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If you've been watching the Samsung ads and stumbled upon a group of hip and trendy modern women checking themselves out in what appears to be Samsung Galaxy phones then you wouldn't be far off. In actuality these are Samsung's collection for hip and trendy young modern women called the La'Fleur Collection. Consisting of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 in Garnet red, the Samsung Galaxy S III mini in white with floral design and the Samsung Galaxy Y with a similar white casing and floral motif, the La'Fleur Collection is Samsung's range of phones designed for modern women.

While there have been plenty of rumours about the Samsung Galaxy S4 / S IV Mini going about, we finally have confirmation that it will actually be produced. From Lee Keon Hyok, Senior Vice President at Samsung Electronics who talked to BusinessWeek recently, the quote goes like this, “the Galaxy S 4 doesn’t come out until late April. It’s fast, has a big, bright screen, and will probably be another huge hit for Samsung, as will the S4 mini that will go on sale soon after”.

With Samsung churning out new models almost daily, it was bound to happen eventually and therefore DiGi has announced the Samsung Galaxy Note II at a very much decreased price with their new DG Smart Plan 88. When the Samsung Galaxy Note II first came out it retailed at a pretty high RM2299 so this price drop is a little bit more than RM1000 but according to DiGi you save about RM740 on the Galaxy Note II based on the retail price of RM1999. This savings is based on the DG Smart Plan 88 for a contract of 24 months.

Checking out DiGi's website recently, we found that they had just released a Vintage Phones plan for the Motrola StarTac, the Ericsson SH888 and the Nokia 3310. In what is most likely an April Fool's ad supposed to have been released on Monday, which is 1st of April or April Fool's day, this Vintage Phone plan gave us a nice little chuckle. For those of us who actually bought one of these phones when they first came out, we couldn't help but feel a little nostalgic.

BlackBerry's latest flagship Z10 has finally got some coverage from the local telcos with a new pre-registration package from Celcom Malaysia. This package is more like a pledge in that you are interested in the Celcom BlackBerry Z10 deal and will only require you to fill up your personal information (name, contacts, etc) here. As an added bonus you will also get an additional RM200 rebate when you register online at the aforementioned link.

In line with the rather meteoric rise of tablets in the PC market, DiGi has released a bunch new tablet-only postpaid plans. Initially these tablet-only plans started from RM15 a month for 500MB of data up to 2GB. However, now DiGi is offering plans up to 6GB a month from RM89 a month. They have even tossed in an extra incentive by offering 3 months worth of Evernote Premium access for free.

When Samsung's Galaxy S III smartphone first came out, the goal was nothing less than world domination and the result was an awesome final quarter for Samsung in 2012. Based on this and other factors, analyst are now predicting that Samsung will reach a record breaking high of about 70+ million sales for Q1 2013. These analysts have noted that Samsung sold an estimated 25 million phones each month for 2013, which is also one of the factors predicting the 70+ million sales estimate.

While the HTC One continues to gather more and more steam, the company is reportedly looking into developing more Windows Phone models, in this case one known as the HTC Tiara. Early specs include:

• 1.2GHz dual-core Snapdragon processor
• 4.3-inch, WVGA Super LCD2 (800 x 480 pixel resolution)
• 1GB RAM
• 8GB storage
• 8MP rear camera + 1.6MP front camera
• 1800 mAh battery
• Windows Phone 8 GDR2

While not having much of hardware pedigree behind it Amazon has done some amazing things with mobile devices, introducing their Kindle Fire tablets and ebook readers. Now, rumour has it that they're working on a 4.7" smartphone (much along the same lines and design as the Samsung Galaxy S III). Like so many other rumours of this kind, this one was sparked from component makers, in this case those dealing with smartphone specific components. So far other specifications are few and far in between and the only concrete news that we have is that the Amazon smartphone will probably feature the aforementioned 4.7" screen.

Rumours surrounding Samsung's upcoming product line are coming fast and hard now, and this time around are rumours regarding Samsung's Galaxy Note III. The first rumour is that the phablet will have a much larger 5.9" display. While we're still skeptical, some main parts suppliers have confirmed this to be very likely. However, some other sharp-eyed people have spotted a Samsung device marked as the GT-19200 that will feature CDMA, GSM and more importantly, a 6.3-inch screen. This claim on the other hand is also based on the recent launch of the Samsung Galaxy S4 gaming pad accessory which showed a device much like the Samsung Galaxy Note III that has similar measurements.