According to a statement made from a Samsung rep to CNET, the debut of the Samsung Galaxy Prime Droid (or whatever they are officially calling it) and the latest update to Android, Ice Cream Sandwich, has been delayed out of respect for the passing of Steve Jobs, the guy who created their biggest competition.
So now I have no idea what the biggest story I will cover at at CTIA next week will be. Now I have to do research. Nuts.
That said, if you have a hankering to get an early glimpse of both phone and operating system, there has been a pretty extensive video leak demonstrating both.
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As you can see, the operating system is like a smoother, enhanced version of Honeycomb, and with a phone call virtual button. Speaking of virtual buttons, that looks like all the phone has on its face, nothing physical. We have seen the face of the future, and it is smooth.
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