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AT&T isn’t slowing down their upcoming release schedule. After announcing a few Windows Phone 8 devices a couple days ago, like the Nokia Lumia 920 and the 8X from HTC, the carrier is continuing on with an announcement of even more toys. Coming November 16, AT&T will be stocking the Samsung Galaxy Express and the MiFi Liberate from Novatel.

The Samsung Galaxy Express is one of Samsung’s mid-range devices. It runs Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and has a 4.5-inch Super AMOLED Plus display. It also has a 1.5GHz dual-core processor with a 2000 mAh battery. On the back, there’s a 5MP camera. The Galaxy Express will be exclusive to AT&T and will cost $99 after signing a two-year contract.

The MiFi Liberate will be the carrier’s newest 4G LTE hotspot device, and it’s also the first MiFi hotspot device with a touchscreen display. It has a 2.8-inch color touchscreen that can be used to view data usage, manage connected devices, and change network and device settings all directly from the touchscreen.

The MiFi Liberate supports up to 10 WiFi devices, and will cost $50 after signing a two-year contract. If you’re just wanting LTE or HSPA data for your tablet or laptop, a MiFi is a great device to have if you’re frequently not around WiFi hotspots when you travel. And while WiFi is usually available at most public places nowadays, it either costs a fortune or the signal is fairly weak.

Samsung Galaxy Express and MiFi Liberate announced for AT&T is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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It looks like the rumored Samsung Galaxy S III mini is real, and it will make its debut at an event in Frankfurt, Germany tomorrow. Mobile chief JK Shin said that the company believed there was demand “in Europe” for a cut down 4-inch version of the popular smartphone, which would otherwise carry the same specs of the original. That would give the company a high-end smartphone with an iPhone 5-esque form factor for folks who don’t want to wedge the original 4.8-inch model into their pockets. Pricing and stateside availability wasn’t mentioned, but Shin did say that launching the product in Korea was also “under consideration.” Naturally, we’ll have a lot more to report about it on October 11th, so stay tuned.

Update: We’ve reached out to Samsung’s PR folks and they’ve doubly confirmed the story: “we’ll unveil the 4 inch Galaxy S III Mini in Germany on October 11th.”

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Samsung mobile head confirms 4-inch Galaxy S III mini announcement tomorrow originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 10 Oct 2012 01:50:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If you plan on watching this year’s presidential debates between President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney, and are wanting to get in on the action with some interactive content, now might be the time to snatch up a Samsung tablet if you don’t already have one. Samsung and Peel are partnering up to bring viewers the ability to do more than just watch the debates.

Users that own a Samsung Galaxy tablet that have the Peel Smart Remote TV app installed will be able to provide real-time feedback during the 2012 presidential debates. Users will also be able to use the Peel app to easily switch the TV channel to any of the available stations that are showing the debate.

Throughout the debates, users will be able to “cheer” and “boo” responses from the candidates and to voice their support either for or against. Immediately following each debate, Peel claims they will be the first to provide a broad range of feedback from thousands of other viewers based on what they had to say through the app.

You can also see which candidate that viewers believe dominated the debate most, see which issues that were discussed received the most feedback, and even donate to the Obama or Romney campaigns straight through the app. The Peel app is compatible with the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus, Tab 7.7, Tab 2 7.0, Tab 2 10.1, and the Note 10.1. The presidential debates will be broadcasted live beginning on October 3.

Samsung and Peel teaming up to provide interactive content during 2012 presidential debates is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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It looks like Nokia’s controversial marketing move, which involved using pro DSLRs to “simulate” low-light shooting, was even less necessary than the smartphone maker may have thought. During our visit to the company’s Tampere, Finland research and development complex, we were given access to a comprehensive testing suite, enabling us to shoot with a Lumia 920 prototype and a handful of competing products in a controlled lighting environment. Technicians dimmed the lights and let us snap a static scene with each handset at just 5 lux — a level on par with what you may expect on a dimly lit city street in the middle of the night. The 920 took the cake, without question, but the iPhone didn’t fare too poorly itself, snatching up nearly as much light as the Nokia device. The 808 PureView also performed quite well, but the HTC One X and Samsung Galaxy S III yielded unusable results.

It’s one thing to snag proper exposure, though — capturing sharp details with little noise and superior color balance is an entirely different beast, and the Lumia managed to do just that, as you’ll see in our 100-percent-view shots further on. Later in the evening we hit the streets of Helsinki for a real-world shootout. The 920 did present some issues with exaggerated shake and other rapid movements, but it offered up excellent results overall, even in scenes that were too dark for us to make out any details with our own eyes. Our nighttime shoot can be found in the gallery below, followed by plenty of comparison photos after the break.

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From the lab: Lumia 920 low-light shootout with Nokia 808, iPhone 5, HTC One X and Galaxy S III originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 26 Sep 2012 13:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Okay, it’s not the nicest phone we’ve handled this week (heck, it’s not even the best mid-range phone), but you wouldn’t be reading this site if you didn’t enjoy gawking at new devices, right? Right. So, with that in mind, we offer you the Samsung Galaxy Victory 4G LTE. It went on sale at Sprint last weekend, priced at $100 after a $50 mail-in rebate, but we only just got some hands-on time at a press event happening tonight.

On paper and in person, it’s a forgettable sort of handset: it has a 4-inch (800 x 480) display, 5- and 1.3-megapixel cameras, 1GB of RAM, 4GB of built-in storage and a middling dual-core Snapdragon S4 MSM8960 Lite processor, clocked at 1.2GHz. And, at 12.7mm thick, it’s one of the chunkiest phones we’ve handled in some time. Still, it redeems itself somewhat with the promise of LTE service — once Sprint gets some momentum behind its new 4G network, that is. It also comes with Google Wallet, as well as some features found on the Galaxy S III — things like S Beam and AllShare Play. Curious enough to peek but not compelled enough to buy? You’ve come to the right place. Check out our hands-on photos below and meet us after the break for some quickie impressions.

Continue reading Samsung Galaxy Victory hands-on: a $100 handset on Sprint with LTE and Android 4.0

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Samsung Galaxy Victory hands-on: a $100 handset on Sprint with LTE and Android 4.0 originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 20 Sep 2012 19:15:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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