Google Launches ‘Ice Cream Sandwich’ Android Update in Hong Kong

And they brought their friends from Samsung.

If you’re an Android user then you’re probably already waiting for the new OS update called Ice Cream Sandwich – and most likely because of AsiaD – with many Google executives in Hong Kong this week; it seems like the perfect place to launch after a week’s delay out of respect for the passing of Steve Jobs.

We’re also expecting the Samsung phone to rival the iPhone 4S to be unveiled today as well: the Nexus Prime.

We’re at the launch party now at the HKCEC – but you can watch it stream at http://www.youtube.com/android or follow us on Twitter @neonpunch for live tweets. We’ll be updating this post with photos and thoughts later today.

Now updated with event insight and photos:

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Samsung Brings a 7″ Device to Hong Kong Called the Galaxy Tab

Is Samsung’s Android an E-Reader or a Tablet?

Samsung Hong Kong launched the Galaxy Tab yesterday at a big event in The Mira Hotel with special guests and the media. They were expecting to create a big noise here in Hong Kong with the event and give consumers an alternative to Apple’s iPad.

The Galaxy Tab gets points for running Adobe Flash, having a 3 megapixel camera with LED flash, 1080p playback in various file formats and utilizing the Swype keyboard interface and already stocking a bunch of Chinese book titles to choose from.

But that is about where the excitement stops. Stops dead and cold.

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Samsung Launches the Galaxy S in Hong Kong

The newest 4-inch Super AMOLED Android phone hits the market.

At a big event at the HKCEC yesterday, Samsung launched another big and bright Android phone, hot on the heels of Apple’s new iPhone 4 called the Galaxy S.

Some neat things about the Samsung Galaxy S is that it comes with the Layar’s Reality Browser is preloaded so you get a neat POV of the streets, it can shoot HD video, has a Aldiko eBook, a system you can write something down quickly and be allowed to send it via SMS email or post it on your social network and something called Swype that Samsung says allows you to text 1.5x faster than normal!

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Samsung Rides a ‘Wave’ with Their First Bada OS Phone

A new Bada-bing, Bada-boom smartphone OS is out today.

App stores are all the rage these days, if you don’t have a mobile app store you are losing the mobile war. This week, Samsung steps up to the plate with their own – called Bada – “ocean” in Korean – with a new smartphone called the Wave.

Will this new OS create a tsunami of excitement or be the mobile phone market equivalent of Waterworld?

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Samsung Begins the 3D TV Home Theatre Invasion

Samsung steps up in the 3D TV market with huge product line.

Like the Toruk Makto in Avatar, Samsung has jumped on their flying dragon with an aggressive launch of 3D HD LCD TV’s in Hong Kong. Slapping movie theatres in the face so fast, the can now speak the Na’vi dialect fluently.

The full HD LED TV Series comes in sizes from 40″ to 65″ mixed with the 3D Blu-ray player and the 3D Active glasses will  bring Hollywood movies screaming into your living room.

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