With the announcement of the new version of Android earlier this week by Google, it was just a matter of time before Samsung would release an official statement regarding the new Android version.

To our surprise, this statement has come rather fast. What we can learn from the statement is that Galaxy Nexus and Galaxy Nexus S users will be the first to enjoy Jelly Bean. In the statement Samsung also mentions the Galaxy S3, so assume that the Galaxy S3 will get an update to Android 4.1

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Since Android 2.2 (called Froyo), Android has supported Adobe flash. Flash is used on many websites nowadays to offer rich media, like for example movies and videos.

With the arrival of Jelly Bean (the latest version of Android), Android will no longer support flash. This doesn’t come as a surprise, because Adobe announced that they would no longer support mobile devices a while ago.

This is going to be a huge miss for everyone on a mobile device (Apple never supported flash from the start) since a lot of websites use flash nowadays.

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Just two days after the official announcement of the latest version of the Google Operating System (OS) Android, someone has managed to get Android 4.1 (codename Jelly Bean) working on a Galaxy S3

Although most functions in the build don’t function correct yet, we do get to see how Jelly Bean looks on the Galaxy S3. Continue reading

As mobile phones get more and more features, they also become more complex. Although Samsung and Google have done a great job to make the Galaxy S3 as user friendly a possible, sometimes you will find your self looking for an answer on how to do certain things.

For this reason, Samsung has released a special customer consultant guide for the Galaxy S3 to answer some of the most asked questions.

Although some of the questions are rather funny, this is still a great guide for every Samsung Galaxy S3 owner.

You can download the guide here

One thing is sure, Samsung  is doing a great job marketing its Galaxy S3. Whether you like it or not, you can’t turn on the tv or walk on the streets without seeing an ad for the Galaxy S3.

With the arrival of the Samsung Galaxy S3 in the States, Samsung USA has created some new television commercials. What is interesting to note is that compared to the other commercials, this one is easier to understand.

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Just weeks after the release of the Samsung Galaxy S3, Samsung has launched its first OTA (Over The Air) firmware update that should improve the stability of your phone

Your phone should automatically notify you of the available update and you can download it using Wi-Fi or 3G. The 31mb update should improve the stability of your phone.

If you haven’t had the notification yet, you can go to Settings > About Device > Software update, to manually update to the latest firmware. Continue reading

Yesterday Samsung released its new mobile music service called the Music Hub. This mobile service is now available for the Galaxy S3 in the UK, France, Germany and Spain. Support for other countries and devices will follow at a later date.

Music Hub is Samsung’s answer to popular services like spotify and iTunes. By downloading the free app from the market, you will get streaming access to over 19 million songs.

A free plan is available that allows you to listen to x songs a month, for an unlimited plan you will have to pay 10 euro / month.

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In the following 3 minute long TV commercial Samsung shows the most important new features of the Galaxy S3

The video starts with showing the design of the Galaxy S3. After this Samsung of course shows one of the unique selling points of the Galaxy S3, its amazing display.

It is interesting to note that when talking about performance, Samsung never mentions that the Galaxy S3 is powered by a 1.4 GHz quad core CPU, while its competitor the HTC really shows of with stats like this.

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Earlier this week we had the first indications that the blue version of the Galaxy S3 could be delayed. For example in Dubai where you can already buy the phone, only the Marble White version is available.

This news has been confirmed by CoolBlue, one of the big retailers in the Netherlands, and we are getting the same message from various other retailers across Europe.
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While the release date for the Samsung Galaxy S3 in Europe is just a week away (May 29th), it looks like the Galaxy S3 is already available in various stores across Dubai.

A picture of the poster in a Dubai store

The news started by a user posting on Reddit that he saw an “available now” message in a store selling the Samsung Galaxy S3. After entering the store he found out that he could indeed buy the Galaxy S3.

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