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Samsung Galaxy S III roundup: specs, accessories, features, dates and opinions

The Galaxy S3 is here, and it’s going to be one of the biggest launches of the year. Let’s run down what you can expect. Specs – Android 4.0.4 with a new version of TouchWiz – 4.8-inch HD Super AMOLED display (1280 x 720) – 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor (North American version), 1.4Ghz Exynos [...]

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BlackBerry Bridge Updated to V2.0.0.30, fixes predictive text issues

With BlackBerry World 2012 well underway, it seems like logical timing for RIM to release their latest update to the bridge app for the PlayBook. Updated to version 2.0.0.30, the change log isn’t a large one, but addresses issues with predictive text. The update should be live in the BlackBerry App World, so go in [...]

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Update: BlackBerry Music Gateway for streaming to home and car stereos is now available

With the kick-off of BlackBerry World tomorrow, RIM is expected to introduce a number of new products, initiatives and, ultimately, its future. But with the BlackBerry Music Gateway they’re sticking with what they know best: simple and powerful hardware that just works. To that end the Gateway is a small box (60mm x 40mm x [...]

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Google engineer says Sony adds more code to Android than any other manufacturer

Here’s some good news to the Sony loyalists out there: the company adds more lines of code to the Android Open Source Project than any other manufacturer, according to Jean-Baptiste Queru, a Google engineer who oversees the merging of millions of lines of code to AOSP. This is why, according to Queru, Sony was able to [...]

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Samsung Q1 2012 profits top $5 billion, confirms Galaxy S3 name

Samsung has a lot going for it right now, especially since in the run-up to its most anticipated phone launch ever, the company earned over $5 billion in operating profit, though after taxes it totals $4.86 billion US. Gross margins are up to 12.9% on over $40 billion in revenue; leading the way were an [...]

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North American Samsung Galaxy S3 could come with Qualcomm S4 chip to ensure LTE support

Well, this is a bit of a twist. The international version of the Galaxy S3 is almost ensured to have a quad-core Exynos 4212 SoC inside it, providing double the processing chops and 20% less power consumption than its predecessor. But we’re getting word that, in order to appease North American carriers pushing LTE, our [...]

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Motorola MOTOACTV: A capital (letter) experience for fitness geeks

Motorola’s MOTOACTV is geek fitness chic. It’s a utilitarian square piece of metal and plastic, a low-powered ARM processor and 8GB of storage; some sensors and an accelerometer; a pair of headphones and some cloud sync capabilities. It’s not going to change your life unless you let it, and just like every fitness utility, you [...]

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Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus Hands-on (Video)

There isn’t much to say about the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus that hasn’t already been hashed out numerous times in previous reviews, hands-on and articles. Picture the Galaxy Tab 8.9, but shrunk and devoid of cellular connectivity, and you have the 7.0 Plus. Ok, that’s not entirely fair, but it’s close enough. Picture the [...]

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BlackBerry PlayBook Bluetooth Keyboard Case Hands-on (Video)

The BlackBerry PlayBook is nothing if not versatile, as evinced by its almost-complete transformation in February with OS 2.0. With that release, it is more like a laptop than ever, with a comprehensive email/calendar/contacts suite as well as updates to DocsToGo. The official PlayBook Bluetooth Keyboard Case is available for $99 exclusively from The Source [...]

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Apple iPad (2012) Review

An Apple review is an often tense battle between pride, momentum and fairness. The new iPad is an important product for Apple, for two main reasons: it brings Retina to all three of its main “post-PC” product lines, the iPad, iPhone and iPod. It also introduces LTE to a massive market at a time when [...]