Samsung Galaxy WiFi 3.6 Hits UK Market In November

Remember last month when we caught a glimpse of what looked like Samsung's take on the iPod touch, a Galaxy-series Android that had no cellular radio, using WiFi alone to get online? That was the Galaxy S WiFi 3.6, and Samsung's just revealed its plans for introducing the handset, along with a larger five-inch version.

This announcement drops the "S", calling the pair the Galaxy WiFi 3.6 and Galaxy WiFi 5.0. Obviously, like the iPod touch, these devices are capable of far more than just media playback, but that doesn't keep Samsung from playing-up the pair's audio performance, including "SoundAlive" software to act as kind of real-time dynamic EQ.

Both Galaxy WiFis will have 1GHz Texas Instruments processors, and come with AndroidGingerbread. The only notable difference between the pair is their measurements, whether you want something pocket-sized or would like to flirt with a handset starting to encroach on tablet territory.

The Galaxy WiFi 5.0 is already available to customers in the UK, and the Galaxy WiFi 3.6 will be joining it next month. Prices for an 8GB 5.0 start at what works out to about $300, or $340 for the 16GB. The WiFi 3.6 will be more like $230 for 8GB and $265 for 16GB. 

Sprint Showdown: Samsung Epic Touch 4G vs. Motorola Photon 4G

Sprint currently has two powerful, high-end Android phones available for sale at the $199 price point: the Epic Touch 4G (essentially a Galaxy S II but with a larger display) and the Motorola Photon 4G. Both devices offer dual-core CPUs with a gigabyte of RAM, plus WiMax 4G connectivity on Sprint. The display on the Photon 4G is higher resolution with 960x540 pixels, but the Super AMOLED Plus display of the Epic 4G Touch is a sight to behold, thanks to fantastic contrast. 
In this video, we compare the hardware and software of the Epic Touch 4G and the Photon 4G, plus compare web browsing speed, gaming performance, boot up times, and much more. Stick around towards the end of the video where we compare HD video recording performance.


Beyond the displays, the rest of the specs are quite similar. As with most Motorola high-end smartphones, the Photon 4G does HDMI out without a special adapter.

Nokia 800: First Ads (Images)

With Nokia World only a few weeks away, the anticipation is palpable for the debut of the company's first Windows Phone (or perhaps phones, plural). Combined with earlier marketing material that we saw, these first print ads seem to solidify the fact that the device formerly known asSea Ray will be marketed as the Nokia 800, although some evidence suggests that it may also be branded as Lumia in certain markets. Other codenames swirling around include Sabre, Sun, and Ace, although we'd be surprised to see more than two handsets included in this initial rollout.

From these particular advertisements, it seems like Nokia is trying to position its Windows Phonesas companions for life's daily adventures. This feels somewhat in contrast to Microsoft's initial ad campaign for last year's US WP7 launch, where the major selling point of the operating system was its supposed ability to minimize the amount of time spent fiddling with your handset. We imagine that for the majority of early adopters, it's Nokia's approach that will play better.

Apple: We Sold More Than One Million iPhone 4S Devices In 24H

If you were having doubts about the popularity of Apple's new iPhone 4S you probably had initial hints as per how well these phones were selling thanks to the Apple Store that went out of stock in the first day.

AT&T already admitted the iPhone 4S was the most successful iPhone to date, the carrier sellingon pre-orders 200K phones. Now Apple brings on the numbers to tell the world that more than one million iPhone 4S devices were sold in the first day of pre-orders. It's a huge growth if we compare it to the previous record held by the iPhone 4, accounting for 600,000 units.

"The first day pre-orders for iPhone 4S have been the most for any new product that Apple has ever launched and we are thrilled that customers love iPhone 4S as much as we do", said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide ProductMarketing. 

White BlackBerry Bold 9900 Spotted In Dubai

Will RIM be releasing an alternate version of theBlackBerry Bold 9900 adorned in white? Back in July, while checking out an early 9900 that found its way onto eBay, we took a look at an aftermarket case for the phone in white. That gave us a sense of what to expect, but what we really wanted was some sort of confirmation from the manufacturer. We still don't have such assurances, but a new picture of a white 9900 has been recently disseminated; could official word be near?

The image comes form a tech expo in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and it certainly looks a whole lot more legitimate than the white case from July. It's interesting that there's no badging to speak of, not even a BlackBerry logo, but that's not immediately cause to consider the image suspect, considering where it was taken; had this been sourced from a retail location, that might be different.

We'd really like to get a look at the back of the phone, as well, but what we can see here looks very sharp, indeed. If it really is coming out, let's hope it arrives ASAP; BBX is on the way, so RIM needs to get its BBOS 7 devices selling while they can.