Legally unlocking your smartphone/tablet involves taking it to your wireless network operator/carrier, paying them a hefty fee (which can go in the hundreds of dollars) and then receiving a special code which you can input to your device to unlock it so you can use on other wireless networks.
Successor to the super popular Galaxy S II, the Samsung Galaxy S III, is only a few weeks away from being unveiled to the world and so rumors about its hardware/software specifications are getting stronger and stronger each day.
As the days and week progress, it would seem that the ongoing legal animosity between Apple and Motorola will continue to grow and cause disruption not only to both companies but also to their customers. This time, it is the turn of German users of Apple’s iCloud and MobileMe push services to suffer, thanks to a patent lawsuit which is currently going through proceedings between the two companies.
The debate over whether iOS or Android is the best home for smartphone app developers is one that has been raging for some time, and one that shows no sign of abating.
This post could easily just be an embedded YouTube video alongside just one word - "WOW" - and that would probably suffice. That said, we like to offer a little more insight than that here at Redmond Pie so here goes.
ASUS’s Transformer Prime is one of the most hotly-discussed Android tablets out there. Much of the hype is due to its best-in-class quad-core Tegra 3 chip which offer desktop-class processing and graphics with excellent power management.
Samsung Electronics Co. have released updated sales figures which show that their popular smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy S II, has surpassed the twenty million units shipped mark in its first ten months of existence in the market. The world’s number two smartphone maker say that the figures represent both domestic and international markets, but only take into account the number of units which have been shipped to service providers and don't take into account SIM-free sales or individual customer purchases which means the figure could be significantly higher.
Google will invoke its new, unified privacy policy on March 1st and if you're worried about potential privacy issues then now is the time to get your Google account all set before the switch is flicked.
If you follow Redmond Pie, you’ll know that we regularly post updates to Android Market in the form of APK files you can install on your own. Google later pushes the update to devices automatically and despite heavy testing, it may just happen that your device doesn’t like the latest update. Stability issues, regular force-closes etc. etc.
For those of you amongst us who are big Android and Samsung fans but who aren't willing to part with your hard earned cash on the gigantic Galaxy Note, then it may not be that long a wait until you can get your hands on the Samsung Galaxy S III smartphone. The world had pretty much set itself for the fact that Samsung would release the third iteration of the Galaxy S device toward the end of this month but this is no longer the case with the Korean electronics giant making an unexpected U-turn and decided to give the S3 its own launch event later in the year.
