Not all mobile news is destined for the front page, but if you’re like us and really want to know what’s going on, then you’ve come to the right place. This past week, Verizon Wireless brought its LTE service to 28 new markets and expanded its reach in 11 additional areas. We also saw Straight [...]
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Mobile Miscellany: week of May 14th, 2012
Posted: 20th May 2012 by Paul in GoogleTags: Best Of The Rest, Front Page, Galaxy, Miscellany, Mobile News, Nbsp, Rogers, Samsung, Sat, Verizon, Verizon Wireless
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Samsung Galaxy S III for T-Mobile hits FCC, brings future-proofed HSPA+ for good measure
Posted: 19th May 2012 by Paul in GoogleTags: Agent Profile, Clue, Doubt, Engadget, Fcc, Fri, Galaxy, Good Measure, Hspa, Launch, Mobile Device, Mobile Version, Nbsp, Samsung, Samsung Mobile, Samsung Sgh, Smoking Gun, Spectrum, T Mobile, Telltale Sign
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There’s been hints of it coming as early as February, but we now have a smoking gun at the FCC: the Galaxy S III is coming to T-Mobile. A Samsung SGH-T999 has popped up at the agency sporting newly added 1,700MHz AWS support that’s the telltale sign of a T-Mobile device, along with the T999 [...]
Sprint introduces My Wireless STS service to assist folks with speech disabilities
Posted: 18th May 2012 by Paul in GoogleTags: 4g, Break, Engadget, Fri, Michael Ellis, Nbsp, People, Presser, Quite Some Time, Samsung, Speech Disabilities, Speech Services, Spoken Word, Sprint Email, Sprint Wireless, Sts, Text Speech, Text To Speech
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Sprint’s had text-to-speech services on devices like the Samsung Epic 4G for quite some time, and now, looking to build up on that, the company’s introducing its My Wireless STS feature. The new speech-to-speech service aims to help people with speech disabilities by giving them access to an operator-assisted line every day of the week [...]
Samsung’s Galaxy S III reportedly notches nine million pre-orders worldwide
Posted: 18th May 2012 by Paul in GoogleTags: Customs, Dual Core, Economic Daily, Engadget, Flagship, Galaxy, Korea, Launch, Nbsp, Notches, Rest Of The World, Reuters, Samsung, Samsung Phone, Shipping, Translation
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Wondering how the launch of Samsung’s Galaxy S III is going? According to the Korea Economic Daily, an unnamed Samsung executive revealed that the followup to its previous fastest selling phone has already racked up nine million pre-orders around the world. That would put it nearly halfway to the 20 million Galaxy S II’s Samsung [...]
Apple, HTC ordered by judge to sit down, try and make nice on August 28th
Posted: 17th May 2012 by Paul in GoogleTags: Apple Ceo, Apple Store, Apple Talk, Cher, Courtroom, Delaware Court, Duke, Engadget, Evil Eye, Lawsuits, Lead, Nbsp, No Doubt, Samsung, Shipping Delays, Shopping, Sit, Tim Cook, Trend, Wins
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There’s a trend starting to emerge of judges wanting Apple to talk settlements with others rather than duke it out in the courtroom. Just two weeks after Apple and Samsung were steered towards talking about a potential deal, a Delaware court has ordered Apple and HTC to meet on August 28th in the hopes that [...]
U.S. Cellular adds Samsung mobile hotspot to its 4G LTE lineup, because three’s company
Posted: 17th May 2012 by Paul in GoogleTags: Coverage Areas, Email, Engadget, Gadgetry, Limited Time, Lonely, Mail, Nbsp, Offerings, Pace, Plethora, Product Portfolio, Regional Carrier, Samsung, Samsung Mobile, Sch, Source Link, Subscribers, U S Cellular
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And then there were three. U.S. Cellular’s picking up the pace where its next-gen offerings are concerned, adding yet another device to that lonely LTE product portfolio. Starting today, Samsung’s SCH-LC11 mobile hotspot will be available on the regional carrier’s site with some sweet, limited time promotional pricing in tow: a mere $50 for subscribers [...]
Samsung clarifies camera production shift, confirms commitment to point-and-shoot models
Posted: 17th May 2012 by Paul in GoogleTags: Camera Production, Ces, Compacts, Consumers, Debut, Engadget, Hurry, Manufacturing Facilities, Mobile Entertainment, Models, Nbsp, New Launches, Objective, Photokina, Point And Shoot Cameras, Production Shift, Samsung, Samsung Camera, Senior Vice President, Upcoming Events
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We’ve heard reports that Samsung has shifted focus at some of its camera manufacturing facilities away from point-and-shoot cameras with the objective of ramping up production of its compact mirrorless models. And while this move implies that the company’s pocketable compacts could be doomed, that’s simply not the case. We spoke with Reid Sullivan, Samsung’s [...]
Samsung Galaxy S III now available for pre-order on T-Mobile UK
Posted: 17th May 2012 by Paul in GoogleTags: Carrier, Engadget, Full Monty, Galaxy, Handful, Lucky Folks, Mobile Device, Mobile Email, Mobile Uk, Nbsp, Order Race, Plethora, Sammy, Samsung, Slab, Spanking, T Mobile, Uk Email
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Sure, we’d seen a handful of other carriers in the UK have Sammy’s GS3 up for pre-order, but that circle wouldn’t be complete without a certain Magenta network. Worry not, though, as T-Mobile’s joined the pre-order race and is now ready to swap your cash for a spanking-new Galaxy slab. Per usual — at least [...]
Samsung mass-produces 4-gigabit LPDDR2 memory, aims to make 2GB a common sight in smartphones
Posted: 17th May 2012 by Paul in GoogleTags: Chips, Engadget, Galaxy, Korean Company, Low Memory, Mainstream Product, Mobile Memory, Nbsp, Ntt Docomo, Power Memory, Ram, Samsung, Samsung Memory, Samsung Mobile, Smartphone, Smartphones, Trend
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Samsung started making 2GB low-power mobile memory last year, but as the 1GB-equipped phone you likely have in your hand shows, the chips weren’t built on a wide-enough scale to get much use. The Korean company is hoping to fix that now that it’s mass-producing 20-nanometer, 4-gigabit LPDDR2 RAM. Going to a smaller process than [...]
Which devices have Ice Cream Sandwich?
Posted: 17th May 2012 by Paul in GoogleTags: Confusion, Debut, Electronic Real Estate, Engadget, Firmware, Galaxy, Ice Cream, Ics, Legacy Devices, Nbsp, Nexus, Roms, Samsung, Sandwich, Six Months, Time Head, Unofficial Versions
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It’s mid-May — do you know where your Ice Cream Sandwich update is? Six months after Android 4.0 made its debut on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, millions of owners of legacy Android devices are still anxiously awaiting the day the new firmware gets downloaded on their own electronic real estate. At least the scene today [...]