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Samsung now seems unstoppable. They have sold a million units of Samsung Galaxy S (SHW-M110S) in US in 45 days. But now, they have managed to sales the Samsung Galaxy S for over a million mark in South Korea.

Galaxy S has surpassed the Yu-Na Haptic phone that sold a million units in approximately 210 days. The handset features a 4-inch Super AMOLED display, 5MP camera with 720p HD video recording and playback, Wi-Fi 802.11n, Bluetooth 3.0, GPS, T-DMB and more. Samsung could be the toughest competitor for Apple.

[via samsunghub]

Intuit and mophie have announced their Complete Credit Card Solution for iPhone, which integrates Intuit’s GoPayment credit card processing app and mophie marketplace credit card reader add-on to the iPhone hardware. Available in Apple retail stores, it is sold for $179.95 and the Intuit’s GoPayment credit card processing app is available free on Apple App Store.

By adding the sleek, clip-on mophie marketplace card reader, merchants can save time by securely swiping credit cards instead of entering numbers by hand. After swiping the card, data is immediately encrypted using Intuit’s industry-standard security methods. Customers authorize the payment by signing their name on the iPhone touch screen. The merchant can then send them an e-mail or text receipt. GoPayment processes the credit card within seconds and funds are deposited into the businesses’ bank account. An additional option lets businesses integrate GoPayment with QuickBooks Mac to easily and quickly match the right customer and invoice in QuickBooks.

GoPayment, including the Intuit merchant account, offers competitive pricing at $12.95 a month, a 1.7 to 3.7 percent discount rate and $0.30 to $0.34 per transaction fee. There are no long-term contracts, cancellation, gateway or set-up fees, and one account can enable up to 50 users.

[via engadget]

China Unicom is the only official and authorized carrier in the world’s largest cellphone market at China for iPhone and iPad. They are now providing full service to their iPhone and iPad customer including jailbreaking the devices, converting SIM Card to Micro-SIM, installation of 10 of the most popular apps from Cydia, and a free case on every new purchase of iPhone 4 and iPad 3G. This information was spotted by a Chinese citizen on a large banners outside some of the China Unicom retailed stores.

The line that was circle on the pictures means:

Support Service: Free SIM-trimming, jailbreak, installation of more than 10 hot apps

The problem is that all the new iPhones and iPads are shipped with the latest firmware i.e. iOS 4.0.2 and iOS 3.2.2. How will they managed to jailbreak those iPhone and iPad since there are not jailbreakable by JailbreakMe. Meanwhile, Apple hasn’t give any respond regarding this matter. But we are sure they will says something but we don’t know when.

[via redmondpie]

Last time, the news was saying that the iPhone 4 will launch on China Unicom in early September, approximately on September 13th. However today, there is new information regarding the iPhone 4 arrival to China. The second biggest carrier in China will be the iPhone 4 carrier and will launch the device on September 16th.

All the iPhone 4 will still have the same reception issues. But, China Unicom has been preparing solution regarding the matters. They will hands out a complimentary case for the iPhone 4 buyers.

[via unwiredview]

Not for those who had or wants to jailbreak the iPhone, the new Apple iOS 4.0.2 software update released this week will disabled the jail breaking function on jailbreakme.com. Other than patching up the loophole or security vulnerability, this software update does not apply any significant changes to your current iOS 4. It will be your choice to carry on the software update or keep your jail break. [via slashgear]