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One of the biggest allures of Apple?s latest smartphone, the iPhone 4S, was the introduction of an interactive voice-automated assistant Siri. It seems like Samsung has caught on to the features? success, as it plans to roll out the S Voice on its Galaxy S3.

While a lot of users are still waiting to get their hands on Samsung's latest flagship smartphone Galaxy S3, the device has already been rooted. The Android developer who goes by the name of Chainfire has managed to root the smartphone even before its release.

Apple's senior VP of industrial design Jonathan Jony Ive, who was also Apple founder Steve Jobs' closest friend and confidant, was asked by The Telegraph what project he would like to be remembered by. Even though Ive is behind some of Apple's most courageous product designs, the design guru actually said Apple's current project could be his finest hour.

HTC has provided a complete list of devices on its website with timeline for receiving the updates. According to the company, the majority of devices will be getting the updates in June and July while the entire process of updating all the announced devices is expected to be finished in August.

Accelerometers are devices that can measure acceleration, but in smartphones, they're able to detect changes in orientation and tell the screen to rotate. Basically, it knows up from down. Even though they're one of the most important smartphone features, we barely notice them. That's where Bill Hammack, a.k.a. The Engineer Guy, comes in.

Google Inc's Android mobile platform has not infringed Oracle Corp's patents, a California jury decided, putting an indefinite hold on Oracle's quest for damages in a legal fight between the two Silicon Valley giants over smartphone technology.

Millions of people have pre-ordered the Samsung Galaxy S3; eagerly awaiting its release on May 29, but various reports suggest that the phone has already been released in Dubai.

iPhone 5 rumors are heating up if Apple hopes to release the smartphone between June and October. The latest report comes from 9 to 5 Mac, which says it has independently heard that Apple is testing multiple versions of its sixth-generation iPhone, but the displays are not only bigger, but sharper, too.

Samsung Galaxy S3 enthusiasts in the U.S, who don't want to wait until the summer for the phone's release, can buy the unlocked international version of the phone from Amazon for $800.

Google Inc Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt challenged college graduates on Sunday to take the radical step -- at least for their generation -- of tearing their eyes away from their smartphones and computer screens.

For those who can't wait for the Samsung Galaxy S3's U.S launch this summer, an unlocked GSM version of the phone is available for pre-order on sites such as Amazon and Expansys.

Low-power processor maker ARM Holdings PLC (Nasdaq: ARMH) is stepping up the rhetoric against chip rival Intel Corp. (Nasdaq: INTC), saying it expects to take more of Intel's share in the notebook personal-computer market than Intel can take from it in the smartphone market.

Apple Inc.'s refresh of its top-selling iPhone is likely to include a larger screen, reflecting the final wishes of Steve Jobs and putting it in a class of devices previously defined by rivals.

Both Samsung Japan and NTT Docomo have confirmed that the Galaxy S3's Japanese variant, named the SC-06D, will be packing 2GB of RAM, instead of 1GB. The device will also swap the quad-core Exynos for a 1.5Ghz dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor.

Shares in South Korea's Samsung Electronics extended their heavy slide on Thursday, on speculation that arch rival Apple Inc is looking to cut its reliance on Samsung memory chips and turn increasingly to Japanese chipmaker Elpida.

The New York Giants unveiled their Super Bowl ring on Wednesday, finally getting the bling to match the Lombardi Trophy they earned after winning Super Bowl XLVI. The franchise is also giving fans a chance to try out the ring themselves with a new smartphone app.

Lucky customers, who have pre-ordered their Galaxy S3 from certain Samsung stores in the U.K, will get their hands on the device the eve before the official May 30 release date.

The consumers in the United States, anticipating the release of the HTC One X and Evo 4G LTE smartphones, will have to spend some more time waiting for the devices as they have reportedly been delayed at the U.S. customs due to an import ban order by the International Trade Commission (ITC) over potentially infringing an Apple patent.

Samsung Galaxy S3 was unveiled at the Earls Court press event in London May 3 and the new smartphone has received compliments for its enhanced battery and processor capabilities.

Sony Mobile Communication is one of the leading Android smartphone manufacturers to challenge Samsung Galaxy S3 and HTC One X with its latest flagship devices.

Amid much fanfare, South Korean conglomerate Samsung finally took the wraps off its new flagship smartphone, Galaxy S3, in London last week. But one particular feature of the device reportedly met with disappointment of some observers - the 4.8-inch 720p Super AMOLED display, using a PenTile subpixel layout.