Flipboard for Android to be a Galaxy S III exclusive

Here’s a juicy bit of app gossip to emerge from Samsung’s Unpacked event – popular iOS newsreader Flipboard will be coming to Android, by way of an exclusive window of availability on the Samsung Galaxy S III. Flipboard won numerous user-experience awards on the iPad, and has become a hit on the iPhone as well since it launched last December. Android users have options like Pulse and Google Currents, but until now they have been locked out of the Flipboard game.

Samsung UNPACKED 2012 app now available at Google Play Store

Just as it did last year, Samsung is making a special app available for its UNPACKED event. The app is perfect for those at the event in London, or those just keeping up on the action from home. If you are attending, the app displays maps and an event schedule so that you don't miss a thing. For those of you keeping an eye out from home, the app offers live streaming of events, press releases and there is even a dedicated button for YouTube videos and your Twitter and Facebook feeds.