The Samsung Galaxy S III is believed to be one of the thinnest smartphones in the world when it is released in May. The Electronic Times News in South Korea cited unnamed sources that Samsung’s upcoming flagship smartphone will have impressive specs into a case that is just 7 millimeters thick. The Galaxy S III will have an 8-megapixel rear camera, a 2-megapixel front camera, a Super AMOLED Plus display, and Android 4.0 operating system. The Samsung Galaxy S III is also rumored to have a quad-core processor, 4G LTE connectivity, and 2GB of RAM. [BGR]

Previous Samsung commercials showed Apple fanboys standing in line, but did not actually leave after being impressed by someone playing with their Samsung mobile devices. In the Samsung Super Bowl commercial we finally see the Apple fanboys and fangirls in San Francisco breaking free from the line after seeing the Galaxy Note that comes with a pen. The Super Bowl commercial was directed by Bobby Farrelly. Check it out below:

Samsung has confirmed that the Galaxy S3, the successor device of the S2 will not be at Mobile World Congress 2012. The phone was expected to arrive this month, but Samsung has confirmed that there will be a separate event to launch the device. The Galaxy S3 is expected to have a faster processor, a larger screen, and other next-generation features compared to the S2.

Samsung Electronics has shipped over one million Galaxy Note devices since launching in late October. The Galaxy Note has been shipping across Europe and Asia. The Note will be launching in the United States soon, but there is no word on when it will arrive here. [SammyHub]

Sony is selling their shares in LCD panel joint-venture company S-LCD to Samsung electronics for $940 million. Sony is struggling to make profits from their TV line. S-LCD is a joint venture between Sony and Samsung. Now Samsung will now fully own the subsidiary. This deal is expected to close in January 2012.

Samsung has just announced some bad news for the people that own the Galaxy S and the Galaxy Tab tablet. These devices will not be getting Android 4.0. Although the numbers sold of the Galaxy Tab are unknown, we know that the Galaxy S has sold about 10 million units. The Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab are not getting Android 4.0 because it does not have enough RAM and ROM to run alongside TouchWiz. Many people bought the devices with the expectation that they came equipped with powerful enough hardware to receive some of the latest Android updates including Ice Cream Sandwich. This news is relevant to an article I wrote earlier about the Google Android Update Alliance with telecommunication companies starting to fizzle.

Hard drive company Seagate Technology has completed the acquisition of Samsung’s hard drive business for $1.4 billion. The acquisition was first announced this past April. The merger was both for talent and products. Now Seagate owns Samsung’s high-capacity M8 hard drives and semiconducts for making SSDs. Some of Samsung’s senior managers will be joining Seagate.

Carrier IQ is software that has been installed on about 150 million smartphones, which tracks personal information about users. Security researcher Trevor Eckhart discover the software and posted a video about it on YouTube. People were outraged by what they saw on the video and Carrier IQ was thoroughly investigated after that.