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Samsung S Voice ripped and available for ICS devices
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S Voice has been one of the new features of the Samsung Galaxy S III that we've been on the fence about. It could very well be useful, but the problem is that the usefulness of a voice command "assistant" has yet to be proven. Sure, there are some useful things that can be done quickly with voice command, but overall it hasn't quite proven it's worthy of the immense buzz it gets.
Still, S Voice has the promise to be one of the better voice command options for Android. There are certainly quite a few voice command options available, but there is room for a leader if Samsung has the chops to take it. Now, we all get a chance to test out the S Voice software, because the wonderful dudes at XDA...
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Samsung mass-produces 4-gigabit LPDDR2 memory, aims to make 2GB a common sight in smartphones
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Samsung started making 2GB low-power mobile memory last year, but as the 1GB-equipped phone you likely have in your hand shows, the chips weren't built on a wide-enough scale to get much use. The Korean company is hoping to fix that now that it's mass-producing 20-nanometer, 4-gigabit LPDDR2 RAM. Going to a smaller process than the 30-nanometer chips of old will not just slim the memory down by a fifth, helping your smartphone stay skinny: it should help 2GB of RAM become the "mainstream product" by the end of 2013, if Samsung gets its way. New chips should run at 1,066Mbps without chewing up any more power than the earlier parts, too, so there's no penalty for using the denser parts. It's h...
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Is Samsung working on next Google Nexus device?
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It looks like Samsung and Google are partnering up again to bring us another Nexus device.
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Google Nexus tablet release date, news and rumours
Android Community has done some digging around in Google's repositories and dug up info which points towards a new device being manufactured by Samsung.
The key feature which has been uncovered thus far is a new processor, known as the Exynos 5250 dual-core Cortex-A15, which uses Mali T-604 graphics.
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Google Nexus tablet tipped in Samsung codes
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There’s a whole new wave of evidence this week being revealed by none other than Google that points toward them working with Samsung on the next Android Nexus tablet. A Nexus device, for those of you that do not know, is a device that works with Google’s Android in its most basic “vanilla” iteration, and with the evidence we’re seeing today, we may be looking at a Samsung tablet released this summer as the next step. This next Nexus tablet will be the first tablet actually branded as “Nexus” but will be the second released in close collaboration with Google made to show off the next big version of Android, the first being the Motorola XOOM tablet which showed off Android 3.0 Honeycomb.
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T-Mobile reveals Samsung Galaxy S III pricing
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T-Mobile has finally announced its pricing for the Samsung Galaxy S III before it arrives on 30 May.
The operator is the last of the main UK networks to reveal its price plans and unlike its competitors the phone won’t actually be available free on contract.
Available on a 24-month Full Monty plan at £36 a month, T-Mobile customers will also need to shell out £49.99 for the handset itself.
The Full Monty tariff includes unlimited data, texts and calls to other T-Mobile customers, as well as 2,000 minutes every month to any other networks.
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Samsung Galaxy S III available for pre-order from Vodafone, O2 and Three in the U.K.
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The Samsung Galaxy S III is now available for pre-order from a trio of U.K. carriers, Vodafone, O2 and Three. Vodafone says that it aims to have pre-orders shipped by the end of this month. Depending on the plan that Vodafone customers choose, the Samsung Galaxy S III will run from 149 GBP ($240.69 USD) to free. The latter plan costs 41 GBP a month for the 16GB unit ($66.23 USD) and comes with 900 minutes of talk, unlimited texts and 2GB of data. Vodafone has a one month exclusive on the 32GB variant and that will come for free with a monthly 46 GBP plan ($74.31 USD).
The Three website shows that the Samsung Galaxy S III will be launched for its customers on May 30th and those signing up to ...
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Samsung looks past Android to find an alternative OS
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Android has been good to Samsung. Very, very good. Samsung recently reported its second consecutive quarter of record earnings, thanks in no small part to its wildly popular line of Android-powered Galaxy smartphones. The South Korea-based vendor also just took the wraps off its next-generation flagship Android smartphone, the Galaxy S III. While the device may have opened the door for rivals to make some moves if they can act quickly enough, Samsung is currently the No.1 smartphone vendor in the world by volume and the Galaxy S III should help it retain that title. As good as Android has been for Samsung, however, the vendor continues to make it clear that it does not want to put all its eg...
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Samsung Galaxy Note for AT&T spotted munching on Ice Cream Sandwich at CTIA
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The Android Ice Cream Sandwich update for the Samsung GALAXY Note was moved to this quarter, which almost half gone, so it shouldn't be too much of a wait for those impatient Note owners who want the latest and greatest Android 4.0 on their device.
In fact, that AT&T version of the Note has been recorded on video at CTIA running Ice Cream Sandwich with a whiff of TouchWiz applied over it. Even if you didn't see the firmware version, some other telling signs, like the presence of a quick access to Settings in the drop-down notifiction window suggest Android ICS is onboard.
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Samsung and Apple file to drop claims to get trial started on time
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Last week both Apple and Samsung were told by Judge Lucy Koh that if each wanted to get their trial started on time, the number of claims from each side had to be reduced. At first, courtroom analysts figured Apple would be more interested in slowing things down, but with the introduction of the Samsung Galaxy S III, it seems Apple would really like to get a verdict in the case. To get things started on July 30th, both manufacturers decided to offer to drop about half their claims with Apple letting go of all of its trademark claims. While it does sound like a sacrifice for both sides, Apple wants the dismissal to be without prejudice meaning that it assert these dismissed claims at another ...
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Lumia 900 wins outdoor readability test, Galaxy S and iPhone 4 split second
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Nokia's Lumia 900 is the best smartphone in the world — in one important usability aspect, anyhow. The DisplayMate labs have been busy collating viewability data on mobile device displays and the results rank the Lumia 900 as the best performer. In particular, the DisplayMate tests were concerned with how devices handle increases in ambient light, a regularly-occurring challenge for anyone wanting to use a phone or a tablet while actually on the move.
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AT&T announces Samsung Focus 2 available May 20
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AT&T announced the Samsung Focus 2 - the next in Samsung's line of Windows Phones featuring 4G LTE support at a low cost.
The Focus 2 is Samsung's first 4G LTE Windows Phone, and only the third Windows Phone AT&T carries.
What's more, it will be 10.98mm thick and weigh about 4.3 ounces.
The smartphone features a 4-inch Super AMOLED screen and runs on a 1.4GHz single core processor.
A 5-megapixel rear camera capable of HD 720p video recording rounds out the device, coupled with a front-facing VGA camera.
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Samsung, Qualcomm start up Alliance for Wireless Power to take on Qi
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Wireless power has until now been closely associated with the Wireless Power Consortium's Qi standard. There's now a second proposed common ground in the Alliance for Wireless Power, or A4WP. Samsung and Qualcomm, along with some help from Powermat, SK Telecom, Ever Win Industries, Gill Industries and Peiker Acustic, are making an alternative that allows for "spatial freedom" between your gadget and the charging source, although whether or not that's better than the 1.6-inch distance of the updated Qi spec is left to the imagination. The strategy doesn't just let your device avoid French kissing the charger: it lets you power up through a material besides a metal plate, and it reduces the co...
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US judge sanctions Samsung, kills important defense against Apple
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US Magistrate Judge Paul Grewal imposed a severe and rarely used penalty yesterday on Samsung in its case against Apple by eliminating one of Samsung's infringement defenses from the lawsuit. The defense was an important one: Samsung had argued that its recent implementation of the "blue glow" feature in TouchWiz is a non-infringing workaround to Apple's patent — US 7,469,381 — on the iOS "scrollback" behavior that displays a background texture when you scroll beyond the edge of a document or webpage. The court's reasoning for yanking this defense is hard to argue with.
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The Samsung Galaxy S III Revealed: 4.8" HD SuperAMOLED, Exynos 4 Quad, Available 5/29 in Europe
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Apple is a bit infamous for its tight control over new products, particularly iPhones. Development mules are often updated internals stuffed into nondescript previous generation designs. And talk of new products is forbidden, until the official reveal. Samsung, seems to have taken a different tack with their latest flagship device, the Galaxy S III. In the weeks leading up to today's announcement there were positively dozens of leaked images and specifications lists. And each one seemed so pointedly different than the last to leave the tech press exhausted with confusion and anticipation. All those leaks are put to the test, now, though; as Samsung has just revealed their most advanced phone...
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Samsung Unveils GSIII Complete with Own Version of Siri
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After months of keeping us on the edges of our seats, Samsung has finally given the Galaxy S III an official unveiling. The company took the wraps off of the next Galaxy handset at its Samsung Mobile Unpacked 2012 event in London, UK at 7pm local time (2pm eastern time). So, were the rumors true? Read on to find out!
Specs for the Galaxy S III include a 4.8-inch HD Super AMOLED 1280 x 720 display; a quad-core Exynos processor; 1GB of RAM, an 8-megapixel camera on the back with a 1.9-megpixel affair up front (as opposed to the 1.3-megapixel lens that was rumored); Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) with Samsung's TouchWiz UI on top and new gesture functions to improve navigation; and HSPA+ supp...
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