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Review: Samsung Galaxy S4 Refines A Winning Formula

Mordechai Osdoby — Tue, 02 Jul 2013 21:10:14 +0000

There’s really no denying that Samsung is the biggest name in Android phones. The Korean giant’s most recent flagship, the Galaxy S4, sold 10 million units in the first month. Considering that the S III (the difference in use of Arabic and Roman numbers between phone versions is on Samsung’s part) took almost two months […]

Why The Galaxy S4 Google Edition Is An Awesome Thing

Mordechai Osdoby — Tue, 21 May 2013 17:30:58 +0000

Google threw a little surprise at the end of last week’s Google I/O event: The search giant has teamed with Samsung to produce a “Google Edition” of the insanely popular Samsung Galaxy S4 (stay tuned for our review). Due out June 26 in the United States, the handset will feature Android in all it’s naked […]

Review: Samsung Galaxy Note II, The Big And Small Of It

Nathan Weinberg — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 23:24:17 +0000

When Samsung announced the first Galaxy Note in 2011, it was met with confusion, disbelief, and some snickers. The idea of a phone with 5.3 inch screen seemed absurd. We were just getting used to the idea of 4” 4.3” 4.5” 4.65” phones, and here was a phone that seemed to be questioning whether it […]

Review: Samsung Galaxy Reverb Envokes S III But Echos The S II

Mordechai Osdoby — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 14:00:39 +0000

Samsung just loves the Galaxy line. With each generation of Galaxy S flagships, Apple’s main rival has spun off countless side devices. When the Galaxy II was the flagship, there were a bevy of original Galaxy S-based devices. Now that the S III is king, I keep hoping that we’ll see S II generation technology […]

Virgin And Boost Dole Out Ice Cream Sandwich

Mordechai Osdoby — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 20:45:12 +0000

It feels like it was only last week that the Techcitement writing staff was complaining amongst themselves about the slow adoption of Android 4 (Ice Cream Sandwich). Despite the fact that 4.1 (Jelly Bean) is already out, you can count the ICS devices out there on your hands. Boost Mobile and Virgin, one of the […]

HTC And Samsung Branding Android Phones Can Burn Users

Mordechai Osdoby — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:24:43 +0000

From the perspective of a device manufacturer, one of the big pluses of the Android operating system is the adaptability. You can use it as a code base and completely customize the appearance (ie, the Nook Tablet and the Kindle Fire). Samsung and HTC have always been firm believers in this philosophy, dating way back […]

Samsung Gives Me Another Reason To Hate TouchWiz

Mordechai Osdoby — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 13:10:36 +0000

As I’ve mentioned ad-nauseum in my cellphone reviews, I’m not a huge fan of device manufacturers’ “skinning” of operating systems. While much of that can be chalked up to personal taste, there’s also the demonstrated fact that they directly impact future updates. Sony’s RachelUI kept the Xperia x10 from getting Android 2.3.4 (Gingerbread) until fairly […]

Techcitement Review: The Samsung Galaxy S II, AT&T Edition

Mordechai Osdoby — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:16:34 +0000

It’s hard to imagine a better time for smartphone buyers. With last week’s announcements of the new RAZR and Galaxy Nexus as well as Apple’s iPhone 4S burning up sales records, you can pretty much be sure of a powerful, robust phone on any network. Except, what if you don’t want to wait for the […]

Techcitement Review: Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9″

Mordechai Osdoby — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:47:49 +0000

Samsung’s been going a bit mad with the tablets, and we love them for it. Not content to have a 10”and a 7”, they’ve also introduced a 8.9” tablet, also known as the Portfolio. Slightly bigger than the Tab 7” and sporting Android Honeycomb instead of Gingerbread, the Portfolio also has something the Samsung Galaxy […]