Dual-core Galaxy S3 to be offered in some territories with Snapdragon S4 and LTE
In addition to the quad-core HSPA+ version of its upcoming Galaxy S3, Samsung will launch a dual-core variant with LTE connectivity and a Snapdragon S4 chip for LTE markets outside of Korea. Reports from The Korea Times, which match what we’ve been told by our own sources, indicate that the the quad-core Exynos/HSPA+ version will [...]
MIUI ROM is going open-source
MIUI is not the ROM for everyone, we get that. But for those that do enjoy using it, things just got a little better — Xiaomi has decided to release the source code changes and is in the process of open-sourcing the project. As of the time of this writing, you'll find the core patches [...]
Samsung announces Galaxy S Advance
It was hours before we got the first glimpse of Galaxy S Advance but Samsung has decided to make it official. The Korean mobile manufacturer has officially announced the upgraded version of Galaxy S aka Galaxy S Advance.
Running the latest version of Android Gingerbread OS, Galaxy S Advance is powered by a 1GHz dual-core processor [...]
French HTC Flyers getting Honeycomb update
Looks like the long wait for a Honeycomb update on the HTC Flyer is finally over, with the French version starting to get Android 3.0. Hopefully the rest of the world won't be too far behind. And hopefully this isn't the last update we'll see the Flyer — which launched with Gingerbread — receive. We'd [...]
Verizon says ‘exclusively’ for the Galaxy Nexus … But it’s not exactly true
So right about now everybody's freaking out over what so many feared — and what many of us have been saying for quite a while. There's a distinct possibility that Verizon will have some sort of exclusivity on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus.
First off, it ain't entirely true. There are caveats involved here, folks. But you [...]
What time is the Samsung Galaxy Nexus event where you live?
Sure we all know that the Samsung Galaxy Nexus event is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. local time Wednesday in Hong Kong, but what time is that for you? Confusion always sets in around event times, so we wanted to make this super simple for you.
North America
ADT (Halifax)
10:30 p.m. Tuesday
EDT (eastern daylight time)
9:30 p.m. Tuesday
EST (George [...]
RIM: Global BlackBerry Outages Due To European Backup Failure
RIM held a quick press conference call today to address the ongoing outages which started in Europe but have spread to the rest of the world, including the US. The message was straightforward: a “core switch failure” in their European unit (though they did not give the exact location) that failed to turn over to [...]
GSM version of the Galaxy Nexus hits the FCC
Surprise! There's going to be a GSM version of the next Nexus phone, which also will be coming to Verizon. Go figure, eh? Look, there are still a bunch of questions to be answered surrounding the next Nexus phone — official name chief among them. But as we've been saying (over and over), even if [...]
Oh Gosh: The HP TouchPad 16GB Is On Woot For $379
Remember when I said I thought HP was telegraphing its sales with the TouchPad pricing? And how I said the device is $100 off this weekend? Well either HP is not selling any TouchPads at all ever or they’re on some Quixotic race to the bottom in relation to every other tablet out there. You [...]
Dell Will Add A 10-Inch Streak To Its Android Line-Up
The Dell Streak 10, whose cousins we reviewed here and here, is a 10-inch Honeycomb tablet that Dell is releasing in China this week. However, the interesting thing about this image is that the Dell Streak 10 and the Dell Streak 7 are both running Honeycomb, a welcome relief for those saddled with the Streak’s [...]