Tag Archives: GsIi

Samsung stalls UK Ice Cream Sandwich roll out for unlocked Galaxy S II

Post Image

So you paid attention to pundits and bought that Galaxy S II outright in the hopes that future software updates would arrive on your device first. And then reality came crashing in. It appears SIM-free is not the way Samsung wants consumers to be, as …


ICS upgrade leaks for AT&T’s Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket

Post Image

We bet that when you decided to skip AT&T’s regular Galaxy S II in favor of the 4.5-inch LTE Skyrocket variant, you hadn’t counted on being left to twiddle your thumbs while the ICS wave gets started. But that’s what’s happening, despite the fact …


PSA: ICS customer guide now available for Samsung Galaxy S II owners

Post Image

Now that Ice Cream Sandwich has (finally) begun rolling out for the Galaxy S II, Samsung has decided to put together a little guidebook to help its European customers get started. It’s actually more PowerPoint than book, but it’s just as informative …


Samsung Galaxy S II getting ICS upgrade March 15th, says Israeli Facebook page

Post Image

It may come slightly too late for Caesar, but a post has appeared on Samsung Mobile IL’s Facebook page saying that the long-awaited Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) update will reach GSII owners on March 15th. We’re not fluent in Hebrew, and apparentl…


Apple v. Samsung: Cupertino’s latest complaint alleges 17 devices infringe 8 of its patents

Post Image

We were waiting for the details of Apple’s new lawsuit in its global battle against Samsung, and now that the court has posted the complaint, we have them. These fresh allegations claim Sammy has… you guessed it, infringed upon Apple’s intellectual p…


KDDI gets WiMax Galaxy S II, isn’t your grandfather’s Epic 4G Touch

Post Image

Can’t keep track of all the different variants of Samsung’s Galaxy S II? Tough, because here comes Sammy with another one. Japan’s KDDI will soon have a GSII to call its own, boasting the all too memorable model number of ISW11SC — or rather a Galax…


Qualcomm Enabling “Dual-Core” Location Assistance On Snapdragon Phones

Post Image

The days of the Samsung Vibrant GPS troubles are long behind us and thanks to Qualcomm, future GPS problems on Samsung devices look like a thing of the past. Qualcomm has revealed that smartphones supporting their S2 or S3 Snapdragon processor are now …


Samsung delivers kernel source for T-Mobile Galaxy S II, developers can now collect all three

Post Image

Developers, start your engines. T-Mobile’s version of the Samsung Galaxy S II was the slowest in the family to get the official kernel source. It’s here now, though, arriving on Sammy’s site a whole four days after the phone’s release; this isn’t an…


Samsung’s Korea-bound Galaxy S II HD LTE pops up in FCC filings

Post Image

We’ll have to brush up on our foreign languages to decipher the full battery label, but the Samsung SHV-E120L (aka the Galaxy S II HD LTE, thanks David_DK!)– home to a 4.65-inch HD screen and dual-core 1.5GHz processor according to specs leaked las…


T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II review

Post Image

What else is there to say? Whether in its original, exotic exterior, its lightly changed but rather more accessible AT&T-flavored model, or the decidedly Epic Sprint version, the Samsung Galaxy S II has never failed to impress us. In fact, we ca…