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Ladies and gents, it is my great pleasure to spread the good great news – T-Mobile has started rolling out the Ice Cream Sandwich update for the Samsung Galaxy S II. Unfortunately though, it’s not an over-the-air things, rather requiring that you have Samsung Kies software installed on your computer. Then again, that shouldn’t be…
When people talk about mobile phone vendors they typically cite three to five companies, but truth is there are many, many more. There’s a countless number of brands in China that most consumers will never hear about because those firms are ultra focused on feeding local demand. Xiaomi is one of those companies. This month…
When Asus first announced the Padfone, most of us were amazed. The idea to make a single device that’s both a smartphone and tablet is great, or at least I think so. Then at Mobile World Congress, the company went one step forward, unveiling the keyboard dock and the super-cool Bluetooth headset-stylus. The problem, however,…
Samsung prepared an interesting smartphone for China Unicom, which is the second-largest mobile operator in the world’s most populous country. Model number GT-B9120 sports a clamshell form factor and, get this – two 3.5-inch WVGA Super AMOLED touchscreens! To be fair, we’ve already seen a similar Samsung product though it wasn’t running Android — Samsung…
These days Brits have quite a few mobile deals to choose from, some of which we’ve already covered in the past. The new deal we caught involves the HTC One S, with The Carphone Warehouse offering this particular Android smartphone for free on a 16 GBP/month contract from Talkmobile. That money gets you 200 minutes,…
I guess Motorola isn’t doing so bad after all. Apparently, the company’s Droid Razr Maxx was the top-selling device on the largest wireless provider in the United States, Verizon, topping the wildly popular iPhone. The best-selling phone in the US is under some pressure, according to analyst Anil Doradia. Doradia writes, “our checks highlight initial signs of…
After a few false starts, the tablet computer market is fully taking off. The surge is led by Apple’s iPad tablet, which debuted in 2010 and single-handedly comprises a significant majority of the tablets found in consumer households today. While we know tablets are a hot-commodity item, a new report out of comScore indicates just…
The Droid Incredible was announced earlier this year by Verizon Wireless without a solid launch date. Rumors point to a June 21st launch, but there has been no solid information supporting this estimated launch date until now. According to Droid-Life, select Verizon Wireless stores received marketing materials for the next generation Incredible handset over the weekend.…
In less than a month I’m going to celebrate my five year anniversary in Finland. When I landed here in the summer of 2007 I had no idea I’d stay for this long, but life has a way of throwing surprises at you. Now one of the key survival skills you absolutely must have to…
Gigabyte used the Computex 2012 to show the world it’s still in the smartphone-making game. As a small player in this highly competitive market, they know the differentiation is a key to success. So if it can’t have the fastest devices, Gigabyte can offer the ones for specific user niches, namely those who use more…