Big news comes from Samsung today at the IFA Electronics Consumer Show at Berlin. It is the launch of Samsung's first tablet; the Galaxy Tab. Its portability is the main value proposition here.  With a battery life of 8 hours and handy, small sized 7-inch touchscreen, Galaxy Tab, is promoted as the tablet to use on the go. The other main features include phone call ability, GPS system, internet connectivity, e-book reader, support for various movie formats, a 1.3 megapixel front camera and a 3 megapixel back camera with LED Lamp.  Other  specifications are a 1GHz Cortex A8 processor, 16 GB internal memory and 32 GB extend-able MicroSD storage, Galaxy Tab is sure to make some noise in the tablet market. This product is powered by th

While up until this point Twitter has been hands-off with the iPad they have decided to build a first-party app: Twitter for iPad. And it looks like it has all the trappings to become the Twitter iPad killer app. From the hands-on article at PCMag, The free Twitter for iPad app expands the functionality of previous iPhone Twitter clients by introducing "Panes," or fly-out panels that offer a spacious reading experience without blocking your feed.When you tap a tweet, a separate panel slides in from the right side of the screen, which displays a user's most recent update, bio, Web site link, number of followers, the number of people that person follows, and other typical Twitter information. The app also lists a handful of similar Twitte

Broadcasting live video from your Android phone is now available with Justin.tv.  The live, video-streaming service has launched an Android app, bringing the service to Google's mobile platform.  Broadcasting live videos has never been so easy with this innovation for mobile phones.  Though Justin.tv might not be the first to market (Qik, etc.), it has some advantages in the form of hardware video encoding which enables it to drain less battery power and bitrate adjustment of videos uploaded to strengthen wireless connections. You can start broadcasting by downloading it on your Android and registering for a Justin.tv account. You will never have to go to a website. It’s easy to use with only three buttons:  record, share and chat.

Today brings us a small slew of mobile related acquisitions. Starting with atel-Lucent who look to extend their range of mobile applications through an acquisition of OpenPlug through the company’s ELIPS Studio. This product is a developer tool, which allows developers to write an application once and have it translated automatically across multiple platforms. From the Alcatel-Lucent, While demand for mobile apps is peaking, so is the fragmentation of mobile development platforms and tools,” said Michael Cote, analyst for Redmonk. “This makes it very expensive to target all devices and can lead to putting all your eggs in one, often tightly controlled basket, like Apple's, or doing a least-common denominator, mobile web app that c

With the Android gaming market still living in the shadow of the iPhone it’s important to stand up and take notice of those businesses who are working to bring it into the light. One such company happens to be Scoreloop who hope to revolutionize the Android social gaming landscape. Scoreloop’s offering to the market is a sort of social discovery network for Android games. It takes advantage of the microblogging fad built up by Twitter and Facebook to deliver recommendations about games between friends. The need for a framework that embraces multiple different games within the Android platform is becoming more apparent as game families tend to cluster together and don’t play well with others. With the launch of their app, Scorelo

TweetPhoto is expanding beyond Twitter, which is a smart move considering the current social networking environment. The massive changes to the service of course warrants a major name change, seeing as the company will no longer be pigeon-holed as a Twitter app. The new name is Plixi, which I found to be pretty darn cute. Turns out, that was the idea CEO and founder Sean Callahan had behind the name change, as nearly two-thirds of its user base is female (by the way, that's generally becoming the case for several social networking and media-sharing tools, particularly those that interact from a location-based, mobile vantage point). And what else do girls like to do? Socialize. While TweetPhoto already supported media-sharing

Millennial Media’s monthly SMART report has been released today, bringing a few expected trends to the table. Mobile advertising is still on the rise, with discount alerts continuing to be a primary area of focus. There are a few special report sections that Millennial Media has looked at, including male shoppers, and some new metrics the company has added to the mix. One promising stat is that nearly 20% of smart phone owners took a special trip to a retailer after receiving a mobile coupon. This is some pretty hefty validation of mobile discount alerts, though it should come as no surprise, given the booming success of startups like Groupon, and ongoing funding for similar services. The rise in action-oriented consumer behavi

Wow, this has to be a first. Canada is actually going to get something the same day that my friends in the US get to get their grimey mitts on some new toys. Yes folks, it is one of those rare moments in time where those of us in Canada who normally have to look on like forgotten relatives as our US counterparts dive in with unboxings and glorious reports of their new shiny objects can actually join in on the fun this time. For it seems that Windows Phone 7 will be launching in both countries on exactly the same day. This video, via WMPoweruser, is with Microsoft Canada Mobility Solutions Manager Greg Milligan being interviewed by Lazyreviewzzz where Milligan notes: the Canadian launch will be simultaneous with the US phones, with a

Another buy for Google, with the acquisition of SocialDeck, as announced on its homepage. Just last week, we posted an info-graphic about Google’s acquisition history. One of the revelations from this graphic happens to be Google’s recent foray into gaming—and while this buy is no exception, it also thrusts them further into the social media market. According to Chris Morrison at Inside Social Games, this could put Google head-to-head with Facebook as he writes, Google’s gaming interest is obviously with Android. But it’s also reportedly working on a social platform to rival Facebook; Google’s technology plans could be advanced by SocialDeck’s experience in extending the social experience across multiple devices. With tha

While the LTE technology is still in its infancy, it is still poised to replace standard 3G with wireless speeds rivaling 100 Mbps. Mobile wireless carriers such as MetroPCS and Verizon will benefit greatly to being the first kids at the finish line on these US projects. It looks like MetroPCS is the stronger runner with plans to turn on LTE networks in Dallas and Las Vegas next month. James Kendrick from GigaOM brings us this scoop, The Verizon LTE network may go live in November, but the carrier has indicated the first LTE-capable smartphone won’t appear on the network until next year. Samsung has stated that MetroPCS will make the Samsung Craft phone available in September alongside the launch of the LTE network. The Craft is though