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Mar

20

2012

Samsung Galaxy S II ICS Update Details Surface

by Roy Alugbue
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It’s been a little over a week now since the delicious ICS update reached Samsung Galaxy S II smartphones, but isn’t it unusual that we hadn’t heard any details of the update? Well cheer up friends because a complete spec sheet has been spotted highlighting the full details of the update for the smartphone. In [...]

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Mar

16

2012

Question To Android OEMs & Manufacturers: What’s The Benefit Of Having Custom Skins On Devices?

by Roy Alugbue
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  Ah yes, the variation of the Android platform. Some people love it while others hate it. Let’s face the cold, hard truth about Android: it’s an open-source platform in which any individual can take the basic source, tweak it a little and truly make it their own. Similarly manufacturers can take the basic open [...]

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Jan

24

2012

Rumor Mill: Galaxy SIII Specs and Release Leaked

by Jack Holt
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The Samsung Galaxy S II was one of the best phones of 2011 and it’s sucessor the Galaxy S III is already one of the most anticipated phones of 2012, and it’s still only January. Well for those of you interested in the phone there is a new rumor circulating courtesy of the Russian techie [...]

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Jan

4

2012

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

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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Jan

3

2012

Samsung Presents New Galaxy Ace Plus Entry-Level Phone

by Roy Alugbue
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The term-entry level certainly is taking a new meaning to Samsung. Sammy has just introduced a new handset called the Galaxy Ace Plus. The phone is the follow-up to last year’s Galaxy Ace and will feature an assortment of features normally found in midrange phones including a 3.65-inch HVGA display. Inside the phone’s guts, you’ll find a [...]

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Dec

27

2011

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

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

23

2011

No Ice Cream Sandwich for The Galaxy S or The Galaxy Tab.

by Spencer McClendon
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For those of you out there that have a Samsung Galaxy S or a Samsung Galaxy Tab, this is probably not the news you wanted to hear just before Christmas. After all this is the most depressing time of the year, and Samsung isn’t making it any better. We have just heard the news that Samsung [...]

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Aug

16

2011

Samsung halts TouchWiz UX update for Galaxy Tab 10.1 to “ensure it’s a positive experience”

by Robert Nazarian
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There could be a major bug with the TouchWiz UX update for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 because they have halted it in order to “assess progress and ensure it’s a positive experience for customers.” There have been some reports that some users are experiencing scrambled graphics which make their Tab completely unusable. There could [...]

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Aug

5

2011

TouchWiz Update For Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Now Available For Download

by Joe Sirianni
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Well, as promised by Sammy, and just two days late, is the Galaxy Tab 10.1 TouchWiz OTA.  The update includes the following: Live Panel: Magazine-like widget view for immediate access to weather, social updates, email, news, photo gallery, all on the home screen. The visual layout of Live Panel is completely customizable for one-touch entry [...]

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Jul

28

2011

Major update coming to the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 on August 3rd

by Robert Nazarian
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Samsung will be releasing their new TouchWiz for tablets next week Wednesday, August 3rd, and they must be proud of it because they are going to host an event in New York City. They will do a full demonstration and actually sideload the update on to your Tab. The general public will be able to [...]

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