Do you remember the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket HD from CES? If you do, it’s probably because its name is so long. Now, according to The Verge, it’s got a new distinction: It’s not even being released by US carrier AT&T, because it’s so late, and so very extraneous.
Over the past few weeks, the big four in TV screens announced their 2012 lineup. The common theme between them all appears to all about the smart apps and multitasking capabilities. And it seems that we’re yet to see the last of those 3D panels that we all love to hate. If you’re looking to upgrade your TV anytime soon, be sure to read up on what’s in store for the Australian market.
On Friday, the only local importer offering the Galaxy S III was Mobicity — and then, only if you wanted the 16GB variant. Kogan’s entered the fray as well, and both vendors have the 16, 32 and 64GB models on pre-order.
The hype has died down, the launch is dusted and done, and Samsung’s Galaxy S III is here… sort of. Is it going to be the blazing stellar inferno of a phone everyone was hoping for, or just a faded black hole? Also, what can you do if you want one right now?
Today Samsung took the veil off the Galaxy S III, the newest smartphone in the line. The debut of the new device puts more fuel on the fire in the war between Samsung and Apple, but how do these phones stack up against one another?
Ouch. The hype was high for the Galaxy S III, but Samsung Australia’s just told us that there are “no plans to make any announcements” regarding it at this time.
Thanks to the previous Galaxy model’s success, Samsung is now the world’s biggest phone manufacturer, a title it will no doubt keep once the slim and pebble-like Galaxy S III hits globally. At 4.8 inches, you can tell Samsung worked really hard at retaining the slightly smaller Galaxy S II’s footprint, so despite the 22 per cent larger display, it’s only 16 per cent bigger than the S II. We hear HTC’s One X is already quaking a little in fear.
Samsung’s long-awaited Galaxy event kicks off tomorrow at 4am AEST, and we’ll be live-blogging the action as it happens. Update: It’s just wrapped. Click through to see the details as it happened, or go straight to the hands-on.
Back when I first got my hands on the new iPad, I bemoaned the fact that it wouldn’t fit the highly flexible Wallee case. The team behind the Wallee has announced it’s got new cases to solve that problem, as well as take on a new market, with a specific case for the Galaxy Tab 10.1