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Samsung Galaxy S2 Ice Cream Sandwich update out next week
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Samsung Galaxy S2 owners will be getting their first taste of Ice Cream Sandwich on March the 15th, according to Samsung Israel. Yup, looks like that Android 4.0 update is coming right on cue.
Samsung may have been the first to get an Android 4.0 phone to market, but that was one of Google’s bleeding-edge Nexus phones. Regular Joe Galaxy owners knew they would have to wait for Sammy to tweak ICS and bolt on its TouchWiz UI ‘improvements’.
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No Samsung Galaxy S III launch for April
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Samsung has denied reports that the launch for its much anticipated next flagship smartphone - the Samsung Galaxy S III - will take place in April.
Rumours had been circulating on the web after a report from ZDNet Korea touting an April arrival, but Samsung has taken to Twitter to debunk the claims.
Roughly translated, its tweet reads: "Please note, some reports regarding a press release for Galaxy S3 are not true. Once a specific launch date is decided we will notify you via Twitter first."
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LG Optimus Elite coming to Sprint, Virgin Mobile?
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It seems that Sprint and one of its prepaid MVNO brands, Virgin Mobile, will get their own versions of the LG Optimus Net. Dubbed LG Optimus Elite, it is said that it’s an NFC-enabled smartphone with low-to-mid range specs that include a 3.2-inch HVGA touchscreen, 800MHz processor, 512MB of RAM, 5-megapixel rear-facing camera with flash, 3G and Wi-Fi connectivity, GPS, and 4GB of built-in storage that is further expandable with microSD cards. In other words, it’s one of those devices made for first-time smartphone buyers.
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Nokia Lumia 800 battery issue fix imminent
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For all you long suffering Nokia Lumia 800 owners out there, the end of the fast drain battery issue could be in sight, along with fixes for a number of other bugs as well.
The Lumia 800 was Nokia's first handset to sport the Windows Phone operating system after its huge deal with Microsoft. It certainly isn't a bad phone, as our Nokia Lumia 800 review found, but users have reported a number of bugs since its launch – with a lot focussing around the poor battery life.
MobileTechWorld has revealed that it's been testing the latest firmware upgrade for the Lumia 800, which addresses a number of issues including the fast battery drain.
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Lumia 900 will be $499.99 on Rogers with a Dark Knight surprise
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While those in the U.S. patiently await the Nokia Lumia 900’s debut on AT&T, our neighbors to the north will be able to purchase the Windows Phone handset through Rogers. The question on everybody’s mind is, “How much?”
WPCentral received a picture of Roger’s inventory system revealing the price of the anticipated device. According the photo, it will retail for $499.99. Hopefully signing a 2-year commitment will reduce the consumer’s expense even further. Unfortunately, the release date is not specified in the image, but pre-orders just opened up so, hopefully it will be available really soon.
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Samsung Galaxy S III allegedly confirmed for April launch
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Aside from the next-gen iPhone, the Samsung Galaxy S III is certainly the most anticipated device of this whole year. Samsung’s 2012 flagship has now allegedly been confirmed to launch as early as April, soon after its official announcement which is yet to come. ZDNet Korea reports about the launch date after it spoke with Cheil Worldwide, Samsung’s marketing and ad agency, which is preparing the device for the market in the UK.
Now, it looks like ZDNet refers to the official arrival of the Samsung Galaxy S III to shelves in April, at least in the first markets of availability. We’re not yet clear about when the device will arrive stateside, but we expect it to be later on in the year.
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Deja-Vu: Prototype HTC phone left at bar
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Obviously there’s something about bars that lead us to discover new phones. Could it be that handset testers get drunk enough to forget that the device is supposed to be incognito? Whatever the case, first it was an iPhone, but now it’s a prototype HTC phone that was left in a bar and now found.
Droid-Life snatched this never-before-seen device up in San Francisco. It has that signature HTC look to it — metal case, large wide speaker at the very top, and front-facing camera positioned to the right — and seems similar to the Droid Incredible 2 more than anything else. Oddly though, it has a semi-transparent backing, allowing one to vaguely make out its internals. Hopefully that’s just part of...
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New Nokia Lumia 800 firmware out, may bring battery, camera improvements
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A new build of the Nokia Lumia 800 firmware has shown up on NavirFirm with the build number 1600.2487.8107.12070.
The ROM seems to be intended for the Vodafone New Zealand Lumia 800, but seems to work well on other Lumias.
Initial assessment at XDA-Developers show improved battery drainage in idle mode, and an analysis of the ROM show 4 new camera modes:
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Droid 2 Global update adds Google Security Patch, fixes minor issues
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A new software update has been released for the Droid 2 Global, which fixes a few small issues with the handset, and also adds a Google Security Patch. Once updated, users should no longer have issues with the phone turning on by itself or with it reseting randomly during music playback. The 19.4MB download also reduces "out of memory" errors, improves access to Gmail while Mobile Hotspot is on, allows you to save camera settings even after shutting down, and finally lets you download and use the ringtones you've purchased. The over-the-air update should be available to Droid 2 Global owners "soon" and brings the software to version 4.5.62.
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Verizon offering Galaxy Nexus, Droid Razr, Samsung Stratosphere for free to loyal customers
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As part of its customer loyalty program, Verizon Wireless is offering select 4G LTE smartphones for free — provided you sign up for a new contract. According to Droid Life, a recent email sent out to Verizon customers revealed a trio of devices as part of the program, including the Galaxy Nexus, Droid Razr, and Samsung Stratosphere, all of which can be had for free if you renew your contract with Verizon for another two years. We've reached out to Verizon for some more details — including who actually qualifies for the deal — but have yet to hear back as of this writing.
Update: a Verizon spokesperson has told us that the limited time promotion is not nationwide, but instead limited only to ...
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Intel CEO: mobile phone processor cores don�t matter
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In a move that the Intel CEO and president joked “may have just started another core war”, Paul Otellini has dismissed the importance of cores in mobile phone CPUs.
With the rest of the market racing towards quad-core processors on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich phones, Otellini very bluntly replied to comparisons with his company’s Medfield processor at the Intel press conference at Mobile World Congress 2012.
“I don’t think it [the number of cores] matters. What matters is the chip itself," he said. "The core comparison is really improper in my mind. What does matter is the performance and the efficiency of that performance.”
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Carrier IQ lets carriers open their network quality stats to subscribers
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Vilified just weeks ago (somewhat inaccurately) for its behavior in collecting network performance metrics directly from subscribers' phones, Carrier IQ is taking the opposite approach at Mobile World Congress this week. The company's IQ Care product — designed to help service reps get a sense of what's wrong with customers' devices when they call in — is being retrofitted with a customer-facing "dashboard" that will allow them to see "health and performance of their device, applications, battery life, network coverage and dropped calls." This won't automatically become available to everyone whose carrier uses Carrier IQ, of course — it'll be up for each carrier to integrate the new option a...
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Mozilla's Boot to Gecko project: the internet is your phone
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We stopped by Mozilla's booth at MWC today, and in addition to all the Firefox promotion the company's doing, it was also showing off something a little different: its Boot to Gecko project. Boot to Gecko is, in essence, a phone operating system that is entirely web- and HTML5-based. From the moment you turn the phone on, everything you see is HTML5. Even the dialer uses Mozilla's "telephony APIs," and is itself web-based. There are no native apps, just a series of the most impressive bookmarks you've ever seen.
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Sprint to pick up HTC One X as the EVO HD LTE?
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If rumors are to be believed, HTC's next flagship device for Sprint is code-named the HTC Jewel and will be a CDMA/LTE variant of the HTC One X. HTC and Sprint have gone on the record about the EVO name spanning many devices, and so far we have had the EVO 4G, the EVO Shift 4G, EVO 3D, EVO View 4G and the EVO Design 4G. As the flagship EVO 3D nears its first birthday we would expect to see another flagship EVO launched, and with HTC simplifying their product line the One X would be a viable candidate.
The HTC EVO HD LTE has been thrown out as a name for the rumored device, but since we don't know that it even exists that is subject to change. What we can reasonably assume is that- like AT...
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Motorola seeks more business users, offers to buy your old phone back for up to $200
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Motorola is making a serious move for the business user. The manufacturer's Business Ready models range from last summer's Motorola DROID 3 to the current long lasting Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX with the massive 3300mAh battery. Buy one of these Business Ready handsets and Motorola will buy back your old smartphone for up to $200. Additionally, MotoAssist can hook you up with an IT pro to help you get your business connected.
Motorola has a Business Ready Android smartphone designed for any type of business user. Want a physical QWERTY keyboard? The Motorola DROID 4 has one of the best side sliding QWERTY keyboards available while the Motorola DROID Pro offers a BlackBerry-esque portrait QWERT...
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