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Prepare to Get “Samsunged” During Super Bowl 46 With Samsung’s New Major Ad Campaign [Video]

The folks at Samsung are planning a major Super Bowl 46 spot and it all begins with a new video in the “Next Big Thing” series of ads. It’s a continuation of the campaign where they depict Apple fans standing in line waiting for a phone that looks the same as last year’s iteration, only [...]
Jan 21st, 2012 | Filed under from Phandroid -
Hacker Finds Major Security Flaw In GSM Networks – All Phones Vulnerable

A vulnerability was discovered in GSM networks — the same type of network T-Mobile and AT&T operate on — that could allow for a hacker or an otherwise nefarious character, to gain full remote control of any smartphone running on those types of networks (Sprint and Verizon are in the clear). The security flaw was [...]
Dec 27th, 2011 | Filed under from Phandroid -
Google Planning to Introduce Major Google+ Changes in the Coming Days

Google’s really taking their social network – Google+ – seriously as it has evolved as fast as some of their most successful products, including Gmail, Chrome and Android. These updates will only apply to the web app for the time being but we can’t imagine they can’t make their way to Android at some point [...]
Dec 19th, 2011 | Filed under from Phandroid -
President Obama Brings Major Patent Reform With the Signing Of America Invents Act

President Obama has just signed into law the America Invents Act. This is the biggest step in patent reform the US Patent and Trademark Office has seen in over 60 years. The newly signed law will give the UPTO the funding and manpower they need to not only help companies and inventors avoid delays but [...]
Sep 17th, 2011 | Filed under from Phandroid -
Sprint Making Major Changes – Shuts Down Premier Program, Cuts Back Return/Exchange Policy and More

As a Sprint customer, this is definitely NOT the news I was looking to hear today. Looks like Sprint is doing a bit of house cleaning and making a lot of changes in the form of a few cost cutting measures. Dead and gone is Sprint’s Premier program which recently saw a new tiered system [...]
Sep 15th, 2011 | Filed under from Phandroid -
Senate Passes Major Overhaul of US Patent System – Will Hopefully Curb Patent Trolling

The Senate voted 89-9 to pass a sweeping overhaul of the U.S. patent system today and sent it out to President Obama for his signature. This would be the most significant revision we’ve seen to the aging patent system in over 60 years. The main goal is to streamline the patent process and give the [...]
Sep 9th, 2011 | Filed under from Phandroid -
Tablet Rentals Coming to a Major League Baseball Stadium Near You

If you’re the sort of person who doesn’t find a rousing game of baseball, copious amounts of beer and food, and the company of a few good friends enough to occupy over the course of nine innings, then T-Mobile has you covered. The carrier is launching a tablet rental program in conjunction with the Los [...]
Jul 22nd, 2011 | Filed under from Phandroid -
Major T-Mobile Outtage In The New York Area

Just wanted to let you guys know that we’ve been getting emails from T-Mobile customers of a what seems to be a major outtage in the New York City area. T-Mobile confirmed a short while ago on Twitter that they are working on the problem and hope to get things worked out soon. So, if [...]
Jul 1st, 2011 | Filed under from Phandroid -
Verizon Data Plans in for Major Overhaul, Tiered Pricing and Family Plans

If you thought Verizon’s $ 29.99 per month for unlimited 4G data was a bit too good to be true, well…we all know how that goes. The dust has once again been stirred up around talks of a data plan overhaul for Big Red, with tiered pricing seeming more likely than ever. The changes are [...]
May 19th, 2011 | Filed under from Phandroid -
Samsung Galaxy S Coming to All Three Major Chinese Carriers

The Samsung Galaxy S has seen release in countries far and wide around the globe, but one very large market has remained untapped — China. But Samsung doesn’t want the country neighboring their native Korea to feel left out, so they have announced that they will be launching the S on all three major Chinese [...]
Sep 8th, 2010 | Filed under from Phandroid
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