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Samsung seems to be killing time until it finally ships the Galaxy S II by making promo videos for its dual-core superphone. The latest in a series of ads for the S II spends a few precious seconds reminding us just how excellently thin it is, and gives us a particular usage scenario where that slim profile truly becomes practical. We won’t spoil that for you, though we should play spoiler in noting the barely readable small print above — “Thickness of the device may differ by country or carrier.” So remember, just because you and your pen pal from across the world are both buying a product with an excruciatingly specific title like Samsung Galaxy S II doesn’t mean you’ll both get the same thing. All that said, the 8.49mm-thick version of the device is ready to wow you on video just past the break. We’ve thrown a couple of Samsung’s earlier commercials in there as well, just to complete the set.

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Game company’s earnings plummet over the last year with revenue down more than 29 percent and profits dropping by 66 percent. Nintendo did say it’s sold 3.61 million 3DS units so far.

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The update dropping for the Nook Color today is the big one: It tries to take the Nook Color all the way to a full-blown tablet for $250. More »

With version 1.2 of its Nook Color software, Barnes & Noble turns the e-reader into a more fully functional Android tablet and marks a subtle but important shift in its marketing strategy.

Tell us how you feel. Weddar makes weather reporting a social thing.

Weddar is a socially powered weather app for the iPhone that gives you more personalized, localized reports than you get from the official services. That might sound dumb, but I have been trying it since last week and it makes a surprising amount of sense.

Think of Weddar, which launches today, as something like FourSquare or Instagram, only for weather. The app automatically geolocates you, and you report the current weather with a simple, easy interface. This not only gives extremely localized weather reports: It also gives you a more subjective view than you get from the numbers.

“In Weddar, someone, somewhere in Montjuïc [a hill in Barcelona] will tell you that the weather ‘Feels perfect’”, says Weddar co-founder Ricardo Fonseca, “Another one near the beach will tell you that ‘Feels good but windy,’ because weather conditions really are different in the same city.”

You can also request a report from somewhere far away. Tap and hold on the map somewhere other than your current location and the app will submit a weather request. Another reporter in that place will see it and give a report. So you could check if the beach up the coast is too windy before you head off for the day. Reports fade in opacity as they get older, before disappearing completely.

But why would you bother? Because Weddar turns reporting into a competition. You earn points for “checking in” and then you are charted on a leader board. This currently appears to show only the top 50 reporters worldwide (I’m currently number 26!), so some finer-grained groups may be necessary.

You can also share your reports on Twitter and Facebook. Next time you want to Tweet about all the snow that’s dropping on your part of town, you can do something constructive instead of just whining.

Right now the Weddar universe is sparsely populated, but will obviously get more useful as more people join. Best of all, it’s free, and you can go grab it from the App store right now. An Android version is on its way.

Weddar product page [Thanks, Ricardo!]

Weddar app on iTunes.

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