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Samsung Galaxy S II for T-Mobile sporting different dual-core processor

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The reason is still unknown but along with previous leaks of the Samsung Hercules it’s looking more likely that it will be powered by a 1.2 Ghz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor instead. This goes along with all recent reports as well as the initial leak of the Samsung Hercules way back in May. The Hercules is the codename for the T-Mobile Galaxy S II in case you didn’t know and now things are finally coming together.</div>
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The Galaxy S II for T-Mobile was just recently officially announced and we were there live to get some hands-on time with the device. Original details on launch date suggest the Samsung Exynos chip but newer reports are claiming what we’ve mentioned above so for now this is just “confirmed” speculation. We have heard reports regarding the processor being Qualcomm’s next-generation Snapdragon APQ8060 from the HP TouchPad and not what is in current phones like the Sensation 4G and EVO 3D so stay tuned as we dig for more details regarding this upcoming superphone.</div>
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Samsung Galaxy S II for T-Mobile sporting different dual-core processor

While all variants of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S II are running on a 1.2 Ghz dual-core processor made in house by Samsung known as th...

Samsung Hercules Pictures Leak, Including Benchmark Results

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These photos were spotted by MobileSyrup who was lucky enough to catch the Hercules running around in the wild. Also pictured are a few benchmark results showing some impressive numbers to say the least, it scores a solid 3300+ from what we are seeing initially. This 4.5″ screen packing 1.2 Ghz dual-core device sure looks better each time we see it and I can’t wait for the T-Mobile version to arrive.</div>
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Those impressive benchmark results make me think this may be rocking the Samsung Exynos chip rather than the Qualcomm but at the moment exact details are still a little hard to come by. We have heard and seen so many different variations over the past few weeks that this could be either or. Would you rather have the original Galaxy S II with a smaller screen and the dedicated home button? Or do you like this 4.5″ screen flavor rocking the usual Android capacitive buttons? Either way I just can’t wait for it to arrive so I can get my paws on it.</div>
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Samsung Hercules Pictures Leak, Including Benchmark Results

The popular Samsung Galaxy S II aka Hercules for Telus has showed its face again today and this time we get a view of some impressive be...

HTC Wildfire S Review

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Welcome to the smallest member of the HTC Android family, one that
fits directly in the palm of your hand, comes in at least a couple of
cool color combinations, and beats out the whole rest of the world in
mid-range competition. This is the HTC Wildfire S, the newest in a
lovely line of HTC devices announced back in February, plus more since,
these being thus: myTouch 4G Slide, Sensation, Flyer (tablet), and
Facebook phones – ChaCha (aka Status on AT&T) and Salsa. Will the
HTC Wildfire S stand up with the impressive lineup HTC has already
released this summer season? Let’s take a look!<br />

Before we continue, let’s have a look at our hands-on video so you
know how incredibly handheld this device is, how the UI is looking, and
what’s under the boot. This video shows yours truly taking the device
out of the box for the first time as well as starting it up and
exploring the contents:<br />

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Hardware</h4>
This being the smallest HTC device on the block, one might think
that it’s squished, tinier than it aught to be, too small for Android.
While this may be true of the competition whose devices are essentially
the same size with basically have the pixel resolution in the display,
here the HTC crew have provided a start screen for such a small device
on a TFT display that looks rather bright and nice. The only complaint
I’ve got about interactivity is the small area in which now the four
Android menu buttons and the buttons at the bottom of the display (for
apps, phonecalls, whatever you might put there.) This area has many
different things now in very close proximity, a situation where a
person with above-average sized fingers might find tapping to be rather
inaccurate.<br />

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On the other hand, the rest of the display is just the right size
for tiny computing. As this device is rolling out with a 600Mhz
processor on a single-core chip, we won’t be using it for too many
high-quality apps. On the other hand, its size and its ability to use
music apps like Spotify and DoubleTwist (a shortcut for DoubleTwist is
included on the device out of the box), this handset is perfect for
day-to-day media interaction. The speaker is loud, the construction is
creak-free, and the plastic making up most of the casing is not quite
as nice as HTC usually comes out with, but isn’t the worst we’ve seen
as far as quality goes either. Having the ability to get a different
color combination in this device is a plus as well.<br />

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Software and Performance</h4>
In your apps drawer, you’ll find your usual set of Google-set items
including the Android Market, FM radio, Camera and Camcorder, and easy
to use apps such as Gallery, Calculator,Music, Phone, and Peep for your
Twitter activity. You’ve also got Slacker radio built in for some
streaming music action, HTC’s Weather app for some excellent and
totally simple GPS-location-based weather reports, and “My Device”
which will give you, the new-to-smartphones user a full guide on how to
get acquainted with your new device.<br />

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You’ll find that you’re able to run the simplest apps plus a few
slightly-higher-functioning apps like Angry Birds without a hitch.
Unfortunately the internal storage on this device is relatively low,
and it’s not immediately apparent to brand NEW to Android users how to
push their content over to their external memory, that being the 2GB
microSD card that comes with the device. Once they DO figure out such a
thing, then do the smart thing and upgrade to a much larger 32GB card,
they’ll be doing just fine from that point forward.<br />

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As far as performance goes, you’ll not find the Wildfire S winning
any contests, but the results are certainly OK for a 600Mhz
single-core, that’s for sure.<br />

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<i>Qualcomm</i><i> </i><br />

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<i>AnTuTu</i><i> </i><br />

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<i>Linpack Pro</i><i> </i><br />

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<i>Smartbench 2011</i><i> </i><br />

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<i>Vellamo</i><i> </i><br />

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Camera and Battery</h4>
The camera quality is OK, certainly no competition for the
higher-range 8 megapixel cameras we’ve seen come out over the past few
months. A 5-megapixel camera on the back of the device takes decent
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HTC Wildfire S Review

Welcome to the smallest member of the HTC Android family, one that fits directly in the palm of your hand, comes in at least a couple of ...