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May

24

2012

Google tablet scheduled to land next month, Could it be called the Nexus Prime?

by Robert Nazarian
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We heard a lot of talk about a Google (possibly) Nexus Tablet, but things cooled off. All talk seemed to point towards ASUS manufacturing it with a June release. Well DigiTimes is reporting that 600,000 tablets will be made available in June and ASUS continues to be the manufacturer of choice. Projected sales for 2012 [...]

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May

24

2012

LG Optimus LTE2 For Verizon Appears At The Global Certification Forum

by Ed Caggiani
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A device known only as model number VS930 has been spotted at the GCF (Global Certification Forum). This is an LG device that is most likely Verizon’s version of the LG Optimus LTE2… you know, the first phone with 2GB of RAM on board. The VS930 seen at the GCF, however, only lists global radios [...]

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May

24

2012

LG LS860 QWERTY Slider Revealed For Sprint

by Ed Caggiani
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The folks over at BriefMobile have scored a leaked image of the unannounced LG LS860, a.k.a. “Cayenne”. This QWERTY slider is destined for Sprint and seems to be derivative of the LG Viper. The blurrycam picture distinctly shows a 5-row keyboard and triple-capacitive-button layout. According to their source, the LS860 will come with a 4-inch [...]

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May

23

2012

AT&T announces Samsung Galaxy Appeal QWERTY slider for GoPhone prepaid service

by Robert Nazarian
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AT&T just announced the Samsung Galaxy Appeal for their prepaid phone service, GoPhone. This one is a QWERTY slider and its got entry-level written all over it. It features a 3.2-inch (480 x 320) display, 800 MHz processor, 512MB RAM, 3MP rear camera with video recording, 1.8GB of storage, micro SD for up to an [...]

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May

23

2012

Vodafone Germany And HTC Announce The One XL Smartphone Arrives In Germany By June

by Roy Alugbue
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  You can add Germany to the list of countries lucky enough to be graced with the HTC One X One XL LTE smartphone. Vodafone Germany and HTC made a joint announcement one of the most popular smartphones in the game will be available in early June and will come in both black and white flavors across German [...]

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May

23

2012

Samsung Releases Galaxy Note ICS Source Code, Custom ROMs in Tow

by Stacy Bruce
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If you thought the Galaxy Note was nice all on its own, wait until the development community conjures up a few custom ROMs for the kit. Samsung just released the device’s source code so that is exactly what is going to happen, and I imagine the first few ROMs and kernels will pop up in [...]

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May

23

2012

Faulty Component Delays Acer Iconia Tab A510, Olympic Edition May Still Ship Next Month

by Jack Holt
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For those of you that wanted to get your hands on the Iconia Tab A510 from Acer you’ll have to wait a bit longer. While the Olympic Version of the device became available at the beginning of May, mass shipments appear to be delayed. The reason, faulty components. Which component being the culprit is anyone’s [...]

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May

23

2012

Samsung Admits that Leaked S Voice App Was Being Blocked

by Jack Holt
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In a move that surprised probably no one, Samsung blocked access to its servers from the leaked S Voice App. Meaning that when people, like yours truly, installed the app intending on giving it a whirl they received a network connection error. However since then a second version has been leaked that fools servers into [...]

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May

23

2012

Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 gets retooled with quad-core and new S Pen slot

by Robert Nazarian
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Samsung did it last year and looks like history is repeating itself. If you remember, Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Tab 10.1 at Mobile World Congress only to redesign it before actually releasing it. Now it’s happening with the Galaxy Note 10.1. This time it’s not all in the design as they switched out processors, and [...]

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May

23

2012

Motorola DROID RAZR-Type Devices Unveiled In China, Could Be First Formal Peek Of The DROID Fighter, aka DROID RAZR HD

by Roy Alugbue
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Oh boy, who’s ready for some juicy and exciting news? Well Motorola quietly unveiled a new set of beautiful DROID RAZR-esque devices at a MOTO China event. The devices are likely the DROID RAZR HD— aka the “DROID Fighter” variant we have been following for the past few months. As you can all see, we have the familiar and [...]

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