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Is the import ban on One X and Evo 4G LTE spreading to other HTC devices?

If the import ban on the HTC One X and the Evo 4G LTE wasn’t already a bitter pill to swallow for HTC, it looks like they’re in a bit more trouble than earlier anticipated. TmoNews were tipped off earlier today that customers who were looking to purchase a new Amaze 4G were being told [...]
May 19th, 2012 | Filed under PhandroidTags: 4g, Advantage, Apple, Bitter Pill, Blaze, Devices, Galaxy, import, Import Ban, Patent Issue, Samsung, spreading, Swallow, Unforeseen Issues -
Want to keep Verizon unlimited data? Pay up

There’s been a lot of hubbub this week for Verizon’s “grandfathered” unlimited data customers, who are concerned that their all-you-can-eat smorgasbord of 3G and 4G LTE will end when the company introduces new shared data plans this summer. Verizon has updated their statement, assuring unlimited customers that they don’t have to sign a new contract if they don’t [...]
May 19th, 2012 | Filed under AndroidCommunity -
Samsung has already taken 9 million preorders for Galaxy S III

If you had any doubts that Samsung’s next Galaxy smartphone was not all that anticipated then perhaps this bit of news might convince you otherwise. According to Reuters, Samsung has already taken 9 million preorders for the handset, spread across more than 100 wireless carriers. Samsung typically shoots out press releases touting numbers of sales [...]
May 19th, 2012 | Filed under AndroidGuys -
T-Mobile HTC phones could be next on the ITC’s blocked list

Hey T-Mobile users, don’t get comfortable watch fans of HTC’s One X and EVO 4G LTE wait for the International Trade Commission’s customs embargo to lift. According to TmoNews, customers who ordered an HTC Amaze 4G online are being told that due to “an unforeseen issue with receiving the product from the manufacturer”, their phones are [...]
May 19th, 2012 | Filed under AndroidCommunityTags: 4g, Apple, Blaze, blocked, Circumstances, Could, Customer Care, customs, email, Embargo, Fans, Galaxy, Htc Phones, International Trade Commission, Itc, ITC’s, list, Mobile Phones, Mobile Users, next, Patent, Phones, Samsung, Samsung Phone, T Mobile, TMobile, Will Meet Your Needs -
Flygrip: The one-handed accessory you never knew you needed [review]

Have a big phone? A big tablet? Little hands? Slippery hands? Here’s what it comes down to: if you can answer yes to any of these, then you need a Flygrip. What’s a Flygrip, you ask? Here’s a video to give you an idea. Basically, it’s a small accessory that goes on the back of [...]
May 19th, 2012 | Filed under AndroidGuysTags: Accessory, Acrobatics, Alcohol Swab, Android, Cool Box, Counterweight, Facebook, Flygrip, Galaxy, Hands Free, Index Finger, knew, Little Hands, Movies Free, Needed, never, onehanded, Paperwork, Podcast, review, Ring Finger, Slats, Stabilizer, Two Hands -
T-Mobile’s Galaxy S III cruises through the FCC

We’ve seen pretty good indications that Samsung’s flagship Galaxy S III is coming to all four major US carriers, and the FCC just did us a solid by confirming T-Mobile’s customized model. The SGH-T999 is currently hanging out in the hallowed halls of the Federal Communications Commission, doing its time just like every wireless device in [...]
May 19th, 2012 | Filed under AndroidCommunity -
Samsung Galaxy S III rooted, sort of

The Samsung Galaxy S III has been rooted ahead of launch…sort of. A developer going by the alias of Chainfire has successfully achieved root with the device’s release candidate firmware but never even had GS3 in hand. Instead he took advantage of a leaked software build and did the rooting virtually. The good news is [...]
May 19th, 2012 | Filed under PhandroidTags: Adb, Advantage Software, Ahead, Alias, Chainfire, developer, developers, Firmware, Galaxy, Hurdles, Kernel, Launch, Release Candidate, Rooted, Samsung, Smartphone, sort -
T-Mobile offers BOGO on select 4G smartphones starting today

What’s going on with the HTC One X and the HTC EVO 4G LTE definitely isn’t cool, a point that few besides the likes of Apple can deny. The good news is that HTC’s latest One series isn’t at a complete loss, with the HTC One S at T-Mobile ready for some finger grubbing. [...]
May 19th, 2012 | Filed under AndroidGuysTags: Apple, Blaze, BOGO, Experiences, Galaxy, Gesture, Limited Time, Lte, Mail, Mobile 4g, Mobile Broadband, Mobile Hotspot, offers, Press Release, Radar, Rebate Card, Running, Samsung, select, Smartphone, Smartphones, starting, T Mobile, Time Customers, TMobile, today -
Samsung Galaxy S III rooted already

Well that didn’t take long. The Samsung Galaxy S III, would-be king of smartphones and not due to release in any market for a week and a half, has already been rooted. Noted XDA member Chainfire posted the steps that he took to root a stock Galaxy S III – without saying exactly how he [...]
May 18th, 2012 | Filed under AndroidCommunity -
David Beckham hocks the Galaxy Note for Samsung in latest Olympics tie-in

What do David Beckham, the Olympic anthem “Bugler’s Dream,” and the Samsung Galaxy Note have in common? If you answered “a newly leaked advertising tie-in for the upcoming Olympic Games to be held in London,” well, you’d be correct. Samsung teased the new TV spot on its Facebook page earlier today, but the full ad [...]
May 18th, 2012 | Filed under Phandroid