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Galaxy Note GSM Exynos on ICS vs Galaxy Note LTE Snapdragon on Android 2.3 Benchmark comparison: Does ICS reduce performance?

The Galaxy Note is one of Samsung’s premier devices, garnering coveted ad-space in the Super Bowl and leading the charge into 5-inch plus sized displays. One interesting note that should be mentioned is, like some other Samsung devices, the Galaxy Note comes in multiple flavors, and I’m not referring to color choices. The U.S., AT&T [...]

Read the full article → May 30, 2012 Reviews

Individual Notification Removal: the single best feature of Ice Cream Sandwich for the Galaxy S II

One thing that always bugged the heck out of me was how every time I would queue up a lot of notifications on my Samsung Galaxy S II running Gingerbread, I would have to either Select every single notification and manually take care of them or Clear all of them at once with no chance [...]

Read the full article → April 23, 2012 How To

Samsung Releases Value Pack for Galaxy S, sadly it is not an Android 4.0 Update

Ice Cream Sandwich has been a finnicky subject for Galaxy S owners as Samsung has been very wishy-washy about whether or not their 20 million+ loyal users would be getting the arguably the biggest Android upgrade to date. “Firmware Update!” After initially failing to make the list of devices to receive the 4.0 update, Samsung promised a ‘Value [...]

Read the full article → March 29, 2012 News

Sprint Software Updates to fix issues with Samsung Epic 4G and Epic 4G Touch, brings Gingerbread and Carrier IQ removal

In response to all the Carrier IQ controversy, it looks like Sprint has finally stepped up to the plate by removing it via software update. Original Epic 4G owners don’t get left out of the update party–they will be receiving bug fixes with their latest software package. After waiting far too long for the update [...]

Read the full article → January 19, 2012 News

How To: Upgrade your T-Mobile Galaxy S 4G to Gingerbread Using Kies

T-Mobile’s 4G variant of the venerable Galaxy S is finally getting updated to Andoid 2.3, Gingerbread. Although the update is long overdue, Galaxy S 4G users will be happy to hear that wait is finally over. According to T-Mobile’s support site, the software update will be available beginning November 15th (today) and will update the [...]

Read the full article → November 16, 2011 How To

Tip: Android Gingerbread and Honeycomb, Phone Version Easter Egg

If you guys aren’t familiar with easter eggs, they are hidden messages in computer software that are activated by a set of undocumented commands. Android 2.3 Zombie art by Jack Larson The tricky developers over at Google’s Android department have hidden some nifty Easter eggs for their users and we’ve got the directions to find them! For [...]

Read the full article → October 11, 2011 How To

Samsung Finland Announces Gingerbread Update for Galaxy S Coming ‘Mid-April’

According to Finnish intelligence, the Gingerbread division of the Android Empire will be launching their assault on Europe’s western front sometime in the next two weeks. Two days ago we reported on the imminent release of Android 2.3 on Three UK’s network, and now Samsung Finland’s intel corroborates those reports. Although a specific date of [...]

Read the full article → April 7, 2011 News

Gingerbread for Galaxy S ‘Expected in Next Couple Weeks’

According to Three UK’s official Twitter feed, they are expected to release Android 2.3 Gingerbread for their Samsung Galaxy S lineup within “the next couple of weeks,” but “[they] cannot confirm a date.” This news come after last weeks release of a Euro Gingerbread ROM for the Galaxy S that was reportedly leaked from a [...]

Read the full article → April 5, 2011 News

Official Android Gingerbread 2.3 ROM leaked for Samsung Galaxy S i9000

We mentioned in a post two weeks ago of speculation that a 2.3 update for Samsung’s Galaxy S would be seen by the end of the month. Although the official carrier release was specific to Romanian users, you can now get the official 2.3.3 ROM thanks to the guys over at XDA development. It is [...]

Read the full article → March 28, 2011 News

Ultimate Android Keyboard Showdown: 14 different keyboards pitted against each other

So this has been a long time coming, and I just want to say thank you to everyone who has been patient for this release. Its only me in the office doing all of these guides and the last month has been hectic to say the least. With that out of the way I’ve compiled the 13 14 best (and possibly only? let me know in the comments if there are more) keyboards for the Android OS. For each keyboard I’ve listed:

Read the full article → January 28, 2011 Reviews

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