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Up in Canada, Bell Mobility has confirmed that they’ll have the Samsung Galaxy Nexus available in early December. The word “exclusive” didn’t enter into the marketing parlance anywhere, so it’s probably safe assume that Rogers and TELUS will start talking about their launch plans too. (Update: Bell just confirmed that it is, indeed an exclusive!)…
Google is organizing a contest allowing folks from all around the world to win the Nexus Galaxy smartphone. The search giant will award a total of 7 devices to lucky participants from Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Netherlands, Singapore, Spain, South Korea, United Kingdom and the United States. The contest has already started…
Samsung has announced the Galaxy Note smartphone/tablet combo in China. At its Galaxy Note World Tour held in Shanghai, the company unveiled its super-powerful device that will be sold in the world’s most populous country with few local apps preloaded, including Shangmail, MaiKu Note, Mobile QQ, weibo and more. Aside from that, the Galaxy Note…
Samsung, the world’s largest smartphone vendor in terms of volume and pretty soon the world’s largest phone vendor by volume if Nokia continues nose diving, is also a component supplier. Doesn’t matter what device you have, an Apple iPhone, an HTC Desire, a Nokia N97, there’s a strong chance that there’s a chip inside there…
While the U.S. may be the biggest smartphone market out there, and RIM’s foothold there is slipping, BlackBerry continues to be popular in the UK and Canada according to recent survey data. In Canada, BlackBerry has snatched 41% of the smartphone market, which is more or less in line with where RIM sat at the…
To commemorate the victory of Samsung Lions Baseball Team in Korean Series Championship, the Korean tech giant launched a special version of its 10-inch tablet. The new Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Lions Special Edition will be available to the fastest 150 fans of the baseball team, who will also get a ball and Lions kit…
You know that Samsung has multiple versions of the Galaxy S II. There’s the CDMA model, the standard Galaxy S II sold in Europe and Asia, the one that runs on AT&T’s network and the one made for T-Mobile USA’s HSPA+ 42Mbps (downlink) network. The last mentioned comes with Qualcomm’s Hercules chip and has been…
Well what do you know, Sammy decided to bless Korean ladies with the pink version of its Galaxy S II superphone. The sad news (at least for ladies outside of South Korea) is that the company hasn’t said anything about the international release. If I were at the electronics giant’s marketing department, I would definitely…
RIM made its debut in the Greenpaece Guide to Greener Electronics this month, and it’s not a good start. The maker of BlackBerry is dead last among other electronics manufacturers, including LG, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, Nokia, and Apple. RIM gets a beating in the ratings for not providing external verification of its greenhouse gas emission…
Finally, after waiting for well over a year, customers of Sprint’s Samsung Epic 4G will receive their fix of Gingerbread (Android 2.3). The Now Network announced on its Twitter page that users can expect the update to start rolling out over-the-air sometime today. The update to Gingerbread will add some much-needed improvements. This version of the Android…