It looks like Samsung isset to announceits 8.9-inch Galaxy Tab on March 22 at the CTIA Wireless event in Florida, adding a third device to its range of Android-powered tablets. Wereported last weekthat Samsung was to release a new 8.9-inch Honeycomb tablet, local media outlets suggesting that Samsung could announce its the device as soon as next month. Samsung confirmed the launch date, updating itsFacebook pageto announce a new Unpacked event on March 22, similar to the one it held at this years Mobile World Congress....

As manufacturers begin to integrate apps into their Internet-connected devices, Samsung has already surpassed the5 million app downloadson its Samsung Apps TV platform, just over a year since it launched. In January, Samsung announced that the Samsung Apps platform, the world’s first app store specifically for televisions, had helped facilitatetwo million app downloads globally, reaching the milestone in under a year since it launched. Whilst it took 268 days for the store to reach one million downloads, it only took 53 additional days to reach two million, with consumers downloading an average of 100,000 applications every five days....

Samsung has announced that its Samsung Apps platform, the world’s first app store specifically for televisions, has surpassed two million app downloads globally, reaching the milestone in under a year since it launched. Demonstrating the demand for applications on Samsung’s Smart TV’s, the number of apps downloaded doubled since November, offering 380 applications (259 of which are free) to its customers in over 120 countries around the world. Whilst it took 268 days for the store to reach one million downloads, it only took 53 days to reach two million, with consumers downloading an average of 100,000 applications every five days....

Korean smartphone giant Samsung today launched ChatON, a new multi-platform mobile messaging service capable of sending text, images and video clips between the company’s range of Android and Bada smartphone devices but also rival platforms. The free messaging application will be bundled with each of the vendors’ handsets, allowing owners of an iOS-powered, BlackBerry and other smartphones to download the application and send messages, for free, to their friends regardless of the device they own....

http://youtu.be/bwEVV7PMn10?hd=1 With the Samsung Galaxy S II just under two weeks from launching in the UK and other regions, the electronics giant has begun marketing the device, focusing on the vivid AMOLED+ display in a new YouTube video. Whilst the commercial isn’t the most comprehensive of adverts, it does show that Samsung is hoping that its display technology will be one of the stronger selling points of its Android smartphone....