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    Identifying Samsung Galaxy S2 and LTE models

    Take a look here Nena Innovation AB - NenaMark results If the designation says: SC- This is for Japan's Docomo SGH-i This is for US AT&T SGH-T This is for US T-Mobile SCH-i This is for US Verizon SPH-D This is for US Sprint SHW-M This is for Korean telecoms, 3G SHV-E This is for Korean...
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    Short Guide to Samsung designations

    If you want to understand what Samsung designations means, decoding a new number can tell you what carrier it will go to. GT-i Generic International smartphone high end, if this ends with a letter, letter denotes region. GT-T Generic T-Mobile US GT-S Generic International smartphone low...
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    Galaxy S2 Updated to Android 2.3.4, ROM KI4.

    Don't seem to be much of a change. The standard 2.3.4 benefits over 2.3.3 on the Google side has been. 1. Security and big fixes, including a big hole involving Wifi. 2. Google Talk now has video. A few visual changes for Touchwiz 1. There is now a battery charge indicator on...
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    HTC Sense 2.1 improvements with Gingerbread

    Since my Galaxy S2 took over for primary duties, my HTC Desire Z has been gathering dust and I lost track of the upgrade loop. Suddenly I decided to dust off the phone, charge it and power it up and lo and behold, a system update that brings it to Gingerbread. I discovered it is more than just...
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    Nenamarks and the mysterious Androids

    There is a second Nenamarks benchmark, one that is a tougher test for the GPU. The results it gather are posted here. You can download the app from the Android Market. Nena Innovation AB - NenaMark results As you can see, the list has many phones that you have never heard before, and are...
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    Firefox 5 beta Sun Spider scores

    Did some testing of my own. I did two runs on each to check for consistency. Especially with the unbelievably fast scores. Note, lower is better. Nexus S 2854 3219 Droid Incredible 3584 3549 All four of these scores are way faster than an SGSII with its native browser or the...
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    White Nexus S, also AT&T compatible

    They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so what better way to express it.
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    HTML5 browser battle

    Got these from the HTML5 test. I also added some of my own: Score out of 400. These are compatibility tests. Desktop Google Chromium 11 = 293 Google Chrome 10 = 288 Firefox 4.0 = 251 Firefox 3.6 = 155 Safari 5.0.3 = 228 (I tested 5.0.4 and got no change) Internet Explorer 9 = 130...
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    Help Lost Top Paid column on my Android Market

    My Android Market on my Nexus S developed a glitch where the Top Paid column no longer displays. Only Just In and Top Free are displayed. Paid apps are still accessible per se since they show up on the Just In and Search lists. I'm sort of running out of ideas here and likes to harvest...
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    Congratulations, Android is now Number One in the world

    [url=http://www.canalys.com/pr/2011/r2011013.html]Google
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    Japan Best selling phone list

    For the last several weeks, smartphones are racking up the best selling phone lists in Japan. IPhone fans are naturally happy and justified the iPhone 4 being in the top 5. What they and the Apple happy media hasn't been telling you, lately its Android phones are filling that list if you take a...
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    Anyone got the new Android Market already?

    I got the new Android Market on my Droid Incredible. Appears that the Android Market update is quietly pushed to your phone without you noticing. However, I still don't have it on my Desire Z. I have not checked the other devices in my Android collection but I guess I should. It appears to...
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    Different Twitter apps do different tricks

    1. You just got followed on Twitter and you just got an email from Twitter. You want to examine the follower, whose name is on the given email. Click on the follower's name to get his or her profile will bring you up the browsers and the Twitter login. You can by pass that, and the link...
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    MyTouch 3G (T-Mobile HTC Magic) upgraded now to Android 2.2.1 FRG83D firmware

    Finally it is alive, alive. Gone from Android 1.5 to 1.6 and now Android 2.2.1. My very first Android phone now has the latest official Android update. The update hit with two phases, apparently one for Android 2.2, and then 2.2.1. ROM is FRG83D, which is similar to the one on my Nexus...