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comScore has just released some numbers relating to the U.S. wireless market in the three months leading up to October, and Samsung is still on top, claiming 25.5% of all mobile subscribers (among smartphones and otherwise). The numbers haven’t changed too much since their September survey, so there aren’t a lot of surprises. LG was nexddt…
Once Senators starting demanding answers about what Carrier IQ was tracking, you just knew that lawsuits wouldn’t be far away. Carrier IQ, HTC and Samsung are all facing class-action lawsuits for allegedly violating federal wiretapping statutes. The Carrier IQ software bills itself as a tool for mobile operators to better manage their networks and it…
Samsung was dealt another setback in its attempt to sell the Galaxy Tab in Australia. Instead of launching the Galaxy Tab Friday at 4 pm, the Korean company must now wait until December 9th. It’s a significant setback that’ll cost Samsung a week’s worth of holiday sales. Earlier this week, the Australian Supreme Court overturned…
A man by the name of Silly22 on the XDA Developers forum recently posted images of a badly damaged Samsung Galaxy S II along with a mildly terrifying story of why it looks the way it does. The story goes something like this: a friend of Silly22 had the smartphone pictured below in his pocket…
Verizon’s Samsung Fascinate seems to be the last Galaxy S version to get the Android 2.3 Gingerbread update. It’s better late than never, with Verizon pushing software version EH03 over-the-air as we speak. If you still don’t see it, there’s no reason to panic – it’s most likely one of those staged updates that will…
In the cellular world, the greatest mystery right now is the launch date of the Verizon Galaxy Nexus. Samsung introduced the handset in October and launched it in the UK last month. It’s expected to launch stateside in December, but the exact sale date is still unknown. An earlier rumor claimed the Galaxy Nexus would arrive on December 8th, but Engadget got its hands on a Best Buy inventory list…
We’ve seen all sorts of videos for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus but one thing we have seen in celluloid form since the demos after the official announcement was Android Beam. This new feature allows you to share YouTube videos, Google Maps directions, contact information and more just by putting two NFC-enabled devices back to back…
We’ve never really liked preinstalled apps on Android phones but now that North Carolina State University researchers have revealed a major flaw in some on-board Android apps, we hate it even more. The researchers said these vulnerabilities can allow for the sharing of your potentially sensitive information without your permission. Malicious apps could tap into…
The great folks at iFixit have torn down the Samsung Galaxy Nexus and found the world’s first Ice Cream Sandwich phone is packed full of power but it may be a bit tricky to repair. We know that the Samsung Galaxy Nexus sports a 1.2 GHz TI OMAP processor, a 4.65-inch 720p screen and NFC,…
Samsung has announced the next generation of their Exonys processors today, clocking in at 2 GHz. The dual-core Cortex-A15 chip will be made with a 32 nanometer process, like the Exynos 4212, support display resolutions up to 2560 x 1600, and stereoscopic 3D if you’re into that kind of thing. Samsung claims data transfer speeds…