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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]

ZTE-Manufactured Device Bound For T-Mobile Pops Up On FCC Website

Enter the T-Mobile Aspect, a ZTE-manufacturered device just discovered passing through the hallowed halls of the FCC under the name ZTE F555. As the device appears to only have AWS/1900 on board for 3G/4G access, we’re pretty sure we’re looking at a feature phone, not a smartphone. For the most part, since the end of 2011, T-Mobile’s smartphones have featured at least 850/AWS/1900 on board and as this ZTE device doesn’t seem to go in that direction, … [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]

Go Get It: Galaxy Nexus Back In Google Play Store

Wonderful news this afternoon as the Galaxy Nexus is once again available from the Google Play store after the lifting of the injunction imposed against the device earlier in the week.  Still, even with its triumphant return to the store, buyers will have to wait between two and three weeks to get it. The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit court suspended the ban on the handset yesterday after [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]

Google Play Store Now Lists Galaxy Nexus As “Coming Soon”

As noted by The Verge this evening, the Galaxy Nexus is now listed as “Coming Soon” in the Google Play store. Before we rush to conclusions, it’s possible one of three scenarios is playing out: Google is updating boxed handsets to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean Obeying the preliminary injunction halting sales Applying a software patch to avoid the ban It’s also possible they … [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]