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  Samsung has announced to provide the Android 2.3 aka the Gingerbread update to most of its Galaxy devices. The devices that will be upgraded to the latest Android version includes Samsung’s top selling Galaxy S, Ace, Gio, Fit, Mini and Galaxy Tab. Korean Galaxy S, K, U and Galaxy A phones has also been [...]

  Samsung has seemingly confirmed Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) update for Galaxy S (I9000). According to an attendee at Samsung’s event in Frankfurt, Samsung said the Gingerbread update for Galaxy S (I9000) is expected in March. It is unclear which countries will receive the OS upgrade first but there’s a fair chance Italy won’t be on [...]

  Nexus S is currently one of the best Android phones in the market but is marred by one major flaw – the random reboot issue. If you’re one of the Nexus S users and have updated the firmware to Android 2.3.1 or 2.3.2, you know what I’m talking about. Anyways, the good news now [...]

  Galaxy Tab is Samsung’s first Android-powered tablet and if the report by The Sunday Times proves to be correct, it can also be the first-Chrome OS tablet for the Korean giant. The newspaper claims the Android OS will be replaceable with Chrome OS, when it arrives. “[Android OS] can be replaced with Chrome, when [...]

  After being showcased at the Google I/O conference, we’ve now got the first live pictures of Galaxy 5 (GT-I5500). The source still refers Galaxy 5 as a Corby Android but is confirmed to run Android 2.1. Other than that, the phone will feature a QVGA TFT capacitive display, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 3G, 2MP camera and [...]

  UPDATE: SGH-I897 might be a re-branded version for AT&T. Bluetooth SIG has listed a new Samsung phone on their website. It’s the SGH-I897 and going by its description on the website, the phone seems strikingly similar to Galaxy S. So is it a different phone or the same phone modified for a different region? [...]

  If you can’t wait till Q2 when Samsung will officially release Android 2.1 update for Galaxy Spica, you can download the unofficial ROM from the link below to delve in the Éclair goodness now. New things the update brings to the table is the new UI, personalization features and more. The phone however, doesn’t [...]