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Samsung Galaxy Note Accessories Begin Trickling Into T-Mobile Retail Owned Stores

It’s not always a perfect indicator of a device arriving soon, but the arrival of Samsung Galaxy Note accessories into T-Mobile owned retail stores is a good sign. Accessories can often arrive weeks before a phone launches, although on the same hand they can arrive a day or two before launch. Is it possible that Galaxy Note accessories are arriving in time for the once anticipated July 11th … [read full article]

Samsung’s Newest Ads For The Galaxy S III Show Off All Share, Share Shot

Samsung’s showing off some more Galaxy S III specific features with a trio of new ads, highlighting all the sharing options available on their new flagship device. Instead of focusing on how the device is better than an iPhone, this time the ads focus on All Share Group Shot, All Share Play and Share Shot — all device specific features solving problems for Galaxy S III owners. Intuitive, stylish and … [read full article]

Samsung SGH-T699 Coming To T-Mobile As Galaxy S Blaze Q

We’ve been eyeballing the “Samsung Apex Q” for August 15th for some time and now we’re able to connect some dots with T-Mobile’s next QWERTY device to hit store shelves. We’re now ready to call T-Mobile’s upcoming SGH-T699 handset, which we’ve already discovered hanging “in the wild” and receiving Wi-Fi certification as the Galaxy S Blaze Q. Yeah, we rolled our eyes at the … [read full article]

(Updated) Rumor: Upcoming Samsung 4G Smartphone Sale Will Offer Buy One, Get One On Select Smartphones

Update: More information about offer specifics after the jump. We’ve just received word from a little birdie that beginning on July 11th and running through September 9th, select 4G Samsung smartphones will be available via a buy one, get one special offer. We’ve seen Samsung and T-Mobile run special deals like this before, so we’re fairly confident this is one rumor that will come true. Unfortunately, the Galaxy S … [read full article]

Samsung, HTC Post Vastly Different Second Quarter 2012 Financial Results

It’s that time as smartphone manufacturers the world over tell their shareholders and legions of users how well they performed financially during the second quarter of 2012. For Samsung, I’d say they have plenty to write home even as the  April – June 2012 period isn’t officially announced for the Korean manufacturer, a Reuters report shows Samsung will post a record profit of $5.9 billion. That’s thanks in no small part to sales of the exponentially expanding … [read full article]

Google Confirms Galaxy Nexus Pulled From Shelves Due To Injunction

In a non-surprising move, Google has confirmed to ABC News that the Galaxy Nexus was pulled off the market due to the recent injunction granted to Apple. For its part, Google said it would begin selling the Galaxy Nexus again next week with the latest Android ROM, Jelly bean, which addresses the issues in dispute. Google had mentioned as of the most recent court decision that they were working on a fix for the … [read full article]

(Updated) US Judge Denies Samsung’s Appeal To Continue Selling Galaxy Nexus Pending Appeal

Updated: According to AllThingsD, Samsung and Google are working to “imminently” push out a software fix that works around the “Universal Search” patent that is the main violation behind the injunction.  Not quite the way we wanted to kick off the Fourth of July as U.S District Judge Lucy Koh denied Samsung’s request to stay the injunction on the Galaxy Nexus pending resolution of an … [read full article]

T-Mobile’s Samsung Galaxy S III Camera Samples

While I just finished posting the Galaxy S III review, I thought it might be worth a dedicated post showing off some camera samples. With each new smartphone release, anticipation over camera quality reaches fever pitch for me as the “best camera is the camera you have is the camera you have with you” notion sinks more and more into my smartphone lifestyle. As a *bonus* I’m re-posting the … [read full article]

Samsung And Google Will Work Together To Hold Off Apple Legal Threats

At this point we’re well-informed with Apple’s want to aggressively use patent laws to hit Android handsets where it counts, their shelf space. While Samsung and HTC have taken the brunt of the Apple offensive, Google is ready to step in according to the Korea Times. The paper reports that Google and Samsung have a “game-plan” against Apple that will likely lead to … [read full article]