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Looks like MetroPCS will join other carriers and start offering the Samsung Galaxy S4 starting next week. The carrier has turned to Vine to get some buzz, showing the Galaxy S3 + 1 to clearly suggest what’s coming. The Galaxy S4 with all the right radios to sing along MetroPCS’ network has already cleared the…
Samsung has a big advertising budget which means it can create gems like this Galaxy S4 ad below. Crafted specifically for Samsung Iceland, the commercial features apples, sheep and dancing black-clothed ninjas. Check it out below and let us now in the comments what you think about this example of Samsung’s international marketing push.
We’ve already told you that Samsung is preparing to enter the smart watch game. Now we caught their patent filing for the “Gear” trademark which could be used for such product in the future. The patent application description mentions “clocks; parts and fittings for watches; wristwatches; electronic clocks and watches; bracelets; watchbands; control clocks; watches…
Remember that deal with Samsung and Jay-Z? Yeah, well that hasn’t been going very smoothly. Owners of various Samsung devices such as the Galaxy S3, Galaxy S4 and Galaxy Note II were set to receive the new Jay-Z album at the stroke of midnight if they downloaded and installed the Magna Carta Holy Grail app,…
Another rumor pertaining to the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 has surfaced today, and it’s a big one. According to SamMobile, the hotly anticipated phablet device will be touting a massive 3GB of RAM. The next iteration in Samsung’s popular Note line has yet to be officially announced, and it is speculated that Samsung will throw…
According to some Israeli news outlets such as The Marker and The Calcalist, Samsung has purchased the streaming media entertainment company Boxee. Samsung reportedly paid $30 million for the Tel Aviv based company, although official word from Boxee and Samsung has yet to be received. Boxee started out by making media center software, and has…
The next version of Galaxy S III to get the Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean update along with Premium Suite is the model sold by C Spire. Aside from packing platform-wide tweaks, Samsung also included a number of its own software enhancements, including smart photo tagging, S-Beam changes and the ever-cool multi-window view. The update is…
Samsung has shipped more than 20 million Galaxy S4 units, yet again proving this is their fastest selling smartphone ever. The Korean company’s flagship device was launched in late April and managed to reach this milestone by the end of June. In comparison, it took Sammy 100 days to move 20 million Galaxy S III…
Samsung has been backing Tizen for some time now, and it’s plans to release its first smartphone running the OS has officially been delayed. While the handset was expected to debut sometime in August, it’s now been pushed back two months. Apparently Samsung has been facing some issues with the OS, with the App Store…
Thanks to the well-known hacker Geohot, owners of the Samsung Galaxy S4 Active can now easily root their devices. Geohot, who is known widely as the first person to unlock the original iPhone has created a rooting method for the Galaxy S4 Active. Geohot has made the rooting process as simple as possible, by creating…