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		<title>How One Little Android Update Caused a Big Headache</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:15:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My Samsung Galaxy S II had been great to me. It's a thin, light phone with a gorgeous display and a dual-core processor that handles Android with ease. When people asked me if I'd ever return to an iPhone, my answer was a cheery "nope!" That was until last week, when AT&#38;T delivered an Android 2.3.6 update to the Galaxy S II that destroyed its battery life.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=116205&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Robot with Samsung Tablet for a Head Gives Holiday Hugs</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:52:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith Wagstaff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No matter how much you love your new tablet, it won't love you back—unless you happen to be in the Roppongi Hills Cafe in Tokyo, that is. That's where you'll find Hug-Chan, the robot developed by Samsung and RT Corporation to hand out hugs during the holidays.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=109486&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Samsung Galaxy S II: Why I&#8217;m Not Buying It (Yet)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 14:03:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jared Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bravi, Samsung and U.S. wireless service providers. You&#8217;ve finally brought the Samsung Galaxy S II stateside, four months after the rest of the world began enjoying the phone&#8217;s ultra-thin design, dual-core processor, Super AMOLED display and 8-megapixel camera. In the tech world, that&#8217;s a lifetime. I remember having serious gadget lust for the Samsung Galaxy S II, around the time that some tech publications were reviewing the international version of the phone. &#8220;It&#8217;s the best Android smartphone yet, but more importantly, it might well be the best smartphone, period,&#8221; Engadget raved. &#8220;I’ve rarely had reason to look around at the competition since getting my first iPhone, but the Samsung Galaxy S II does a very good job of turning my head,&#8221; GigaOM cooed. &#8220;But if you&#8217;re after a one-word summary of the Samsung Galaxy S2: awesome,&#8221; TechRadar marveled. (MORE: Top 20 Must-Have Android Apps) I&#8217;d be lying if I said I wasn&#8217;t still interested in the Samsung Galaxy S II, which launches for $200 on September 16 through Sprint (as the Epic Touch 4G), and sometime in September on AT&#38;T and T-Mobile. As an AT&#38;T customer, I&#8217;m particularly happy that its version of the Galaxy S II will use a 4.3-inch display, which I prefer over the 4.5-inch screens of the Sprint and T-Mobile models. But as the holiday season approaches, curiosity is getting the best of me. Verizon has opted not to sell the Galaxy S II, reportedly because the carrier has something better around the corner called the Droid Prime. According to one rumor from Boy Genius Report, this phone will run a new version of Android, codenamed Ice Cream Sandwich, and it may pack a 1.5 GHz dual-core processor. Google hasn&#8217;t detailed what Ice Cream Sandwich will bring to Android, but until I find out, I&#8217;m skittish about committing to Samsung&#8217;s Android 2.3 smartphone. There&#8217;s a lot happening beyond Android as well. Apple is expected to launch the iPhone 5 in October, and Microsoft&#8217;s Windows Phone platform is getting a major update, with new hardware from HTC, Samsung and<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=95489&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Nerd Rage: AT&amp;T&#8217;s Samsung Galaxy S II May Have QWERTY Keyboard</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/07/26/att-samsung-galaxy-s-ii-qwerty-keyboard/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 20:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jared Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For months, Android fans have been waiting for Samsung&#8217;s Galaxy S II to launch in the United States, but the version that&#8217;s rumored to arrive on AT&#38;T next month might be a lot different from what people are expecting. AT&#38;T&#8217;s Samsung Galaxy S II will reportedly have a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, as evidenced by a series of spy shots published on Boy Genius Report. Although BGR says the smartphone is still relatively slim, the extra weight and thickness is sure to upset people who were hoping to buy what is currently the thinnest touch screen phone on the market. (LIST: Top 10 Must-Have Android Apps) Already, BGR&#8216;s comment section is divided. &#8220;Wow, way to screw up a wonderful phone,&#8221; writes one commenter. &#8220;Say what you like, but if this has the same 4.3&#8243; screen as the Galaxy S2 I&#8217;m buying it,&#8221; writes another. It&#8217;s easy to understand why AT&#38;T would want a high-end Android handset with a physical keyboard. Its rival, Verizon Wireless, just started selling the QWERTY-equipped Droid 3, and AT&#38;T lacks a similar offering. Tacking on a physical keyboard would also help AT&#38;T differentiate the Galaxy S II from Apple&#8217;s iPhones. But the Galaxy S II is a popular smartphone as is, thanks to its 4.3-inch screen, 1.2 GHz dual-core processor, 8-megapixel camera and slender 0.33-inch profile. Samsung claims to have sold 3 million of them in less than two months without any U.S. availability. Obviously, there&#8217;s no right answer to whether smartphones are better off without physical keyboards, but for users who prefer simple slabs with no sliding parts, there&#8217;s hope: Chris Ziegler, who blogs for This is My Next, wrote on Twitter to &#8220;expect a family&#8221; of Samsung Galaxy S II devices on AT&#38;T, with the caveat that he couldn&#8217;t confirm the rumors he was hearing. I think we can all agree that a choice between QWERTY and keyboard-free Galaxy S II phones would be the ideal outcome. MORE: Surprise! Motorola Droid 3 Now Available on Verizon&#8217;s Website<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=91841&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pinch to Zoom? Samsung Dreams Up Another Way</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/03/30/pinch-to-zoom-samsung-dreams-up-another-way/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 14:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jared Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the last couple years, pinch-to-zoom has become a vital feature for any self-respecting smartphone, but Samsung thinks it has a better idea. While using the web browser in Samsung&#8217;s upcoming Galaxy S II smartphone, users will be able to zoom by holding two fingers on the screen and moving the phone closer and farther from their heads. The above video, recorded at CTIA 2011 by Android Community, shows this clever zoom method in action. When I showed the video to my Techland colleagues, Matt Peckham made a good point: Shouldn&#8217;t the screen zoom in when you move the phone farther away, thus making the text larger, instead of the other way around? It&#8217;s hard to say without actually trying it out, but I&#8217;m also a little worried that the whole routine would look silly to anyone who happens to be watching. So maybe this method &#8212; let&#8217;s call it &#8220;pull-to-zoom&#8221; &#8212; is just a gimmick, but as long as pinch-to-zoom is part of the Galaxy S II as well, I&#8217;m okay with that. (via MobileCrunch)<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=73638&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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