Apple’s iPad 2 Apple Rumors about the iPad 3 are ramping up again, with one report claiming the next version of Apple’s tablet could launch as early as Thanksgiving. A story in yesterday’s Taiwan Economic News cited industry executives as saying they estimate Apple will release the iPad 3 “by this Thanksgiving or next year.” …

Samsung Samsung has already begun revving up U.S. consumers eager for more details about its popular Galaxy S II smartphone. With the GS II set to launch in the U.S. in August, Samsung has set up a sign-up page where potential buyers can fill out a form to receive more info on the phone and learn about special offers. Consumers …

Amazon is aiming to launch both a 7-inch and 10-inch tablet in the third quarter and is currently lining up the right suppliers, according to the latest from the folks at DigiTimes. A number of chip design firms in Taiwan expect to see a healthy bump in sales in the third quarter as they ship parts for the new tablets, …

Android reigns as the top smartphone OS in the U.S. with a 39 percent slice of the market, according to a report out today from Nielsen. In second place is Apple’s iOS with a 28 percent share, followed by RIM’s Blackberry with 20 percent. Trailing the three top platforms, Microsoft’s Windows Mobile and Windows Phone 7 combined grabbed 9 percent …

Samsung’s Galaxy S II racks up record sales. Samsung Samsung’s Galaxy S II smartphone has racked up record sales even before it’s hit the hot U.S. market. The Korean mobile-phone maker said yesterday that it sold more than 5 million units of the Galaxy S II in the 85 days following its debut. Announcing the sales on its Samsung Tomorrow …

Lance Whitney/CNET iPhone owners who use the Google Shopper app to find their favorite products can now hunt for special deals at local restaurants and other businesses. Updated last week, Google Shopper 1.5 now sports a tab at the bottom called Offers. Tapping on Offers brings up a list of special Google Offers being promoted by local merchants eager for …

Kingston’s new Wi-Drive is now available for sale. Kingston Running out of storage space on your iPhone or iPad? Then you may want to take a look at Kingston’s new Wi-Drive. Now available for sale through a variety of retailers, the Wi-Drive stores content that iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch users can access directly on their devices. So you can …

Samsung has passed Nokia and may have passed Apple in global smartphone sales during the second quarter, according to estimates from Strategy Analytics analyst Neil Mawston. Smartphones like the Galaxy S II have boosted Samsung’s sales. Josh Miller/CNET Responding to a recent series of questions from Bloomberg, Mawston pegged Samsung’s second-quarter smartphone sales at anywhere from 18 million to 21 …

Both Apple and Android have been capturing more mobile customers in the enterprise arena, but Apple’s iOS has been the dominant force thanks to growing demand for the iPad, according to mobile-software provider Good Technology. Released yesterday, Good’s latest quarterly data report (PDF) found that more smartphones and tablets in general have been flooding the workplace. But Apple’s iOS has …

Many Facebook users who rely on the site’s iPhone app are in an uproar over problems with the latest update to the application. Released June 29, the 3.4.3 update to Facebook’s iPhone app was supposed to fix various bugs. But it seems to have done the opposite. Since its debut, the latest version has picked up almost 19,000 one-star reviews …