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Samsung has a creative new handset hitting the Chinese market. The Samsung SCH-W999 is a large Android flip phone with two screens. The outside features a generous 3.5-inch 480 x 800 AMOLED display, and the inside features another display of similar specifications. With the screen measuring 3.5 inches, the whole phone must be pretty big.…
Uh oh, Samsung’s being a poor sport. The company is appealing the Galaxy Tab 10.1 ban in Australia. This comes two weeks after a court ruled in favor of Apple effectively preventing all sales of the tablet in the country/continent for infringing on Apple’s patents. The evidence it presented in court regarding Samsung’s two patent…
Well, it looks like the day many Android users have been patiently waiting for is coming soon — Google is allegedly baking up its own iTunes-like music store and a launch is imminent. People who accessed music.google.com from their Android phones were presented with the Google Music Beta Android app, and a “Shop millions of songs…
Verizon recently launched its Galaxy Nexus sign-up page and it initially claimed that it was a Big Red exclusive. Well, that sent a lot of people into a hissy fit, apparently, and now the page no longer makes mention of any sort of exclusivity at all. We’ve heard that the Samsung Galaxy Nexus would be…
It looks like pics of LG’s next Android device has surfaced. An anonymous tipster calls this mysterious handset the LG Prada P940, which may very well be the K2 — a device that first appeared three months ago in a leaked roadmap. This would be the third version of the LG Prada series, but according to…
Oh, Logitech Revue, when will you give us value? The first set-top box with Google TV installed has suffered from sluggish sales and an eventual price slash to $99 to help move units. Still, what most people have been waiting for (if they haven’t lost interest completely) is the Android 3.1 update and the introduction…
Does anyone else think it’s a bit odd that the Motorola Droid 3 has only been out a couple of months and we’re already seeing the Droid 4 pop up? Ok, so maybe it’s not all that surprising. Oh, the life of an Android phone. Either way, those of you who crave the QWERTY-toting handset…
It’s been a little over a week since the introduction of the Galaxy Nexus in Hong Kong, but on that same day the announcement of the Motorola Droid RAZR had gone down as well. Now Verizon has added the thinly-shaped device to the DroidDoes website for pre-order and release, which started at 8 AM today. The…
HTC today announced its first LTE smartphone, called the Raider, for availability Canada. The HTC Raider will be coming soon to both Bell and Rogers networks, following on an initial announcement in Korea. The new Canadian bound device packs some pretty impressive features like a 1.2 GHz processor, 1080p camcorder and Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread with of course…
Motorola is organizing a somewhat weird contest on Facebook for social mavens. The official pitch goes like this: Have you turned 15 minutes of fame into 15,000 followers? Are your updates quoted and tweeted by the stars? Then you’re already trailblazing through social media! Tell us how you’ve reached social domination for a chance to…