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Amazon, Best Buy botch Galaxy Nexus name in new ads
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While it’s pretty painful to watch Verizon do the same thing for a highly anticipated Android phone, the desire for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus hasn’t waned in the least bit. That said, with all the hype that’s been surrounding the handset, some still haven’t gotten the name right. In the past two days, both Amazon and Best Buy have advertised (in one way or another) different names for the Galaxy Nexus by digging up the older Nexus Prime moniker.
First up is Amazon, which not only claims the handset is the Nexus Prime but the Samsung Galaxy S II Nexus Prime 4G. While this is likely just a placeholder for the real deal, it is a little odd to see the Nexus Prime name pop up again and even more s...
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Samsung GALAXY Nexus to launch December 8th in Canada; pre-orders start today
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Reports that the Samsung GALAXY Nexus is going to launch December 8th are right on the money. That is, if you live in Canada. Of course, in the U.S. a number of dates have been bandied about with December 8th being one of them. The first Ice Cream Sandwich flavored phone (sounds delicious, doesn't it?) will be available north of the border from Bell, which is charging $160 with a signed three year contract. The carrier is accepting pre-orders for the device starting today.
Bell is using a "Twitter line" that will be open from 10 am to 10 pm Eastern time on December 1st. The first 100 people on the line will be guaranteed the opportunity to buy the phone and have it shipped on December 8th. B...
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Galaxy Nexus software bugs found, Vodafone refuses to put on sale
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Samsung Galaxy Nexus owners have flooded to the Internet to complain of software glitches affecting the new Ice Cream Sandwich smartphone that went on sale in the UK on 17 November.
The biggest complaint reported on the xda-developers forum appears to be something that is being branded SAV-Ghost, or Self Aware Volume Ghost if you prefer the full title.
According to users, some of which have contacted Pocket-lint with the issue, the new Google Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich-powered handset starts to turn the volume down on its own - as if being controlled by a ghost - without warning or intervention.
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Verizon leak has Galaxy Nexus with 32 GB of storage
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This is quickly becoming a case of he said/she said. On Sunday, Google quietly changed the specs on the official Galaxy Nexus website killing the 32 GB LTE option, but a new Verizon leak brings it back to life.
The Verizon training document shows a comparison between Verizon's top 3 LTE phones, and AT&T's only two. Under Verizon's phones are the DROID RAZR, HTC Rezound, and Samsung Galaxy Nexus. The specs all match up with what we know, but the storage amount listed is 32 GB. So, if we're to believe the Google site, the Nexus will have 16 GB of storage, and this Verizon document is saying 32 GB.
We have no idea who to believe, but it doesn't help Verizon's side with the fact that this doc...
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Google confirms Verizon's LTE Galaxy Nexus dimensions and specifications
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Four zillion new Galaxy Nexus promo videos not enough to sate your appetite for superphones? We hear ya. Google's specifications portal just went live for Verizon's looming LTE version of the world's first Ice Cream Sandwich smartphone, and as expected, it's a wee bit bigger than the HSPA+ version. We heard back in Hong Kong that the LTE model would be slightly beefier -- presumably to house a larger battery to counter that energy-sucking LTE module -- and it seems that said scenario is indeed proving true. The HSPA+ build checks in at 135.5mm (h) x 67.94mm (w) x 8.94mm (d) thick, while the LTE model measures 135.5mm (h) x 67.94mm (w) x 9.47mm (d). That's right around half a millimeter thick...
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Samsung Galaxy Nexus survives a key scratch test, worries about Gorilla Glass look silly now
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We were pretty confident that Samsung has done its homework to protect the screen on the Galaxy Nexus, but when Corning said there is no Gorilla Glass on the handset, rather another type of "fortified glass", there was a lot of backlash on the Internets with people getting disappointed.
As if to prove that Gorilla Glass is just the most popular household name when it comes to toughened glass, which makes Corning, its maker, a marketing genius, the screen on the Galaxy Nexus was scratched with keys by someone the minute after they got it, demonstrating that the other tough glass makers are good too.
The result is pretty (in)visible in video, so we can now sleep tight again, knowing that it w...
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UK: Phones4U to ship first Galaxy Nexus units on November 17th
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Our British users will be glad to know that Phones4U has started accepting pre-orders for the Galaxy Nexus, offering it for 59 GBP with a two-year 31 GBP per month contract. The first batch of orders will ship on November 17th, and since we can’t look into Phones4U’s inventory, we advise you to act quickly and secure your Galaxy Nexus unit today. In case you’re wondering, the retailer is offering contracts with 4 of the largest mobile operators in the country, including Vodafone, T-Mobile, Orange and O2.
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Google giving away ten GALAXY Nexus phones starting Saturday at 9am Pacific time
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Starting Saturday at 9am Pacific time, Google is giving away copies of the Samsung GALAXY Nexus. The contest is open to those who follow @googlenexus and include @googlenexus in the body of posts that answer tricky questions. The contest is open in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Netherlands, Singapore, Spain, South Korea, United Kingdom, the United States and the District of Columbia. One phone will be won each day for a period of ten days and you can have one entry for each contestant per day.
If you don't have a Twitter account, you can take place in the contest by following Android in your circles on Google+. We would imagine that this could be like the contest that...
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Samsung Galaxy Nexus shipping delayed by Amazon UK
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We are still waiting for proper information about the release dates, locations and carriers for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, and in some bad news it seems that Amazon UK has delayed the shipping date of the phone to December 2nd.
This obviously doesn't indicate a wider delay with the Galaxy Nexus, but it certainly isn't good news. The pre-order page for the Galaxy Nexus on Amazon UK has recently changed the shipping date of the phone to December 2nd. O2 still has the release of the Galaxy Nexus listed as "Soon: November", so this may just be an issue with Amazon UK.
We'll bring you more as we get it.
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Galaxy Nexus gets its page at Vodafone UK
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Yep, we’ve told you Vodafone will be one of the British mobile operators to offer the brand new Galaxy Nexus and voila… the first Ice Cream Sandwich device got its page at the Big Red carrier’s website. Unfortunately, it’s the standard “Coming Soon” page that doesn’t reveals any details like let’s say the price, but you can leave your email and be among the first ones to get that information once the phone becomes available.
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Verizon's November Roadmap includes Galaxy Nexus, new Xoom tablets
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It looks like the Samsung Galaxy Nexus is going to hit shelves a lot sooner then we all thought. A leaked Verizon road map suggests a November 21 “web only” launch date for the next big Android handset. This news comes after reports first suggested a launch on the 10th then that date switched to a Nov. 17 launch. Rumor after rumor seems to come almost daily, as Verizon keeps pushing the actual release date all over the place.
Maybe this Nov. 21 date sticks, especially since it happens to be on the same week as Black Friday and the release of the Droid Razr according to the road map. It would be a smart move for America’s largest carrier to release one of the most anticipated phones of the ye...
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Samsung Galaxy Nexus might land on Verizon November 17
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A "work in progress" doc from Verizon's system had been snapped, and it indicates that the Samsung Galaxy Nexus might be hitting the channels November 17, with in-store marketing commencing two days earlier.
Now the guy that sent it warns that this is still not final: "been told the document pictured is a work in progress that will be sent out next week to all retail stores/partners along with promotional materials such as posters and flyers", but let's hope that the wording of the launch memo is work in progress, not the date itself.
Makes perfect sense to us, considering worldwide (well, European) launch scheduled for the same date, so, bring it on, Verizon, don't wait for those crazy days...
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Samsung makes Galaxy Nexus UK release date official
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Samsung has made the Galaxy Nexus UK release date of 17 November official, after Amazon outed the same date in late October.
It's only taken Samsung a week to get around to telling us something we already knew, but it's always nice to make these things official.
So come 17 November, you'll be able to pick up the first Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) handset, which comes featuring a 4.65-inch HD Super AMOLED screen, a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, a 5MP camera and a waist-size of just 8.94mm.
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Samsung Galaxy Nexus gets rooted
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Well, this didn’t take long. The Android community never seems to fail when it comes to amazing us, it turns out that one wily enthusiast has already developed a root solution for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus once it releases.
The way the “Superboot” program works is once a user installs it, a specialized boot image to the Galaxy Nexus appears, which enables the phone to automatically root at startup. This is really cool because you don’t have to worry about messing around with those annoying paritions to gain full control over your phone. Trust me, as someone who’s been rooting phones for over year, this program makes things way easier.
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When it comes to the Samsung GALAXY Nexus, it's later than you think!
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If you were planning on picking up the Samsung GALAXY Nexus during the holiday shopping season, you might have to wait until after Black Friday to pick up the first Android 4.0 smartphone. Multiple sources for Droid-Life have said not to expect the highly anticipated model to rollout until the week of Black Friday, the day that traditionally kicks off the holiday shopping season. However, a leaked roadmap seems to show that the Ice Cream Sandwich flavored device might not launch until after Black Friday as part of Samsung's Holiday Portfolio.
Just yesterday we passed along word from U.K. newspaper The Telegraph which was told by Samsung that the GALAXY Nexus would launch in the States one we...
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