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After extensive coverage of Samsung‘s war with Apple overseas, there’s a bit of a twist today: the legal battles don’t always involve Samsung and they aren’t taking place overseas. Welcome back to the legal battles between HTC and Apple. On December 14th, the smartphone manufacturer may face a giant ban against U.S. imports. If so, it…
While we’re pretty much in love with the GSM version of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, there’s still no official US release date and not many people are willing to throw down $750+ for it. As you may all know at this point, the Galaxy Nexus’ first stop will be a Verizon Wireless and it looks…
HTC today announced that it has started to roll out Honeycomb (Android 3.x) to the GSM version of the HTC Flyer. This update is hitting Europe first, but folks in the U.S. shouldn’t pout because the Wi-Fi version of the Flyer will “receive its Honeycomb update soon,” according to HTC. The company left the following…
We knew that Android 2.3.x Gingerbread would eventually become the largest version used and Google’s latest stats prove just that. Gingerbread is now running on slightly more than 50% of all devices that have accessed the Android Market in the past two weeks and has no signs of slowing down. Introduced almost exactly a year…
It looks like Sprint and AT&T aren’t the only ones in the U.S. using the now-infamous Carrier IQ debugging tool. The app which apparently logs a ton of user information in the name of support and quality control is also loaded up on a bunch of T-Mobile phones, including: HTC Amaze 4G Samsung Galaxy S…
Of the many reasons we recommend you pick up a Nexus device if you want to own an Android smartphone, the fact that you’re first in line to receive Google’s software updates is one of the most attractive propositions for those of you who want to stay on the bleeding edge of what’s happening in…
When Motorola announced the Droid RAZR for Verizon, many in the tech community joked that it was officially the world’s greatest smartphone, but only for the next few hours since Google and Samsung were scheduled to get on a stage in Hong Kong and announce what we now know as the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. Comparing…
The Motorola RAZR isn’t the world’s thinnest smartphone anymore. Sure it will keep its crown in the western hemisphere but in Japan folks have another, even thinner option – Fujitsu Arrow ES IS12F. Available through KDDI, this Android smartphone is just 6.7mm think which is 0.4mm thinner than Moto’s smartphone. However, Fujitsu’s baby isn’t as…
Already approved by the FCC, Acer Iconia Tab A200 has been officially announced as a tablet that “comes at a very affordable price”, though unfortunately we don’t know just how affordable that price is. It will be available soon in “select countries,” most likely U.S. and parts of Europe and Asia. At the moment, the…
Few days ago one of our readers sent me a question, asking me which is the best device in T-Mobile’s portfolio. I immediately responded – Samsung Galaxy S II. First of all, T-Mobile’s Galaxy S II is pretty much the fastest Galaxy S II out there. Sure there’s AT&T’s Skyrocket version that sings along LTE,…