Samsung has confirmed the existence of the Nexus Prime smartphone.
The company has uploaded the User Agent Profile file for a device dubbed “Nexus Prime,” long rumored to be the first Android phone with Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0.
For those keeping count, the device now officially known as Nexus Prime is the “GT-I9250.”
The GT-I9250 is currently in the process of getting both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth certifications, and launch date is expected in late November.
Samsung’s UAP shows a 480 x 800 WVGA resolution screen and an ARM11 processor but those are likely not accurate.
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Samsung has announced today that the Galaxy S II is the hottest smartphone in the world, hitting 3 million units sold in just 55 days.
Making the number much more impressive is that fact that the device has not even reached U.S. shores yet, with expected launch date sometime in August.
At 3 million in 55 days, the sales eclipse the original Galaxy’s 85 days for the milestone.
The phone is also Samsung’s fastest selling phone, ever.
When the device hits the U.S., it will sell as the Samsung Function on Verizon, the Within on Sprint and the Attain on AT&T. There is no word on a T-Mobile release, yet.
Samsung has lofty expectations for 10 million sales of the Galaxy S II by the end of the year.
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Apple has now proposed a smaller standardized SIM card than is currently used, allowing its iOS devices to be marginally thinner.
UK carrier Orange seems to support the proposal:
We were quite happy to see last week that Apple has submitted a new requirement to (European telecoms standards body) ETSI for a smaller SIM form factor — smaller than the one that goes in iPhone 4 and iPad.
They have done that through the standardization route, through ETSI, with the sponsorship of some major mobile operators, Orange being one of them.
Processing would take some time, but thew first devices using those SIM cards could be out next year.
