First Look: Samsung Galaxy S II and Infuse Android smartphones

Today was a good day for device previews. We checked out Samsung's dynamic duo, the Samsung Galaxy S II super-slim dual-core Android smartphone (with a stunning 4.3" inch super AMOLED Plus screen). The Galaxy S II has an 8 megapixel rear camera plus 3D TouchWiz UI over Android OS.

The Samsung Infuse ups the ante in terms of screen size with a 4.5" inch super AMOLED Plus screen and 4G data capability. A bit thicker than the Galaxy S II, the Infuse clearly looks more like a Galaxy Tab 7" than a smartphone but it is overall an impressive product. Stay tuned for walkthrough videos.

First Look: Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1" inch honeycomb tablet

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

We just checked out the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 at a Samsung showcase in downtown Toronto. Coming to Canada sometime soon. Exeedlingly thin, the Tab 10.1 inch feels generations ahead of the 10-month-old Samsung Galaxy Tab 7" inch. The 10.1" inch screen is crisp and bright and the rear is mostly white plastic with a sliver of aluminium where the camera is.

It feels very much like the iPad 2 except the screen has a higher resolution. Samsung has poured a tablet version of TouchWiz over Honeycomb and it looks and works better than Google's vanilla tablet OS. the Tab 10.1 has a proprietary charging port that requires proprietary (oh, brother!) HDMI and USB cables to be used with the Tab. Compared to the Motorola XOOM and the Toshiba Tablet, the Galaxy Tab 10.1 is exceedlingly slim and light but might be perceived as frail. We learned during the demo that it does not have Gorilla Glass.

Stay tuned for a video walkthrough coming later today.

Panasonic releases Lumix GF3 Micro-Four Thirds camera

16 per cent smaller and lighter than the GF2, more feature packed and a bit more user-friendly than its predecessors, the recently revealed Panasonic Lumix GF-3 is one of the smallest and lightest digital interchangeable lens camera with a built-in flash. It will be available for an expected price of $699.

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Toshiba's Android Tablet comes to Canada in August, starts at $429

Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Steve Wong of Toshiba Canada gave us a pretty comprehensive overview of Toshiba's Honeycomb (3.1) tablet which is called the Thrive in some markets. Coming to Canada in August, this tablet has a lot going for it. It is the only one in the market with user replaceable batteries ($59.95) and it has I/O galore including a full size SD Card slot, HDMI, miniUSB, full-size USB and dual cameras. Our impressions, the video walkthrough and some photos after the jump.

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