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Windows Phone To Overtake Blackberry Marketshare In November?

Oh, how the mighty Blackberry has fallen as Windows Phone prepares to overtake Blackberry’s third place market share position in November of 2012. It’s not terribly surprising given Blackberry’s stale OS and lack of exciting new products, not to mention delay after delay for their upcoming Blackberry 10 platform. While Windows Phone has yet to take off in ways Microsoft would have hoped or truly capitalize on Blackberry’s fall from grace, it’s still an incredibly solid platform … [read full article]

New Details For Samsung’s Upcoming Windows Phone Leak?

We always love starting off the week with new details for an upcoming smartphone and this time we’re hopping back on to the Windows Phone train and tiny bit of new intel on the upcoming Samsung Odyssey. This time the information comes from the boys at SamMobile, with some new details on the Samsung Odyssey, which if you recall was the phone we discovered earlier in the week as the Samsung SGH-T899 headed for T-Mobile with … [read full article]

A Full 360 Degree “View” Of The Galaxy S Relay 4G Emerges

Ok, so maybe it’s not a complete “view,” but these images straight off Samsung’s website show a complete 360 degree view of the upcoming Galaxy S Relay 4G. Unfortunately, we’re still not seeing any concrete specs on this page as it mostly highlights hardware functions like the earpiece, proximity sensors and the camera, for when you confuse the camera with the home key. Unfortunately, this is the only page referring to the Galaxy S Relay 4G … [read full article]

T-Mobile Receives Government Approval To Test Shared Airwaves

T-Mobile has received a go-ahead from US Communications Regulators to “test the impact of commercial wireless broadband” on a set of highly sought after group of airwaves in use by government agencies. Any testing by T-Mobile would allow for both the company and the government to decide potential opportunities and challenges posed to wireless carriers seeking to deploy next generation 4G services on the 1755-1850MHz bands while sharing the bands with existing government users. “The testing we … [read full article]

Deal Alert: Costco Selling Galaxy S III For $179.99

Looking for a deal on the Galaxy S III? Of course you are, well if you’re a Costco member than you should really head over to Costco.com and take a look at the $179.99 pricing for both new and qualifying upgrade customers. Oh, but that’s not all. Along with your Galaxy S III purchase, Costco is offering a Buy One, Get One sale on the Galaxy S II or Galaxy S Blaze 4G along with … [read full article]

Samsung Galaxy S III Receiving Maintenance Update, Removes Universal Search?

A relatively small but important maintenance update is making its way out of to the T-Mobile Galaxy S III today, with a short list of improvements listed on T-Mobile’s site. However, a few notable changes are also believed to be included, though not listed on T-Mobile’s support page. We can’t say with 100% certainty that they are included with this particular update, however, the removal of the Universal Search function, addition of a brightness slider to … [read full article]

New Training Docs Correctly Identify T-Mobile’s Newest QWERTY Device

You didn’t really think we could make up a crazy name like the Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G did you? I wish we had, but — we didn’t and so there it is, in all it’s QWERTY glory. So here’s what we know for sure about the device: 1.5GHz processor, still no word on S3 or S4, our guess is on the latter 4.0″ display Running Ice Cream Sandwich Mobile hotspot capable of up to 8 devices … [read full article]

Verizon’s CableCo Spectrum Close To Federal Approval, T-Mobile Getting Spectrum

Verizon Wireless has received the stamp of approval from the Department of Justice, with FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski saying he supports Verizon’s to go ahead with their $3.6 billion dollar spectrum buy tom Comcast, Time Warner Cable, and Bright House Communications. While the FCC has yet to vote on the deal, it sounds like just a formality at this point. Genachowski has said he was satisfied by Verizon’s willingness to divest some of its wireless spectrum, … [read full article]

Google Play Will Soon Add Wish-lists, Gift Cards

All I have to say about this is —- finally, FINALLY Google is set to unveil gift cards for the Google Play store. Gift cards are something that Apple has long since done for iTunes and is long overdue for Google’s own app store, thankfully that’s about to change. First things first though as Android Police dove into the new Google Play store v3.8.15 APK and uncovered the first bit of evidence that Google is set to … [read full article]

Nokia, Microsoft Schedule September 5th Windows Phone Event, Put Samsung On Notice

If you’ve been waiting to see what Nokia and Microsoft have up their sleeves next, you need only wait till September 5th and a newly scheduled press conference now on the books. Coincidentally or not, September 5th just so happens to be the opening day of Nokia World, and we have a feeling there is a reason this press event is behind held on that same day. Our best guess is that new handsets will be front … [read full article]

Samsung Successfully Tests Jelly Bean On Galaxy S II, Galaxy Note?

The boys from SamMobile are back once again with a follow up to their report last week on Jelly Bean and the Galaxy S II, Galaxy Note. Thankfully, if they are correct (and they usually) are, the news is good, nay it’s great as Samsung has successfully tested the Android 4.1 update on both devices and plan to make it available via Kies sometime in September/October. How long it will take US carriers to … [read full article]

Samsung Galaxy S Blaze Q’s Real Name Is…

I’ll make this pretty brief since it’s clear the Galaxy S Blaze Q didn’t launch today and while we’re not sure why we are sure of one thing — the name has changed to the Galaxy S Relay 4G. Here in the tech blog world we often put some faith in these press images as the dates often coincide with a release and/or announcement. Unfortunately, for reasons unknown, an August 15th launch has come and … [read full article]