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Samsung executive says company isn’t doing very well in the tablet market

image-Samsung-Galaxy-Note-10.1-official-render1 Despite the fact that Samsung has a literal plethora of tablets available out there, it doesn't look like everything is going so well for the company. During Mobile World Congress, Samsung's product strategy executive Hankil Yoon cleared the air, clearly stating that SAmsung isn't doing all that great within the tablet market. Here's the pull quote from... Read more »

HTC One V landing on US Cellular, metroPCS and Virgin Mobile sometime in the future

image-HTC-One-V-official1 Earlier this morning, PhoneScoop was able to confirm with an HTC representative that one of the most recently announced devices from HTC, and part of the phone manufacturer's new One series of devices, the One V, is heading to the United States courtesy of several different regional carriers. This was announced during HTC's conference, but up until now it was only... Read more »

ZTE Era officially unveiled at Mobile World Congress

image-ZTE-Era-live Here in the United States ZTE isn't a household name in the smartphone race, but that doesn't mean that the company isn't going to try and change that in the 2012 smartphone race. They're throwing open the doors with the brand new Era, which is filled with all sorts of high-end features, and certainly a good looking device to boot. The Era by ZTE features a... Read more »

HTC One X poses for the camera

image-HTC-One-X-live While we all anxiously await for HTC to take the stage at Mobile World Congress (or, more appropriately, right before MWC), we're left grasping at anything we can get our hands on in regards to upcoming devices. Thanks to ITProPortal, we finally have a first look at what is known as the HTC One X in the wild. It was only yesterday that we reportedly saw the first... Read more »

HTC Ville, Samsung Blaze 4G and Huawei Prism found in leaked T-Mobile document

Screen-Shot-2012-02-21-at-5.18.26-PM Our buddies over at TmoNews are bringing some great things to look forward to from T-Mobile, as they have just received a newly leaked document. Within the document is a mentions of the HTC Ville, Samsung Blaze 4G and Huawei Prism. We've heard plenty about the Ville, and it's expected to be one of T-Mobile's next high-end handsets. We should see more of it at Mobile... Read more »

Motorola DROID X receiving maintenance update

171491-droidx The Motorola DROID X has turned into arguably one of the most popular DROIDs Verizon has released, and Motorola is keeping up the support. A new maintenance update is coming soon to the device, and it brings some hefty bugs fixes. Some of the larger ones include improved browser security and various fixes with the music app. While it isn't the update to Android 4.0,... Read more »

Google Wallet contains major security bug, Google acknowledges

google-wallet Anyone who currently has a rooted Android phone with Google Wallet installed, listen up. A new bug has been found in the app, and it could reveal a users' PIN number. This could lead to users losing money in their Google Wallet accounts, as thieves could in turn use the service on a stolen device. There are a number of steps that can be taken to prevent the bug, so... Read more »

Samsung Galaxy S II receives another leaked Ice Cream Sandwich build

Samsung-Galaxy-S-II-GT-I9100-417x350 Samsung has promised to update its Galaxy S II line of phones to Ice Cream Sandwich, and a build has already been leaked out. Now another has, and this time we have a video accompanying it. The build features TouchWiz, and doesn't look too much different from the current Gingerbread build. This could be good and bad for some, depending on preference. The build is... Read more »

Samsung Galaxy Tab receives CyanogenMod port, now running Ice Cream Sandwich

gtab-ics_02-500x312 The original Galaxy Tab won't be seeing an official update to the latest Ice Cream Sandwich, but that isn't stopping the devs from CyanogenMod. It has received a port of CyanogenMod 9, and everything appears to be working, with a little lag here and there. Nothing major, as we're sure that most owners are desperate to get on a newer version of Android. More... Read more »

T-Mobile may be next in line for Galaxy Nexus

galaxy-nexus-on-t-mobile- You read the headline and you're excited, but let's not get ahead of ourselves. Looks like the folks over at CellphoneSignal have uncovered some database code that may reference the Galaxy Nexus. The code in question is pictured above and you can clearly see that Samsung is listed as the vendor of what is classified as the SGH-T999. Now, for those that know, T-Mobile... Read more »