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EU will charge Samsung ‘very soon’ in Apple antitrust case

December 20, 2012
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EU competition chief Joaquin Almunia says the European Commission will charge Samsung for its use of injunctions against Apple in Europe “very soon,” according to Reuters. The commission has been investigating Samsung for a possible breach of antitrust rules since January, and earlier this week the Korean manufacturer dropped all of its injunctions (and injunction [...]

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Android Overload: CyanogenMod patches up Samsung Exynos exploit, Apple’s pinch-to-zoom patent ruled invalid in initial ruling, and more

December 20, 2012
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The Android Overload is where we stash all of the stories/articles/news bits that didn’t make it onto our front page from throughout the day. But just because they weren’t featured, doesn’t mean they aren’t worth taking a look at. In fact, there’s almost always a little something here for everyone. So, take a look around [...]

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Samsung Galaxy Camera review

December 19, 2012
Android Central

It's a camera. It's Android. It's an Android camera!​ And it's the best one yet, but not without room for improvement On a sweltering August afternoon, Samsung ushered a handful of tech journalists into a conference room in Berlin, Germany, to show off two  new mobile devices. The first, the Galaxy Note 2, was much [...]

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Samsung to fix Exynos vulnerability in software update ‘as soon as possible’

December 19, 2012
Android Central

Samsung has given Android Central a updated statement on its plans to fix the recently-discovered Exynos kernel vulnerability issue. In today's update, the company has indicated that it's aware of the problem and is preparing to move forward with software updates to remedy the situation on affected devices "as soon as possible." Samsung also confirms [...]

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Samsung Announces The Galaxy Grand, A 5″ 800×480 Phone That Looks A Whole Lot Like The Note II

December 18, 2012
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Did you think that just because it was winter and all the major phone announcements had died down that Samsung was done releasing things? NOPE. Today, the Korean manufacturer released info on the brand new Galaxy Grand. Where “brand new” means “looks so much like the Note II that Samsung is probably suing itself for [...]

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Samsung Galaxy Grand announced: single and dual-SIM versions, multi-window apps, not-so-spectacular 5-inch WVGA screen

December 18, 2012
Samsung Galaxy Grand announced single and dualSIM versions, multiwindow apps, notsospectacular WVGA screen

After getting a glimpse in an FCC filing (and some certification via China) the Galaxy Grand has now appeared in earnest, with a 5-inch 800 x 480 WVGA display that betrays that glamorous naming. It’ll arrive running Android 4.1.2, while the dual-core (unspecified) 1.2GHz apparently enough to handle running two apps on screen with Samsung’s [...]

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CyanogenMod 10.1 nightlies spread to more Nexus models, ASUS and Samsung devices

December 18, 2012
CyanogenMod 10.1 on a Nexus 4

There was a certain degree of irony to the first CyanogenMod 10.1 nightly reaching a lone device that already runs Android 4.2. What about the rest of us? Thankfully, logic is getting the upper hand with the arrival of regular test builds for a much wider hardware selection. All versions of the Galaxy Nexus, Nexus [...]

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US Cellular delivering Jelly Bean update to Samsung Galaxy S III on December 21st

December 17, 2012
US Cellular delivering Jelly Bean update to Samsung Galaxy S III on December 21st

Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon and AT&T all have already done it, and now it’s US Cellular’s turn to start distributing the Android 4.1 batch to its own variant of Samsung’s Galaxy S III. According to the carrier, said Jelly Bean update is set to hit the flagship, TouchWiz-loaded handset this Friday, December 21st, carrying now-accustomed features [...]

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Samsung Exynos 4 Exploit Discovered: Root And Full Access To RAM Possible In A Single App

December 17, 2012
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There’s some disturbing news today on the Android security front: an vulnerability has been discovered for Samsung’s Exynos 4-powered devices. While the related exploit is useful for the mod scene in that it can be harnessed to gain superuser permissions and root pretty much any device running on an Exynos 4 chip, it’s also got [...]

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