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Samsung Galaxy S II Android 4.0 spreads but US update still MIA

Chris Davies, May 14th 2012 Discuss [0]

Samsung's slow roll-out of the Android 4.0 upgrade for the Galaxy S II continues, with questions still remaining as to whether all owners will get Ice Cream Sandwich before the phone's successor reaches the market. Latest to get Android 4.0 is Singapore, following on from European availability that began back in March. Read The Full Story

Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket HD for AT&T cancelled

Michael Crider, May 9th 2012 Discuss [0]

Samsung's Galaxy S II Skyrocket was arguably the best Android phone on AT&T, right up until the HTC One X was released this weekend. The company had planned a successor to the phone, the Skyrocket HD, which would bump the phone's 4.65-inch screen screen up to a full 1280x720 resolution. But speaking to reporters at CTIA in New Orleans, Samsung marketing director Ryan Bidan said that the phone had been cancelled, giving the new Galaxy S III's greater specifications as the reason. Read The Full Story

CTIA Live

MasterCard demonstrates PayPass with Galaxy S II

Chris Burns, May 8th 2012 Discuss [0]

Speaking this week at CTIA in the first big keynote event, the President of Global Products and Solutions at MasterCard Gary Flood noted that they'll be working with "a simple tap, click, or touch." To do this, he called up his colleague who brought with him a white Samsung Galaxy S II embedded with NFC. Shown off here for the first time outside a simulated demonstration video was MasterCard PayPass. Read The Full Story

T-Mobile ICS updates lost on Samsung

Chris Burns, Apr 24th 2012 Discuss [0]

It seems that everyone with a Samsung phone or tablet will be getting an upgrade to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich soon, with some limits, except for basically the entirety of T-Mobile. Sad as it may seem, Samsung's big list of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich upgrades today appears very much to have been relegated to everyone except for T-Mobile. T-Mobile Samsung devices that otherwise might have been upgradable at the moment include the Exhibit II 4G, Galaxy S Blaze 4G, and the Galaxy S II in white and titanium, each of these being suspiciously absent from the updates list. Read The Full Story

Samsung Galaxy S II Android 4.0 released for unlocked phones

Chris Davies, Apr 17th 2012 Discuss [0]

Samsung has begun pushing out the Android 4.0 update to UK owners of unlocked Galaxy S II handsets, the company has confirmed, delivering a tasty slab of Ice Cream Sandwich to the bestselling device. Users who opted for a non-carrier Galaxy S II had been frustrated to hear that they'd be last in the line for ICS, with carrier-branded variants all earlier in the queue. Now, the wait is over. Read The Full Story

Galaxy S II on Vodafone gets ICS to users delight

Chris Burns, Apr 13th 2012 Discuss [0]

Vodafone has come to terms with the software update that will bring all users of the Samsung Galaxy S II up to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich this week. As all those using devices connected to mobile networks will tell you, it's either a pain or a blessing when a software update comes through - especially when it's Android. When it comes to Android ICS, the update is relatively simple, and as users of the Samsung line working with this update will tell you - it's worth the less than 5 minutes it'll take you to move on up. Read The Full Story

Samsung: unlocked Galaxy S IIs will be last to receive ICS

Ben Kersey, Apr 4th 2012 Discuss [0]

The Ice Cream Sandwich update process began for UK versions of the Samsung Galaxy S II last week, although it seems to have been limited to network handsets for now. CNET managed to get in touch with Samsung and ask why unlocked handsets were being left out in the cold. Shouldn’t they be first in line to get the update? As it turns out, they’re using network handsets as guinea pigs to test the update for SIM-free handsets. Read The Full Story

Samsung Galaxy S III non-Pentile 720p AMOLED tipped

Chris Davies, Apr 4th 2012 Discuss [0]

More mystery and intrigue around the hotly-anticipated Samsung Galaxy S III, as Korean news reports tip not only a 4.65-inch 720p display like the Galaxy Nexus, but a move away from the much-maligned pentile panel technology. According to DDaily, the upcoming Galaxy S III will use a Super AMOLED Plus display running at 1280 x 720 for 316ppi density – only a little short of the iPhone 4S’ Retina Display – but not using the reduced pixel count that pentile forces. The rumors tally with talk that another recently rumored device, the GT-i9300, is indeed a midrange model not the Galaxy S III.

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Samsung Galaxy S II O2 Android 4.0 update goes live

Chris Davies, Mar 27th 2012 Discuss [0]

Samsung Galaxy S II owners on O2 UK can get a taste of delicious Ice Cream Sandwich today, with the carrier confirming that Android 4.0 for the smartphone has been released. The much-anticipated update follows Samsung's release of the generic ICS ROM earlier this month; at the time, the Korean company warned that carrier versions might take longer to arrive. Read The Full Story

Reviews

Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G Review

Chris Burns, Mar 21st 2012 Discuss [0]

This week the brand new T-mobile Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G goes on sale with T-Mobile’s own brand of 4G connectivity and a Qualcomm S3 dual-core processor under the hood. This device represents what was fantastic throughout 2011, what’s going right with the industry today, and a good look at what it means to pay slightly less cash for a device that by all means should be considered a hero device, but isn’t because there can only be one: the Galaxy S II. You can get this device in the store today – now lets have a heavy look at what it means to own it.

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Samsung Galaxy S III press shot leaks

Chris Burns, Mar 21st 2012 Discuss [0]

The newest in a line of Samsung Galaxy S III clues is a press photo provided by a group which claims it is the final straight-on look at the next-generation smartphone. It's coming from GSM Helpdesk and looks to have a rather familiar screenshot right up the middle, replicating much of what we remember from the Galaxy S III. This clue appears to show off a lovely falsification of several elements, yet provides a couple of clues as to what the final model might have intact, one of these being physical keys. Read The Full Story

Featured

Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G Hands-on and Unboxing

Chris Burns, Mar 16th 2012 Discuss [0]

T-Mobile’s newest offering in the Android world is this Samsung device by the name of Blaze, a dual-core Super AMOLED display-having miniature beast. This is the same device that we said would be Spring’s Perfect Smartphone so it’s time to put it to the test in a hardcore manner. Will its 3.97-inch screen be perfect for our thumbs? Will the Qualcomm S3 processor be enough to placate our desire for everyday apps and T-Mobile’s version of 4G connectivity? Let’s take a quick peek!