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Boy Genius Report ninjas have caught an interesting tidbit of information from Samsung. Apparently the Korean giant will unveil an 11.6-inch Android Ice Cream Sandwich tablet at the upcoming Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The rumor suggests such a device won’t be that much bigger than the existing 10.1-inch model due to a thinner bezel.…
Not all Samsung Wave phones will get the bada 2.0 update. The two models that are not in the “lucky group” (of devices that will get the update) are Wave 525 and Wave 533, both of which are stuck on the version 1.1. However, not all is gloom and doom, with Korean giant preparing the…
Samsung’s legal team in Australia is celebrating a small, but decisive victory today. The High Court lifted a ban on the sale of the Galaxy Tab, just in time for Samsung to capture the last few weeks of the holiday shopping season. In October, an Australian judge granted Apple an injunction that banned the sale of the Galaxy Tab, but…
The highly anticipated Samsung Galaxy Nexus has finally sailed onto North American shores, but alas, it’s not in the United States just yet. As of today, it’s on sale through Bell or Virgin Mobile in Canada. The Galaxy Nexus is selling for $159.99 on Virgin Mobile, or if you are looking to save four pennies…
Verizon Wireless is apparently preparing to additionally beef-up its low-to-mid end offering with the launch of the Samsung U380. We don’t have all the details, but this little fella’ is at the moment at the FCC, where the government employed engineers are testing its radiation levels making sure it’s safe to be used by the…
Sprint and Samsung have started rolling out a new firmware update for the Epic 4G Touch smartphone, which as you know is the carrier’s version of the Galaxy S II. Software version S:D710.0.5S.EK02 will address a nagging signal failure issue, making your on-the-go web schmoozing that much pleasant. So it’s nothing major, but definitely worth…
Let’s face it – people don’t read phone user manuals. I often respond to super-basic questions regarding various phone functions. After spending some 30 minutes explaining some particular feature, my final answer is – “why don’t you look at the manual?” Most often than not, basic questions are addressed in the user manual that comes…
Earlier today, an internal Verizon Wireless document suggested a December 9th launch date for the Galaxy Nexus. Now, a leaked equipment guide all but confirms this December 9th date. The guide is an internal document for Verizon employees and has detailed information about a new handset. Besides the launch date, the document also lets us know the handset will be available in…
Though it was mentioned yesterday, today there’s even more evidence that points to the Samsung Galaxy Nexus being released on December 9th. The picture you see above not only shows the Galaxy Nexus being released this Friday but the Motorola Droid 4 set to be released on December 8th. With Galaxy Nexus phones already arriving…
Remember that Samsung’s dual-screen clamshell SCH-W999? It’s officially announced for China Telecom and that means now we have more information to share. The device that reminds me on many Japanese phones will comes with two 3.5-inch S-AMOLED WVGA (800×480 pixels) touchscreens, two SIM card slots, Qualcomm’s MSM8660 1.2GHz dual-core processor and a 5-megapixel camera on…