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To celebrate selling the 2 million Galaxy S II units in South Korea, Samsung unveiled uniquely-designed battery covers for its super-popular Android smartphone. There are four different designs to choose from, all of which will be available “in limited numbers.” We’ve no idea what that exactly means and can only hope the electronics giant will…
Verizon will be stepping up its game on the LTE front in the coming months, with virtually every new device supporting the blazing fast network. We’re already seeing some follow-up handsets for phones that haven’t even been out a full year at this point, as well as some new devices we’ve never heard of. The…
The latest numbers from IDC are out and the research firm confirms what other firms have been reporting: Apple is now the largest smartphone maker in the world based on sales for the second quarter. Even without the help of a brand new iPhone, Apple was able to ship 20.3 million iPhones in the quarter…
Cellular South, one of America’s smaller operators, has just announced that they’ll be offering their customers a new Android smartphone running Gingerbread (version 2.3) called the Samsung Admire. Curiously, they failed to mention when it’ll actually become available and how much it’s going to cost. Some public relations people sadly work in offices where lead…
Looking to grab yourself the Samsung Droid Charge but don’t want to pay too much of a premium? Amazon used to have a great deal on the device which has just got better. The online retailer is now offering the Android-powered superphone for $99.99 which is $200 less than what Verizon Wireless’ is asking! Sure,…
Samsung’s Android-powered QWERTY slider, SPH-M930, has been cleared by the FCC and is now, at least legally, ready to be sold on the U.S. soil. As far as we know (from that leaked roadmap), the official launch is set for September 2nd, leaving enough room for Boost to train its staff. Specs wise, the M930…
Hunting around for an iPhone 5 release date? A bunch of dates from Telus have leaked, revealing that Canada is getting the iPhone 5 on October 1. At best, we have an idea of what it might look like, but any other info on the device itself is still the subject of speculation. That same…
Another day, another report saying Android is taking over the world. For good or for worse, Google’s mobile operating system has set the world on fire and has matched and outgrown the competition in a very short amount of time. According to the latest report from Canalys, Android has capture almost half of the global…
The Sprint roadmap we saw last week has been updated with a few new devices. On top of the phones we’ve already seen, like the Samsung Conquer and the BlackBerry Torch 9850, the LG Optimus Black (listed as the LS855) and the Samsung M930 (a slider we had caught a glimpse of not long ago)…
Apple has successfully kept Samsung from selling its Galaxy Tab 10.1, the latest Android tablet from the South Korean manufacturer, in Australia. The two companies have been in the throes of legal battle for a few months now in several different countries. Apple decided to escalate its case against Samsung, and the latter relented and…