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Samsung’s newest Android flagship smartphone — the Galaxy S III — has surpassed 10 million sales in less than two months after going on sale, selling at a rate predicted by the company just last month, Samsung president Shin Jong-kyun (JK Shin) has revealed. The Samsung executive shared the milestone with Korean new agency Yonhap News (without giving exact numbers), which translates roughly into 190,000 Galaxy S III devices being sold each day and reaching the figure in less than half the time of its predecessor — the Galaxy S II. In June, Shin said that he expected the Galaxy S III to reach 10 million units sold in July, seeing an added boost as the handset went on sale in the US and other significant markets. By the end of the month, the device will be on sale via 296 carriers in 145 countries worldwide. In terms of comparative figures, the Samsung Galaxy S II chalked up 3 million pre-orders. The company recently revealed that it and predecessor the Galaxy S, have together passed 50...

Apple product launches in China are renowned for being chaotic and rowdy but today the company began selling its new iPad in the country under rather unusual circumstances. Instead of being greeted by massive queues and anxious customers — as has become the norm — the Retina display equipped device has enjoyed a more muted and organised opening. Yesterday, Apple laid the foundations for a more controlled launch day when it introduced a pre-sale reservation system that requires all customers to register their interest in the device — priced from RMB 3688 ($579) – in advance of buying the flagship tablet computer. As well as insuring against large queues, the system is designed to restrict the influence of scalpers, independent sellers that buy the device in bulk with the aim of reselling it for profit, whose large numbers have blighted previous launches. The introduction has avoided a repeat of the madness of March’s iPhone 4S launch and Apple’s flagship Chinese store — in Beijing’s Sa...

Boost Mobile will launch the new waterproof smartphone into its networks, the Kyocera Hydro. This handset should be available in the carrier’s stores starts August 3rd, 2012. Reportedly, this Kyocera mid-range smartphone is listed for priced at $129.99 no-contract (not incl. tax). So, the Boost’s Hydro is the first IPX5- and IPX7-rated water-proof Android-powered smartphone that doesn’t require a contract. The Kyocera Hydro is a waterproof device (up to 1 meter for 30 minutes), which was officially announced at early of May 2012 and comes with Tissue Conduction audio technology. Running on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich OS, the Hydro boasts a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S2 MSM8655 processor, 512MB of RAM, and 2GB internal storage. New handset is a 3.5-inch touchscreen IPS display with resolution of 320 x 480 pixels, a 3.2 megapixel camera, and a 1500 mAh Li-Ion battery. Dimensions of Kyocera Hydro are 4.53 x 2.44 x 0.5 inches. View the original article here