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Another Judge in an Apple vs. Android Suit Finds Proceedings ‘Ridiculous’, Can We Stop All the Suing Yet?

Eric July 23, 2012 40

Apple and Samsung are at it again, no surprise there, in Australia over Samsung's 3G patents. Another trial has begun between the two companies, but the presiding judge, Federal Court Justice Annabelle Bennett has the same thought that we all have; that the...

Tim July 23, 2012 34

At some point during one of the last updates, the folks over at Google decided that having a list in Google Play that showed only our paid app purchases was just too convenient. Bollocks! Luckily, we have the Android developer community on our side, like Paul...

Tim July 23, 2012 487

Well, that didn't last too long. Over the weekend, HTC posted that they have sold back 25% of their 51% stake in Beats Audio to the original owners. Long story short, any majority powers that HTC once held over the company are no longer there. But don't worry,...

Kellen July 23, 2012 24

I'm going to go out on a limb here (not much of one) and assume that the Samsung Galaxy Stellar is not the "newest Galaxy" that Samsung is planning to unveil on August 15. I could be wrong, but if this new Galaxy device is already appearing on rebate forms, I...

Tim July 23, 2012 85

According to an insider over at SamMobile, Samsung is close to being ready to push Android 4.1 Jelly Bean to the Galaxy S3. As great as we would like this news to be, this is most likely referring to the unlocked international variant rather than Verizon's,...

Tim July 23, 2012 96

Last week, Madfinger Games published an updated version of Dead Trigger to Google Play. Along with the massive update, the publisher also decided to drop the game's price from a low $0.99 to completely free. Many early buyers were somewhat confused by this...

Eric July 23, 2012 37

Samsung's last few phones have been pretty major hits. To say the Galaxy line has been very lucrative for the Korean company would be an understatement. The Galaxy line is usually measured in units of "10's of millions of devices" and the newest device, the...

Kellen July 23, 2012 45

The locked bootloader on Verizon's Galaxy S3 hasn't stopped development much to this point. Last week, we saw the device receive an unofficial CM9 port, but over the weekend, things turned up another notch. Two unofficial ports of AOKP and CM10 popped up, with...

T-Mobile’s Best Unlimited Plan

Kellen January 29, 2026 45

Both T-Mobile and AT&T have seen several years in a row of steady customer growth, likely because of improvements to...

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Chrome Gets 5 Wild New Gemini AI Features

Kellen January 28, 2026 45

Google has essentially launched its new vision for Chrome today with an announcement for several new Gemini-powered features...

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Galaxy Z TriFold US Sales Open January 30, Priced at $2,899

Tim January 27, 2026 45

Samsung has confirmed Galaxy Z TriFold availability for the US. The trifold will go on sale starting January 30, priced at $2...

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T-Mobile, AT&T, Verizon Device Unlock Policies

Kellen January 27, 2026 45

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

Tim January 22, 2026 45

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

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Verizon Wastes No Time Switching Device Unlock Policy to 365 Days

Kellen January 20, 2026 45

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 45

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 45

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

Kellen May 6, 2025 40

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 40

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 40

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 40

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 40

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 40

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 40

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 40

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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Another Judge in an Apple vs. Android Suit Finds Proceedings ‘Ridiculous’, Can We Stop All the Suing Yet?

Legacy Play Store App by MoDaCo Brings Back Purchased Apps List

HTC Sells Back 25% of Their Beats Audio Shares, No Longer Majority Shareholder

Samsung Galaxy Stellar Headed to Verizon, but What is It?

Samsung Close to Being Ready to Push Jelly Bean to Galaxy S3?

Madfinger Credits “Unbelievably High” Piracy Rates on Android for Price Change to Dead Trigger

Samsung Passes the 10 Million Sold Mark for Galaxy SIII, Plans on Selling a Lot More

Unofficial CM10 and AOKP Builds Released for Verizon’s Galaxy S3