Samsung Galaxy S (43 articles)
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Samsung: Galaxy S won't get Ice Cream Sandwich
20m owners left out in the cold 23 December 2011 16:31 GMT TweetGot a Samsung Galaxy S? We've got bad news. According to Samsung your phone won't be getting Google's new Android operating system Ice Cream Sandwich.
Why? Well according to Samsung the phone just isn't powerful enough to run both Android 4.0...
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Nexus S Ice Cream Sandwich update starts to roll out
Google presses the magic button 16 December 2011 23:00 GMT TweetGoogle Nexus S users, check the update option on your phone, you might just have a nice surprise. Google has announced that over the coming month you will be getting Ice Cream Sandwich.
"We're rolling out Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich, to...
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Samsung Galaxy S II: iPhone killer...almost
Big sales with its lil bro 25 October 2011 9:25 GMT TweetSamsung is keen to stress just how well its latest flagship is doing - releasing a statement boasting of 10 million global sales of the Samsung Galaxy S II, making it the fastest selling handset in the company's history.
Add that figure to...
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Samsung Galaxy S Plus review
REVIEW
Last year's phone, this year's performance
30 August 2011 20:32 GMT
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The first Samsung Galaxy S handset caused quite a fuss for a number of reasons. Firstly, it was a remarkable device and one that people genuinely wanted to own. Secondly, though, was how much it looked like an iPhone, down to the home button and curved,...
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New Android Market finally lands in UK
OTA update on Samsung Galaxy S 25 August 2011 16:43 GMT TweetWe’ve been waiting for it to land on Android phones in the UK for over a month, and finally we have the official over the air update for the Android Market on the Samsung Galaxy S.
The roll-out in the US got underway at the end of July,...
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Samsung Galaxy S, S II and Ace: Banned by The Hague
Apple getting its way 24 August 2011 15:52 GMT TweetThe Apple / Samsung legal battle has hit a new twist with the news that The Rechtbank's-Gravenhage (a Dutch court in the city of The Hague) has issued a Europe-wide preliminary injunction against the Galaxy S, S II and Ace smartphones.
As the...
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Samsung Galaxy S Plus hands-on
HANDS-ON Up close with the new upgrade 11 August 2011 16:37 GMT TweetWe've already had a follow up to the Samsung Galaxy S, haven't we? It's called the Samsung Galaxy S II and was out earlier this year to cries of "wow", "ooh" and "ahh". But that hasn't stopped Samsung launching another follow up to the Galaxy S - one...
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Samsung Galaxy S: Gingerbread update... attempt no.2
Coming mid-May to the UK 16 May 2011 10:38 GMT TweetSamsung has announced that it will be having another bash at rolling out the Android Gingerbread update to users of the Samsung Galaxy S handset - after it ballsed up the first attempt.
Users of the device, which first hit the shops packing...
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Samsung halts Samsung Galaxy S Gingerbread update
Suspended until further notice 20 April 2011 10:44 GMT TweetSamsung has halted its Gingerbread (Android 2.3) rollout for the Samsung Galaxy S, just days after it started the update to customers.
“Due to an issue with the Gingerbread update for the Samsung Galaxy S, its roll out has been temporarily...
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Samsung Galaxy S goes Android 2.3 - Vodafone customers and all
New features arrive 18 April 2011 11:24 GMT TweetSamsung Galaxy S owners will be getting an Android 2.3 update this week, or so says users who’ve been prompted to action the over the air update.
According to tweakers.net, the update doesn't seem to be rolled out to all users yet, with...
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Samsung Galaxy S2 Mini leaks - coming to Three, not so mini
3.7-inch screen due in April 21 March 2011 0:06 GMT TweetAccording to a leaked document from Three in the UK, Samsung is about to announce the launch of the Galaxy S2 mini.
Not to be confused with the Samsung Galaxy Mini, which was announced in February at Mobile World Congress, the Samsung Galaxy...
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Samsung Galaxy S Gingerbread update coming March
Samsung confirms month for 2.3 25 February 2011 17:44 GMT TweetIt appears that Samsung has confirmed that its Samsung Galaxy S phone will be getting the Android 2.3 update come March 2011.
The news of the Gingerbread update, if correct, will mean that it's been 5 months since the handset's previous update...
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Samsung Galaxy S II confirmed: world's most powerful phone?
MWC 2011: Android monster 13 February 2011 17:52 GMT TweetSamsung has confirmed the launch of its new top of the line power house of a smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy S II (2) (GT-I9100) at its press conference at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona - alongside the new Samsung Galaxy Tab.
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Android app turns Samsung Tab and Galaxy S phone into TV remote
Available through Android Market 7 February 2011 10:53 GMT TweetThe age of the dedicated TV remote control could be coming to an end, as Samsung is offering up an Android app to use with your Samsung Galaxy S smartphone and Galaxy Tab in lieu of the traditional TV controller.
Well, we doubt...
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Best white smartphones
SNOW WEEK: Top handsets to give you that snowy feeling 1 February 2011 10:01 GMT TweetA journalist asked us recently what all the fuss was about regarding the now infamous “white iPhone 4”. It’s like a black swan we told him - you just don’t see white handsets that often.
While Apple struggles to get...
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