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Samsung and Apple’s Phone Call is Last Effort to Reconcile Before it’s Up to a Jury

Tim August 20, 2012 63

Today, a phone call of epic proportion is set to take place between the CEO's for both Apple and Samsung. Tim Cook and Kwon Oh Hyun will try to make an effort to see if either side can come to terms before Judge Koh and a jury decide their fates. In terms of...

Kellen August 20, 2012 80

Last night, Motorola approved Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0.4) for the WiFi XYBOARD models, leaving out the "DROID" XYBOARD variants. This morning, Verizon gave the update for the "DROID" versions the green light and has posted the changelog for it. The...

Kellen August 20, 2012 9

Remember those chilly little Android ice cube trays that we mentioned last week? They are up for pre-order as of today, for $12. The trays are dishwasher safe, made of flexible food-grade silicon, and can hold up to 8 "bots" per tray. If one tray isn't...

Tim August 20, 2012 45

It's about time. Halfbrick Studios (makers of Fruit Ninja and other delicious titles) has brought Jetpack Joyride to Android. The game has seen large success on iOS and there's a good reason why. It features fantastic controls and gameplay that never gets...

Kellen August 20, 2012 36

In the last post of my series over at Intel's My Life Scoop site, I went away from simply talking about apps and Android. Since MLS is a tech site that wants tips and tricks for life, I decided to focus a bit more on the profession that I'm so lucky to be a...

Tim August 20, 2012 54

As a fresh way to kick off the week, Motorola has announced that an Ice Cream Sandwich update is available for both models of the XYBOARD WiFi tablets. As you would imagine, the jump from Honeycomb to ICS is rather massive, so the changelog is quite extensive....

Ron August 20, 2012 22

For years there has been a battle between AOSP fans and manufacturers to hack vanilla Android (or something close to it like CyanogenMod) onto devices instead of the manufacturer's version of Android. The difficulty with this battle is that it takes a...

Kellen August 19, 2012 31

Samsung released a teaser for their August 29 Unpacked event at IFA this evening. The video all but confirms that we will be seeing the next version of the Galaxy Note, dubbed by many as the Galaxy Note 2. In the short clip, we get to see the S Pen in action,...

Galaxy Z TriFold In US Samsung Stores Tomorrow, But You Can’t Buy It

Tim January 22, 2026 31

Galaxy Z TriFold launch is literally right around the corner, with units headed to select Samsung Experience Stores across...

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What’s Your Carrier’s Device Unlock Policy: T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T

Kellen January 21, 2026 31

One of the hottest topics of the moment for the US wireless industry is device unlock policies or SIM unlock policies. With...

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Verizon Wastes No Time Switching Device Unlock Policy to 365 Days

Kellen January 20, 2026 31

When the FCC cleared Verizon of its 60-day device unlock policy a week ago, we talked about how the government agency, which...

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Samsung Makes New Bixby Official in One UI 8.5 With Perplexity AI

Kellen January 20, 2026 31

The betas of One UI 8.5, as well as supposedly leaked screenshots, showed a potentially renewed investment in Bixby from...

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How to Claim the $20 Verizon Outage Credit

Kellen January 15, 2026 31

Verizon announced today that it would give all of its customers a $20 credit after experiencing a 10-hour outage yesterday....

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Android 16 QPR3 Beta 2 Just Released for Pixel Phones

Kellen January 14, 2026 31

Google has released Android 16 QPR3 Beta 2 for all of its still-supported Pixel phones, tablets, and foldables. After...

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Google Just Gave Gemini “Personal Intelligence”

Kellen January 14, 2026 31

Google's Gemini now has Personal Intelligence and can reason across your data, assuming you give it access. For AI as an...

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2026 January Pixel Update Available for Your Pixel Phone

Kellen January 12, 2026 31

We've entered 2026 and the first Google Pixel update of the year is here. For those with a still-supported Pixel phone or...

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Google’s Latest Ad Pokes at iPhone for Copying Its Features, iPhone 17 Rumors

Kellen May 6, 2025 63

The iPhone 17 won't arrive for months, likely after Google releases its Pixel 10 series. For the most part, all talk around...

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Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro Unboxing and Tour!

Kellen October 11, 2023 63

Some of you have been lucky enough to receive your Pixel 8 or Pixel 8 Pro pre-orders a day early, thanks to Google's wildly...

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Pixel Watch 2 Unboxing and Tour!

Kellen October 11, 2023 63

The Pixel Watch 2 has been on my wrist for a full week and my list of notes has only grown. I've tested sleep tracking, put...

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Video: Galaxy Z Flip 5, Z Fold 5 Unboxing!

Tim July 27, 2023 63

Samsung was gracious enough to send us its latest foldables devices, the Galaxy Z Flip 5 and Galaxy Z Fold 5. Naturally,...

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Google Pixel 7a Unboxing and Tour!

Kellen May 10, 2023 63

Because the Google Pixel 7a is available today for you to run out and buy at $499, you may not want to wait around for our...

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VIDEO: Galaxy S23 Ultra Unboxing!

Tim February 3, 2023 63

Unboxing time, baby! We have the Galaxy S23 Ultra in-house, a bit before they're set to make their way to buyers later this...

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Pixel 7 Pro: First 10 Things to Do!

Tim October 13, 2022 63

Fancy new Pixel 7 or Pixel 7 Pro just show up at your doorstep? Perfect, then this video is for you. As is tradition, we've...

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Pixel Watch: First 10 Things To Do!

Kellen October 13, 2022 63

The day that most of you will receive your Google Pixel Watch from pre-orders is here. It's time for you to slap Google's...

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Samsung and Apple’s Phone Call is Last Effort to Reconcile Before it’s Up to a Jury

Verizon Approves Ice Cream Sandwich for the DROID XYBOARD 10.1, Here are the Details

Android Ice Cube Trays Now Available for Pre-order for $12

Halfbrick’s Jetpack Joyride Finally Comes to Android, But You’ll Need the Amazon Appstore to Get it

Blogging and Android: The Tools I Can’t Live Without [My Life Scoop]

Ice Cream Sandwich Update Now Available for Motorola XYBOARD WiFi 10.1 and 8.2

Google Experimenting with Bringing AOSP to the Sony Xperia S

Samsung Releases Teaser for August 29 IFA Unpacked Event, All But Confirms Galaxy Note 2?