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SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: May 25, 2012
Italy gets Galaxy S III early and attempts to smash it
This week reviewers from several select areas of the world are recieving their Samsung Galaxy S III review units - and private use units, in some cases as well. In one case it appears that Italy has a review unit of the Galaxy S III that they're more than willing to bash up for the good of the public. This particular reviewer appears to have both the Pebble Blue and the white versions of the Galaxy S III and notes that they do have Gorilla Glass 2 protecting them - and that their back panels are more than just a little bit well reinforced.
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Samsung Galaxy S III Pebble Blue delayed
This week it's being reported by multiple sources that Samsung has had some manner of error in the production of the Blue color for their soon to be released Samsung Galaxy S III. Reports from Reddit, XDA Developers, and a Scandanavian site by the name of Tweakers have all independently reported on the delay, saying the Blue casing for the device will be delayed due to a small production error. This delay will likely not be affecting the white version of the Galaxy S III, and the blue version will still be released, just a bit later than first expected.
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SlashGear Morning Wrap-Up: May 25, 2012
It's time to wrap up the start of another weekend, folks, with no less than Google's next big thing: Project Glass - and some photos and videos to go with it! On that note, it appears that the next generation in space travel has officially begun - and we get to see it! It's SpaceX's landing with the ISS, in photos! Then back on earth all you with iPads and iPhones and iPods as well can grab your very own Absinthe 2.0 jailbreak right this second!
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Samsung pop-up PIN stores poke Shepherd’s Bush
Samsung has announced that it will be launching new Samsung Mobile PIN pop-up stores. The stores will be one of the first European locations selling the Galaxy S III. The pop-up store locations will first be available in London starting on May 29. The Mobile PIN will be the first premium pop-up experience showing off the new S III.
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Galaxy S III arrives early for some
Samsung’s Galaxy S III isn’t expected to start showing up with eager new buyers until midway through next week at the earliest, but it looks like some retailers have jumped the gun. A SlashGear reader in Asia managed to snag not one but two Galaxy S III handsets, and shared a few photos of his new toys that he took using the Samsung’s 8-megapixel camera itself.
SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: May 24, 2012
Happy Thursday, everyone. It's almost time for that holiday weekend. You can almost feel it, right? But for now, we've still got plenty of news to discuss so let's get to it. First on the plate today - Foxconn, Sharp building new iPhone display plant. And moving onto corporate news, more on the bad HP news - HP to cut 9000 jobs by October, 27000 jobs by 2014. And in the government space, here's a punch to Microsoft - EU court to rule on $1.1 billion Microsoft antitrust fine.
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iOS and Android pummel competition in IDC report
Over at the IDC they've released some information leading to the idea that after the obvious leader Android at 59%, the world's top mobile operating system is iOS with 23% of the world's supply. The following data shows that Symbian is in third place with a surprising 6.8% with BlackBerry right up in that mix with 6.4%. Perhaps most surprising of all is the fact that Linux is beating Windows Phone with 2.3% over 2.2%, this likely stemming from the fact that many systems can be tracked to Linux while Windows Phone remains clearly its own - and the fact that Samsung continues to push their own Linux-based operating system Bada.
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Samsung Smart TV Voice, Gesture and Face Recognition Hands-on
When it comes to the greatest in living room entertainment, Smart TV is only half of the battle: actually accessing that smart content presents challenges of its own. Statistics show that a sizable number of Smart TV owners don’t actually use the more advanced features their sets are capable of, intimidated or confused by the complexity of the button-encrusted remotes. Samsung has taken its own route to interactivity, replacing overly-complex remote controls with a combination of gesture, voice and face-recognition.
Samsung Galaxy Ace DUO juggles two SIMs simultaneously
Samsung has revealed another new Android smartphone, the Galaxy Ace DUO, and though it may not match the Galaxy S III on specs, it does have one minor advantage. Packing dual SIM slots, the Ace DUO can receive calls from either number simultaneously, rather than demanding the user switch between them manually.
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SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: May 23, 2012
Happy Wednesday, everyone. If you've come here to look for some interesting tech news on this hump day, then you're in luck because we have it in spades. First off, something for Apple fans - Apple's Ive gets second knighting and a iPhone tease. For something a little more business-oriented, we have HP's Q2 2012 earnings, with $6 billion earnings. And the other major story of the day - Diablo III sets record for fastest-selling PC game ever.
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Samsung Galaxy Appeal GoPhone hits AT&T June 5
AT&T is adding a new smartphone called the Samsung Galaxy Appeal to its prepaid GoPhone lineup. The device features a slide-out four-row QWERTY keyboard and will be the first Android-powered slider offered on the carrier's GoPhone service. It's set to launch in Walmart stores on June 5 for $149.99 and will be available through AT&T's GoPhone distribution channels starting July 15.
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