How To: Speed up your Samsung Galaxy S IV’s Performance

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The Galaxy S IV is one speedy piece of hardware, but did you know that there are ways to make it run even faster? That’s right, no matter how fast the hardware is, software can bog down the final speed of the device. Here are some quick tips you can use to have your Galaxy [...]

Read the full article → May 23, 2013 How To

Stock Android Samsung Galaxy S IV will be available in the Google Play Store

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One of the biggest requests for Android devices has been the option to switch from a manufacturer’s UI overlay (i.e. Samsung’s TouchWiz or HTC’s Sense) to stock Android (AOSP). This came as a request due to the enthusiast’s love for the unadulterated speed and experience provided by Google’s pure Android experience. On the other hand, [...]

Read the full article → May 16, 2013 News

Which Cell Phone Insurance is the Best for your Samsung Galaxy S IV

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Think about what your biggest consumer purchase was in the last couple years. Unless you are a sartorially inclined, wealthy socialite who fancy’s fine leather goods, it was probably your smart phone. You might say “hey, my phone was only $199,” but then we would be forgetting the built in 2 year contract. If you [...]

Read the full article → May 15, 2013 Reviews

Review: Movaluate Device Tester for Android Smartphones and Tablets

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Our sister site Movaluate has been our trusted resource for evaluating our device’s values. In addition to generating accurate price appraisals, Movaluate’s team has been hard at work to create a tool that will give users the ability to verify a target device’s functionality as well as its fair market value, all with one app. [...]

Read the full article → May 8, 2013 Reviews

Top 5 Features in the Official Samsung Galaxy S IV User Instruction Manual

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The Samsung Galaxy S IV is one of the most feature-rich smartphones ever released. The manual is over 140 pages long, and consists mostly of basic instructions for first time owners. Things like the icon guide will be great for first time users: For more advanced users, or for those of you who have previously [...]

Read the full article → May 2, 2013 How To

Update: Manually Install Flash for any Samsung Android Device

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Tired of getting excited to load a video only to see the dreaded blue box with a question mark? The cause of that blue box is due to Android dropping native support of flash—ironic since that was one of its original selling points. The simple answer to this problem is to get Adobe Flash for [...]

Read the full article → April 24, 2013 How To

How can you use the Galaxy S IV’s IR Blaster?

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IR blasters. That little LED that typically sits behind a dark plastic shield on your TV’s remote controllers. Well if you hadn’t noticed, they are starting to migrate toward mobile devices, specifically smartphones and tablets. Samsung first integrated this feature on the Galaxy Tab 7.7, which was used to interface with a user’s home theater [...]

Read the full article → April 22, 2013 Applications

Samsung’s Galaxy S IV commercials make their debut

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The Galaxy S IV is Samsung’s latest flagship Android smartphone and it’s slated to lead their charge to 500 million device sales! With at least 50 million sales expected by itself, the Galaxy S IV leads the foray with a bundle of commercials celebrating the S IV’s suite of new features. Design, Display and Camera [...]

Read the full article → April 11, 2013 News

Galaxy S IV Screen Comparison vs. iPhone 5, HTC One and Xperia Z

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Our mobile device displays are the windows into our mobile lives. We spend hours everyday peering through them without much thought, so it’s prudent to take a deeper look into these magnificent portals before deciding on which will provide the best experience for our eyeballs. As you may know, Samsung will be entering the 1080p [...]

Read the full article → April 8, 2013 Reviews

Samsung Shoots for 500 Million Devices Sold in 2013

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Samsung has been well known to advertise their skyrocketing sales numbers, and this year won’t be any different. What has caught our attention however is Samsung’s lofty sales goals, something to the tune of 500 million units. That’s right, even with the Galaxy S IV projected to sell about 50 million units–which would account for [...]

Read the full article → April 3, 2013 News