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The Samsung Captivate is the second version of the Samsung Galaxy S to be released in the United States. The Captivate launched with Android 2.1 and will get Android 2.2 Froyo sometime later this year. It will feature Samsung's custom TouchWiz 3.0 interface, which places emphasis on the "Social Hub," bringing your important friends, family, appointments, photos -- everything really -- at the forefront of the experience.

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Carriers: ATT

Announced: June 17, 2010

Release Date: August 18, 2010

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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 27, 2010
AT&T gets serious with Samsung's Galaxy S Finally (finally!), AT&T has a competitive Android smartphone with the launch of the Samsung Captivate. It's as simple as that. Moreover...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 27, 2010
I know everyone and their cousin gets tired of the iPhone vs. Android fanboy slugfest, but that's not what we're about this time.  Allyson, one of our pals over at TiPb, took some time to compar...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 23, 2010
One thing missing from the Galaxy S class of phones -- and this will hurt some of your more than others -- is proper LED notification. Sorry, it's just not there. If you miss a call, or get an e-mail...
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by Sean Brunett
Jul 22, 2010
Thanks to Samsung's official Twitter account, we were alerted to a new commercial for the AT&T Captivate. It's nice to see the manufacturer promoting its products even if the carriers won't. We'...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 21, 2010
If you just got your hands on a new Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant or Captivate, you may have noticed some GPS issues. Samsung reportedly has as well, and may address this in a coming OTA fix.  In the ...