To celebrate the unveiling of Samsung’s latest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy Note III, T-Mobile is giving away one of the high-end phablets, together with the South Korean company’s newly announced Galaxy Gear smartwatch to a very lucky mail list subscriber.

 

Microsoft has a weird business model, and a fragile one.

Their model is: Get people to need Microsoft software, then sell that software at high prices.

Contrast this with Apple’s model, which is: Get people want your consumer electronics so bad they’ll pay a lot for it, then sell the hardware, software, services and content at high prices.

And finally, Google’s model: Get people use the Internet more by making it awesome and free, and make money when people use the Internet.

All three companies make operating systems for phones, tablets and desktop computers.

But which models will succeed in the future and which will fail?

I think it’s clear that Google’s model is most likely to succeed and Microsoft’s most likely to fail. And Apple will do just fine.

Here’s what’s happening.

Just two days ago, Samsung officially unveiled its latest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy Note III, during its Unpacked event in Berlin. And today, U.S. Cellular has officially announced that it will be carrying the South Korean company’s new flagship smartphone in October.

The British independent communications retailer Phones4U have reached out to us with some great news for U.K. residents. As from today, Brits will be able to pre-order the brand new Samsung Galaxy Note III, and if that’s not enough; each person who pre-orders will also receive a complimentary bag of goodies, to get them started with their new Note.

If you somehow missed Samsung’s IFA announcements this week, then this 18-minute video that the South Korean company uploaded to its YouTube channel will teach you everything you need to know about the new Galaxy Note 3 and the Galaxy Gear smartwatch.