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Samsung Galaxy S III rooted, sort of

by Kevin Krause on May 18th, 2012 No Comments

The Samsung Galaxy S III has been rooted ahead of launch…sort of. A developer going by the alias of Chainfire has successfully achieved root with the device’s release candidate firmware but never even had GS3 in hand. Instead he took advantage of a leaked software build and did the rooting virtually. The good news is [...]

David Beckham hocks the Galaxy Note for Samsung in latest Olympics tie-in

by Kevin Krause on May 18th, 2012 No Comments

What do David Beckham, the Olympic anthem “Bugler’s Dream,” and the Samsung Galaxy Note have in common? If you answered “a newly leaked advertising tie-in for the upcoming Olympic Games to be held in London,” well, you’d be correct. Samsung teased the new TV spot on its Facebook page earlier today, but the full ad [...]

UK getting the Pink Galaxy Note this June

by Quentyn Kennemer on May 18th, 2012 No Comments

If you didn’t know, Samsung introduced some alternate colors for the Samsung Galaxy Note. Unfortunately, those alternate colors only launched in Korea. Well, it looks like parts of Europe are about to get in on the fun as Carphone Warehouse have pegged June 2012 as the launch date for the berry pink version in the [...]

Samsung Galaxy S3 For T-Mobile and AT&T Make An Appearance At Bluetooth SIG

by Chris Chavez on May 18th, 2012 No Comments

We’re expecting the Samsung Galaxy S3 to arrive on the big 4 carriers here in the US, but unfortunately, nothing’s been announced yet. Well, here’s some good news for AT&T and T-Mobile customers. Both versions of the GS3 have just made their way through the Bluetooth SIG, revealing not much other than their BT capabilities, [...]

Samsung Galaxy S3 Pre-Orders Reach 9 Million – Factories Running At Full Capacity

by Chris Chavez on May 17th, 2012 No Comments

If there was ever any doubt that the next generation Galaxy S wouldn’t be a hit, the Korea Economic Daily is reporting that Samsung has received a total of 9 million global pre-orders for the Galaxy S3 (that’s like, the entire population of New Jersey), solidifying the Korean manufacturer as the top selling smartphone maker [...]

Samsung to open first Canadian stand-alone retail store soon

by Quentyn Kennemer on May 17th, 2012 No Comments

Samsung’s making nice on their promise of expanding their retail presence. Their plan is to create more pop-up areas inside existing stores and have a nice collection of retail stores of their own. Welp, it looks like their first Samsung-only retail story in Canada has been confirmed. Burnaby, British Colombia, Canada is the first town [...]

Samsung wants to set a 2GB RAM standard, begins mass-producing 4-gigabit LPDDR2 chips

by Kevin Krause on May 17th, 2012 No Comments

The version of the Galaxy S III headed to Japan’s NTT DoCoMo is just the beginning when it comes to smartphone’s chock full of RAM. That is Samsung’s hope, anyway. The company started making low-power 2GB memory modules for mobile devices last year and is now kicking the chips into mass production. The outlook is [...]

Samsung Galaxy S III up for pre-order at T-Mobile UK

by Kevin Krause on May 17th, 2012 No Comments

T-Mobile UK has announced pre-order plans and pricing for the highly-anticipated Samsung Galaxy S III. The phone will be available at several price points ranging from £300 up front to completely free when paired with a £41 per month plan with unlimited calls, messaging, and data. Striking a balance is TMo UK’s “Full Monty” plan, [...]

Samsung files for six new Galaxy trademarks

by Kevin Krause on May 17th, 2012 No Comments

Samsung’s trademark train is showing no sign of slowing, but it did pick up a few new passengers. Adding to the growing list of names available for use with future handset designs, the Korean manufacturer has added  Galaxy Lunge, Galaxy Forge, Galaxy Weild, Galaxy Mission, Galaxy Rivet, and Galaxy Victory. The names are only the [...]

Dual-Core Samsung Galaxy S3 with 2GB of RAM Headed To Japan – Could The US Be Next?

by Chris Chavez on May 16th, 2012 No Comments

Yesterday, we told you guys about the Samsung Galaxy S3 (and 19 other devices) slated to arrive in the land of the rising sun via Japanese carrier NT Docomo. Normally that wouldn’t be considered very important news to you guys, but get this — NT Docomo is listing their GS3 with the same dual-core S4 [...]

Galaxy S III gets unboxed on video a few weeks ahead of launch

by Kevin Krause on May 16th, 2012 No Comments

The launch of the Samsung Galaxy S III is only a few weeks away, but this unboxing video is enough to cause anyone eager to own the new Android superphone to lose their patience. The above video comes to us courtesy of Italy’s HDBlog and features the retail version of the Galaxy S III. For [...]

Galaxy S III arriving early for some lucky UK pre-orders

by Kevin Krause on May 16th, 2012 No Comments

Those pre-ordering the Galaxy S III from the Samsung Brand Store in Westfield Stratford City, London are about to be the coolest kids on the block…at least for a few hours. Why? Because Samsung has announced that their new flagship phone will be available a day early to these pre-order customers. The phone will be [...]

New T-Mobile devices added to Samsung’s Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade list

by Quentyn Kennemer on May 15th, 2012 No Comments

Samsung’s finally added the initial list of devices that will receive the upgrade to Android 4.0 on T-Mobile. The Samsung Galaxy S II was an obvious shoe-in, and the Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G makes a surprise appearance on this list. We’ve also got a couple of tablets in the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus [...]

Full Samsung Galaxy S3 manual available for download

by Quentyn Kennemer on May 15th, 2012 No Comments

If you need a way to prepare for your Samsung Galaxy S3 before its arrival, the closest thing to having the device in your hands has just hit the internet. The full manual for the Samsung Galaxy S3 has been made available online. The 186 page short novel (at least that’s what I imagine it’ll [...]

Samsung Galaxy S3 hits the FCC

by Quentyn Kennemer on May 15th, 2012 No Comments

It looks like the Samsung Galaxy S3 is just another step closer to making its way to North America as it hit the FCC this morning. This device supports AT&T’s HSPA+ radios, but will not work on T-Mobile’s as those users would likely be stuck on Edge. Couple in in the fact that LTE is [...]

Test shots from Galaxy S3 for top four carriers surface

by Quentyn Kennemer on May 14th, 2012 No Comments

It looks like Samsung might be on track for a June launch with at least one of their carrier partners here in the United States. Devices are already in the hands of testers and, as you’d imagine, those eager souls have begun uploading photos from the device’s camera to the internet. PocketNow procured the shots [...]

Samsung T699 with 720p display for T-Mobile shows up in user agent profile

by Quentyn Kennemer on May 14th, 2012 No Comments

T-Mobile may soon be set to introduce a monster of a phone. One Samsung T699 has popped up in a user agent profile. While these don’t tend to give us much information, we can usually count on them to drop one or two nuggets. This particular phone will apparently come equipped with a 720p display, [...]

Battery life looks promising in early Samsung Galaxy S III tests

by Kevin Krause on May 14th, 2012 No Comments

With some manufacturers starting to pick up on the fact that consumers actually care about how long a phone’s battery lasts, Samsung is promising plenty of longevity out of the Galaxy S III’s 2100mAh of juice. GSMArena has managed to get their hands on a pre-release version of the phone and decided to test out Sammy’s [...]

Apple blames Samsung for intentionally destroying evidence

by Edgar Cervantes on May 12th, 2012 No Comments

Last May 1st was full of tension in the Northern District of California. Same place where Apple filed a motion asserting that Samsung purposely destroyed evidence that would aid in Apple’s victory. Said conduct is known as “spoilation of evidence,” and Apple is asking that the Judge educates the Jury about said matter. According to [...]

Samsung’s official Galaxy S3 accessories are looking nice

by Edgar Cervantes on May 12th, 2012 No Comments

Hot on the heels about that upcoming Samsung Galaxy S3? We are sure many of you are, and if you need something else to get excited about, Samsung has just released a set of images displaying some of the flagship’s official accessories. These include a “C-Pen” stylus, a nice flip-cover case, a holder (and extra [...]