In just a couple of weeks, the U.S. will receive its first Samsung Galaxy S III smartphones. The flagship phones share most of the features of the global version of the device — Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and a huge 4.8-inch HD Super AMOLED display, to name but two — but the U.S. variant …

AT&T typically isn’t the carrier you think of to promote its handsets in an eco-light, but that’s about to change with the Samsung Galaxy Exhilarate, a 4G LTE Android 2.3 smartphone we first saw at CES. The $49.99 phone (with a new two-year contract) has components made from 80 percent post-consumer waste material and comes with a more efficient charger, …

Choosing which Galaxy S III handset you want may not prove so easy. Jessica Dolcourt/CNET Editors’ note: CNET has yet to review the Verizon, Sprint, and U.S. Cellular versions of this phone, but if you want to get an idea of what you can expect from them, read the full reviews for the Samsung Galaxy S3 for T-Mobile and AT&T. …

Now playing: Watch this: Samsung Galaxy Appeal is AT&T’s new prepaid slider 1:36 AT&T and Samsung may have just announced the Samsung Galaxy Exhilarate, but another of the pair’s Android smartphones goes on sale today. Like the Exhilarate, the Samsung Galaxy Appeal features Android 2.3 Gingerbread and a reasonable price tag, but the similarities end there. The Galaxy Appeal is …

Starting today, Boost Mobile will pepper the airwaves with its first in a trio of national spots to advertise its brand-new 4G network in general, and the HTC EVO Design 4G in particular. The ads feature actor/comedian Faizon Love of “Elf,” “Couples Retreat,” and “Zookeeper”, as the “4Genie,” a supernatural character who poofs into being when distressed phone owners wish …

Samsung is playing for keeps. The consumer electronics giant has just announced sales of its Samsung Galaxy S III flagship Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich smartphone for five U.S. carriers starting in June. Sprint will start selling the Galaxy S III June 21 — $199.99 for 16GB of storage, $249.99 for 32GB. T-Mobile will also receive its version on the …

U.S. Cellular is launching three new voice, text, and data plans today for a prepaid lineup that includes both Android smartphones and feature phones. Both of the two new data plans include unlimited nationwide voice and messaging. Smartphone owners will get 2GB data for $65 per month, and feature phone users will get 1GB data for $50 per month. The …

Promotions come and go, but many will be sad to see Verizon’s generous offer of double the 4G LTE data for the price of one revert to the standard rate. Verizon customers will have until June 5 to lock into monthly data rates of 4GB for $30, 10GB for $50, and 20GB for $80, according to Gotta Be Mobile. “We …

Now playing: Watch this: Samsung Galaxy S III is a looker 3:54 CNET Executive Editor Molly Wood has an ax to grind, but the focus of her ire isn’t crystal clear. Last week, she ordered the global version of the Samsung Galaxy S III, in white, from Amazon.com‘s only Galaxy S III vendor, a consumer electronics reseller called BluTekUSA. In …

I admit to having a certain fascination with the Nokia 808 PureView smartphone camera, which employs a much larger sensor than usual in order to take pictures up to 41 megapixels in size. Just how much larger that sensor is compared to the typical 5-megapixel and 8-megapixel smartphone sensors will impress you. Yesterday I sat down with Juha Alakarhu, the …