Category Archives: Samsung

Sprint-ready Galaxy Nexus hits the FCC

A version of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus Android smartphone has been approved by the FCC that appears to be headed to Sprint. The Samsung SPH-L700 that passed through the hands of the FCC will offer support for Sprint’s upcoming 4G ~LTE data network. No word yet from the wireless carrier as to an expected availability date. For more on the device, check out our full review of the Galaxy Nexus smartphone from Samsung. Tweet Vote on HN ...

Samsung Galaxy S3 launch date leaked?

We’ve been kept waiting and waiting, but according to a leaked image we could see the Samsung Galaxy S3 finally break cover next week.The latest picture was sent to Phone Arena from an anonymous source and shows a render of supposed Samsung Galaxy S3 with the date March 22 on the screen, along with the text “The new Samsung Galaxy S III live at 8:00pm”.Rather conveniently Samsung has set up a press conference in Paris for the date and time mentioned in the image, however it has already come out and said it will not be launching the Galaxy S3 at the ...

Samsung Galaxy S2 Ice Cream Sandwich update

Now Samsung has confirmed the Samsung Galaxy S2 Ice Cream Sandwich update is landing next week, here’s our constantly updated hub of all information for the next level of Android on your flagship Samsung phone.The problem with Android updates is the process is so staggered, leading to consumers getting angry at the length of time it takes them to receive the next generation of software.Once Google throws out the source code to the manufacturers, it’s up to them to divert resources to combining the latest version of Android with their hardware – this can take longer if ...

Samsung Commences Delivery of Android 4.0 for Galaxy S II

Samsung today announced that it has begun pushing the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich system update to some variants of the Galaxy S II. The upgrade will first arrive in Poland, Hungary, Sweden, and Korea today, followed by a gradual roll out to other markets. Samsung said that the Galaxy S II LTE will also receive Android 4.0. U.S. carriers have not yet disclosed plans concerning Android 4.0 for their variants of the Galaxy S II. Tweet Vote on HN ...

Samsung bites back at new iPad with Galaxy Note 10.1

Rankled by Tim Cook’s use of a Galaxy Tab to demonstrate Android’s weak Twitter app during the iPad launch event last night, Samsung has retaliated by sending out a comparison chart pitting the new iPad versus the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1.In an argument that essentially boils down to ‘we’ve got a stylus and Apple hasn’t’, Samsung points out that the Note 10.1 is “optimised for precision writing/drawing” and allows you to “write as you would with pen/pencil and paper” using the bundled S Pen.It also bigs up the Note’s ability ...

Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 review

Samsung isn’t messing about with its tablets range, having unveiled all manner of differently-sized tablets over the past months, not least the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 at MWC 2012 – but what of its equally sized Note-less sibling, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1?Arithmophobes should steer clear of a product with all those numbers in its name, perhaps, but we’re burdened with no such phobia so we spent a bit of time with the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 to see what’s what. ...