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Marco Chiappetta - Thu, Nov 03, 2011
Not too long ago, we took an in-depth, hands-on look at the unlocked version of the Samsung Galaxy S II smartphone. At the time, the phone wasn't available in the US, so we weren't able to show you a hands-on video of a US version of the phone. Now, however, the Samsung Galaxy S II is available through Sprint, AT&T, and T-Mobile. All of...
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Jennifer Johnson - Thu, Nov 03, 2011
Not too long ago, we took an in-depth, hands-on look at the unlocked version of the Samsung Galaxy S II smartphone. At the time, the phone wasn't available in the US, so we weren't able to show you a hands-on video of a US version of the phone. Now, however, the Samsung Galaxy S II is available through Sprint, AT&T, and T-Mobile. All of...
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Jennifer Johnson - Mon, Oct 31, 2011
AT&T, together with HTC and Samsung, announced the first LTE smartphones that will be available for the wireless carrier. Starting next week, you'll have the option of picking up the HTC Vivid or the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket and surfing the web from AT&T's 4G LTE network (where...
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Ray Willington - Sun, Oct 30, 2011
Oh, the smartphone wars. Every quarter, analytical companies evaluate smartphone shipments, and this time around, it looks like Samsung has a lot to celebrate. After entering the smartphone wars around a year ago, the company has managed...
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Jennifer Johnson - Wed, Oct 26, 2011
Samsung's new line of advanced internal solid state drives (SSDs), the SSD 830 series, is now available. The Samsung SSD 830 Series utilize a high-performance Serial ATA Revision 3.0 interface which doubles the data bandwidth of its predecessor, the SSD 470 series. With this new interface, the drives can offer random read speeds up to 80,000...
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Ray Willington - Wed, Oct 26, 2011
Apple sells millions of iOS-based products every quarter, and they managed to sell four million iPhone 4S smartphones on the opening weekend. But guess what? Samsung sells a lot of phones, too, and they're interested in telling you just that. The company has just celebrated the sale of their...
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Joel Hruska - Tue, Oct 25, 2011
Both analysts and Apple are warning that the price of hard drives, which has already been creeping upwards the past few weeks, could jump significantly in Q4 due to catastrophic floods taking place in Thailand. During Apple's conference...
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Joel Hruska - Mon, Oct 24, 2011
Microsoft's general counsel and deputy general counsel (Brad Smith and Horacio Gutierrez) have co-written a new blog entry detailing Microsoft's latest licensing achievement. Yesterday's broad cross-licensing agreement with Compal...
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Ray Willington - Sat, Oct 22, 2011
We all knew Samsung wouldn't introduce an LTE-enabled Galaxy Nexus last week without having a Verizon Wireless SIM card up their sleeve, right? Just a few days later than expected, VZW has announced that they will indeed be a carrier for the Galaxy Nexus -- making them the first carrier in the...
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Joel Hruska - Fri, Oct 21, 2011
Apple's lawsuits against Samsung and HTC have drawn commentary that the company might be attempting to litigate its competitors out of the market rather than relying on the free market to decide who had superior products. The new, authorized Steve Jobs biography, however, paints the company's...
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Seth Colaner - Fri, Oct 21, 2011
Just a couple of weeks ago, Samsung announced the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus--without a lot of details, and without any word on pricing or a U.S. launch date. Today, we’ve learned that U.S. customers can nab a Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus (16GB) on November 13th for $399.99. Pre-orders can be made as...
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Seth Colaner - Thu, Oct 20, 2011
We’ve just recently mentioned the Samsung Galaxy Nexus release and the never-ending Apple-versus-Samsung legal battles (which Apple is currently winning), and here the ‘twain do meet: According to the Yonhap News Agency, Samsung’s mobile chief Shin Jong-kyun (pictured below)...
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Seth Colaner - Wed, Oct 19, 2011
Although the patent wars between Apple and its various competitors sometimes seems to border on the ridiculous with an endless stream of suits and counter-suits, one trend is emerging: Apple has been winning lately. Most recently, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) ruled in favor of...
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Ray Willington - Sat, Oct 15, 2011
Enterprise is important, too, you know? So does Samsung, who took the opportunity this week to unveil a new Enterprise Alliance Program, hailed as a new ecosystem for enterprise mobility partners. Jongshin Kim, Vice President of Media Solution Center at Samsung Electronics, explained it as...
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Jennifer Johnson - Fri, Oct 14, 2011
Last week, we told you that Google and Samsung were postponing an event out of respect for Steve Job's recent passing. Now, the two companies are ready to reschedule this event. On October 19, Samsung and Google are expected to reveal the...
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Ray Willington - Tue, Oct 11, 2011
You have to suspect that companies are running out of clever names for devices when Samsung and Verizon Wireless settle on "Stratosphere" for their latest high-end smartphone. This particular handset is a member of the rapidly-expanding...
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Ray Willington - Mon, Oct 10, 2011
Why push out one tablet, when you can push out two? T-Mobile USA has just issued a new pair of tablets, both of which are "4G" (HSPA+) equipped and ship with Android 3.2 (Honeycomb). The new guys are the T-Mobile SpringBoard and the Galaxy...
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Jennifer Johnson - Fri, Oct 07, 2011
Yesterday, we told you about the Nexus Prime, a hot new smartphone that was expected to be unveiled next week. Now, we're getting word that Google and Samsung may be delaying the arrival of this highly-anticipated smartphone. In a statement released today, the two companies said they won't be...
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Marco Chiappetta - Fri, Oct 07, 2011
In this latest episode of HotHardware's Two and Half Geeks, Dave, Iyaz and Marco discuss a number of topics from Steve Jobs’ unfortunate passing, to Samsung's upcoming 830 series SSD, the Asus Eee Pad Slider, our 3D Monitor Shootout...
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Ray Willington - Fri, Oct 07, 2011
Ever heard of a "memory wall?" You have now, and evidently Micron and Samsung are working together to break it all down. Both companies are obviously big players in the memory space, and the two have launched the Hybrid Memory Cube...
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Michael Santo - Thu, Oct 06, 2011
Exactly one week after the "big" iPhone 4S event, Samsung and Google will introduce Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0?) and the Nexus Prime. At least, that's what their invitation leads us to believe. This will be the next "big" event, and the alternative one for Android lovers, as opposed to iOS lovers. In the teaser video that Samsung has...
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Ray Willington - Sat, Oct 01, 2011
Remember when having a 1GHz chip in a mobile device was all the rage? No more! Of course, 1GHz Snapdragon processors are still blazing trails, but not like they used to. This week, Samsung has introduced the latest addition to its Exynos...
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