Hooray — the Samsung Galaxy S3 is on sale today! After excitement built to fever pitch over the past few weeks and months, the new Android powerhouse has finally hit shops — so we’ve rounded up everything you need to know. We’ve put the quad-core, Ice Cream Sandwich-packing behemoth through its paces with a gamut …
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May, 2012
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30 May
Huawei Ascend P1 review: A step in the right direction
Now playing: Watch this: Huawei Ascend P1, a stylish Android 4.0 smartphone (Unlocked) 2:17 Huawei and “premium” don’t often appear in the same sentence when you’re looking at the company’s smartphone history in the U.S. Yet, the unlocked, global version of the Huawei Ascend P1 offers a glimmer of hope in its eye-catching black-on-white design, its 4.3-inch Super AMOLED screen, …
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30 May
Android 4.0 reaching two LG Optimus smartphones in June
Some LG smartphone owners will be receiving the latest version of Android early next month. An LG Korean news item (English translation) points to the Optimus LTE Tag and the Optimus Vu as getting a dollop of Ice Cream Sandwich — aka Android 4.0 — starting on June 4. As Engadget points out, it’s a bit tough to decipher the …
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30 May
Regional carriers call AT&T’s bluff on spectrum interference
A group of regional wireless carriers is calling AT&T’s bluff when it comes to claimed interference issues in the lower spectrum bands of the 700 MHz frequency. On Tuesday, Cavalier Wireless, C Spire Wireless, Continuum 700, King Street Wireless, MetroPCS Communications, U.S. Cellular, and Vulcan Wireless filed a report to the Federal Communications Commission detailing results from a test conducted …
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30 May
How to go back to a stock Android ROM on Samsung Galaxy S2
Now playing: Watch this: How to go back to a stock Android ROM 2:34 Hacking your phone and installing custom ROMs is a riveting pastime, packed with thrills, danger and plenty of skipped heartbeats. It can also give you a user interface that’s slicker, faster and generally more suited to your own tastes. But even the most dedicated hacker sometimes …
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30 May
Samsung Galaxy S3 is half price with Tesco Clubcard points
The Samsung Galaxy S3 is on sale today at all the major networks and phone shops. Today we can add Tesco to that list — and you can get it half price with your Clubcard. Sign up to any phone network’s phone contract through Tesco and you can use Clubcard points to pay the upfront cost of the S3. For …
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30 May
Twig: Most innovative iPhone docking cable ever?
Several other blogs have already highlighted a new Kickstarter project, Twig, a Gumby-esque iPhone docking cable, but I thought I should also throw some props its way as well. As you can see from the video below, Twig has a few things going for it. For starters, it’s compact. It also bends into a tripod stand. And finally, it’s affordable …
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30 May
Samsung Galaxy S3 vs iPhone 4S vs HTC One X vs Xperia S camera test
Now playing: Watch this: S3 vs 4S vs One X vs Xperia S camera test 2:25 Very high-end smart phones can now also be excellent cameras — so don’t assume you have to make do with grainy, blurry snaps just because you don’t have your digital SLR to hand when your pet is doing something especially cute. If you’re willing …
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30 May
The tablet jinx took down Palm and RIM. Who’s next?
The Apple iPad is a deceptive little monster. And the companies that are getting caught up in its deception are paying dearly for it. HP Palm fell for it. RIM fell for it. Others fell for it to a lesser degree, and some are still in danger of suffering from it. The problem is that when most of the traditional …
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30 May
Archos unveils low
An “Alvin and the Chipmunks”-themed tablet just for kids? Sounds great, but the skeptic in me says it’ll be underpowered and overpriced. At $129.99, the Archos ChildPad definitely isn’t overpriced, especially when you consider that “adult” tablets (like the Kindle Fire and Nook Tablet) start at around $200. As for power, one could argue that younger kids don’t need much. …
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