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by Alex Dobie
Sep 26, 2012
Arguably the most interesting Android device to appear at last month's IFA 2012 show in Berlin was the Samsung Galaxy Camera. As the name suggests, it's an Android 4.1-based 16MP point-and-s...
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by Alex Dobie
Sep 26, 2012
Samsung has announced the South Korean launch of its new 5.5-inch smartphone, the Galaxy Note 2. By now we're all familiar with the Note 2's impressive spec sheet -- a 1.6GHz quad-core Exyno...
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by Alex Dobie
Sep 26, 2012
T-Mobile USA's HTC One S is receiving its biggest software update yet today, bringing the aluminum-clad handset up to Android 4.0.4 (from 4.0.3) and HTC Sense 4.1 (from 4.0), according to report...
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by Alex Dobie
Sep 26, 2012
So much for all that fuss about limited Sony Xperia T SIM-free availability. UK-based online retailer Unlocked Mobiles is now offering the Sony Mobile flagship for sale, stand-alone and unlocke...
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by Alex Dobie
Sep 26, 2012
With the Jelly Bean update hitting some international Galaxy S3 (GT-i9300) phones, Samsung has released its Android 4.1 kernel source, and other open-source bits for the device. The code isn...
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by Alex Dobie
Sep 26, 2012
Google has announced that its Google Play app store has delivered its 25 billionth app download, up from the 20 billion figure quoted at Google I/O in June. To celebrate, it's launching another ...
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by Alex Dobie
Sep 26, 2012
Update, 7:40am EDT: Samsung tells us it's "currently in the process of conducting an internal review" into the situation with on the Galaxy S2 and other affected phones. Our own testin...
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by Alex Dobie
Sep 26, 2012
If you're anything like us, you'll have plenty of wall chargers left over from devices you've long since parted company with. Observe above, the battered husk of our two and a half year-...
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by Alex Dobie
Sep 25, 2012
As Sony prepares to launch the Xperia T in the UK this week, eyes are already on the T's quirky sibling, the Xperia V. Unveiled alongside the Xperia T at IFA last month, the V boasts water resis...
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by Alex Dobie
Sep 25, 2012
A quick way to tell if your Samsung phone is at risk, and what to do if it is
There's a lot of confusion as to exactly which Samsung phones are affected by today's big scary USSD v...
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by Alex Dobie
Sep 25, 2012
Update, 09/26: Samsung has told us that the latest Galaxy S3 firmware fixes this exploit. Our own testing has shown other phones, particularly Galaxy S2 models, may still be at risk, however. I...
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by Alex Dobie
Sep 25, 2012
Samsung has announced that its latest smartphone/tablet hybrid, the Galaxy Note 2, will land on British shores next Monday, Oct. 1. Like the Galaxy S3 and Galaxy Note 10.1 before it, the Note 2 will...
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by Alex Dobie
Sep 25, 2012
The Internet's in a bit of a tizzy this morning over reports from a Korean news that Samsung has begun development of its own WebKit-based mobile browser, to be used in future smartphones.&...
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by Alex Dobie
Sep 25, 2012
New color launches in South Korea, as sales figures suggest six percent of the country's population now own a Galaxy S3
It was leaked last week, but now it's official -- the Samsung Gala...
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by Alex Dobie
Sep 24, 2012
UK SIM-free pricing for the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 emerged some time ago, but if you're still wondering much it'll set you back on-contract, then wonder no more. The answer, it seems, is a lo...
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by Alex Dobie
Sep 24, 2012
Sony has released more smartphones than ever before 2012, hoping that strength in numbers will help it overcome Android competition from the likes of Samsung and HTC. One important, but often overlo...
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by Alex Dobie
Sep 24, 2012
A little ahead of schedule, Sony’s new international flagship, the Xperia T, is now available in the UK. Phones4U and the Carphone Warehouse are offering the device on-contract through their r...
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by Alex Dobie
Sep 24, 2012
The current crop of "Medfield"-based Intel Atom smartphone chips has one major disadvantage compared to much of the ARM-based competition -- these SoCs don't support 4G LTE connectivit...
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by Alex Dobie
Sep 24, 2012
Alongside today's Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update for some Galaxy S3 models, the Korean manufacturer has confirmed that it'll also be updating some fifteen existing devices to the latest versi...
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by Alex Dobie
Sep 24, 2012
Jelly Bean for the Galaxy S3 finally arrives, available first as a Kies update
Samsing has started pushing out the official Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update for the international Galaxy S...
