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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 26, 2010
Where, oh where, is the Verizon Fascinate? We've been waiting for the final U.S. version of the Samsung Galaxy S to hit (and watching our hands-on with it over and over), and it looks like i...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 26, 2010
We've got a few more days to go before the Sprint Epic 4G is available to the masses. (In the meantime, be sure to check out our hands-on.) But while you're waiting, you can read up on all the di...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 25, 2010
If these videos of the Samsung Galaxy Tab get any better, you might not have to go all the way to Germany in a couple of weeks to get a real look at the thing. Samsung's 7-inch Android tablet will be...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 25, 2010
Samsung Media Hub is coming, all right. Just a matter of when, and where (OK, to the Galaxy S phones), and how. Stay tuned, folks....
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by Kyle Gibb
Aug 25, 2010
 Oh, jealousy is a beautiful thing. After seeing its T-Mobile brother, the Vibrant, going for a mere penny last week, the Samsung Captivate (read the full review here) has seen its price sla...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 24, 2010
It's OK to shudder when you look at this picture of someone taking a wood screw to the Gorilla Glass screen of a Galaxy S smartphone.  I did, too.  When we reported that Samsung is using Gor...
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by Sean Brunett
Aug 24, 2010
  Samsung has released an official teaser for the Samsung Galaxy Tab (that name's now official), a 7-inch tablet. The cryptic 20-second teaser, erm, teases: HD video playback 7...
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by Sean Brunett
Aug 24, 2010
Samsung's Galaxy Tab has shown up in more pictures, giving us some more looks at the rumored Android tablet. Yesterday, we reported on a video which showed the device out in the wild in Australia.&nbs...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 23, 2010
So help us, we're not even going to try to avoid the whole "epic" thing when it comes to the Sprint Epic 4G. It just is. After the break, check out one of the latest commercials (and be sur...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 23, 2010
 Mellisa Thompson, of Salford, England, has broken the Guinness World Record for the fastest texter, using Swype on a Samsung Galaxy S with a time of 25.94 seconds.  The previous record of 3...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 23, 2010
Somewhere in a crowded Sydney, Australia, train station, a man uses a handheld device. But not just any device. It's a tablet. And it's not just any tablet. It is, according to Electronista, the ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 22, 2010
In the realm of GSM smartphones, there's a phenomenon known as "SIM unlocked," which is the ability to use any SIM card in a phone, meaning you can easily swap from carrier to car...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 19, 2010
The Sprint Epic 4G is the third of the Samsung Galaxy S-class phones to be released in the United States. And it comes with a few additions over its already-released cousins, the AT&T Captiv...
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by Dallin Hampton
Aug 19, 2010
For those of you frugal readers who missed T-Mobile's 24-hour $99 Samsung Vibrant sale, Amazon is looking to one-up them with a sale of its own, offering the very phone for a mere $0.01 listed pr...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 19, 2010
While we're all waiting for release dates and information about Samsung's Tab (which may not even be called the Tab), we don't have to wait for the tablet's software.  Samsung-Firmwares has a cop...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 19, 2010
  If you're on Vodafone and itching to get the as-yet-announced Samsung Galaxy Tab Android tablet, see here! Looks like the Euro carrier's getting ready for the big guy, and it'll be available of...
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by Kyle Gibb
Aug 18, 2010
 T-Mobile is making it easier than ever to get onto the Android craze we all know and love by discounting the Samsung Vibrant to just $99 today. That's a whopping $100 off the standard price on t...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 18, 2010
The NBC short Fact Checkers Unit on Hulu is featuring the Samsung Galaxy S in its recent episode.  With the Hero on Leverage, the Evo 4G on The Closer, The Nexus One on Entourage, and the Epic 4...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 16, 2010
  If you've got a hankering for the Sprint Epic 4G and didn't get in on the preorder reservations through Sprint directly, you going to have to wait until Aug. 31 like the rest of us. AdamBv1 in ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 16, 2010
Sprint has again updated its Sprint Football Live application, and it wants to remind everyone that the services are free to every Sprint data subscriber.  Back in April, Verizon wrangled the off...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 13, 2010
Itching to know what Epic 4G accessories will be available at launch? A look at the latest Sprint Playbook (that internal document that might as well be posted on its website) gives us a pretty ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 13, 2010
You know that Samsung Captivate ROM that's floating around (and that we just wrote about)? This might what's going on: We've all been aware of the GPS issues plaguing the Captivate and Vibr...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 13, 2010
There is a new ROM available for the Samsung Captivate, and many users say it fixes some of the bugs that have been a sore spot since launch.  Before we talk about the bug fixes -- this is not pu...
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by Kyle Gibb
Aug 13, 2010
 For those of you who would rather get your Epic 4G from places other than Sprint stores, good news comes from the forums: The phone is now up for pre-sale from Best Buy and Radio Shack. The Sams...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 12, 2010
Finally, we have a launch date for the Sprint Epic 4G. (See our hands-on here.) The keyboarded version of the Samsung Galaxy S will be available Aug. 31 for $249.99 after two-year contract and $100 re...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 11, 2010
We've got half of the Galaxy S line already in our fat little fingers -- that'd be the T-Mobile Vibrant and AT&T Captivate -- and today Samsung announced some official accessories to go with...
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by Sean Brunett
Aug 11, 2010
  The AT&T Captivate (read our review) has been overclocked to 1.2 GHz, which makes the Hummingbird processor faster than it is out of the box, which is already pretty quick. The modder ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 10, 2010
A heads up from the Android Central Forums: Remember that new update HTC promised for those of us who updated our Evo 4Gs a tad early with an "unofficial" build? The new update -- build...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 10, 2010
Another day, another rumored date for the Sprint Epic 4G. That rumored Aug. 11 date doesn't look like it's going to happen (we never thought that was right anyway), and we freely admit the whole Epic...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 09, 2010
Our kingdom for a launch date for the Sprint Epic 4G, its contribution to the Samsung Galaxy S line. (See our hands-on with the Epic 4G) And while there's still nothing official, we've run across th...