Tag: samsung

Three To Sell Samsung Galaxy Nexus

UK mobile network Three has announced that they will be stocking the just announced Samsung Galaxy Nexus device which is the latest in the ‘Nexus’ range after the Nexus S and the original Nexus One. In a press release Three have said.. Samsung Galaxy Nexus – coming soon …

Samsung Announce Galaxy Nexus

We are waiting for the live video just to start but Samsung have given out the information on their new flagship device and it is officially called the Samsung Galaxy Nexus with a very impressive spec list which can be found below.. Android 4.0 ‘Ice Cream Sandwich’ 1.2Ghz …

Samsung seeks iPhone 4S sales ban

Samsung have ramped up the pressure on Apple this morning by seeking a complete ban of iPhone 4S sales in Japan and Australia. The decision comes after Samsung filed an injunction attempt against the 4S in France and Italy just after the launch, and just days after an …

iPhone 4S vs Samsung Galaxy S2 – FIIIIGHT!

Ok, so the iPhone 4S has been out since Friday and much has been covered on lots of different sites about Siri, the various speed improvements etc.. However, whilst all these things are great, the thing I use most on my phone is the camera.  I wanted to …

Galaxy Y ? Cus I gotta!

A month after we spotted the Galaxy Y headed to Vodafone … boom, it’s here. Free for just £10.50 per month, it’s powered by Android 2.3 and has a 3″ screen, WIFi, 3G, microSD expansion, GPS, FM radio and a 2 megapixel camera. What? What’s that you say? …

Galaxy SII Wins again – Phone of the Year

Come on, we told you it was a good phone. The Galaxy SII has already swept the board at the Mobile Choice awards and it’s now won Phone Of The Year in the T3 Gadget Awards too. More than 950,000 readers voted and T3 Judges also gave their …

Samsung Galaxy W now available on Three

Hey, if you’re one of those lovely people who check us daily (and follow us on that Twitter mularky) you’ll already know that the Galaxy W has shown up in Three catalogues. Now we’ve had the official stuff from their PR people, so you should find it in …

The Galaxy S II cleans up in Mobile Choice Awards

Mobile Choice have dished out their Consumer Awards for 2011. The event was hosted in London with 10,000 readers voting in an online survey. The results are as follows… Tablet of the year – Apple iPad 2 Phone of the year – Samsung Galaxy S II Best camera …

Samsung Galaxy WiFi arrives

Most of us are probably familiar with the Apple iPod. It was, and still is, a fantastic music player. In 2007 Apple stuck all the phone technology into it and .. boom.. out came the iPhone. Samsung have now decided to do something similar, but in reverse, by …

Samsung Galaxy Ace, available in purple from O2

Want a purple phone ? O2 have plonked the Galaxy Ace online (we reviewed it here) and you can bag it for free for a mere £10.50 per month with 50 minutes and 250 texts. You can get data connectivity for another fiver on top per month. The …

Nexus Prime gets sneaky video demo

Someone has now managed to get their hands onto a Nexus Prime. The video, from mobilissimo.ro (translated) shows the Prime running Android 4.0 – Ice Cream Sandwich. There’s screenshots from the OS too and, despite the video being removed, it’s now found a way back onto YouTube.. Link …

Samsung to try and block iPhone 4S sales

The war between Samsung and Apple continues. Reuters reports that it will file patent-infringement claims to try and ban the sale of the new iPhone 4S before it even hits the shops. Samsung said preliminary injunction requests for a ban on iPhone 4S sales will be filed on …

Curvy Nexus Prime teased

Following the new(ish) iPhone it’s now the turn of Samsung to launch a handset. They’ve added a sneak peek at their new Nexus Prime handset in the video below… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM9RO-GAKjE There’s very little to see so far unless you’re trigger-happy with the pause button, although it’s clear that …

Well hello there, Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus

Samsung have just announced another device which will probably receive a lawsuit pretty soon. The Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus weighs a mere 345g and is just 9.96mm thin. It runs Android 3.2 Honeycomb and that 7″ screen has a 1024×600 pixel WSVGA resolution. Powered by a 1.2GHz Dual-core …

Samsung Galaxy Y also due to arrive on O2

The new Samsung Galaxy Y is now also set to arrive on O2 in addition to Vodafone. This particular unit has been “Exclusively designed for O2” and is a bit of an entry level device if we’re honest. Specs include Android 2.3, a 240×320 (QVGA) 3″ capacitive screen, …

Galaxy S II Hits the 10 million mark

We’re pretty big fans of the Galaxy S II and so, it seems, are you guys. Samsung have shifted 10 million of them so far and have doubled from 5 million just 8 weeks ago. That’s some pretty decent numbers. Samsung GALAXY S II continues success reaching 10 …

Galaxy Note gets the hands-on treatment

Got big hands? You lucky sausage. You know what that means don’t you? Eh? Oh yes, it means you can get a Samsung Galaxy Note. It’s received the full hands-on treatment, complete with stylus-poking, by the guys at Clove. The device has a 5.3″ WXVGA (1280×800) HD Super …

Samsung Galaxy Note due at the end of November

The Samsung Galaxy Note should be arriving in November according to the Clove blog. The Note has a huge 5.3″ screen and should cost around £500 +VAT. You can pre-order it or get an email when it’s ready here. For more info on specs, have a look at …

HTC cleans up in the UK

HTC phones now account for 50.9% of UK Android phones – more than double their nearest rival Samsung (on a lowly 21.6%). That’s quite staggering for a company who used to only make rebranded products for other people – indeed their first Android phone was for T-Mobile. However, …

It’s not just me – Cat Deeley loves her Tab!

Cat Deeley. Photoshoot. Right, now I’ve got the attention of 90% of our audience I can talk about the new Samsung Galaxy Tab. The Galaxy Tab 7.7 appeared at the IFA show in Berlin recently and the Galaxy Tab 10.1 got the full hands-on treatment back at Mobile …

Smartphone shipments outstrip feature phones

It’s official, more smartphones are sold that feature phones here in Western Europe. Stats from research firm IDC shows that Samsung is ahead with 13.9 million phones sold in the second quarter of 2011 (feature phones and smartphones), with Nokia behind on 9 million followed by Apple and …

Samsung Galaxy Y Coming to Vodafone UK

If you want an entry-level Android then this new Samsung Galaxy Y could be your thing. Samsung appear to be naming their phones according to “class designators”… S – Super Smart – Devices at the very pinnacle of Samsung’s mobile portfolio. This class will only be used on …

T-Mobile and Orange also offering the white Galaxy SII

Eeek.. OK, the white Samsung Galaxy SII is now almost everywhere. T-Mobile have now joined O2, Vodafone and Three in offering the handset. It’s free on T-Mobile on plans costing £35.75 or more per month. Edit – Looks like Orange is selling it too, so now every UK …

O2 to range the Samsung Galaxy W

Also on the September roadmap for o2 is this, the Samsung Galaxy W. The handset is also arriving on Three shortly and is powered by Android 2.3. It comes equipped with a 1.4GHz CPU, 3.7″ Super LCD screen, GPS and WiFi. The Galaxy W seems to be a …

White Galaxy SII Also arriving on O2

If you’re looking for the Galaxy SII in white then you can get it on Vodafone or Three. However, we’ve also noticed O2 are about to sell the white version too. O2 already sell the darker model for free on plans costing £37 or more per month. Link …

Galaxy Tab 7.7 Removed from IFA show

Apple have fired yet another shot at Samsung in their continuing patent battle. This time it’s resulted in Samsung removing their new Galaxy Tab 7.7 from the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin. The BBC states .. The two companies have been fighting legal battles in the US, …

Even bigger – Samsung announce the Galaxy Note

Yesterday HTC launched the HTC Titan. It’s got a 4.7″ 480×800 pixel screen, but heck – Samsung have already gone one better with this, the Galaxy Note. Packing an amazing 5.3″ WXGA (1280×800) HD Super AMOLED screen it’s somewhere between a phone and a tablet. The specs reveal …

Samsung ban may not include UK

Apple have yet again taken aim at Samsung by getting an injunction to ban the sale of Galaxy handsets. The embargo is due to kick off in a few weeks time and concerns an Apple patent for an interface to “view and navigate photographs on a touch screen …

Samsung Galaxys banned from sale in Europe

The patent battle between Apple and Samsung has got ugly again, with Apple today winning a Europe wide ban on the sale of Samsung’s extremely popular SII, S and Ace handsets. This ban isn’t immediate, giving Samsung 7 weeks to get a defence together and counter, but its not good …

Samsung Galaxy W, coming soon to Three

Three has announced it will stock the new Samsung Galaxy W, set to hit Three stores soon. This is a smaller version of the very popular Samsung Galaxy SII, running Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) with a super speedy 1.4Ghz processor and 3.7” Super LCD screen. It also has a …

Galaxy Tab 10.1 Sales now back on

Want to buy the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 ? Good news folks, the ban has been lifted temporarily until the full hearing on August 25th. The news comes after Apple documents were called into question and means that customers across Europe can go and purchase the device. Unfortunately …

Apple documentation against Samsung queried

The BBC is carrying a very interesting story surrounding the continuing battle between Apple and Samsung. Apple have recently secured an injunction to stop Samsung selling the Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Tablet because is “slavishly” copied iPad designs. A number of images and comparison shots have been filed …

Samsung to challenge Apple injunction

The international injunction against the Galaxy Tab 10.1, which was brought about by Apple, is set to be challenged on August 25th. Samsung have been forced to stop selling their new tablet due to an Apple embargo, although some retailers are still able to sell it as existing …

Samsung Galaxy R Announced

The Samsung Galaxy R is now official. The handset has already appeared on these pages a number of times and comes equipped with a Tegra 2 CPU running at 1GHz, a 4.2″ WVGA screen, WiFi, GPS, a 5 megapixel camera at the rear, 1.3 megapixel up front and …

Pre Order White SGS2 On Vodafone Now

Vodafone have put the white version of the Samsung Galaxy S2 up for Pre-Order on their UK website now but have not confirmed a release date or price as of yet.   The black version of this handset is one of the most wanted phones all year with some very …

Updated….Apple blocks Samsung from selling 10″ Tab in Europe.

Ok, the title isn’t exactly right, but there isn’t room to put the detail! According to BGR Apple have won a preliminary injunction in Germany that could effectively block the sales of the Galaxy Tab in all Euro union countries except Holland where there is a similar case ongoing. Samsung could …

Samsung Galaxy SII on Orange – Now with Signal Boost

A few days back we spotted that Android 2.3.4 was arriving for the rather excellent Samsung Galaxy SII. Now, if you’re on Orange you won’t be getting that version just yet but, if you do update your Orange branded handset, you do get UMA. UMA is called “Signal …

Galaxy Europa now available on Three

Available for a mere £49.99, the Samsung Galaxy Europa is now available from Three. If we’re honest it’s an entry-level smartphone with 600MHz CPU, 2.8″ capacitive screen, 2 megapixel camera, WiFi, GPS, FM radio, microSD expansion and Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP. Sylvia Chind, Head of Handsets at Three, …

Android 2.3.4 arriving for the Galaxy SII

Samsung appear to have started rolling out Android 2.3.4 updates via Kies to Galaxy SII owners. The upgrade is rolling out today and will backup all your content as part of the update. We’ve had a couple of mails about this and would like to know if yours …

White Galaxy SII to arrive on Vodafone too

Looking for the rather splendid Samsung Galaxy SII ? Want it in white ? Well, we know already that Three will be selling the white version but now Vodafone will be too. A Voda representative told SoMobile that.. Yes, we will be getting the white Galaxy S2. Check …