Hands-On with Samsung Galaxy Player 3.6: Gingerbread PMP with Wi-Fi, DLNA Sharing

A Korean-only Samsung Galaxy Player wasn’t the only gadget we got to preview this week. We also got a sneak peak at the Galaxy Player 3.6, which has launched in Korea and is on its way to Europe and the U.S. (no exact timing details now). The Android Gingerbread-powered PMP sports a (surprise) 3.6-inch display with a 800 x 480 resolution and runs a 1-GHz processor under the hood.

As far as other specs go, the Galaxy Player 3.6 doesn’t stand out much from other members of Samsung’s media-device line-up; there’s a 3-megapixel shooter in back and a VGA cam up front, and storage sizes are 8GB or 16GB. But it looks like you’ll be able to make calls via Bluetooth. (Google Talk is also available “with a software update.”)

Samsung boosts the device’s entertainment cred with Smart View, which turns the player into a remote for your TV. There’s also Kies Air and All Share for sharing locally saved files with devices paired via Wi-Fi or DLNA, respectively. The entry-level 8GB version is priced around $175, though as we said before there’s no clear timeline for the Player 3.6 hitting our shores.

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Pierre Cardin PC-7006G Tablet Runs Android Gingerbread. Yes, That Pierre Cardin

When we first spotted this Pierre Cardin Android tablet at CeBIT, we were a bit confused. Did a fashion label just extend its reach into the mobile-tech field? In the sense that the company lent its name to slates, yes. The rest of the work is done by China’s Shenzhen Vogue Industries.

Running Android 2.3 (Gingerbread), the Pierre Cardin PC-7006G tablet clearly won’t be competing with the big-wigs soon to be running Ice Cream Sandwich (or even those running Android Honeycomb). But we’re told it’s priced at about $100, so what do you expect? The PC-7006G has a 7-inch, 800 x 480-pixel touchscreen, runs Samsung’s Cortex A8 1-GHZ processor and only offers connectivity via Wi-Fi (an external 3G dongle will be available). You get 4GB of on-board memory, which is expandable up to 16GB by microSD. It weighs just 1.1 pounds, and felt appropriately light in our hands.

A bundle including the PC-7006G, a case, an SD card, stylus and car charge is being sold online for £440 (about $695), which makes us question the $100 price we were quoted at the Pierre Cardin booth.

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