If you’ve got a hankering for some battery-sipping Core i3 ULV processors and live south of a certain 38th parallel line, you’ll probably want to take a close look at one of Samsung’s new designs. We hear on good authority that Sammy’s refreshed its X Series laptops with the 1.2GHz Core i3-330M processor, including the 11.6-inch X180 (with the same 3GB of DDR3 memory, 320GB hard drive and most everything else included in the X170 that came before) and the 14-inch X430, which leapfrogs its predecessor the X420 with dedicated GeForce 310M graphics. Both actually report less battery life than their forbears, as the new laptops are rated closer to eight than nine hours, but in the X430 it’s a small sum to pay to avoid integrated Intel video

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Samsung refreshes X Series laptop lineup with Core i3 ULV chips

Anybots has a new telepresence robot, the QB — and while it certainly seems to be an advance on the QA, which we saw at CES 2009 , we gotta admit that it’s not nearly as cute as its predecessor. Marketed towards CEO-types, this bad boy can be controlled via your PC (or eventually your Mac), and it features WiFi b/g connectivity, 5 megapixel camera, speaker, microphone, and a max speed of 3.5 MPH

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Anybots QB telepresence robot: nag employees remotely for $15,000

Camera releases are somewhat a by-the-numbers thing with so many different variations being released by numerous companies throughout the year. Samsung ’s pair here does have some interesting standout features, but one at a time. The 14.2 megapixel ST80 point-and-shoot boasts WiFi capabilities for email / direct upload of images (DLNA supported, to boot).

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Samsung unveils WiFi-enabled ST80 camera, swiveling-lens HMX-E10 pocket camcorder

This one’s been kicking around the interwebs for a few weeks now, but it has managed to grow into something of a beast during that period. Frankly, we couldn’t think of less fitting way to send the glorious Nexus One out than to completely deface it and ruin what Google has worked so hard to perfect. But regardless of what we think, that’s exactly what has happened here.

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Tweaker ports Samsung’s TouchWIz UI onto non-rooted Nexus One for reasons unknown

Does this outline of a really awesome phone ring a bell for you? No

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Samsung’s Epic 4G for Sprint looks to score FCC approval

Looks like Samsung’s 3D Blu-ray players aren’t the only ones coming in cheaper versions , as it’s unveiled the new 680 Series and 490 Series plasma HDTVs.

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Samsung’s new plasmas will do 3D for much cheaper - Update: $989 for 50-inch 720p

We don’t know how often this happens, but it seems that AT&T brass are being provided with these ridiculously over-the-top packages for the Samsung Captivate that’s officially launching this weekend, including bundled accessories that us unwashed masses aren’t offered. As they say, membership has its privileges.

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AT&T execs get a better Captivate unboxing experience than you do

A tiny bit of uncertainty has been cleared away thanks to good old Twitter, where T-Mobile has made July 15 (aka, today!) the official launch date for its Galaxy S derivative, the Vibrant . The original Tweet seems to have disappeared into the ether apart from that screenshot above, but T-Mo has reiterated the statement in subsequent missives, telling its followers that the Vibrant will be on sale today .

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Samsung Vibrant launching today, awaits new owners in T-Mobile’s online store

You’ve got a little over a week to wait before these things officially go on sale, but if you want a preview of what you’ll get when you buy a Captivate at your local AT&T retailer, look no further than the shot above.

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Samsung Captivate’s retail package in the wild (update: just the phone, too)

Slip on your fine silk smoking jacket and light up a victory cigar US Android fans, the latest comScore numbers are out for the three-month period ending in May 2010. The most notable trend spotted was a 4% quarterly increase in Google’s Android market share as all other smartphone OS subscribers declined. ComScore also saw Motorola’s slide continue , slipping behind LG now for a third place US finish as Samsung continued to bolster its dominant position.

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ComScore: Android grows US smartphone market share as all others decline