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Feb

8

2012

You Will Not See a Press Conference From Samsung at MWC

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by Jack Holt
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As you folks know the rumored Galaxy S III announcement at the Mobile World Congress was refuted by Samsung and they went as far to say we wouldn’t see it at their press event in France either. Well it appears that the Korean company is going a step further by saying that they will not be [...]

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Feb

1

2012

Samsung Galaxy S II Plus Benchmarks Released, Shows Off Impressive Numbers

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by Jack Holt
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While rumors that the S III would make its debut at MWC were quickly and officially refuted by Samsung, that hasn’t stopped the Korean manufacturer from showing their hand in regards to the Galaxy S II Plus. Even with the announcement of the Galaxy S Advance, and two new tablets, Samsung is pushing forward with the release [...]

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Jan

4

2012

Samsung Says No on ICS “Value Pack” for Galaxy S and Original Galaxy Tab

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by Jack Holt
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Man, when the Galaxy Nexus was first debuted with Ice Cream Sandwich it looked amazing (still does). However you’re an owner of a Samsung Galaxy S or an original Galaxy Tab and your contract isn’t up for a while. Maybe it is, but you’re thinking to yourself that you love the Galaxy S hardware or [...]

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Dec

27

2011

Samsung Galaxy S And Galaxy Tab May Get Android 4.0 After All

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by Roy Alugbue
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  Talk about Samsung putting its foot in its mouth. After previously putting a lump of coal in the stockings of Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab owners, the company is since reconsidering the thought of not upgrading the devices to Android 4.0. Why you might ask? Well according to The Verge, the company will review [...]

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Dec

12

2011

Samsung Gets Serious– Boasts Claim Of Record 300 Million Sales For 2011

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by Roy Alugbue
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Samsung isn’t just content to sell 30 million Galaxy S and S II phones worldwide, no sir. Sammy has announced its sold 300 million handsets so far this year. Oh and the company doesn’t look like there is any sign of letting up either. JK Shin, President and Head of Samsung’s Mobile Communications Business is quoted as saying “we [...]

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Nov

20

2011

Samsung Galaxy S Finally Receives Official Android 2.3.5 Update In UK

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by Roy Alugbue
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Samsung continues to show some love to the original Galaxy S owners, this time for those in the UK. They just released a major update which includes the long-awaited Gingerbread 2.3.5 OS for the i9000 model. That means those of you who haven’t flashed your ROM or rooted your phones will finally be in the [...]

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Oct

29

2011

Q3 Smartphone sales Go to Samsung, Not Apple

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by Spencer McClendon
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Samsung claimed the top share of the global smartphone market in the third quarter with 23.8 percent, compared to Apple’s 14.6 percent. (Samsung fans rejoice.) Nokia took third with 14.4 percent of the market. Apple had the lead in the second quarter with 18.5 percent and Samsung was in second with 17.5 percent and of [...]

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Oct

12

2011

Samsung To Dodge European Sales Ban With Device Upgrades

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by Justin Routhier
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If you’ve been following any of the on-going twenty or more patent lawsuits between Samsung and Apple, you may be well aware of the Dutch ruling back in August that found the Galaxy S, S II and Ace model smartphones to be in breach of an Apple patent relating to a method of scrolling through [...]

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Oct

11

2011

5″ Samsung Galaxy S WiFi is now available in the UK

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by Jim Farmer
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Samsung announced its UK launch of the Galaxy S WiFi 5.0 yesterday. This 5″ personal media player, reminiscent of the company’s Galaxy line of phones, is powered by a 1GHz single-core TI OMAP processor and runs Android Gingerbread 2.3 with TouchWiz UI on top. Still no official word on pricing. Check out the press release [...]

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