While the Samsung Galaxy S III has been available to pre-order for a couple weeks now, it doesn’t actually make its official debut until the end of this month. However, it seems some retailers in some parts of the world don’t care for release dates, and they’re sending the long-awaited handset out early. One user

Our friends of the Great White North could be getting closer to seeing the Galaxy S III make its official retail debut. A purported Samsung document lists that Canadian wireless carriers Bell, TELUS, Virgin Mobile and Rogers will begin offering the phone “made for humans” on June 20th. If this claim holds true, it lines up

Samsung has unveiled a new entry-level Android-powered smartphone this morning that has a nifty trick up its sleeve: The ability to handle two SIM cards simultaneously. With dual SIM slots, it allows you to receive calls and text messages on two different numbers without the need to switch between them manually. The Galaxy Ace DUO

While Sprint furthers its plans to release new 4G LTE devices, something has to be cleared out in order to make room. A trusted source has shared a close look at Sprint’s updated End of Life (EOL) listing, which says the Now Network is ready to bid adieu several of Samsung’s Android devices. Over the next

The Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update for the Samsung Galaxy Note is very slowly making its way to phablets the world over. Those in Germany were the first to receive the software on May 10, while South Korea was the update’s most recent stop earlier this week. Samsung has now released the source code

Samsung CEO Choi Gee-sung and mobile exec Shin Jong -kyun met with Apple CEO Tim Cook recently in San Francisco to discuss the ongoing litigation between both firms. The meeting was a court-ordered in effort to end the legal battles. Apple has long argued that Samsung is creating copycat products of its iPad and iPhone,

Earlier this week, developers successfully extracted Samsung’s new S Voice application from a Galaxy S III ROM and posted it online for anyone with an Ice Cream Sandwich handset to try out. While users reported mixed results, many were lucky enough to get S Voice working… until Samsung blocked all requests from unsupported handsets just

Considering all of the hype that circulated for months prior to the unveiling of the Samsung Galaxy S III, there was little doubt that the handset would become a huge hit. While it may not feature every specification we had expected — like the ceramic body or a Super AMOLED Plus display — it has

A research paper from the University of Michigan will be presented at the IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy claims that researchers were able to use a carrier exploit which allowed them to hijack connections to Facebook, Twitter, AdMob, Windows Live Messenger and spoof financial institutions. The exploit tricks carrier firewalls by manipulating TCP sequence numbers and can

At this rate, folks won’t even need to get a Galaxy S III to enjoy all its features. Following close behind the leak of S Voice, the guts of the hotly anticipated device have been pried open by the crafty developer community and made available to all you Android lovers across the globe. Everyone say,

The long-awaited Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update for the Samsung Galaxy Note has begun its rollout in South Korea following a brief touchdown in Europe earlier this month. The software can be downloaded now using Samsung’s Kies desktop application for Mac and PC. In addition to those core Ice Cream Sandwich features — such

Samsung has appointed David Beckham its Olympic Games ambassador and its using his soccer skills to promote the new Galaxy Note Olympic Games edition. In the Korean company’s latest ad, the LA Galaxy star kicks soccer balls at a wall made out of drums to play Ode to Joy. Beckham also uses the Note’s S Pen functionality to

The Samsung Galaxy S III has had its share of pre-order options abroad, but now thanks to Amazon, you can put your early bid in for a U.S. friendly unlocked version of Samsung’s Exynos 4 Quad packing slugger. Available on June 1st, Amazon lists both the Pebble Blue  and Marble White color options of the 16GB

The very first Tizen-powered smartphones, netbooks and in-vehicle infotainment systems are expected to launch during the second half of this year, according to one industry report. Tizen, which was originally announced in September 2011, combines aspects of Intel’s MeeGo platform as well as Samsung’s LiMo operating system and is expected to launch to manufacturers at the end of

T-Mobile USA’s Amaze 4G isn’t the only Android device on America’s fourth largest carrier receiving a software bump Monday. T-Mobile will begin rolling out software version T989UVLDE today, which will bring a plethora of fixes to Samsung’s Galaxy S II. It may not be the Android 4.0 update that many of you have been craving, but

Samsung has begun blocking S Voice requests from unsupported devices after its flagship voice-controlled assistant was leaked online yesterday.

Samsung confirmed it would be an official partner for this year’s Olympic Games during its Galaxy S III unveiling earlier this month, and the Korean company is going all out to show its support. It will be producing a number of special edition handsets to celebrate the event, one of which has surfaced ahead of

On the eve of court-mandated talks between Apple and Samsung, the Korean manufacturer offers a glimmer of hope.

Those of you in the U.K. who have hoped to pick up the Berry Pink Galaxy Note are in luck. It appears to be heading your way in June.

If you’re intrigued by the S Voice application on the Galaxy S III, but you don’t plan to pick up the new phone, there is now hope for you to use it on the phone of your choice. S Voice definitely looks to be one of the top features of the Galaxy S III, and

Here’s something to brighten your weekend: Apple has reportedly filed for a preliminary injunction against the Galaxy Tab 10.1 here in the U.S., and the company might get its wish. It seems Tim Cook’s cronies legal cronies gained a bit of confidence following the win against Samsung’s slate in Germany. Will the legal battles between

We already suspected the Galaxy S III would make its way to T-Mobile, but now we’re 99 percent certain thanks to the loose-lipped FCC. (When the device will hit is an entirely different matter.) According to a recent filing uncovered by Engadget, a Samsung handset sporting the model number SGH-T999 (the Galaxy S II was

Regional carrier U.S. Cellular announced on Wednesday the release of Samsung’s SCH-LC11 Mobile Hotspot. Available on the carrier’s website and arriving in retail locations on May 21st, this mobile broadband device supports up to five Wi-Fi-enabled devices at a time. The hotspot will be available for $49.99 after a mail-in rebate for a limited time in

RIM, Nokia and Motorola have an idea of what a nano-SIM card should look like but, Apple, on the other hand, has an entirely different proposal that it thinks the industry should adopt. To address that problem, Motorola and RIM recently suggested a design for an industry-wide SIM that adopts technology from Apple’s proposal and

It’s been little over two weeks since Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S III in London, and little over one week since carriers in Europe began taking pre-orders. But the Korean company’s long-awaited flagship smartphone has already racked up over 9 million pre-orders with over 100 carriers worldwide. That’s according to an unnamed Samsung executive who let