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Super AMOLED Plus vs Super AMOLED vs Retina Display

Super AMOLED Plus vs Super AMOLED vs Retina Display

PhoneArena pits three of the most advanced screen technologies on existing smartphones, to find out that IPS-LCD on the iPhone 4 is still the brightest, but Super AMOLED Plus beats in almost every other aspect...

posted: 13 Apr 2011, 07:03

Gingerbread update for Samsung Galaxy S starts rolling out within weeks

Gingerbread update for Samsung Galaxy S starts rolling out within weeks

It has become certain that Samsung is about to start officially rolling out Android 2.3 Gingerbread to its Galaxy S smartphones. Judging by the announcement made by a very reliable source, namely Samsung's Finnish...

posted: 07 Apr 2011, 09:49

U.S. Cellular's Samsung Mesmerize gets upgraded to Android 2.2

U.S. Cellular's Samsung Mesmerize gets upgraded to Android 2.2

U.S. Cellular's customers with the Samsung Mesmerize can now install the Froyo update; this is not an OTA upgrade, so make sure you have a PC on hand and get ready to enjoy Adobe Flash, app storage on your microSD card, the...

posted: 25 Mar 2011, 23:50

Samsung Android handsets to be first to U.S. carriers with OTA upgrade to Gingerbread?

Samsung Android handsets to be first to U.S. carriers with OTA upgrade to Gingerbread?

Samsung's Romanian Facebook page announced that the Korean manufacturer would soon update its international version of the Galaxy S to Gingerbread; this sounds quite plausible considering that...

posted: 19 Mar 2011, 00:54

Display battle: NOVA Display vs Super AMOLED vs Retina Display vs ClearBlack AMOLED

Display battle: NOVA Display vs Super AMOLED vs Retina Display vs ClearBlack AMOLED

PhoneArena examines the real-life performance of LG's newfangled brightest NOVA mobile display, comparing it to the IPS-LCD on the iPhone 4, the Super AMOLED on the Galaxy S, and the Clear Black AMOLED...

posted: 01 Mar 2011, 10:07

Gingerbread update for the Samsung Galaxy S leaked to the mass public

Gingerbread update for the Samsung Galaxy S leaked to the mass public

It turns out Samsung is cooking some Gingerbread 2.3.2 love for the Samsung Galaxy S (i9000) owners, which is surely a pleasant surprise...

posted: 01 Mar 2011, 07:54

European Samsung Galaxy S phones to taste Gingerbread in March

European Samsung Galaxy S phones to taste Gingerbread in March

Take this report with a pinch of salt, but a German site is alleging that the European version of the Samsung Galaxy S...

posted: 28 Feb 2011, 09:56

Samsung smartphone sales push profit to record levels

Samsung smartphone sales push profit to record levels

Samsung, the world's second largest phone manufacturer, reported strong last quarter cell phone sales of 80.7 million sold units, a 17% year-on-year increase. The mobile arms of the company registered record operating profit of around...

posted: 28 Jan 2011, 07:40

Video compares LG's Nova display and Samsung's Super AMOLED screen

Video compares LG's Nova display and Samsung's Super AMOLED screen

The Nova display from an LG Optimus Black is compared to the Super AMOLED screen from a Samsung Galaxy S; The LG display is more energy efficient when producing certain colors...

posted: 28 Jan 2011, 07:02

Samsung Galaxy S I9000 update for Android 2.2.1 is available through Kies

Samsung Galaxy S I9000 update for Android 2.2.1 is available through Kies

Owners in Sweden report that they're seeing it being pushed through Samsung's desktop application Kies, but it's unclear as to whether or not the upgrade will be pushed to other regions...

posted: 18 Jan 2011, 15:29

Samsung sold 20 million smartphones in 2010, expects to triple sales in 2011

Samsung sold 20 million smartphones in 2010, expects to triple sales in 2011

The Samsung Galaxy S was the true engine of Samsung's smartphone sales last year with more than 10 million handsets of the series sold throughout 2010. Total smartphone sales stood at 20 million in 2010, but...

posted: 11 Jan 2011, 09:29

Samsung achieves its goal of 10 million Galaxy S phones sold

Samsung achieves its goal of 10 million Galaxy S phones sold

Samsung Galaxy S has been the company's flagship model in 2010, and Sammy set a lofty goal to sell ten million of those by year-end. It just reported that the goal has been achieved, marking a great year for Samsung, thanks...

posted: 03 Jan 2011, 04:19

Samsung Galaxy S successor to be unveiled at the Mobile World Congress in February

Samsung Galaxy S successor to be unveiled at the Mobile World Congress in February

Rocking dual-core chipset, NFC chip and a new gyro, the next Samsung Galaxy S with Android Gingerbread is supposed to be unveiled at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, which starts February 14th...

posted: 28 Dec 2010, 04:18

Samsung Galaxy S outsells the iPhone in S Korea

Samsung Galaxy S outsells the iPhone in S Korea

The Samsung Galaxy S has been a huge success for Samsung and recent sales figures come to confirm that Sammy managed to deal with the tough competition from Apple's iPhone in its homeland and outsell it in the first six months after the release...

posted: 21 Dec 2010, 09:52

Gingerbread ported to the Samsung Galaxy S

Gingerbread ported to the Samsung Galaxy S

The Samsung Galaxy S receives its crude Android 2.3 Gingerbread port just hours after the official kernel release. Most connectivity options like voice, Wi-Fi and GPS are not operational yet, but give the XDA-Devs some time...

posted: 18 Dec 2010, 12:33

Samsung Galaxy S drenched in white is now available in Germany

Samsung Galaxy S drenched in white is now available in Germany

If you're in the market for a white version of the Samsung Galaxy S, the only places you'll find it being offered are through Best Buy in the US and the Phone House in Spain. However, it now appears that this...

posted: 13 Dec 2010, 14:44

Clove UK now offers you a spare battery for the Samsung Galaxy S

Clove UK now offers you a spare battery for the Samsung Galaxy S

We all appreciate the fact that the Samsung Galaxy S is a monster of a phone, but that has its downsides too - like the fact that your battery needs to be recharged every day. That's not very convenient...

posted: 08 Dec 2010, 09:56

Best phones of 2010

Best phones of 2010

Technology as a whole is moving fast, but the mobile phone industry is moving twice that pace. This made it even more compelling for us to look through all the phones launched this year as it comes to an end and bring you only the best...

posted: 08 Dec 2010, 02:21

Luke, I am the Samsung Galaxy S

Luke, I am the Samsung Galaxy S

Japan's NTT DoCoMo is running an ad that suggests that Darth Vader is an Android phone (Samsung Galaxy S) with the power to allow users of the device to do anything...

posted: 26 Nov 2010, 23:25

Black Friday lasts all week long for U.S. Cellular customers

Black Friday lasts all week long for U.S. Cellular customers

U.S. Cellular is giving customers a whole week to get their Black Friday shopping completed for phones like the Samsung Mesmerize, HTC Desire, LG Apex and Samsung Acclaim...

posted: 19 Nov 2010, 05:01

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