Someone call Guinness, we've got a new record – a new internal record that is, as Samsung announces it's sold 300 million mobile handsets in 2011, the most it's ever sold in a year. In 2010, aka the year of the Samsung Galaxy S, the manufacturer sold around 280 million handsets. This year, the company sold 10 million Samsung Galaxy S2 handsets, ...
Apple's bid to keep the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 banned from sale in Australia has failed, with a ruling from the Federal Court meaning that the tablet will go back on shelves. Apple had managed to win an injunction against the sale of the Tab 10.1 over patents, Samsung's appeal was then granted but the Californian company asked for, and received, ...
T-Mobile will sure have a busy day on December 14. First, they are set to hold a special event alongside Nokia, in which the first Nokia Windows Phone will be launched in the US, probably the Lumia 710. Also, today we found out that on the same day, T-Mobile is releasing the white edition of the highly acclaimed Samsung Galaxy S II which spots all the well-known ...
Documents seen on the Federal Communications Commission web site provide details about an unannounced feature phone from Samsung. The U380 is a sideways slider with full QWERTY keyboard bound for Verizon Wireless, based on images of the device and spectrum support. The FCC confirms that the U380 supports CDMA EVDO in the 850/1900MHz bands, as well as Bluetooth. ...
Samsung delivers a winner in the Captivate Glide, an Android smartphone that includes a slide-out QWERTY keyboard for the messaging minded mobile user.
Apple was unable to convince the courts to issue a preliminary injunction that would have banned Samsung from selling some of its Galaxy smartphones in the U.S. Apple sued Samsung in April in the U.S., alleging that the Korean company "slavishly" copied its smartphone and tablet designs. It asked the judge overseeing the case to issue a preliminary ...
Google confirmed to CNET that its Google Wallet mobile payment service will not be included on the Galaxy Nexus, which is due to launch on Verizon's network later this month. "Verizon asked us not to include this functionality in the product," a Google spokesperson told CNET. Google Wallet is available on the Nexus S, and lets users make payments from ...
Verizon Wireless has revealed that the Android 2.3 Gingerbread update for the Samsung DROID Charge smartphone will be released in the near future, or "soon" as the carrier puts it. The update will add security fixes and performance enhancements along with all of the other goodies that come with Android 2.3. Verizon typically rolls these updates out slowly, ...
Samsung is officially making available its new Wave 3 bada-powered smartphone in markets across the world today. The Wave 3 is Samsung's flagship bada device, and it is powered by a 1.4GHz single-core processor and has a WVGA resolution, 4-inch Super AMOLED screen. The Wave 3 includes a 5 megapixel camera with 720p video recording and a front-facing ...
Samsung's latest Windows Phone device may be small in stature, but it offers powerful performance in its pint-sized package. AT&T is backing Microsoft's Windows Phone Mango platform with a healthy selection of phones. The Samsung Focus Flash is among the first to reach store shelves. The Flash may be more compact than today's leading superphones, but it packs ...
Sprint is running some specials of its own for the Black Friday shopping frenzy, as it has announced that the Google Nexus S 4G and the Samsung Conquer 4G will be free with a new two-year contract during the weekend after Thanksgiving. The Nexus S 4G will be available in store and online, while the Conquer 4G will be an online-only special. Sprint is also ...
Last week, Samsung released an update to the Galaxy Tab 10.1 that brought along Android 3.2 Honeycomb to the slate. Unfortunately, it also broke a few important functions, such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and others on a number of users' tablets. As a result of that, Samsung quickly halted the roll-out of the update to fix the issues. Now, the company claims ...