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Samsung and Google were supposed to take the stage yesterday and announce the next Nexus handset, the Nexus Prime. That obviously didn’t happen (yadda yadda yadda) and the delay may in fact be because of patent issues instead of Mr. Jobs’ death. Still, that’s no reason to believe that the handset isn’t on its way soon. UK…
Samsung has decided to ratchet up the level of competition with Apple. The South Korea-based company will attempt to trump its iPhone 4S rival by offering up its popular Galaxy S II smartphone for just two bucks without a service contract (yes, you heard correct). This likely stems from Apple’s recent rejection of Samsung’s settlement offer,…
As part of the marketing plan for the London Olympics 2012, Samsung is teaming-up with Visa to launch an “iconic” phone. We don’t have the specifics aside from the fact that the upcoming device will pack some Olympics-themed content and NFC capabilities making it mobile payments-ready. The Korean company was quiet about its plans and…
Samsung will soon start pushing a new firmware update for its flagship Galaxy S II smartphone. As far as we know, it will be a small release, packing two noticeable changes – bigger icons (up to 30% bigger) and the System Update widget, from where users will be able to quickly see whether a new…
While it wasn’t the announcement we were hoping for from Samsung at CTIA 2011, the company did show off the Verizon Stratosphere, the first 4G LTE device on the network with a full QWERTY keyboard. We’re rocking and rolling at CTIA, so you just know we had to play with it. The Samsung Stratosphere has…
One of the great/horrible things about this job is that I do a lot of traveling. Over the last year, I’ve been to Las Vegas, Austin, Orlando, Barcelona, Helsinki, New York, Bellevue and countless others and while it’s fun to explore new locations, actually getting there can be a pain in the rear end. You…
Cricket’s latest addition to its family of Android smartphones is called the Samsung Transfix. The Transfix has a full slide-out QWERTY keyboard, which makes this consumer-friendly to those out there who love to text and surf the Web. Other noteworthy features include: 800MHz processor 3.2-inch touchscreen 3.2-megapixel camera with camcorder microSD slot with up to 32-gigabyte…
The fall CTIA show is one of the slower conferences we go to and the introduction of the Google Nexus Prime(Galaxy Nexus) would have made the entire show worth while for us here at IntoMobile. As you may know, Samsung and Google pulled out at the last minute and the reasoning was apparently due to the…
U.S. won’t be the only developed country that won’t get Samsung Galaxy Note this year, with Samsung Australia saying that their smartphone-tablet will be launched “by early 2012.” The information comes from PC World, which quoted the company’s spokesperson saying: “Essentially, we do want to bring it to Australia but it won’t be until next…
AT&T once dominated the smartphone field with the iPhone, but now that Verizon and Sprint are in the running, the carrier can’t just rest on its laurels. So, AT&T has just announced five new Android smartphones, including the Motorola Atrix 2, successor to the relatively powerful Atrix from earlier this year. The Atrix 2 has…