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Thursday tech deals: Refurbished Galaxy S III $30 w/ contract

Thursday tech deals: Refurbished Galaxy S III $30 w/ contract
  • Posted January 10, 2013, 2:30 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Tech Deals
  • With activation of a new two-year contract, AT&T offers the refurbished Samsung Galaxy S III 4G in Marble White or Pebble Blue for $29.99 with free shipping. That's $20 under a new one two weeks ago and $100 below the lowest total price we could find for a new unit today...

Samsung is planning to ship a half billion phones in 2013

Samsung is planning to ship a half billion phones in 2013
  • Posted December 27, 2012, 7:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News
  • A new report from The Korea Times points out that Samsung plans to increase handset shipments by 20 percent next year following a record-setting 2012. In total, the Korean electronics giant wants to move some 510 million phones in 2013,…

Galaxy S III sales surpass 30 million, beat Samsung's expectations

Galaxy S III sales surpass 30 million, beat Samsung
  • Posted November 5, 2012, 8:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Hardware
  • Samsung has recorded more than 30 million sales of their flagship Galaxy S III smartphone according to a recent post on the company’s Polish Twitter account. The message was accompanied by a photo showing some Samsung employees celebrating the achievement. …

Galaxy S III Mini photos and specs leak ahead of official announcement

Galaxy S III Mini photos and specs leak ahead of official announcement
  • Posted October 10, 2012, 1:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Mobile Computing
  • Specs and photos of the rumored Galaxy S III Mini have leaked out on the eve of Samsung’s launch event in Germany. According to German tech site MobileGeeks, the S III Mini will be a mid-range smartphone that is similar…

T-Mobile says Galaxy S III is the top-selling device of all time

T-Mobile says Galaxy S III is the top-selling device of all time
  • Posted October 8, 2012, 6:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Mobile Computing
  • A recent post on T-Mobile’s official Twitter account indicates that Samsung’s Galaxy S III smartphone has become the carrier’s top selling device of all time. It’s an interesting revelation considering the handset has only been available for a few months.…

Nokia prices Lumia 920 higher than Samsung's Galaxy S III

Nokia prices Lumia 920 higher than Samsung
  • Posted September 27, 2012, 10:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Mobile Computing
  • Nokia has priced their upcoming Lumia 920 smartphone higher than Samsung’s Galaxy S III, a move that has analysts wondering how the Finnish phone maker plans on justifying the premium. In some markets, Nokia’s flagship phone will sell for 25…

Google says there have been 500 million Android activations to date

Google says there have been 500 million Android activations to date
  • Posted September 12, 2012, 11:00 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Mobile Computing
  • Google has announced a new milestone for their Android mobile operating system just ahead of Apple’s media event to unveil the iPhone 5. The search giant says they have activated more than 500 million Android devices to date at a…

Galaxy S3 overtakes iPhone 4S as the best selling phone in the US

Galaxy S3 overtakes iPhone 4S as the best selling phone in the US
  • Posted September 4, 2012, 4:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Mobile Computing
  • Apple’s iPhone 4S has been knocked off its perch as the best selling smartphone in the US for the first time since the device launched in October 2011 according to Canaccord Genuity analyst T. Michael Walkley. Samsung’s Galaxy S III…

Encrypted Galaxy S III bootloader for Verizon has been unlocked

Encrypted Galaxy S III bootloader for Verizon has been unlocked
  • Posted August 16, 2012, 12:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Mobile Computing With Video
  • Verizon launched the Galaxy S III alongside other carriers like AT&T earlier this year but there was one key difference between their phone and other offerings: the bootloader was locked. Verizon did this because they don’t want users customizing the…

Gartner: Smartphone adoption up 43%, buyers waiting for new iPhone

Gartner: Smartphone adoption up 43%, buyers waiting for new iPhone
  • Posted August 15, 2012, 7:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News, Mobile Computing
  • Gartner’s latest mobile and smartphone sales figures show that demand for the iPhone 4S has halted, presumably because people are waiting for the new iPhone to launch. Apple’s flagship handset is expected to get a refresh as early as next…

Samsung offering up to $300 for old phones through upgrade program

Samsung offering up to $300 for old phones through upgrade program
  • Posted August 7, 2012, 10:00 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Mobile Computing
  • When it comes to buying a new mobile phone, there’s no shortage of options when deciding what to do with an old handset. Big name electronics players like Amazon, Best Buy and even eBay all offer trade-in programs for your…

Load Google Wallet onto Verizon's Galaxy S III with this new hack

Load Google Wallet onto Verizon
  • Posted July 30, 2012, 2:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News, Software With Video
  • A pair of smartphone enthusiasts have successfully loaded Google Wallet on a Samsung Galaxy S III from Verizon, the first ever to do so. Mike Beauchamp and Dustin Evans loaded the app onto the phone before visiting McDonalds to give…

Samsung soars to $5.9bn profit, breaks previous record by 15%

Samsung soars to $5.9bn profit, breaks previous record by 15%
  • Posted July 27, 2012, 9:30 AM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in Industry News
  • Samsung has stormed its way through another highly profitable quarter (PDF), breaking its previous best quarterly operating profits set in Q1 by 15%. The company credited the unprecedented demand for its Galaxy S3 smartphone, solid sales of its Galaxy Note…

Developer Edition Galaxy S III for Verizon features unlocked bootloader

Developer Edition Galaxy S III for Verizon features unlocked bootloader
  • Posted July 11, 2012, 2:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Mobile Computing
  • Samsung will sell a special developer edition of the Galaxy S III to customers on the Verizon network for $599 through their developer portal. This smartphone will come with an unlocked bootloader, unlike the standard phone that Verizon sells where…

Not the sort of hot news Samsung wants: Galaxy S3 catches fire

Not the sort of hot news Samsung wants: Galaxy S3 catches fire
  • Posted June 21, 2012, 10:00 AM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in Industry News
  • There is no denying that Samsung's latest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S3, is red hot property right now. But unfortunately the news are the wrong sort of hot for Samsung this morning after one owner whose new prized possession got a little too hot...

Apple files motion for preliminary ban on Samsung Galaxy S III in US

Apple files motion for preliminary ban on Samsung Galaxy S III in US
  • Posted June 7, 2012, 7:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Software, Apple
  • Apple has filed a motion in a California courtroom for a preliminary ban on Samsung’s Galaxy S III handset ahead of its June 21 US launch date. Cupertino specifically asked the court to add the handset to a separate motion…

Galaxy S III coming to five US carriers this month sans quad-core CPU

Galaxy S III coming to five US carriers this month sans quad-core CPU
  • Posted June 4, 2012, 11:00 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Mobile Computing
  • Samsung has announced plans to bring their flagship Galaxy S III smartphone to the US this month through five different carriers. The bad news is that it won’t be the same quad-core handset already available in Europe and India. …

Samsung's Music Hub launches in UK, France and Germany

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  • Posted May 29, 2012, 2:30 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Software, Mobile Computing With Video
  • Samsung has officially launched Music Hub, the company’s all-in-one assault on streaming services like Spotify and music stores like iTunes. Launching initially in the UK, France and Germany, Samsung’s catalog includes 19 million tracks for users to access under both…

Samsung unveils Galaxy S III smartphone at media event in London

Samsung unveils Galaxy S III smartphone at media event in London
  • Posted May 3, 2012, 4:27 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Mobile Computing
  • Samsung has officially taken the wraps off of the long-awaited Galaxy S III smartphone at the Mobile Unpacked press event in London. The new flagship handset packs a quad-core 1.4GHz Exynos processor and a GPU that is said to be…

Rumor: Samsung to introduce Galaxy S III at Unpacked event in May

Rumor: Samsung to introduce Galaxy S III at Unpacked event in May
  • Posted March 19, 2012, 12:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Mobile Computing
  • A new image making the rounds today claiming to be the new Samsung Galaxy S III is getting a lot of attention, not so much because of the image itself but rather a reminder displayed on the phone’s screen. May…

Rumor: Galaxy S III is 7mm thin, has quad-core CPU, coming in May

Rumor: Galaxy S III is 7mm thin, has quad-core CPU, coming in May
  • Posted February 7, 2012, 7:30 AM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Mobile Computing
  • Although Samsung's Galaxy S III won't appear at Mobile World Congress at the end of February, the device is expected to hit shelves in the first half of 2012. According to South Korea's Electronic Times News, the next-generation Galaxy S…

Rumor: Design and specs of new Samsung Galaxy S3 leaked

Rumor: Design and specs of new Samsung Galaxy S3 leaked
  • Posted October 11, 2011, 10:06 AM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in Mobile Computing, Hardware
  • Details of a new Galaxy S smartphone emerged on Phandroid yesterday, after an anonymous source forwarded a snapshot of a slide thought to have been shown as part of an internal presentation to phone carrier and retail executives.

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