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27 July 2010 ~ Comments Off

Samsung Captivate review

AT&T gets serious with Samsung’s Galaxy S   Finally (finally!), AT&T has a competitive Android smartphone with the launch of the Samsung Captivate. It’s as simple as that. Moreover, it’s arguably the first smartphone AT&T has carried t…

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22 July 2010 ~ Comments Off

New AT&T Captivate commercial done by Samsung

Thanks to Samsung’s official Twitter account, we were alerted to a new commercial for the AT&T Captivate. It’s nice to see the manufacturer promoting its products even if the carriers won’t. We’ve already seen some generic Galaxy S commercials an…

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21 July 2010 ~ Comments Off

Quick fix for GPS issues on your new Samsung Galaxy S series phone

If you just got your hands on a new Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant or Captivate, you may have noticed some GPS issues. Samsung reportedly has as well, and may address this in a coming OTA fix.  In the meantime, it’s not hard to fix the problem yourself …

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21 July 2010 ~ Comments Off

Verizon may be following AT&T, switching to tiered data plans

Verizon has been hinting for some time that unlimited data is unsustainable, and it looks like it may be ready to make good on that statement. AT&T went from all-you-can eat data pricing to a tiered system with the launch of the iPhone 4 last mont…

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20 July 2010 ~ Comments Off

Sideload Android apps all you want with the Sideload Wonder Machine

When it comes to installing Android applications, there are two ways of going about it. The most popular, of course, is directly through the Android Market. And that’s how most of us do it. But from time to time we need to be able to sideload apps. Ma…

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18 July 2010 ~ Comments Off

AT&T Captivate available today

Today’s the day for the AT&T Captivate, the second of the Samsung Galaxy S phones to be released in the United States. (See the T-Mobile Vibrant for the first.) The Captivate will cost you $199.99 after contract (no rebate mess, huzzah!), and …

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15 July 2010 ~ Comments Off

AT&T Samsung Captivate benchmarks and graphics/gaming test

Let’s not mince words here: The Samsung Galaxy S class of phones is powerful, both in raw processing and graphics. We’ve seen as much from the 1GHz Hummingbird processor every time we’ve used it, and we’re seeing as much in our own benchmark test…

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14 July 2010 ~ Comments Off

AT&T Samsung Captivate hands-on

The Samsung Captivate on AT&T actually will be the second phone in the Galaxy S line to be released in the United States, but it’s the first to have reached our hands. So, let’s give it a go. It’s got a 4-inch Super AMOLED touchscreen, 5-mega…

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13 July 2010 ~ Comments Off

U.S. Samsung Galaxy S variants rooted before release

Even though they aren’t officially released yet, the US versions of the Samsung Galaxy S (T-Mobile Vibrant and AT&T Captivate) have already been rooted.  We should expect this by now, as it seems like it happens with all the hot new Android ph…

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10 July 2010 ~ Comments Off

HTC Sync update for Aria brings mobile network sharing, app sideloading [Update]

HTC has released an update to its HTC Sync software for the HTC Aria, and along with it comes the ability to install third-party applications and enable mobile network sharing.  Hallelujah! While this isn’t nearly as handy as installing the a…

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