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A leaked rebate form for Verizon shows the upcoming arrival of some interesting mid-range phones. The rebate form shows the BlackBerry Curve 9370, Samsung Illusion, and the Casio Ravine 2 all destined to land on largest U.S. wireless carrier sometime this month. This is due to the fact that the rebate form shows a redemption period…
If you’re looking for a Verizon 4G LTE phone with a full QWERTY keyboard, the Samsung Stratosphere 4G is your only game in town. Considered part of the Galaxy S lineup, the Verizon Stratosphere 4G is finally in our hands and we gave it a quick look. The 4-inch Super AMOLED screen is nice, bright…
Three UK is running a neat campaign for two of the hottest Android smartphones – HTC Sensation and Samsung Galaxy S II. Both devices rock, though as we’ve learned from one of our previous posts, most of you guys and gals prefer Sammy’s baby due to its better screen (Super AMOLED Plus), more flash storage…
Canalys has released the results of their U.S. smartphone market share research for the third quarter of 2011, and BlackBerry is in rough shape. At this time last year, RIM commanded 24%, just barely behind Apple’s 26%. Now BlackBerry claims only 9% of U.S. smartphone owners. Sure, Apple has lost a bit of ground, and…
Not sure why it took so long for Verizon and Samsung to launch the Gingerbread update for the Galaxy Tab, but the good news is that it will be released in the (very) near future. The 70MB heavy download will make your 7-inch tablet more powerful, bringing many new features and bug fixes to the…
So you like the new Samsung Galaxy Note but are afraid its S Pen will be limited to very few apps. To be fair your fears are somewhat justified as there are only few options you can/will be able to choose from, including apps like Zen Brush, OmniSketch, Soonr, iAnnotate PDF and ComicBook. Luckily Samsung…
After Nokia previewed its upcoming Kinetic device prototypes with flexible displays, Samsung wants to make sure it gets a share of the spotlight too. The company showed off its own flexible display technology at CES 2011, and is now ready to declare that it aims to start shipping them in 2012. The first batch of flexible…
A few new Windows Phones aren’t the only handsets to be hitting AT&T shelves on November 6th. AT&T’s first LTE-enabled smartphones will be going on sale the same day, and will include the HTC Vivid and Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket. To mark the occasion, AT&T is also flipping the switch on LTE in 9…
A report last week predicted that Samsung shipped more smartphones than Apple in Q3, but now it’s confirmed. Samsung is now the number one smartphone vendor in the world when measured by global shipments, which is a title effectively stolen from Apple. During Q3 2011, Samsung shipped approximately 27.8 million smartphones, while Apple was in…
Samsung is preparing to launch a successor to the Champ touchscreen phone. Like the original device, the Champ 2 will also cater to first-time phone buyers, offering touchscreen experience for next to nothing. Specs wise, the new Champ (C3330) is said to sport a 2-megapixel camera, 2.4-inch QVGA display with stylus pen support, Bluetooth 3.0,…