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Filed under: Handsets, Samsung, GSM, EDGE

Lowish-end tunes are the name of the game with Samsung’s latest pair, the M3200 “Beat s” slider (pictured) and M3510 “Beat b” candybar. The Beat b you may remember from IFA, offering EDGE data, 2-megapixel camera, and FM radio all packed into a 9.9mm body. The Beat s, meanwhile, goes just a tiny bit upmarket with an integrated Bang & Olufsen-sourced ICEpower audio processor. Bot. phones feature 3.5mm headphone jacks, stereo Bluetooth, and something Samsung calls “Motion Play,” which smacks of Sony Ericsson’s Shake control by letting you knock your phone around in various ways to start playback, change tracks, or mute the sound. Bot. models will be available this month.

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Filed under: Handsets, Apple

fsjk85 at the Australian Whirlpool forums was playing around with his camcorder’s NightShot function when he found something engaging attention — a hidden Dat. matrix code on the left side of the iPhone 3G. We’re guessing that’s where Apple imprints the serial and IMEI numbers of each handset since it can’t precisely hide them under a removable battery (cough), but we’ll leave it to the rest of you to decode this sneaky tag and solve the mystery once and for all.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

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Filed under: HTC

We’ve already heard the good word about the HTC Touch HD’s performance and general excellence, but if you’re like us you want something more. Specifically, something on YouTube narrated in French. That’s just how we roll. Nothing in this video (embedded after the break) we haven’t heard before, but make sure to tap that “high quality” button to really taste the magic.

[Thanks, Ghengis]

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