Samsung i5700 Galaxy Spica Android Phone Officially Announced

Samsung yesterday officially announced their latest phone, the Google Android based Samsung i5700 also known as the Samssung Galaxy Spica.

The smartphone clocks in at a manageable 13.2mm in thickness and features a 3.5mm headphone jack for audiophiles to enjoy all of their albums and move fans to listen to all of their favorite movies as they stream them to their phone. The Spica is also the first Android phone to feature built-in DivX support.

The phone also features an ultra fast 800mhz processor, which isn’t quite as impressive as recent 1Ghz Snapdragon offers, but it’s still faster than the iPhone series and it offers multi-tasking.

The units already out in Europe and is headed next ot the Middle Ease and Asia. It’s also a Google phone through and through, if you aren’t convinced of that fact, just check out how many times Samsung mentioned the world “Google” in their official press release.

According to Samsung the phone as should be expected also features:

The Samsung Galaxy Spica supportsthe full suite of Google services, including
Google Search™, Google Maps™, Gmail™, YouTube™, and Google Talk™, letting users
enjoy the familiar desktop computer experience while on the move.

Just one question for Samsung, when is this phone coming to North America?

Google Chrome Browser: Latest Statistics

It’s hard to believe that it has almost been a year since Google Chrome first burst upon the scene but in that time the browser has seen improvements and very soon even Mac users will have their own version of the browsers.



While Chrome is still dwarfed by the other browsers there is a very good chance that it will break through the 5% marker according to internet analytics firm Clicky. As Alex Wilhelm at The Next Web notes in a post to mark this event “garnering nearly one twentieth of the browser market in just a year is no small feat”.

It will be interesting to see just what effect on the numbers a release of a Mac native version of Chrome. I’m betting considering all the talk I have seen on happening amongst Mac users I wouldn’t be surprised to see Chrome’s user numbers get close to the 8% mark.

iPhone OS 3.1 Officially Released

Apple officially released iPhone OS 3.1 today with a new feature called “Genius recommendations” for the App Store. The new OS is available today for free to any iPhone and iPod users with 3.0 already installed on their devices. I’ll get more posted as soon as it’s announced.

Here are some extra features found on the iPhone 3.1.1 OS

1. Genius Mixes
2. Organize Apps Directly To iTunes
3. Improved syncing for music, movies, tv shows, podcasts and other offerings
4. iTunes U Content Organization
5. Redeem iTunes Gift Cards, Codes and Certificates in the App Store
6. Display iTunes credits in the App Store and iTunes Store

LG Chocolate BL40 Widescreen

The LG Chocolate BL40 Widescreen phone has been leaked ahead of LG’s official announcement and it’s a great looking “widescreen” phone with plenty of screen realty.

The phone which will be arriving in September at Carphone Warehouse via wireless carrier Orange, features a huge 4 inch widescreen display which LG has promised is optimized for all of your video game playing, video watching and web browsing thanks to a 21:9 aspect ratio.



The phone is also equipped with 7.2 HSDPA network connectivity and a dual UI which allows users to look at two different content types simultaneously. The curved glass on the BL40 is also scratch resistant as an added bonus.

No word yet on pricing or the exact date of release for the phone.

E-MOM: A New Program To Get In Touch With Your Children

This is an excellently done spoof (we hope) where “E-Mom” Gloria Bianco shows mom’s and dad’s how easy it is to stalk stay in touch with their children at college using tools like Facebook and Twitter.



Parents have new tools to stalk their college-aged kids – Thanks Facebook and Twitter

New PS3 Slim Confirmed: First Official Press Pictures

Priced at $299 and to be launched on September 2009, in less than 1 month.



It looks like hotly-tipped rumor has become fact.

Just yesterday, Sony super-confirmed what we all expected: that a slimmer version of the company’s PlayStation 3 would be hitting stores worldwide in the first week of September. Woo! 1UP snapped a picture of the announcement being made at Germany’s GamesCom convention. It’s a bit blurry, but know this: it’s a PS3, and it is slim.



It will not be known as the PS3 Slim, however. Despite being 33% smaller and 36% lighter than its older brother, the new console won’t have any new functionality, and will simply be known as a PS3. Does this mean the old model is to be phased out? That seems likely. Whether you go with the Slim or Phat Ps3, both are the same price right now - 299 Euros, $299 USD, or 29,980 yen.