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Apple seeks to ban Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1N in Germany
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Samsung’s tweaks to the original Galaxy Tab 10.1 weren’t enough to satisfy Apple’s legal team. Apple successfully banned Samsung’s German subsidiaries from selling the Galaxy Tab 10.1 after it accused the South Korea-based company of patent infringement. Samsung responded by releasing a modified Galaxy Tab 10.1N tablet it believed had addressed all of Apple’s concerns. Unfortunately, Apple isn’t satisfied with the changes and it wants to ban Samsung from selling the new tablet as well. A hearing for Apple’s request for an injunction is scheduled for December 22nd, Dow Jones Newswires said. The two companies have been locked in patent-related legal battles around the globe and currently have ...
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Samsung Galaxy Nexus volume bug fix pushed OTA now
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Samsung is reportedly starting to push an OTA update fixing the software bug users noticed a couple of days ago that would cause the volume on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus to suddenly go down, sometimes to a complete mute, according to UK retailer Clove. The update however isn’t yet pre-loaded on newer Galaxy Nexus devices despite previous rumors about it.
So this will indeed require some action on your part - those of you who were lucky enough to get a hold on the Galaxy Nexus will need to install the update themselves. The update still hasn’t arrived for all of Samsung’s new Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich devices, though, and it will be pushed in batches, so you might need to wait for a while ...
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Samsung's 2GHz Exynos 5250 is first SoC with super fast dual-core Cortex-A15 processor
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Samsung just announced its 2GHz Exynos 5250 System-on-Chip, a first to feature ARM's new dual-core Cortex-A15 processor said to be about twice as fast as the 1.5GHz Cortex-A9. The Exynos 5250 is based on 32nm manufacturing processes and brings vastly improved 3D graphics performance over existing Cortex-A9 systems — as much as 4x better in some cases — with support for stereoscopic 3D displays. It also supports WQXGA (2,560 x 1,600 pixel) resolutions making it ideal for next generation tablets. The new Exynos 5250 SoC is sampling now and will ship in quantity in the second quarter of 2012.
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Galaxy Nexus to get Flash Player update in December
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Adobe has announced that Flash Player 11.1 will hit the Galaxy Nexus before the year is out.
A blog post on the company's Adobe AIR and Flash Player team blog announced that the "minor" update will make its way to the handset in December.
"To be clear, the Galaxy Nexus does not initially support Adobe Flash Player 11.1 and AIR 3.1," wrote Greg DeMichillie, senior director of product management for interactive development at Adobe.
"We will provide a minor update to the runtimes to support the Galaxy Nexus in December."
News Flash
There was some net-fuelled uproar last week when it emerged that Google's flagship Ice Cream Sandwich device did not come with the player built in.
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Some Galaxy Nexus users reporting odd battery readings
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The rumors we had heard about the Samsung Galaxy Nexus having very solid battery life do seem to be true, many users are reporting a couple days of use without charging, but there are also reports of odd readings with the battery monitor.
There have been various reports that the battery monitor on the Nexus won't see much of a dip, but then will drop fairly quickly once it's past the first 20% of battery use. Additionally, the last 20% can often last a very long time. There have also been reports in the MoDaCo forums about large dips on the battery monitor overnight, as if the phone isn't going into sleep mode properly.
Of course, these are all unofficial reports, and don't even come from o...
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Samsung may exit netbook business in 2012
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Samsung is considering an exit from the low-margin netbook business as soon as next year according to a recent report. French CNET blog Blogeee claims to have obtained an email sent by the South Korea-based electronics giant to several of its partners. “Following the introduction of our new strategy in 2012, we stop the product range in 10.1” (Netbook) in Q1 2012 for the benefit of Ultraportables products (11.6 and 12 inches) and ultrabooks to be launched in 2012,” the email reportedly stated (machine-translated). The matter could be one of semantics, however — Samsung’s “ultraportable” class may include low-cost notebooks driven by inexpensive ATOM processors. Samsung did not immediately re...
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Ban on Samsung GALAXY Tab 10.1 reversed by Australian Court, Apple to appeal
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Last month, Apple won a preliminary injunction from an Australian court which in effect banned Samsung from selling its flagship tablet, the Samsung GALAXY Tab 10.1, in the country. Apple had alleged that the Korean based manufacturer infringed upon its patents and the court initially agreed. Hoping to somehow salvage the holiday season, Samsung quickly appealed the ruling with the company's lawyer Neil Young (who does not have a "Heart of Gold") saying that the tablet was dead if it could not be offered for the holiday season.
As we reported last week, the Australian appeals court seemed to agree with Samsung's position that banning the tablet from being sold in the country was too harsh of...
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Samsung Wave 3 crashes onto French shores
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Samsung's new Bada flagship has just docked into our illustrative French port. Announced back in the summer, the Wave 3 arrives on the refreshed Bada 2.0 OS, powered by a 1.4GHz processor and packing a four-inch 800 x 480 Super AMOLED display. Storage matches the watery iteration, with 3GB of memory baked-in, with expansion possible through microSD. Meanwhile, an auto-focus five megapixel shooter will do its best to fill all that space. Not content with France (where Bada-powered handsets have established a niche fanbase), the HSPA-connected smartphone is also penned to hit Germany, Russia and Italy before the end of the year.
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Hack brings Google Wallet to the Samsung GALAXY Nexus
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We hope you agree with us when we say that Google Wallet is pretty awesome. And if you are not quite sure about that, just imagine how cool you would look when you pay using your smartphone the next time you get yourself a cup of joe. The sad part, however, is that the service is still available to a very limited audience and can be used only on the Nexus S 4G for Sprint.
But the Android community knows no sleep. The guys over at the MoDaCo forums have found a way of getting Google Wallet up and running on a Samsung GALAXY Nexus, albeit unofficially. The tricky part is that the process involves quite a lot of tinkering with the smartphone's software, so Android newbies should not try replica...
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Verizon Galaxy Nexus pre-orders may begin tomorrow
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There still has been no official word from Verizon, Google or Samsung about the impending release of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, but the rumors surrounding the launch are beginning to coalesce into believable information.
According to Computerworld, sources at Verizon have confirmed a number of key pieces of the puzzle. Apparently, the leak we saw over the holiday weekend about the on-contract price of the Nexus being $199 is also true. And, new information has confirmed both the release date and the pre-order dates.
One of the most helpful reports even came from a customer. Mike Peak apparently contacted Verizon to detail his anger over the handling of this release, after a number of e-mails...
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Samsung releasing white Galaxy devices in Germany
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A number of white variants of devices in Samsung’s Galaxy line have popped up in different markets. Most recently, T-Mobile announced it would be carrying a white Samsung Galaxy S II. Now, Samsung Germany has announced that it will be introducing white versions of several Galaxy devices in Germany.
The devices that will be receiving the makeover are the Galaxy Y, Galaxy Ace, Galaxy S Plus, Galaxy S II, and the Galaxy Note. Samsung did not provide a specific release date, but did say that they would arrive in time for the winter season. We would guess that means some time in December. The expectation is that, like other markets that have received Galaxys with paint jobs, the prices and featu...
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Verizon's DROID Charge getting Gingerbread update on November 29
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Verizon will soon release a firmware update for the DROID Charge smartphone. Set to be released on November 29, the new software will add Gingerbread to Samsung’s smartphone, packing a number of improvements and fixes including:
Updated Download Manager app – from where you can manage all of your downloads from web browsing, email attachments and other apps.
Improved word selection and Copy/Paste functionality.
New widgets, icons and screens with refreshed colors.
Added device and SD card encryption; VPN enhancements integrate IPSec VPN clients into device security settings.
Updated Calendar options – ability to display event times in your home time zone when traveling; Dismiss individual re...
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Samsung Galaxy S II LTE arrives in Japan, NTT DoCoMo offers up its first course of 4G phones
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Japan has got its first taste of an LTE smartphone, and this one's Galaxy-flavored. Oh yes, Samsung's Galaxy S II LTE has made an appearance on NTT DoCoMo, running on the Japanese carrier's next-generation Xi network and promising top download speeds of around 37.5Mbps. The latest member to the carrier's top-drawer Next series will set you back around $260 (¥20,000) on a two-year contract. DoCoMo is aiming to reach the hands of 30 million customers by 2015, with another as-yet unnamed several more 4G devices already penned for release before the end of the year. Perhaps the pair of data-loving handsets will help to fill that iPhone-shaped hole in the carrier's phone catalog.
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Samsung Galaxy S II gets Android 2.3.6 update
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Samsung has released a new firmware update for its Galaxy S II superphone. The new software makes your thin smartphone run Android 2.3.6, adding new features and fixing some of the known bugs. For instance, the software fixes lockscreen hang bug, introduces some changes on the Camera Interface, increases HSPA connectivity speed (more than 21Mbps?), while making the boot-up faster. Additionally, there are a number of security and performance improvements under the hood.
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Verizon Galaxy Nexus spotted at $199 in canceled promotion
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Verizon customers waiting for the Galaxy Nexus will be intrigued by the latest advertisement making the rounds. A Netshelter ad appearing at various blogs suggests the Galaxy Nexus will debut for a reasonable $199. This is $50 less than the launch prices of comparable 4G Android handsets on Verizon and a $100 less than the Nexus’ $299 price tag. This may be the case of an ad hitting the airwaves too soon, but it is likely an ad for a Black Friday deal that never materialized.
The ad contains a link with a November 29 date in the URL. The link will also bring you to Verizon’s holiday website. The page is filled with deals on other Android and 4G phones, but noticeably absent is the Galaxy Ne...
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