iPhone Killer

After many months of not-so-secret rumors, Samsung has officially launched their iPad Killer, Samsung Galaxy Tab. With 7inch touchscreen running on Android, the size is somewhere in between the smartphone and the Apple iPad.

The iOS 4.1 Software Update is the first major update to iOS 4, bringing Game Center, new iTunes features, high dynamic range photography, and more to iPhone.

Game Center

Experience social gaming on your iPhone. Find friends or use auto-match to play multiplayer games against new opponents. Track achievements and compare high scores.

iTunes TV show rentals

Rent TV shows commercial-free right from your iPhone for just 99¢ an episode and start watching them in minutes.

iTunes Ping

Take advantage of new social discovery features in iTunes. Keep up with your friends’ music and follow your favorite artists.

HDR photography

Take great photos that capture a wider range of light intensity using the new high dynamic range (HDR) setting on iPhone 4, which automatically combines multiple exposures into a single HDR image.

HD video uploads

Upload HD video to YouTube and MobileMe from your iPhone 4.

It’s taken a long time but we finally have our own page on Facebook. Come join the fun and meet like minded people who share your passion for real smartphones, not just the one sold by a fruit company.

Samsung Epic 4G is avaiable through Amazon for only $199 with no rebate hassle.

Galaxy S brand from Samsung has been popular in Korea for a while. It’s only been 45 days since Samsung first launched the same brand in US and already sold 1M units in just 45 days. This is even more impressive considering the Verizon version, Samsung Facinate, hasn’t even launched yet. Many believe Samsung Galaxy S line of smartphones running Android OS on 4 inch touchscreen are true iPhone Killers.

Here is the latest iPhone Killer from Samsung that’s shipped with its own leather cover to protect the touchscreen. It is also the latest phone running Samsung’s own Bada OS system, instead of the popular Android OS like everybody else.

The Wave 723 will be available next month in Germany and will be gradually rolled out to other European markets including Southeast Asia, the Middle East Asia, and Africa.

You all know LG is one of the major player in the handset market. (#3 in the world) And yet, their smartphone market share is tiny 1.2% last quarter. You can almost write many business books on why they weren’t able to keep up with Apple, RIM, Motorola, Samsung, and Nokia.

LG is not ready to give up yet. They have increased their R&D and Marketing budget to fight the smartphone fight with their new line of smartphones named “Optimus”. The phone pictured above is “Optimus One”, running Google Android OS just other everybody else. The only difference that’s more of inside is that they are going to be using Nvidia’s Tegra chipset versus the popular Qualcomm Snapdragon or Samsung Hummingbird.

According to iSuppli, the latest iPhone Killer from RIM with 3.2 inch touchscreen phone and QWERTY keyboard costs $171.05 to manufacture.