the hour.

1 Manufacturer, 3 Products using Apples OS and Store (iPod/iPhone/iSlab thing)

17 Manufactures, multiple device types ( Handsets, settop boxes, tablets) hundred of products currently using Android and the Android marketplace, thousands next year...

I think Apple's time in the app-store sunshine is well and truly over... The only real resistance to Android is perhaps Symbian..

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re:Thre Apple/iPod dominace is failing by the hour.

Who wants to make inroads into the iTunes store? Nobody would use it had they not been locked in by their choice of phone.

As the iPhone looses it's dominance, so will the iTune store loose it's hold. Consumers are FINALLY waking up, that being locked into iTunes is a really bad thing, and that being able to CHOOSE where you get your music from (as is the case with Android) is a much better option.

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Layar is an Augmented Reality browser

...Layar is not Samsung's own app...its an Augmented Reality browser app available from http://layar.com/

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