No, that isn’t a typo on the title; Samsung has indeed just unveiled a 5.3-inch phone, the ‘Galaxy Note’, at IFA 2011 to join the rest of its growing Galaxy family. The insanely big device doesn’t just stop there, though, as Samsung has paired it with one of its Super AMOLED displays at a resolution [...]
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Last night while taking in an episode of George Lopez in the wee hours of the morning, loyal Phandroid reader Edmond spotted the Motorola DROID BIONIC “Rule all Machines” ad during a commercial break, only this time something different caught his eye. At the end of the spot the final frames very clearly said 09.08.11, the [...]
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Samsung has finally unpacked (see what I did there-) their IFA announcements, culminating with the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7. Following the naming scheme establish by other Galaxy Tab devices, the latest edition to the family features a 7.7-inch, 1280×800 display. Just as rumors initially suggested, it features the same beautiful Super AMOLED Plus technology deployed [...]
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Rumors have been circulating of an upcoming Samsung handset with a massive 5-inch+ display. Now the manufacturer has launched a device fitting the description at the IFA trade show currently underway in Berlin. With a 5.3-inch (1280×800) Super AMOLED display, the Samsung Galaxy Note straddles the line between tablet and smartphone. With no official plans [...]
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Samsung is on something of a roll with its Android tablets, pumping out three different sizes in the space of a year. Twelve months on from the original 7-inch Galaxy Tab comes the Galaxy Tab 7.7, packing a slightly larger display, higher resolution and faster, 1.4GHz dual-core processor. Perhaps more important for ultramobile users is [...]
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Boy, it has been a long wait for Motorola Xoom owners looking to upgrade their device to 4G LTE. When the Xoom was announced in January, the word was that a 4G LTE upgrade would be available in Q2. Thanks to an Android Central reader, an image of a Motorola Xoom rocking 4G LTE has [...]
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Bigger than a Galaxy S II but smaller than a new Galaxy Tab 7.7; offering the latest in capacitive touch but also a stylus; the Samsung Galaxy Note is a device with a few personalities. Intended to pull together phone, paper notebook, games device and tablet into one pen-enabled smart handheld, it’s certainly one of [...]
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Samsung’s head of global sales and marketing, DJ Lee, has just announced a brand new “premium” smartphone at the electronics giant’s IFA 2011 press conference. It’s designed to fit between a traditional 3 to 4-inch phone and a tablet, and its name is the Samsung Galaxy Note. The Galaxy Note features Android 2.3 on a thin, 5.3-inch chassis [...]
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Samsung today has announced the newest addition to their Galaxy Tab line with the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 at the IFA Conference in Berlin. The Galaxy Tab 7.7 features a Super AMOLED Plus display, runs Android 3.2 and sports a 1.4 GHz dual-core processor. It is also incredibly thin, measuring 7.89 millimeters accompanied by its [...]
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It turns out we might not have to wait too long to see HTC implement the Beats by Dr. Dre audio technology into future phones. The Sensation will soon be getting an upgrade to the Sensation Special Edition 2 that brings a Beats in-ear headset, along with the following additional improvements: Faster processor: 1.5 GHz [...]
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Who remembers us talking about the AndyPad- If you don’t you should because these are some extremely competitively priced Android tablets and today they are finally up for pre-order. We’ve covered the AndyPad more than a few times in the past and recently they received some hands-on treatment. Over on andypad.co.uk they have officially gone [...]
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After a series of disappointments and set-backs, HTC has announced via Twitter that both the Droid Incredible and Thunderbolt will get their Gingerbread 2.3.4 updates in September. “Good news! A Gingerbread update for both DROID Incredible and ThunderBolt are coming in September. Thanks for your support! HTC Via Twitter Droid Incredible and Thunderbolt users have felt [...]
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Greetings Android phone fans. It’s already Wednesday and with the end of the day, comes the Android Overload. This is the place you can come to for all the Android/Google/wireless related news that didn’t make it onto our front page. We’ve had some pretty big news hit our homepage today and there’s always a little [...]
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Today live in Berlin at IFA 2011 Samsung has just announced the brand new Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 and boy does it look awesome. The Tab 7.7 features the world’s first tablet to offer a Super AMOLED Plus display and with a HD resolution of 1280×800 on that small screen it looks amazing. We have [...]
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Live in Berlin, Germany, here at IFA 2011 Samsung has just unveiled their next product line and the evolution of mobile devices. They are calling this the Samsung Galaxy Note. With the Note you can do more, and see more all on the go with one device. Bringing together a perfect blend of Samsung Galaxy [...]
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Samsung’s now broadcasting its IFA press conference live from its US Facebook page. We’re expecting announcements relating to a possible new 7-inch tablet amongst other stuff, so watch along at the source link below. We’ll have posts covering whatever Sammy unveils over the next hour or so, so stay tuned to AC too! Source: Samsung USA Facebook … Continue [...]
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Following closely behind its US launch, which brought with it a slew of smart deals from retailers nationwide, the Acer Iconia A100 Tablet has now launched in the UK and similar deals are popping up already. PixMania, an online European ‘E-tailer’ for electronic goods has posted an offer on the tab for £259 plus shipping [...]
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Sony Ericsson has unveiled the new Xperia Arc S at their press conference in conjunction with the IFA in Berlin and confirmed the device will be available globally (in select markets) beginning Q4 2011. The new device takes its predecessors sleek 4.2-inch touch-screen design and high performance 8.1-megapixel camera with Exmor R and adds 3D sweep [...]
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Newly updated in the Android Market is GO Friends from the guys that brought you GO Launcher EX, GO Contacts EX, GO SMS Pro, GO Weather and GO Mamma (not really that last one). The crazy GO devs are at it again this time with a social networking service aimed at letting you chat it [...]
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The Justice Department has finally seen what everyone has seen for a while now – the AT&T merger with T-mobile would “substantially lessen competition”, and it would be in the detriment of the consumer, which is why they are starting an anti-trust lawsuit against AT&T. “AT&T had not demonstrated that the proposed transaction promised any efficiencies [...]
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We told you earlier today of Motorola’s @DroidLanding Twitter account going live for the first time since May. The Twitter account tweeted a webpage that requires codes from 4 tech blogs before it will show some kind of video. While we’re still unsure what this video will tell us, I have a hunch this will [...]
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Hey Droid 2 owners, you may want to check your phones for the Gingerbread update. The soak test period is now over and the folks at the Motorola Support forums decided that the GB build is stable enough to be released to the general public. It will be rolled out in batches which means that [...]
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That’s right, folks. Tonight’s your lucky night if you’re a Droid 2 user. Seems the Gingerbread soak test for the device went over well enough for Motorola to begin rolling it out for the masses starting at 11:59PM tonight. This will bring your device up to Android 2.3.3 and all the goodies that come along [...]
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Sony announced that their Android 3.1 Tablet S will be coming to Canada today, we found out the official launch date is actually the 16th of September. There are a couple versions, a 16GB for 9.99 and a 32GB for 9.99. So what makes the Tablet S different than all the other tablets that have [...]
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Samsung Galaxy SII is Finally Formally Announced in the US The US release of the long-awaited Samsung Galaxy SII was announced this week in NYC. The event took place in the Samsung Experience store, in the über-upscale mall called The Shops at Columbus Circle, on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. For any Gotham-philes out there, this [...]
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Sharing is caring. That’s what I’ve always been taught. Well, if you like to share everything from pictures, to videos and music, there’s a new kid on the block. It’s called Minus and they look to challenge popular file sharing service Dropbox. Minus first started out as a picture sharing site and I’ve watched as [...]
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