If you’re looking for a Samsung Android device that can take a beating, you might be interested in the upcoming Rugby Smart. The Rugby Smart will be heading to AT&T March 4th and will cost a reasonable $99.99 on contract. A perfect fit for users who work in high-impact jobs such as construction, the Samsung Rugby Smart features:

We all love a good fight around here and we even have a recurring Friday Night Fights where we pit features of iOS vs Android, but this latest video by Samsung is just so asinine that not even us Android fans will defend it. To further promote their Galaxy Note, Samsung has decided to embarrass themselves by “going to the streets” to try and convince people how awesome the S-pen functionality is by challenging an obviously clueless iPhone user to perform the same mundane tasks as a seasoned (trained & scripted) Note user.

Earlier we told you about the Samsung Blaze S 4G showing up in a T-Mobile accessory sheet and while I thought we were lacking information, it appears there is plenty floating around. In fact, T-Mobile has sent out an announcement today and expects a “late March” release. The phone itself won’t blow your socks off but touts T-Mobile’s newer 42Mbps network and the following:

We seem to be seeing announcement after announcement and Mobile World Conference hasn’t even started! Today Samsung has announced a pair of mid-range devices for the budget conscious consumer. Introducing the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 and the Galaxy Mini 2. Both are upgrades to their previous iterations and feature the following specs:

Could there be a 10″ Samsung Galaxy Note tablet in the works for Mobile World Congress? According to Samsung’s Developer Day guide for MWC, there will be a few exhibitions where developers will get to play with Samsung’s latest tech. Among the devices listed is an unannounced Galaxy Note 10.1. We could simply chalk this up to a typo, but it seems the guys over at The Verge did a little digging and came across a casting call for a Samsung commercial, inviting a “teen student” to audition for the role of a Galaxy Note 10.1 user.