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Nexus 10 and Google Play Edition Galaxy S4 to get Android 4.4 KitKat in the coming weeks
Posted by Unknown on Thursday, October 31, 2013
Posted by FaryaabS on 01 November 2013 at 1:39 Today, Google finally unveiled the long-awaited Android 4.4 KitKat update to the public. And as with every new Android update, it brings quite some changes and improvements [...]
Samsung SM-P905 visits the FCC, upcoming Galaxy Note tablet with 12.2-inch display
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Posted by FaryaabS on 01 November 2013 at 0:55 Samsung SM-P905 has just popped up over at the FCC for some inspection. The tablet has been in the rumour mill for quite some time now and up till now the only hard [...]
Samsung gains tablet market share in Q3 2013, achieves year-over-year growth of over 100%
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Posted by Abhijeet M. on 31 October 2013 at 17:11 Samsung already took home the crown of the largest smartphone maker in the third quarter of this year, shipping more devices than most other major manufacturers [...]
Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition now selling in Canada
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Posted by kunalg on 31 October 2013 at 17:20 South Korea is not the only country to get Samsung's latest and greatest tablet. According to a report by Mobile Syrup, Samsung's Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition is now [...]
Sprint Galaxy Nexus receiving Android 4.3 update, on Android 4.4 announcement day
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Posted by Abhijeet M. on 31 October 2013 at 17:34 You just gotta love North American carriers. Nexus devices are the only safe haven in the Android world where users get instant OS updates as and when Google announces [...]
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition now available in the UK for £494.99
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Posted by Abhijeet M. on 31 October 2013 at 17:37 The Galaxy Note 10.1 – 2014 Edition, Samsung's mightily spec'd 10-inch tablet, is now available in the UK, following its launch in South Korea and Canada today, [...]
Samsung adds more partners to its Wallet service, availability still limited
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Posted by Abhijeet M. on 31 October 2013 at 17:44 Samsung has announced that it has added support for multiple new services from various partners in its Wallet app (which lets users store and manage tickets, coupons, [...]
Crowdfunded WiQiQi wireless charging receiver for Galaxy S4 Active cancelled
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Posted by Abhijeet M. on 31 October 2013 at 15:10 Back in August, Monster Watts successfully gathered enough funds from its Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign to start working on a back plate attachment for the Galaxy [...]
Pink Galaxy Note 3 comes to UK as Phones 4u exclusive
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Posted by kunalg on 31 October 2013 at 11:56 At the unveiling of the Galaxy Note 3, Samsung announced three colours for the device – black, white and pink. While the first two are readily available, the pink coloured [...]
Verizon Galaxy S III mini leaks in blue
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Posted by Abhijeet M. on 31 October 2013 at 11:57 The Galaxy S4 mini has been out for a few months, and all major US carriers will be launching the device in the coming weeks, but it looks like the Galaxy S III [...]
Koreans get Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition
Posted by Unknown on Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Posted by kunalg on 31 October 2013 at 7:07 Samsung is rapidly expanding the rollout of its high-end tablet with South Korea being the latest country to get the Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition. South Koreans will [...]
Report: Samsung ready to mass produce curved batteries
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Posted by Abhijeet M. on 30 October 2013 at 18:34 The Galaxy Note 3 comes with a 3,200mAh battery. The Galaxy Round, which has exactly the same specs as the Note 3 except for the lack of stylus support, comes with [...]
AT&T giving free Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 with Galaxy S4, S4 Active, Note II, and Note 3
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Posted by Abhijeet M. on 30 October 2013 at 19:15 Does Samsung have too many unsold tablets lying around? That certainly seems to be the case, as after Woot, who's giving away numerous Galaxy Tabs on a discount, [...]
Galaxy S4 mini and Mega 6.3 coming to Sprint on Nov. 8, will support Sprint Spark LTE network
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Posted by Abhijeet M. on 30 October 2013 at 19:58 Sprint has announced that it will be launching the Samsung Galaxy S4 mini and Galaxy Mega 6.3 on November 8th, and that both devices will support the new Sprint [...]
Samsung powers Sprint’s TD-LTE network in the US
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Posted by Abhijeet M. on 30 October 2013 at 18:48 Samsung might not have been successful in its endeavors to incorporate proper LTE support in its Exynos series of mobile chipsets, but the Korean manufacturer is [...]
Galaxy S5 camera might not have optical image stabilization
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Posted by Abhijeet M. on 30 October 2013 at 18:07 Optical image stabilization (OIS) has become quite an important feature on smartphones these days, with manufacturers like Nokia, HTC, and LG having implemented [...]
Australian retailer Dick Smith selling Galaxy S4 in blue, pink, and purple
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Posted by Abhijeet M. on 30 October 2013 at 14:28 The Galaxy S4 is still a powerhouse of a smartphone, and the only Samsung flagship available that can easily fit in your pockets and give some semblance of ease [...]
Sprint now rolling out Android 4.3 update for Galaxy S4
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Posted by Abhijeet M. on 30 October 2013 at 15:12 Verizon surprised everyone by becoming the first carrier to roll out the Android 4.3 update for the Galaxy S4, and now Sprint is following in Verizon's footsteps [...]
Woot.com offering discounts on various Samsung tablets, including Galaxy Note 8.0 and Nexus 10
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Posted by Abhijeet M. on 30 October 2013 at 14:46 Looking for an Android tablet from Samsung? If yes, then you might want to head over to Woot.com (an Amazon subsidiary), where you can grab a major discount on a [...]
Samsung ships 5 million Galaxy Note 3 in a month
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Posted by kunalg on 30 October 2013 at 11:15 We know Samsung's latest flagship device – Galaxy Note 3 is doing good in the market and the number confirmed by JK Shin today resonates the fact. At a press briefing [...]
Samsung debuts commercial starring LeBron James during NBA opening night
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Posted by Abhijeet M. on 30 October 2013 at 7:28 It was only earlier this week that we heard of Samsung entering a deal with the National Basketball Association, and the Korean manufacturer followed up by releasing [...]
Report: Samsung Galaxy S5 to have 4GB of RAM along with 64-bit processor
Posted by Unknown on Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Posted by Abhijeet M. on 29 October 2013 at 18:20 More rumors are cropping up about the 64-bit Exynos processor that Samsung is expected to debut with the Galaxy S5. According to a new report by the Korean media, [...]
Samsung launches new SDKs for its devices to attract developers
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Posted by Abhijeet M. on 29 October 2013 at 8:08 At its first global developer-centric conference in San Francisco, Samsung rolled out five software development kits to lure developers into making apps [...]
Samsung’s 12.2-inch tablet visits Bluetooth SIG with Verizon branding, benchmark reveals specs
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Posted by Abhijeet M. on 29 October 2013 at 14:38 Samsung's often-rumored-but-not-that-anticipated 12.2-inch tablet seems to be inching closer and closer to launch – just a few days after the Wi-Fi model was certified [...]
Curved screen on Samsung Galaxy Round not a gimmick, says DisplayMate
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Posted by Abhijeet M. on 29 October 2013 at 15:39 Ever since Samsung announced the Galaxy Round, the world's first smartphone with a curved 'flexible' display, almost everyone has written off the curved screen as [...]
AllTheNotifications Manager enables full content notifications for most apps on Galaxy Gear
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Posted by MartinR on 29 October 2013 at 14:47 For a smartwatch that is supposed to be an extension of your smartphone and let you know of various notifications right on your wrist, the Galaxy Gear is surprisingly [...]
Samsung selling 1 million mobile devices a day
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Posted by Abhijeet M. on 29 October 2013 at 8:21 Samsung is currently the largest manufacturer of Android devices in the world, that's not a secret. But how many smartphones and tablets are they actually selling [...]
International Galaxy Note 3 gets a stability update
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Posted by kunalg on 29 October 2013 at 13:02 Samsung has started rolling out a new software update for its international Snapdragon 800 Galaxy Note 3 (SM-N9005). The UDMJ6 is a stability update available to Galaxy [...]
Samsung grabs 35 percent share of 250 million total smartphone shipments in Q3 2013
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Posted by Abhijeet M. on 29 October 2013 at 10:09 According to a study released by Strategy Analysts, global smartphone shipments reached an all-time high in the third quarter this year, with more than 250 million [...]
Samsung Galaxy NX with AT&T LTE support visits the FCC
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Posted by Abhijeet M. on 29 October 2013 at 9:14 Samsung had announced back in August that the Galaxy NX, its Android-powered mirrorless camera, would be arriving in the U.S. in October, but it's a schedule [...]
Android 4.3 update for Verizon Galaxy S4 rolling out
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Posted by Abhijeet M. on 29 October 2013 at 8:40 Well, in a rather surprising turn of events, Verizon has beaten other carriers and become the first to start rolling out the Android 4.3 update for the Galaxy S4, [...]
[Update: Fake] New Nexus 10 listing shows up on Play Store, reveals specs similar to Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition
Posted by Unknown on Monday, October 28, 2013
Posted by Abhijeet M. on 28 October 2013 at 11:39 Update: According to PhoneArena, the original source of this info, the listing is a fake, as it was apparently sent to them by a tipster with a poor track record [...]