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You know how Apple’s iPad is getting all the attention and is the single most used tablet out there. Pilots use it, schools are ordering their units and even doctors dig it. So what could other tablet makers do to get a decent adoption among professionals and students? They could be more pro-active and that’s…
T-Mobile took the wraps off a new mid-range smartphone today called the Samsung Exhibit II 4G. This Android handset includes a single-core 1 GHz Snapdragon processor, a 3.7-inch WVGA display, front and rear camera with flash, and Android 2.3 Gingerbread. In layman’s terms, it’s a nice option for regular cell phone owners looking to take…
Bad news for you Nexus One owners out there, it turns out the first official Google phone will not be getting the upgrade to Ice Cream Sandwich after all, according to Google’s Product Management Director for Android, Hugo Barra. Barra said what many tech insiders already expected: the hardware was simply too old to run the…
A photographer by the name of Romain Guy posted a sample video from the Samsung Galaxy Nexus Android 4.0 smartphone to his Google+ profile. The result? Quite good. It’s yet another example of the continuous innovation going on to improve mobile phone cameras. There are some caveats, however. One Hacker News member pointed out that…
Virgin Mobile USA is launching a new device for heavy texters, Samsung M575, on payLo plans. Available exclusively through Best Buy for $79.99 (excluding taxes), this QWERTY keyboard-equipped phone also comes with a 2.4-inch QVGA display, 2-megapixel camera, Bluetooth and a memory card slot. When it comes to pre-installed software, there are IM and email…
Android Ice Cream Sandwich marks a new vision for Google’s mobile operating system. For the first time ever, it actually looks as if Google had the consumer in mind and Android has never looked better. Previous versions of the OS may have been feature-packed but still lacked any sort of elegance and because of this,…
It looks like Samsung’s latest Windows Phone called the Omnia W has been spotted in the wild. The Omnia W was announced without a launch date in September, but it’ll feature Microsoft’s new Windows Phone 7.5, code-named Mango. The phone will sport some pretty noteworthy features including: 1.4 GHz single-core Snapdragon CPU Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE and dualband UMTS/HSDPA (14.4 Mbps)/HSUPA (5.76…
[Update: A winner has been chosen and contacted. They now have 48 hours to respond to our email. If we don’t receive a response within 48 hours, we’ll proceed to select a new winner.] Welcome, folks, to another IntoMobile giveaway. That’s right – this is the time where we selflessly give away stuff that we…
Sprint has just announced it will carry the Samsung Transform Ultra, a phone which The Now Network had unveiled a month ago on its prepaid brand Boost Mobile. The phone packs Android 2.3 Gingerbread with Sprint ID, and includes a 1GHz processor, 3.5-inch HVGA display, and slide-out QWERTY keyboard. It’s pretty much identical to the…
Those of you with T-Mobile’s version of the Samsung Galaxy S II may be glad to know that your device of choice has been rooted. I’m saying “may” because not everyone is interested to modify its SGS2 smartphone, since the out-of-box experience is already rock-solid. However, if you feel adventurous, you can try out to…