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Samsung was the top handset manufacturer in Q1 2012
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The battle over supremacy of sales and consumer mindshare in the smartphone market continues between Apple and Samsung. According to Canaccord Genuity’s Mike Walkley, Samsung has topped Apple in Q1 for the number one spot, thanks to a slew of handsets teaming up on the iPhone 4S.
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Apple and Samsung grab 95 percent of all handset profits
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Apple and Samsung, though normally sworn enemies in the courtroom, are mighty forces when they combine powers — and by powers, I mean profit. It turns out the two smartphone vendors account for a whopping 95 percent of profit in the entire mobile industry.
Canaccord Genuity proclaimed these results just recently in a new study. Apple alone holds 80 percent of the profits. That shouldn’t be too much of a surprise considering its enormous freakin’ market cap. Samsung takes the other 15 percent. As for the remaining 5 percent, well let’s just say Motorola, HTC, LG, RIM, Nokia and all the other competitors aren’t doing so hot.
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Samsung GT-i9300 likely not the Galaxy S III, might launch in May
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Remember that mysterious Samsung GT-i9300 smartphone, photos of which were sent to us not long ago? Rumor has it that the said model number has been reserved for the highly anticipated Samsung Galaxy S III, but the device in the images looked nothing like a flagship smartphone. And that is because it likely is not, as the rumor mill now suggests.
It is speculated that the Samsung GT-i9300 will actually launch as the Samsung Galaxy M (Not to be confused with the Samsung Galaxy M Pro). And considering the company's current smartphone naming scheme, we might be actually dealing with a mid-range device here, not a flagship smartphone. Furthermore, the same sources claim that the Samsung Galaxy M...
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Samsung ships five million Galaxy Notes in just five months
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Five is an important number for Samsung's Galaxy Note. It has a 5.3-inch screen and now, just five months since it debuted Samsung has announced it's shipped five million units (the one million mark was crossed right around the end of December). That's certainly long enough for you to decide if you're in love with its super-sized frame or the accompanying S-Pen stylus, but unfortunately it has not been quite enough time for the highly-anticipated Ice Cream Sandwich software update to be released. While the world waits for the Premium Suite of apps and Android 4.0, let's think back to all the good times we had, including its initial unveiling, our original review and finally its arrival in th...
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Galaxy S II Skyrocket tasty ICS treat unwrapped early
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The Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket HD debuted on AT&T early this year, and at the time it was rocking Android 2.3 as the operating system. Samsung has been slowly updating many of its smartphones to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. The Skyrocket is one of the devices getting the update along with the regular S II and several other smartphones that already have it.
I’m sure there are more than a few users of the Skyrocket that worried they may not get ICS, but those fears are unwarranted. The official ICS built for the Skyrocket has been around apparently since March 14, even though it hasn’t officially launched yet. If you are tried waiting for the official launch, apparently RootzWiki has lan...
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UK: Samsung Galaxy S II Android 4.0 update lives on Three; Vodafone users to get it soon, too
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British operator-branded versions of the Samsung Galaxy S II have started getting their Ice Cream Sandwich servings with Three leading the way, allowing its SGS2 users to get the latest version of Android as we speak.
Meanwhile, Vodafone is still testing the new software and has rather released what it calls the “preparatory” update, which should reportedly make your Galaxy S II ready for Android 4. According to the Big Red carrier, the new software is still in the testing phase and will be released to the general public once every aspect of it has been thoroughly tested out. Guess that’s a good thing, though I must say I don’t get what there is to test. Perhaps some of the apps Voda is prel...
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Samsung Galaxy S II on Three gets Ice Cream Sandwich
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Samsung Galaxy S II owners who are signed up to Three can now update their phones to Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). The network provider has made the new operating system available via Samsung Kies.
Samsung had previously announced that the software update would start to roll out to its devices from yesterday, 19 March, and it has remained true to its word. Three is the first network to announce its availability in the UK, however.
Previously, Samsung had released a statement saying that eventual roll-out dates for ICS would be left to individual providers. "The availability of software upgrades in the UK will be dependent upon each network’s own software approvals process," it said.
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Samsung Galaxy Beam Projector Releases in India
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Last month, Samsung unveiled their latest addition of the Galaxy Beam projector phone. Today, it was revealed that this device is now available on the consumer market in India. The device is run by the Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system and a 1.0 GHz dual-core processor. The projector portion is capable of displaying 15 ANSI lumens and a 640 x 360 resolution. Other major features include a camera, 8GB of internal memory, and an SD card slot. The company has not yet released a retail price at this time.
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Samsung releases ICS update source code for Galaxy S II
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Source code is for modders what chum is to sharks, and Samsung is stirring up the waters in the Samsung Galaxy S II community with the source code for the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update. The update has been working its way out to Europe and Asia, and now Samsung has released the source code for it.
It should be noted that this is obviously the code for the base version of the Galaxy S II (model GT-I9100), so there are no guarantees that the code will be able to be turned into custom ROMs for carrier variants of the device, like the AT&T Skyrocket, etc. Still, it could go a long way in helping modders create custom ROMs. It could definitely help out Team Douche in its work on Cyanogen...
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Canada: Samsung Galaxy Nexus now available for free on a three-year contract
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If you’re in Canada and want to grab yourself the Galaxy Nexus, you may care to know that your smartphone of choice is now available for free on three-year contracts from select operators, including Rogers, Bell and Fido. At the same time, Virgin Mobile’s and TELUS’ units are available for $39.99 and $79.99, respectively.
Best Buy has all these offers which we would instantly suggest if there were no mandatory three-year customer agreement. Not sure why Canadian carriers keep insisting on such deals when other developed nations are not going beyond two-year contracts (which are also too long, but that’s another story).
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Samsung releases Android 4.0 ICS upgrade for Galaxy S II in South Korea, Europe
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Samsung has finally announced its plans to upgrade the Galaxy S II line of smartphones to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. As expected, the announcement was made through the company's official Twitter account. The roll-out of the update will begin in South Korea and Europe before heading to other markets.
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Samsung Galaxy S3 to run dual launchers?
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Another week and another Samsung Galaxy S3 photo and spec leak, which this time suggests that Samsung's eagerly anticipated handset will allow users to flip between two versions of the Android operating system.
The image and accompanying leaked details on the Galaxy S3 appeared on the popular social news site Reddit, with the post claiming to have received the information from a Samsung employee.
The post says: "He said that it will possibly have two optional launchers, ICS (Ice Cream Sandwich) with TouchWiz overlay and vanilla ICS."
"They (Samsung) aren't 100 percent sure if they will stick with TouchWiz or have the dual launcher option. If they go dual, you will have the option of picking ...
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Sprint to launch Samsung GALAXY Nexus on April 15th?
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Because this information comes from a fairly new site, we suggest that you accept it with the proverbial grain of salt. A source for S4GRU tells the site that the Sprint Samsung GALAXY Nexus will be launched on April 15th. The source is characterized as a Sprint insider from the Product Development division who confirms the release date even if it works out to be a Sunday. Sprint has a contest featuring the device that ends on April 14th which would seem to point to a release around the 15th.
Even though Sprint hasn't flicked the on switch on its LTE network, a goal made harder by the end of the carrier's relationship with LightSquared, the Sprint version of the Samsung GALAXY Nexus will sup...
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Tango ROM leaks, already cooked for the HTC HD2 and Samsung Omnia 7
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A Tango ROM has leaked on XDA-Developers. Tango Build 7.10.98.8773 has been made available for download by Football, ready to be cook into ROMs.
It also did not take long to do this either, with Tango ROMs for the HTC HD2 and Samsung Omnia 7 now available.
Besides the optimizations for low memory, Windows Phone Tango brings improvements in MMS messaging and bug fixes, including fixing the SMS of Death vulnerability.
Despite the improvements the official roll out of the Tango update to Windows Phones will be dependent on carriers.
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Sprint-ready Galaxy Nexus hits the FCC
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A version of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus Android smartphone has been approved by the FCC that appears to be headed to Sprint. The Samsung SPH-L700 that passed through the hands of the FCC will offer support for Sprint's upcoming 4G LTE(INFO) data network. No word yet from the wireless carrier as to an expected availability date. For more on the device, check out our full review of the Galaxy Nexus smartphone from Samsung here.
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