Various builds of ICS on the Samsung Galaxy S2 have started to leak out, indicating that they are meant to be upgraded through Kies. They consist of an early Android 4.0.1 build made on December 20th and version 4.0.3 crafted soon after. These builds are much more improved than the builds released earlier, included cosmetic changes and less neon looking notification. The builds also seem to have better integration with Samsung Apps.

Its like winning and loosing all round, Apple was denied injunction lift suspension and Samsung was denied primary sale ban in France. The french courts yesterday denied Samsung’s request to ban the sales of Apple iPhone 4S in France. The court called the reaction out of proportion with its claims of intellectual property theft and ordered Samsung to pay a fine of €100,000 (about $134,000) to cover Cupertino’s legal fees.

The case is one of many legal battles being waged between Samsung and Apple in the United States, Italy, and several other countries over intellectual property protecting their smartphones.

Before the journey, Here are the major and upcoming smartphones of India in a spec by spec battle.

Sure there are others and we will continue to add them.

 

 

       Price  TBD  TBD INR : 28500   TBD    Processor  Dual-core Apple A5   1.2GHz dual-core  1.2GHz dual-core Samsung Exyno  Dual core, Qualcomm 8260, 1500 MHz    Display  3.5 inches, 960 x 640IPS LCD  4.65-inch curved glassHD Super AMOLED1280 x 720   4.3 inch , 800 x 480 Super AMOLED Plus  4.3 Inch, 540 x 960 SLCD    Primary Camera  8 megapixel AF, f2.4 lens, BSI sensor, LED flash  5 megapixel with zeroshutter lag  8 megapixel AF, LED flash  8 megapixel AF, LED flash    Front [...]

About half of what its competitor is selling EACH QUARTER, but Samsung has managed to hype the Galaxy S2 enough to sell 10 million since launch. Their major bump has come after July  possibly because of the awaited White version, the company has sold 5 million S2s since the end of July. That is something which is capable of a full blow PR, right below.

 

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lusModders are getting it on with inductive charging mods using hardware from old PALM PREs. First it is a Samsung Galaxy S Plus. German IT student Qian Qin ripped apart a palm pre back cover and installed it on his device. The result is a physically indifferent device which now charges wirelessly. check out the video below.

 

 

Next it is the new Samsung Galaxy S2 variant Epic 4G Touch . This modder hacked his 3 day old device to charge via the dock using bolder moves. cutting open the back cover and soldering [...]

Samsung Galaxy S II, came to India, it saw and it conquered the mobile stratosphere, and now its ready to leave. The S II fury is dying out in our short-love country, and people are looking for better. Some waiting for the Xiaomi and Micromax A85 to save their money. Others are going towards holding their “Gandhis” for the Galaxy Note. 

America on the other hand is prepping the launch of the super thin smartphone, as At&t puts it up for pre-order with no ETA. So are we really that Backward, are we? (Okay at least when it comes to new Mobile phones – Okay except for the iPhone! – Okay the [...]

Samsung has officially announced the Galaxy S2 and Tab 8.9 with LTE. Both devices are sporting an updated dual-core processor running at 1.5GHz, while the S II is also getting a size bump and moving up to a 4.5-inch screen. The only drawback here is that Samsung has not revealed full specs – Screen Pixels, camera etc. Check out the full press release below and wait for us to cover the launch right here.

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One of the most successful smartphones of the year, the Samsung Galaxy S2, will now be available in White starting August 15 in the UK. The device is expected to hit India around the same time. The Samsung Galaxy S2 has been the most sought after cellphone in India, right after the iPhone 4 and above the LG Optimus 2X and HTC Sensation. 

Samsung hopes to continue to sell the device through december, when a newer Galaxy with a 2Ghz dual core processor is supposed to be announced for 2012.

Samsung has sold 3 million of its super Amoled Plus monsters in 55 days and are proud to tell you about it. The original Galaxy S took 85 days to reach that target.

 

 

 

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SEOUL, KOREA–(Korea Newswire) — [...]

Looks like the Galaxy S 2 is running Benchmarks all round, the device beats any stock device in current benchmarks. Scores are coming in over 3300 thanks to the dual core processor.

The Samsung Galaxy S 2 was launched Yesterday in India, check out our coverage of the launch with hands on Here

While its still a long way from launch, the super slim and sleek new Galaxy S 2, was recently making an appearance at CTIA and folks from AndroidCommunity took a quick video of the devices accelerometer based zoom functionality.

 

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