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Samsung sells 30 million units of the Galaxy S and Galaxy S II
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Samsung’s Galaxy S and Galaxy S II have sold more than 30 million units since first launching at the 2010 Mobile World Congress. To put that into some perspective, that’s happened over a span of 20 months, so that’s an average of 1.5 million units sold every month. The original Samsung Galaxy S was incredibly controversial since it was one of the first devices on the market with a 4 inch screen. Back then that seen as absolutely gigantic. Still, it was a hell of screen to look at. Thanks to the Super AMOLED technology that Samsung used, the colors popped, the blacks were ultra black, and battery life was simply amazing. Just one year later the successor to the Galaxy S was announced, aptly c...
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Samsung now wants to ban iPhone 4S sales in Australia and Japan
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The ongoing legal battle between Apple and Samsung gets another turn as Samsung now has filed motion for an injunction on Apple iPhone 4S sales in Japan and Australia. Earlier, the Korean company said that it will try to ban sales of the iPhone 4S in France and Italy just a day after its launch as the handset allegedly infringes on its patents.
"In light of these violations, Samsung believes the sale of such Apple devices should be banned," Samsung said in a statement.
At the same time, Apple on its part says it owns a “thicket of patents,” but would only agree licensing “lower level patents.” This basically means that Apple is not there for the money like Microsoft which has reportedly sign...
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Steve Jobs memorial service held, the nation's elite gathers to honor the visionary
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Silicon Valley’s most prominent ones headed to Stanford University's Memorial Church on Sunday evening, all gathering to pay tribute to Apple’s chief executive Steve Jobs. The iconic CEO passed away last week at the age of 56, losing a lengthy battle with cancer.
The memorial service was private, just like everything Apple - walled off from the public’s eye. The Stanford area was heavily populated with police and security when black limousines started arriving.
Tim Cook, who took over the company after Jobs announced his resignation, was one of them, accompanied by a man wearing a Buddhist garb, and they both walked into the chapel. Steve Jobs was known for also practicing Buddhism. Apple’s ...
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RIM offers free apps to make up for that whole BlackBerry outage thing
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RIM co-CEO Mike Lazaridis has already apologized for last week's widespread BlackBerry outage, but apparently, that wasn't enough. Today, the manufacturer announced that it's offering customers a full slate of "premium apps" for free, in the hopes of earning back some of the goodwill it lost following that mysterious blackout. In a statement, the company said the gesture is "an expression of appreciation" for the patience that many BlackBerry users demonstrated during the incident, with Lazaridis adding that his company remains "committed to providing the high standard of reliability" that consumers have come to expect. For now, the company's offering a total of 12 apps (collectively valued ...
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Verizon data struggling through Sunday night?
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While many of us consider Sunday to be a day of rest, your cellular carrier is not supposed to follow you. However, it appears that some Verizon customers throughout the nation have been having problems with the service on Sunday when it comes to receiving or sending data.
According to some of the forum posters at Android Central, the problem with Verizon's piepline reaches such diverse areas such as Southern California, Northern Alabama Virginia, North Carolina and Orlando, Florida to name a few. Some of those complaining say that both voice and data are out.
Are you a Verizon customer having problems with the service tonight? Let us know where you are, what problems you are having and wh...
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Motorola Atrix 2 just a few clicks away from your purchase at AT&T for $100
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The latest high-end Android phone on AT&T's lineup definitely looks like a hundred bucks, and fortunately it won't cost you a penny more -- on the contrary, it'll be a penny less before taxes and fees get involved in the ruckus. We're talking about the Motorola Atrix 2, announced and shown off last week at CTIA Enterprise & Applications. If you're anxious to get a new phone and one of them fancy iDevices aren't doing it for you, this 4.3-inch qHD handset with a dual-core 1GHz CPU, 21Mbps HSPA+, an 8MP camera with 1080p HD video capture and front-facing cam, Android 2.3 and a full gigabyte of RAM will be a stunning option at a midrange price. Envisioning a beautiful future together with the A...
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End of the line for the HTC Surround
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It appears as though one of the first Windows Phone 7 devices to grace AT&T has finally run its course as the HTC Surround has disappeared from the carrier’s site signaling that it may have been discontinued.
The HTC Surround was released on November 8, 2010 along with fellow Windows Phone handset the Samsung Focus. A day later, the QWERTY packing LG Quantum hit the shelves. It is not official that the HTC Surround has been discontinued but a simple search on AT&T’s website is returned with a grim message that the item is no longer available.
With its sliding Dolby Mobile speaker, the HTC Surround is a unique device. It features a 3.8-inch LCD display and was powered by a 1GHz processor. O...
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RIM tells developers to be ready for the BlackBerry Curve Touch and the BlackBerry Bold 9790
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RIM's Inside BlackBerry Developer's Blog is giving a heads up to those interested in writing apps for a pair of new BlackBerry devices soon to be released. The Blog post is basically written to allow developers to conform to the screen size and resolutions of the displays on the two new models, which according to RIM, are "getting ready to launch".
The BlackBerry Curve Touch 9380 will have a 3.2 inch touchscreen with a 480 x 360 resolution in portrait mode. In landscape, the aspect ratrio is 4:3 and the screen offers 189 PPI. The device will have a single-core 800MHz processor under the hood. A 5MP camera on back will capture video at 720p and the model comes NFC enabled. It is worth noting ...
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Half of Symbian users would consider a Windows Phone from Nokia
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According to a poll taken by allaboutsymbian.com, a little less than half of the users of a Nokia Symbian device would consider purchasing a Windows Phone from the Finland based manufacturer.
Nokia’s global dominance has been on a steady decline over the last few years thanks to the substantial growth and popularity of their rivals. Realizing that Symbian might not be able to survive today’s market, Nokia has adopted Microsoft’s mobile platform in an attempt to compete.
Just a few weeks ago a leaked image surfaced of what is possible the Nokia Sea Ray, which many expect to me the manufacturer’s first Windows Phone powered handset. A combination of the young yet polished Windows Phone opera...
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Nokia Offers Nokia Suite Beta Software to Desktops
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Nokia has recently renamed its Ovi Suite desktop software and is now offering a new version of it called Nokia Suite Beta 3.2. Aside from the new name, Nokia Suite 3.2 also includes a number of changes to Nokia's syncing software, including a refreshed look, more device-specific support, better phone management tools, improved sync logs, and more reliable phone update performance. Nokia said that the software also has a lot of under-the-hood improvements, such as bug fixes. The beta software is free to download and use.
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Research In Motion Outs New Bold, Curve BlackBerrys
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RIM recently provided details about two unannounced BlackBerry smartphones to developers via its web site. RIM didn't release full details about the two devices, but provided a peek at their specs. Shared details include NFC (near-field communication) support and RIM's BlackBerry 7 OS.Bold 9790: This monoblock smartphone includes a 2.4-inch touchscreen display, a 5-megapixel camera with video capture, 8GB of storage, and a 1.2GHz processor.Curve 9380: This phone appears to primarily be a touch device, and includes a 3.2-inch display with 320 x 480 pixels. It also has a 5-megapixel camera with video capture, and is powered by an 800MHz processor.RIM did not specify what cellular technologies ...
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Motorola XOOM Family Edition Android tablet on sale at Best Buy for $379
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Motorola is now offering customers its XOOM tablet in a new flavor, the Family Edition. Similar to the original XOOM, the device sports Wi-Fi, a colorful and bright 10.1-inch touchscreen display screen, a dual-core 1GHz processor, and a 5MP camera that is capable of recording HD video. The Family Edition will offer users only 16GB of internal data storage compared to the original's 32GB. The new Android tablet is on sale today at Best Buy's nationwide for $379. For more, check out our full review on the Motorola XOOM Android tablet.
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Apple Stores rumored to close for 1 hour on Wednesday for Steve Jobs memorial
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With a memorial for Steve Jobs planned to take place at Apple's campus in Cupertino on October 19th, there is talk that the company will allow its employees working in the Apple Store to view the internal ceremony, which begins at 10am local time or 1pm on the east coast. Apple's retail locations are rumored to close for 1 hour on Wednesday between 1pm and 2 pm eastern time and employees will watch a closed circuit broadcast of the services live from the the outdoor amphitheater on the Infinite Loop campus.
Flags at Apple have been lowered to half mast. The co-founder of Apple and its driving force, Steve Jobs passed away on October 5th, the day after the company introduced the Apple iPhone ...
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Some T-Mobile stores receive dummy units of the T-Mobile myTouch, myTouch Q and LG Doubleplay
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T-Mobile has three new Android handsets scheduled for launch on November 2nd. The T-Mobile myTouch, T-Mobile myTouch Q and the LG Doubleplay are all mid-range models with appropriate specs. The T-Mobile myTouch and myTouch Q are both being marketed at first time smartphone buyers, as we reported. Both models have a "Set-up Wizard" and a "Tips" widget that makes setting up either unit as easy as following directions. While the myTouch has a 3.8 inch screen, a virtual QWERTY and Swype, the myTouch Q offers a smaller 3.5 inch screen and a physical QWERTY keyboard.
A dummy unit of the LG Doubleplay
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Google Voice pulled from App Store following iOS 5 crash
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What once was there now is gone. Earlier today, Google Voice was just two clicks away in the iOS App Store. Now, all that remains is a page cache (at the source link below) and versions of the app that were already installed on iPhones and iPod touches. Vincent Paquet, Senior Product Manager for Google Voice confirmed that the app had been pulled, explaining "our last update of this week had a bug that caused the app to crash at sign in. We removed it so it did not affect additional users until the fix gets published." We've been using the most recent version -- 1.3.0.1771 -- on an iPhone 4 running iOS 5 without issue, but recent reviews cite the reported crashing, so it's definitely affecti...
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