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  New details about the AT&T variant of Galaxy Note has surfaced. The phone / tablet hybrid is identified as SGH-I717 and will sport few interesting changes. The phone will support 4G LTE, will have four touch-sensitive buttons and will have a different processor – a dual-core 1.5GHz one. Apart from the button change, the [...]

  Samsung’s semiconductor plant in Austin, Texas recently reached its targeted capacity of 40,000 wafer per month and it seems a sizeable chunk of the chips produced goes to Apple. According to a report by Reuters, Samsung’s 1.6m sq. ft plant produces Apple’s A5 processor used in the iPhone 4S and iPad 2. The A5 [...]

  Couple of live pictures of Galaxy Y Pro Duos has been published by GSM Arena. Although the first picture shows just the back of the phone, the second image is more convincing. It reveals the two SIM slots, which apparently will work in an alternate manner through the Android notification area. We still don’t [...]

  Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 may have become a “household name” in Australia but the Korean giant is trying every tactic in the book to attract the attention of the Aussie consumers. In an published in a newspaper, Samsung is pitching its 10.1-inch tablet as the one that “Apple tried to stop.” We’ll let you [...]

  The wait is finally over for the Americans as Verizon Wireless has announced the release of the first Android 4.0 phone. Starting today, users will be able to buy Galaxy Nexus (SCH-I515) from Verizon for $299.99 on contract or for just $155 if you buy via Let’s Talk with coupon code $75VZN. Few differences [...]

  Samsung has developed a dual-SIM variant of Galaxy Y Pro, according to an image published by GSM Arena. While rest of the specs are expected to be the same as a single-SIM Galaxy Y Pro, the Duos variant will hopefully support dual-SIM active standby and a larger capacity battery to provide optimum standby time [...]

  Looks like we’ve got the first Ice Cream Sandwich ROM for Galaxy S II (I9100). The XXKP1 build as we can see in the video runs Android 4.0.1 and comes with Samsung’s TouchWiz UI with some ICS-centric features. Calling, internet and messaging seem to work fine but some apps crash due to apparent incompatibility. [...]

  Samsung has released a new SDK version for its bada OS. Available for download via bada Developers page, the bada v2.0.3 SDK improves existing and adds few new features. The WQVGA resolution support has now gone from beta to final in the new SDK, additional language support for voice functions, test kit support that [...]

  Samsung Australia’s mobile chief confirmed that the lawsuit with Apple did more good than harm to them. Tyler McGee says the lawsuit was followed by an extensive media coverage that helped Galaxy Tab 10.1 to become a “household name.” Samsung got the green signal from the court last week to sell Galaxy Tab 10.1 [...]

  As expected, SK Telecom today released the Galaxy Tab 8.9 LTE tablet in South Korea. It is apparently the first LTE-based tablet in South Korea and is now available via SKT’s online T Store and other retail outlets. The launch of the tablet makes it the fourth LTE offering from Samsung in Korea. Galaxy [...]