While Google quietly takes over the smartphone market place three new handsets have emerged over in Asia with its Android operating system preloaded on each device.  LG has recently made official two Snapdragon based handsets, the LG-LU2300 and the LG-SU950.  Both of these new devices will sport a 3.5 inch WVGA display, DivX playback, 3.5mm headphone jack, DMB mobile TV, multimedia playback and a May/June release in Korea.

While LG has been busy launching these two new mobile devices Samsung has also been working on a new Android device themselves.  Samsung just announced its first Android powered smartphone for the Korean market with the Galaxy A, otherwise known as the SHW-M100S.  This mobile device is set to ship with Android 2.1, a 3.7 inch WVHA AMOLED display, 720 MHz CPU, mobile TV onboard, DivX playback, a 5 megapixel camera, HD video recording, A-GPS, Bluetooth and WiFi.  Availability on the SK Telecom network is scheduled for the end of this month.

Judging by the specs of the these three new mobile devices the Korean market is set to get their hands on some high quality Android devices.  The Samsung device appears to have the best features with their 720 MHz CPU, 5 megapixel camera and HD video recording.  While the Galaxy A may be the most powerful device out of the three the two devices from LG are certainly not lacking in high quality smartphone features.  The 3.5 inch WVGA display and DMB mobile TV will be sure to excite many consumers in the Korean market.

It has been a long time coming for these smartphone manufacturers to release new Android devices to the Korean market LG and Samsung appear to have set the bar pretty high with this latest trio of Android smartphones.

With the upcoming wireless show CTIA, which is the largest wireless show in the US, there has been an abundance of information surrounding Samsung’s supposed announcements.  Samsung is expected to make a bevy of announcement regarding various aspects of their operations.  These announcements will be centered on new mobile devices, which can be  unlocked cell phones, that they expect to release, various content offerings and newly developed hardware that is expected to increase the power of their mobile devices.

 Among many other things Samsung is expected to announce the following at the upcoming CTIA conference:

-          Samsung is looking to formally introduce their so-called “Smart Life” philosophy for smartphone design and differentiation.  While this “Smart Life” is not so much a technology or actual device it is more of a strategy on how Samsung will produce the best smartphones moving forward.

-          A 1GHz processor will be announced as the new “standard” in Samsung’s premium smartphone segment.

-          There will also be a huge content push announced.  Thankfully the US market will finally be included in this content push that is expected to include full length movies and shows that are optimized to take advantage of the company’s new Super AMOLED displays.  There may also be some book and magazine deals that get straight to mobile deals.

-          Finally, Samsung is expected to announce their newest smartphone the Galaxy S.  This new Android device will take advantage of the aforementioned Super AMOLED display and the company’s 1GHz processor promise.  This new phone is expected to be available in the US later this year.

It looks as if Samsung is taking full advantage of the upcoming CTIA conference with all of their expected announcements this week.  It will be interesting to see how Samsung’s Smart Life philosophy actually changes the way that they develop their Samsung smartphones moving forward.