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Samsung Galaxy S III For Verizon May Not Use The Quad-Core Exynos

SCH-I535_UAProf The Galaxy S II had a major flaw in its native Exynos chipset, and that was lack of LTE support. AT&T had to swap out the Eyxnos for a Snapdragon S3 processor in its LTE variant of the SII, and Verizon passed on the handset altogether, instead opting for the Galaxy Nexus. We now have word that there's a good chance that the new Exynos does not support LTE either,... Read more »

Samsung In No Shortage Of New Device Names, Files Many New Trademarks

samsung-galaxy-575x383-550x366 With the number of Android devices hitting the market increasing every month, manufacturers need to stay ahead on the name game with plenty of trademarks. Samsung is doing just that, and has filed a couple of new device names. They include: Galaxy Lift Galaxy Sire Galaxy Perx Galaxy Variant As far as what kind of devices these will be, we aren't 100%... Read more »

Galaxy Note’s CyanogenMod 9 Builds Receive S-Pen Support, Along With Many Bug Fixes

note-ics The Galaxy Note is half phone, half tablet. With its massive 5.3" 800x1280 screen, it needs an operating system that can really take advantage of all that glorious space. Unfortunately, it's running Gingerbread. Yes, Samsung promised an update sometime this year. And yes, there are Ice Cream Sandwich leaks out there, but they are all TouchWiz based. So what... Read more »

Android 4.0.4 Update For Verizon Galaxy Nexus Starting Limited Rollout

verizon-galaxy-nexus-front- Through all the update woes surrounding the various models of Google's flagship phone and the resulting criticism, Google and Verizon have been working together to fix it. Slowly. A few people have gotten a notification for a new update on their Verizon Galaxy Nexus. The update, build IMM76K, is based on Android 4.0.4. Keep in mind this is currently a limited... Read more »

Android Now Tips Scale At 51% Of US Smartphone Market Says comScore

comscore-phones-march-2012 Surprise surprise, the March smartphone market totals are in and you'll never guess who continues to reign number one in the US market. Android is still top dog jumping almost four full points to 51% of new American smartphone buyers. Apple's still riding its own wave jumping to 30.7% giving the two top platforms close to 80% marketshare. As seems to be the... Read more »

Google Posts Galaxy Nexus In The Cloud Commercial

Screen Shot 2012-05-01 at 1.25.32 PM Some of you may have already seen this on TV, I just caught wind of it as Google uploaded it. It seems pretty well-timed considering the rollout of Google Drive. So, have you already sworn your allegiance to Google and the... Read more »

Oh Look, Another Galaxy S III Spotted In The Wild

sgs3newleak We're just two days away from the real Galaxy S III announcement and wouldn't you know it, another leaked device claims to be the "real" Galaxy S III. The boys at SamMobile have received two images of the device running Android 4.0.4 right out of the box. The device appears to be the GT-i9300, the very same device leaked by Gizmodo Brazil and then reported by The... Read more »

Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 Receives Root And ClockworkMod Treatment

samsung_galaxy_tab_2_7-0-580x452 Samsung's newest 7-inch tablet, the Galaxy Tab 2 7.0, was rooted last Friday, and the process was long and not exactly 100% safe. The next day, ClockworkMod Recovery was successfully installed and released to the public. Luckily, this made the root process much easier. Rooting the Tab 2 7.0 is now as easy as flashing two files, thanks to Samsung's openness on... Read more »

Ice Cream Sandwich To Begin Hitting Samsung Devices In Canada

samsung-logo2 Well, this one came out of nowhere. Samsung Canada has just sent out a press release stating that the Android 4.0 update will be rolling out to 9 of its devices. You read that right, nine devices. They are as follows: • GALAXY S II • GALAXY S II LTE • GALAXY S II LTE HD • GALAXY S II X • GALAXY Note • GALAXY Tab 7.0 • GALAXY Tab 7.0... Read more »

Newest Galaxy S III/S3 Leak Is…Well, Maybe It’s Real, Maybe It Isn’t

galaxys3leaknumber20100102124124 Time to add yet another purported image of the Galaxy S III/3 in the wild to the growing list of Galaxy S III images in the wild. It appears to look very close to the same questionable handset leak we saw last week, which has us wondering about the legitimacy of this image. The folks at Know Your Mobile, the recipient of both this picture as well as the image... Read more »