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Well, it may not have launched this past Thursday but the LTE-equipped Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 pre-orders look to begin shipping on Tuesday, the 26th. This could mean that the powerful Honeycomb tablet could also become available in Verizon stores later in the week. The super thin Android tablet should be quite the hit now…
The Sprint Nexus S 4G is a good way to get a pure Google experience but if you’re like a lot of people, you may have had trouble with the whole “4G” thing. Well, Sprint has heard your complaints and a software update will be rolling out July 25 to fix some data speed issues.…
After a lengthy stay on Sprint and T-Mobile, the Samsung Nexus S has just been announced for AT&T. Pre-sale starts tomorrow at Best Buy, and will be released on July 24. We’ve been expecting this one for awhile, and with any luck, it’ll still be launching in the white version. The Samsung Nexus S is…
Still waiting for your Samsung Galaxy S II, America? Well, maybe it’s time for a roadtrip because us Canadians can pick one up today from Bell (or its subsidiary Virgin) for $169.95 on a three-year contract or $599.95 up front. The Samsung Galaxy S II is an impressive little number, boasting a 4.3-inch 480 x…
Thanks to the “always ahead of the game” SamFirmware website, Samsung Wave II owners can try out the Bada 2.0 before its official launch. This may not be the final build, but should give you an idea what to expect in the coming months. From what we can tell, Bada 2.0 looks much better, with…
Almost missed this. Samsung unveiled a new Android smartphone Galaxy R, which as far as we can tell is identical to the Galaxy Z model. That said, we’re talking about a device which sits somewhere between the original Galaxy S and Galaxy S II, rocking a 4.2-inch WVGA touchscreen and 5-megapixel camera. In addition, this…
While we were just wondering what’s the holdup with the Samsung Galaxy S II in the United States, a Samsung executive said that we could be seeing this superphone as early as next month. “We expect to release the Galaxy S2 in the U.S. market sometime in August,” said Shin Jong-kyun, president of Samsung’s mobile…
When it comes to building mobile phones for the American market, if you’re a handset vendor supplying devices for either Sprint or Verizon you typically go with Qualcomm for CDMA chipsets. They’ve been powering CDMA devices for as long as anyone can remember, mainly due to the fact that they invented the standard back in…
It looks like RIM’s losing more than one team member to Samsung. Ryan Bidan, whom we’ve seen in several official BlackBerry PlayBook demos, is moving on from Research In Motion. He was a senior product manager that handled the BlackBerry PlayBook development. Before that, he handled gaming at Microsoft. While people in the wireless industry…
Android’s best tablet to date, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, is destined to get a LTE version for Verizon in the near future. Pre-orders for the device went live early last month and rumor has it that we may see the tablet land on store shelves later this week. Thursday, to be specific. Apparently Verizon…