While Samsung has yet to confirm anything and the device still appears to be available at retailers, the pebble blue colored Samsung Galaxy S III has apparently been delayed because of a production error. The report comes from a Dutch site called Tweakers.net, courtesy of Reddit, which says that Samsung has had to destroy 600,000 [...]
While we’re still waiting for a Samsung Galaxy S III release date for the United States, it appears that the highly anticipated smartphone might have a June 20th release date in Canada. According to a leaked document procured by Mobile Syrup, several Canadian carriers appear to be gearing up for a June 20th Samsung Galaxy [...]
A new report pegs the upcoming Google Nexus tablet, which said to be made by Asus, as shipping in June with a release to consumers coming in July. According to DigiTimes who cites a supply chain source, the tablet, which was originally rumored to be coming out in May, is now slated to hit the [...]
Late yesterday, Google made the Samsung Galaxy Nexus Android 4.0.4 available once again for download which could be a sign that Verizon will be rolling out the update to users at some point in the near future. The good news appeared over on the XDA-forums and the download is now available for those that are [...]
It looks like not only is Samsung updating the internal components of its 10-inch Galaxy Note tablet–a device that will join the company’s 5.3-inch Note on the market today that’s sold as a smartphone–but the company will also be making some slight hardware revisions to the tablet as well. In particular, rather than requiring users [...]
While neither Samsung nor the American carriers involved with the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S III launch have revealed anything, the evidence points to all four major U.S. getting the device in June. That means that AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint and Verizon should all see the device arrive at some point in the weeks ahead. And while [...]
The Verizon Galaxy Nexus Android 4.0.4 update was rumored to be out on Tuesday. Tuesday came and went without an update, just like the other days have in the five months since its launch. I’m not mad that it missed that date and I’m not even mad about the ridiculous bugs that seem to be [...]
In a development that should surprise nobody, Apple and Samsung were unable to reach an agreement in the companies’ court-ordered discussions. According to The Korea Times, Samsung CEO Choi Gee-sung and Samsung mobile division head Shin Jong-kyun met with Apple CEO Tim Cook, but the companies were unable to reach a settlement on their patent [...]
Despite mixed reactions, the Samsung Galaxy S III is already off to a great start as one carrier in the United Kingdom says its the most pre-ordered Android phone in its history. Speaking to The Inquirer, Vodafone UK revealed that the Samsung Galaxy S III is the most pre-ordered Android device that it has ever [...]
The Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 was introduced at MWC 2012, but we’ve yet to hear much about the new tablet as Samsung pushes the Galaxy Tab 10.1 2 as the go to 10-inch Android tablet. As it turns out, Samsung is tweaking the design of the Galaxy Note 10.1 to include a slot that holds the S-Pen, [...]
A new report suggests that Samsung may be ready to branch out to a new operating system and ecosystem to launch a smartphone based on the Tizen OS in the second half of this year. Tizen, originally born from Intel’s and Nokia’s abandoned MeeGo platform, which was merged from Intel’s Moblin OS and Nokia’s Maemo [...]
Similar to the Bluetooth SIG listings that confirmed the AT&T and T-Mobile USA variants of Samsung’s third-generation flagship Galaxy S III yesterday, now we have confirmation of Verizon’s variant. According to the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), the regulatory body for Bluetooth radio approval, we also have confirmation of Verizon’s listing, which lists the CDMA [...]
Samsung has confirmed that the company’s third-generation Android flagship Galaxy S III smartphone would have a polycarbonate body, rather than plastic, the latter being a material that was employed on the company’s Galaxy S and Galaxy S II devices. The shift towards polycarbonate would allow Samsung to match efforts from its rivals HTC and Nokia. [...]
Those in the United States looking to get the Samsung Galaxy S III without any sort of carrier branding can now do so as Amazon has put the device up for pre-order. Amazon is currently offering pre-orders for the device for a cool $800. That hefty price tag will net you either the 16GB pebble [...]
Samsung is going to be one of the most visible companies at this year’s Summer Olympic Games in London. Its Samsung Galaxy S III is the official smartphone of the Games and now, the company has unveiled two special edition Olympic devices. O2, a carrier based in the United Kingdom, and Samsung have introduced special [...]
Over the last five months, I have been dealing with an assortment of issues that have been plaguing my experience with the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. In fact, the issues have been so bad that I once again began using my iPhone 3GS as my daily driver. I decided to fire up my Galaxy Nexus over [...]
It looks like owners of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus on Verizon might finally get the update this week as its release date has been pegged for this week. According to Droid-Life, several Galaxy Nexus owners have been informed that the update will be rolling out this week, possibly as soon as tomorrow, May 22nd. In [...]
S Voice, one of the big software features in the Samsung Galaxy S III leaked on the web this weekend, but Samsung and Vlingo are blocking the app. According to SlashGear, the APK for S Voice leaked earlier this weekend. Anybody that wanted to try S Voice could load it on their Android smartphone, assuming [...]
Given that the Google flagship Galaxy Nexus smartphone–a phone that’s geared towards the Android purist as no additional UIs or skins have been overlaid on top of the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich OS–launched on Canadian carrier Telus just at the beginning of the year, it’s surprising to hear that the phone has now been [...]
It looks like Samsung’s promise of launching its third-generation Android flagship Galaxy S III smartphone this summer in the U.S. market is getting a bit closer as AT&T and T-Mobile variants of the phone are now registered. Though Samsung still has not confirmed what carriers the Galaxy S III will be available with in the [...]
The Samsung Galaxy S III doesn’t hit the European market until May 29, but the hackers have already rooted the flagship smartphone. According to SlashGear, hacker Chainfire posted his work on rooting the Galaxy S III on the xda-developers forum. Chainfire was able to root the phone thanks to an insider who supplied him with [...]
The berry pink Samsung Galaxy Note, which hit Korea all the way back in April, will arrive in June in the United Kingdom. Retailer Carphone Warehouse has announced that the device will be on sale soon and that it expects the pink hued Galaxy Note to make its grand arrival sometime over the course of [...]
Samsung’s third-generation Android flagship smartphone still has not gone on sale yet in any part of the world, but the South Korean smartphone-maker has already managed to sell 9 million pre-orders of the highly anticipated Galaxy S III phone. The device, which runs on Google’s Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich software alongside Samsung’s TouchWiz user [...]
In an effort to shore up its current 4G LTE lineup, U.S. Cellular has today announced a new 4G LTE mobile hotspot from Samsung which is now available online and will become available in stores starting May 21st. The device, whose full name is the 4G LTE Samsung SCH-LC11 Mobile Hotspot, will allow U.S. Cellular [...]
Pre-orders for the Samsung Galaxy S III have begun at T-Mobile UK just days ahead of the device’s highly anticipated May 29th release date. The carrier isn’t the first to start taking pre-orders for the device but those currently on T-Mobile and those wishing to go the Magenta route will certainly appreciate the fact that [...]
The highly anticipated Samsung Galaxy Nexus car dock will be hitting the United Kingdom this month after a five month wait. Retailer Clove UK has confirmed that the car dock for the Galaxy Nexus will be arriving on May 22nd months after the Samsung Galaxy Nexus officially launched in the United Kingdom. Clove UK will [...]
It looks like Japanese users of Samsung’s third-generation flagship Android smartphone will be treated to an extra 1 GB of RAM. The Samsung Galaxy S III destined for the Japanese market and headed to carrier DoCoMo will be packing a total of 2 GB RAM, and it’s unclear if Samsung will create a variant of [...]
We’re just a couple of days away from the May 29th launch date for the Samsung Galaxy S III, so it was only a matter of time before the device showed up in an early unboxing video. Indeed, the Samsung Galaxy S III has been unboxed ahead of its launch later on this month and [...]
The Samsung Galaxy S III will release in Europe on May 29, but the manual for the phone is available online now. Most of the manual for the Samsung Galaxy S III is standard information on how the phone works, and what each icon on the screen means. The manual also shows some of the [...]
Back at the end of April, Samsung confirmed Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich for devices on every carrier but T-Mobile. Today though, that has changed as the company has revealed four T-Mobile devices that will be graced with the update at some point in the future. The manufacturer has cleared up the mess that was [...]
Sasmung and Google now have two devices together–the Samsung Nexus S, which is the second-generation Nexus product, and the Galaxy Nexys, which is the third and most recent Nexus smartphone on Google’s lineup–and a leaked Git repository suggests that the two companies will be once again partnering for a third device in the future. At [...]
Five months ago, I walked into a Verizon retail store and bought the Samsung Galaxy Nexus with the hope that it would replace my iPhone 3GS as my go-to smartphone. Unfortunately, that hasn’t happened. That’s because my Galaxy Nexus experience has been a difficult one to say the least and one that has completely turned [...]
As it stands, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus is available on both Sprint and Verizon. In the past we’ve heard that AT&T might start carrying the device at some point and today, a new rumor points to T-Mobile as being a possible home for the Galaxy Nexus as well. TMoNews has acquired a user agent string [...]
Tomorrow will mark the five month anniversary of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus launch on Verizon. And if the device is not updated with Android 4.0.4 today, it will also mean that in the five months since it has been out, Verizon has yet to release an update for the Nexus phone. Clearly, Verizon has dropped [...]
Accessories for the Samsung Galaxy S III are already on sale, weeks before the phone itself is available in Europe. According to CNET UK, online retailer Mobile Fun is already selling a number of accessories for the Galaxy S III, though none of them have a scheduled shipping date. Among the accessories are the C-Pen stylus, [...]
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