Samsung Brings Galaxy S Smartphone And Galaxy Tab to Japan

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Samsung announced  plans to launch its GALAXY S smartphone and GALAXY Tab smart media device in Japan.
The Galaxy S will be available for sale in late October and the Galaxy Tab, late November. As you know, both the devices are powered by Android 2.2. or Android Froyo.
But the bigger news is that relatively new device, Galaxy S has sold 5 Million units to date, including US, China and Korea.
So the Japanese carriers could only help the rise of the machine and I too am considering a Galaxy Tab instead of a Apple iPad. Specially after the privacy issues of iPhone and iPad Apps.

“The GALAXY S smartphone and GALAXY Tab smart media device are highly promising new products for the smartphone era. We expect our Japanese users to make full use of their high performance to experience the wonderful world of advanced mobile content and functionality via DOCOMO’s state-of-the-art mobile network." voiced Ryuji Yamada, President and CEO of NTT DOCOMO

Samsung Galaxy devices bring whole new experience unmatched by many similar devices, keeping users connected to the world with  e-mail, voice and video call, SMS/MMS or social network with the Galaxy's optimized user interface.

“The GALAXY S and GALAXY Tab will deliver true value and enjoyment through immersive, integrative and intelligent consumer experiences. We are very grateful for the fantastic global response we have received for the GALAXY S and I am convinced that the Japanese market will feel the same, With the launch of the GALAXY Tab and in partnership with NTT DOCOMO, we are bringing Japanese consumers a smart media device that has generated significant excitement across the world.” said JK Shin, President and Head of Mobile Communications Business at Samsung Electronics.

iPhone Applications Privacy Issues! Did Apple Lie About UDID?

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Of course Apple knew, when it addressed Congress in July but still went ahead and told that Apple could not track or tie the UDID (Unique Device IDentifier) of Apple devices,to their owners. But it did not tell that it's developers could.
Bucknell University Network Admin and two time DefCon wardriving champ, Eric Smith tells us that a bunch od Apple iOS developers are doing just that.
He equates iOS UDID to serial number bearing Intel's Pentium III processor that made world upside down. Intel and manufacturers of pc's even developed BIOS to block Serial Numbers on those processors and Intel never did that again.
Smith selected a number of applications from "most Popular Apps" and "Top free Apps" from the Apple App Store. (You can see the report PDF for more information). He ran the applications and analyzed the data being sent out by each app.
What he found was alarming,

68% of these applications were transmitting UDIDs to servers under the application vendor’s control each time the application is launched.  Furthermore, 18% of the applications tested encrypted their communications such that it was not clear what type of data was being shared.   A scant 14% of the tested applications appear to be clean.  We also confirmed that some applications are able to link the UDID to a real-world identity.

I am to renew my contract with AT&T for the iPhone and with this info, looks like I am going to end up with another Android. The current 3GS will join the rest of my test bench phones.
I uninstalled NPR App and installed Huffington Post App

Executive summery of iPhone App Privacy investigation
 iPhone-Applications-Privacy-Issues.pdf