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Samsung gives T-Mobile a white Christmas with the Galaxy S II

By Michael Crider
on 22 Nov, 2011

The Samsung Galaxy S II remains one of the most popular Android phones worldwide, and with good reason. But if you've held off on a purchase because of that rather pedestrian grey on black color scheme, I've got good new for you: T-Mobile will soon offer the Samsung smartphone in pearly white. According to a T-Mobile representative, the new color will be available in the next few weeks.

Samsung Galaxy S II [AT&T] Ice Cream Sandwich alpha build hands-on

By Cory Gunther
on 21 Nov, 2011

Now that Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich is out in the wild and the source is available to all we are starting to see a few ICS ROM's appearing for select handsets. This is not a port from the SDK but a ROM built and modified right from the source code. What I have for you today is the highly popular Samsung Galaxy S II running the latest and greatest 4.0 ICS from Google. Remember this is very much an alpha build and not remotely close to being finished -- but it's still fun to use and enjoy as well as show all of you.

T-Mobile “Magenta Saturday Sale” aims to beat Black Friday, All phones under $49

By Cory Gunther
on 15 Nov, 2011

Go T-Mobile! Just announced today T-Mobile will help holiday shoppers escape the dark lines of Black Friday and scrambling crazy people by holding their own sale a bit earlier than you'd expect. Saturday, November 19th will be dubbed "Magenta Saturday" where T-Mob's will be offering all smartphones and many tablets for just $49 or less -- but as usual there are a few catches.

Samsung Galaxy S II or Skyrocket are free with an AT&T LTE Galaxy Tab 8.9

By Michael Crider
on 14 Nov, 2011

The rather nice LTE version of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 wasn't the only thing AT&T unveiled today: they've also got a pretty sweet deal going for anyone in the market for both a tablet and a new phone. Buy a Galaxy Tab 8.9 and activate a new AT&T LTE data plan, and you can choose from a Samsung Galaxy S II or its LTE cousin the Skyrocket to take home as well. We though this was such an interesting deal that it was worth an extra post.

Samsung Galaxy S II overclocked to 1.6 GHz destroys benchmarks, nearly 7800 in Quadrant

By Cory Gunther
on 10 Nov, 2011

WOW is all I have to say. We see benchmarks almost daily between custom ROM's, new versions of Android, and devices that have beefed up or new dual-core processors. What we have today is the popular and widely known standard Bell Galaxy S II that has been tweaked, hacked, and manhandled to achieve one of the highest Quadrant benchmark tests we've ever seen. All the details on this crazy overclock and high performing kernel can be found below.

Samsung Galaxy S II Hot Pink unveiled, who wants one?

By Cory Gunther
on 9 Nov, 2011

Today one of our favorite Android phone manufacturers unveiled another awesome color for their top of the line smartphone. Why yes we are talking about Samsung and the highly popular Galaxy S II. Today in South Korea Samsung has unveiled the "pretty" or "cute" Galaxy S II rocking everyone's favorite color -- hot pink! I know you guys are all excited right about now so check out the photos we have below.

AT&T LTE Shootout: HTC Vivid vs Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket

By Michael Crider
on 7 Nov, 2011

AT&T customers in one of their new LTE network coverage areas have a choice to make if they want a smartphone that takes advantage of the higher speeds. Only two phones have launched with AT&T LTE capability: the HTC Vivid and the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket. Sure, you could read our extensive reviews on the Vivid or Skyrocket, but you're busy. We've tallied up the pros and cons of each one in one handy-dandy article.

Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket Review

By Michael Crider
on 7 Nov, 2011

Dying to get on the AT&T LTE bandwagon, but prefer your phone to have some Samsung wizardry instead of HTC sensibility? Then take a look at the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket. This offshoot of the Galaxy S II is one of only two AT&T phones to take advantage of the new speeds, along with its launch partner the HTC Vivid. How does it stack up to the competition?

AT&T 4G LTE speedtest results: HTC Vivid and Galaxy S II Skyrocket

By Cory Gunther
on 5 Nov, 2011

The Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket and the new HTC Vivid are AT&T's first 4G LTE smartphones, not to be confused with HSPA+ "4G" devices they've launched in the past. AT&T's 4G LTE just went live back in September and so far they only have 5 markets currently with 4G LTE although 4 more are coming this weekend. We decided to give their relatively small 4G LTE footprint a run for its money and see how she performed. Details and speedtest results are available after the break.

Samsung Italy says Galaxy S II, Note, and Tab will get Ice Cream Sandwich

By Michael Crider
on 28 Oct, 2011

Well that's encouraging. According to Italian site HD Blog, Samsung's Italian arm has confirmed that basically all of their high-end models will receive an Android 4.0 update. We are making inquiries to confirm the news. The post says that the Galaxy S II, Galaxy Note, Galaxy Tab 10.1, Galaxy Tab 8.9, Galaxy Tab 7.7 and the refreshed Galaxy Tab 7.0 will all be updated to Ice Cream Sandwich.