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Posted July 10, 2012, 1:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News, Mobile Computing
A US appeals court has lifted the ban on the sale of Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus smartphone that went into effect late last month. A similar ruling fell short for the Galaxy Tab 10.1 which still remains on the ban list…
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Posted July 4, 2012, 5:30 PM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in Industry News
Samsung has been forced to stop selling its Galaxy Nexus smartphone after Apple paid the bond to bring a court-ordered ban into effect and cover damages should the final judgement favor the South Korean phone maker. Subsequently, Google had to…
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Posted April 25, 2012, 9:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Hardware, Mobile Computing
Google is once again trying to sell hardware directly to consumers by offering the Galaxy Nexus smartphone free of contract through the Google Play Store. The unlocked Samsung-built handset is available to residents in the US for $399.
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Posted March 12, 2012, 9:42 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Mobile Computing
At this year's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Intel shared some details on three different Atom chips destined for handsets along with a first look at the upcoming Orange 'Santa Clara' smartphone. First impressions suggested the Atom-based phone would offer…
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Posted March 6, 2012, 9:30 AM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in Mobile Computing, Industry News
A new study has found that iOS offers better HTML 5 performance than Android, according tests conducted by cloud-based games platform Spaceport. The Perfmarks benchmark suite compares the performance of a mobile gaming engine supporting vector graphics, which details the performance…
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Posted December 22, 2011, 9:48 PM by Michael Oryl | Filed in TechSpot, Mobile Computing With Video
As the current Google flagship smartphone, the Galaxy Nexus by Samsung is the first device to run Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. The super large, super high-resolution display on the Galaxy Nexus is a dream to look at. Verizon's U.S. version is 4G ready and the new Android operating system gives users something very new and interesting to work with. It's a good combination.

Although it's not without flaw, the Galaxy Nexus is every bit the hero smartphone that Google needs it to be to move Android to the next stage of its evolution.
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Posted December 19, 2011, 4:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Mobile Computing, Software
On Friday, Google announced 4.0.3 as the next incremental update to hit Ice Cream Sandwich, the colloquial name for its Android 4.x platform. This update features various bug fixes, optimizations and a handful of new APIs for developers.
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Posted December 8, 2011, 9:30 AM by Steven Parker | Filed in Mobile Computing
Neowin is reviewing today the latest Nexus phone from Google, built in partnership with Samsung, and powered by the newest Android 4.0 release. For those unfamiliar with this beautiful device, it’s called the Galaxy Nexus, and it runs on delicious…
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Posted December 6, 2011, 6:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, Mobile Computing
While a variant of Samsung's Galaxy Nexus is already available internationally, the U.S. is still waiting on the subsidized CDMA version set to be sold by Verizon. This scoop shows the handset may already be in stores and is set to sell…
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Posted November 25, 2011, 11:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Mobile Computing
A series of Verizon Wireless holiday ads appearing on various sites across the Internet show the phone will be available for $199.99 with a two year service agreement. The ads were first spotted by Android Police and have since shown…
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Posted November 14, 2011, 12:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Mobile Computing
Google has launched a contest on Twitter to give away 10 Galaxy Nexus smartphones in 10 days to promote the phone’s pending release. The promotion started on Saturday and will run until Monday, November 21.
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Posted October 24, 2011, 11:00 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Mobile Computing, Gaming
Google Android engineer Romain Guy announced via Twitter that Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich will support USB game pads and HDMI. The 140 character limit message points out that users can essentially turn their Galaxy Nexus into a video game console.
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Posted October 21, 2011, 3:00 PM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in Mobile Computing, IT Security With Video
Face Unlock, one of the flagship features of the newly released Android 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich" mobile operating system, enables users to unlock their phones via facial recognition rather than a PIN code or by using other security credentials. But…
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Posted October 18, 2011, 10:04 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Mobile Computing Breaking News With Video
Samsung and Google have unveiled the Galaxy Nexus smartphone at a press event in Hong Kong. The flagship handset is the first in the world to run Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, Google’s new mobile operating system that unifies Gingerbread…
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Posted October 6, 2011, 2:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Mobile Computing
Full specifications for Google’s “Nexus Prime” smartphone have leaked onto the web in advance of an expected unveiling next Tuesday at Samsung’s Unpacked event in San Diego. Possibly called the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, the phone is packing some seriously...
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