Samsung has just announced that five US carriers (AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, US Cellular and Verizon) will carry the Galaxy S III, starting this month.
Pricing will start at $199, though may vary between carriers. Exact release dates will be announced by each carrier over the coming weeks.

All variants will keep the same design as the international model, including the physical home button, and blue and white color options.

As far as specs go, they'll all contain the same internals as the Canadian models. Powered by the 1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4, 2GB RAM, 4.8" HD Super AMOLED display, 8MP camera,
16GB or 32GB internal storage along with a micro SD slot and of course, Ice Cream Sandwich. Each variant will come with 4G, LTE on AT&T, Sprint, US Cellular and Verizon, and HSPA+ 42 for T-Mobile.

AT&T has already setup a landing page for the device.

Samsung Galaxy S III Coming To Five Major Carriers Beginning in June

In an industry first, Samsung delivers the same iconic smartphone design and premium content sharing experience with customized AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless and U.S. Cellular services starting from $199

DALLAS — June 4, 2012 — U.S. consumers on five major service providers will now be able to own the highly anticipated Samsung Galaxy S® III. Galaxy S III, optimized for peak performance on the nation’s fastest 4G LTE and HSPA+ 42 networks, will be launching with AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless and U.S. Cellular starting in June. Exact pricing and retail availability will be announced by each of the five carriers in the coming weeks.

“The U.S. launch of the Galaxy S III is the most anticipated launch of the year. As promised, we are delivering the ‘next big thing’ for U.S. customers and across all major carriers,” said Dale Sohn, president of Samsung Telecommunications America. “Galaxy S III introduces new technological innovation and takes sharing to the next level.”

With the Galaxy S III, Samsung is setting a new standard for smartphones. This device was designed to be lightweight, durable and powerful. The Galaxy S III weighs 4.7 ounces and is 8.6 millimeters thin, making it lighter and sleeker than other leading smartphones, including several competitor models with smaller displays. The brilliant 4.8 inch display extends to an ultra-thin bezel to maximize the viewing area. The Galaxy S III delivers impressive processing power to allow more applications to be accessible simultaneously.

The Galaxy S III goes far beyond content consumption to content sharing. Continuing its history of innovation, Samsung has simplified how consumers share content and control the device with a single touch, through enhanced gesture technology or the simple movement of the eyes.

Sharing Made Simple

The content sharing experience on the Galaxy S III addresses the sharing needs of consumers, whether it’s sharing and editing a presentation with a large group in real-time, sending digital images to several other smartphones at the same time or transferring large files within seconds from one phone to another. Further, these sharing experiences are simple and require little, if any, set-up.

Sharing With Multiple Devices

- The Galaxy S III introduces the next evolution of Samsung’s content sharing service with AllShare® Play. This service automatically notifies the Galaxy S III to Samsung HDTVs, mobile tablets, laptops and other consumer electronic devices on the same network that are ready to receive video files. Users can also remotely access files from devices on other networks.

Sharing with Groups

- With AllShare Group Cast on the Galaxy S III and a Wi-Fi network, users can share and collaborate on documents, presentations or images in real-time with multiple friends or co-workers’ without loading the file separately.

- With Share Shot, become the official photographer for a group of friends. There’s no need to send photos and video via email, MMS or a USB drive. Users can quickly and seamlessly share pictures taken with the Galaxy S III’s 8 megapixel camera to other phones from up to 200 feet away. Once the Galaxy S III is synched with chosen devices, the pictures are automatically shared.

Sharing Smartphone to Smartphone

- S-Beam is an industry first, providing fast, easy transfer of large files, such as videos and documents, with a single touch of the Galaxy S III without needing a Wi-Fi connection or cell signal. A 1GB movie file can be shared as quickly as three minutes and a 10MB music file can be transferred in seconds by simply touching another GALAXY S III phone.

Smartphone Simplicity

- The S-Voice™ feature on the Galaxy S III offers much more than just asking and answering questions. S-Voice allows users to control the applications and services used most with words instead of touch. Use S-Voice to turn the volume up or down on the music player, answer or reject incoming calls, shut off or choose to snooze the alarm clock, or take a picture by saying “smile” or “cheese.”

- Smart Stay puts the “smart” in smartphones. With Smart Stay, the Galaxy S III tracks the user’s eye to ensure the device screen is always on while you’re looking at it. By knowing when you are looking at the screen, it doesn’t dim the backlight or timeout to an idle screen.

- Motion simplifies and short cuts many common functions including converting a text message to a call by simply raising the phone to the ear, tapping the top of the phone to go to the top of an email and list of emails or contacts, and alerting to missed call or text message.

- The capabilities of the Galaxy S III’s 8 megapixel camera are far beyond point and shoot. Burst Shot captures still pictures at a rapid-fire pace at three images per second with zero shutter lag; and Best Shot recommends the best picture to keep based on colors, lighting and clarity. The Galaxy S III shoots and plays back 1080p HD quality video with a backside illuminated sensor that improves performance in low light environments, and provides the ability to capture a photo during videoing

- Watching video while downloading a large file or service is seamless with Pop Up Play. Pop Up Play allows you to watch any side-loaded video content while operating any application in full-screen, background view at the same time. Video running on Pop Up Play can be moved anywhere on top of the full screen, much like picture-in-picture capabilities on large screen TVs.

Powerful Performance

The Galaxy S III includes Android™ 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) with TouchWiz enhancements, a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 1.5 GHz dual core CPU and 2GB of internal RAM to provide high-speed performance enabling efficient and seamless multi-tasking. The dual-core processor offers competitive speeds and performance as leading quad-core processors without sacrificing valuable battery life. The brilliant 4.8-inch HD Super AMOLED™ touchscreen display brings content to life, without compromising the device’s true pocketability. The expansive display is protected by Gorilla Glass 2.0 to guard against cracks and scratches and provide enhanced touchscreen responsiveness.

The Galaxy S III, which comes in Marble White and Pebble Blue, is powered by a removable 2100 mAh battery for extended use on a single charge. Users can store large libraries of photos, videos and music onboard the Galaxy S III with expandable memory to compliment the standard 16GB or 32GB of onboard storage.

“The Galaxy S III is the most innovative smartphone on the market today. It is an industry first to see five major carriers align behind the launch of a single device virtually simultaneously,” said Todd Pendleton, Chief Marketing Officer for Samsung Telecommunications America. “To support the immense excitement for the Galaxy S III we will execute our biggest marketing campaign ever. Consumers won’t be able to miss why this device is the must-have smartphone.”

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For all of those that were hoping for a Windows 8/Android tablet from ASUS, you may be sad, but don't worry, at least you can now run Android apps on ASUS's PC's though asus@vibe! BlueStack, the company ASUS has partnered with, as released this statement.

"ASUS has created a phenomenal software experience on PCs. Launching with ASUS at Computex 2012 solidifies BlueStacks' leadership position as the sole provider of apps for consumer electronics and PC manufacturers worldwide," said Rosen Sharma, President and CEO of BlueStacks. "Our strong portfolio of apps from top developers, combined with our unique monetization engine makes this a revenue-generating opportunity for PC OEMs. This is a winning proposition for the entire PC ecosystem. App developers who have already built for Android can now just run their apps on Windows PCs through BlueStacks. We've done the heavy lifting for the benefit of all."

Oh, and here is a quick video demoing the new asus@vibe.

ASUS Partners with BlueStacks to Bring Android Apps to Millions of PCs WorldwideAdds Premium Android Apps to asus@vibe Entertainment Platform on ZenBooks, Notebooks, Eee PCs, Desktop PCs and All-in-one PCs
Taipei, Taiwan (PRWEB) June 03, 2012 - ASUS, one of the world's top three consumer notebook vendors and a leading innovator in personal computing products, has partnered with BlueStacks to bring popular Android apps to 30 million Asus PCs worldwide.
BlueStacks, makers of “App Player for PC” software, will enable a rich selection of Android apps on asus@vibe, a one-stop entertainment platform that is preinstalled on all ASUS products. Powered by BlueStacks technology, users of asus@vibe can access exciting and engaging Android apps across all categories including games, social, news, shopping, music, business and education.
BlueStacks recently partnered with top app developers to bring popular Android apps like Fruit Ninja, Evernote, Pulse, Drag Racing, Defender, Tap Fish, Moviefone, Nook, Guns N Glory, Talking Tom and Kids ABC to the one billion strong PC market. BlueStacks' patent pending LayerCake technology enables Android apps on touch and non-touch Windows PCs. As part of this special arrangement with BlueStacks, users of asus@vibe will enjoy Android apps for free for 6 months, with the option to upgrade to unlimited apps and sync apps from phone to PC. The apps are integrated into and presented seamlessly within the @vibe platform across the entire range of ASUS products, including the ZenBooks, notebooks, Eee PCs, desktop PCs and All-in-one PCs.
"ASUS is delighted to bring a vibrant selection of apps that were previously inaccessible on Windows PCs. Our partnership with BlueStacks is a valuable addition to the @vibe family," noted Vira Chang, the Head of eBusiness Services at ASUS. "The integration of BlueStacks and @Vibe is central to ASUS's consumer cloud strategy. Additionally, we are encouraged by the increased revenue potential that BlueStacks represents."
"ASUS has created a phenomenal software experience on PCs. Launching with ASUS at Computex 2012 solidifies BlueStacks' leadership position as the sole provider of apps for consumer electronics and PC manufacturers worldwide," said Rosen Sharma, President and CEO of BlueStacks. "Our strong portfolio of apps from top developers, combined with our unique monetization engine makes this a revenue-generating opportunity for PC OEMs. This is a winning proposition for the entire PC ecosystem. App developers who have already built for Android can now just run their apps on Windows PCs through BlueStacks. We've done the heavy lifting for the benefit of all."
About ASUS
ASUS, one of the world's top three consumer notebook vendors and the maker of the world's best-selling and most award winning motherboards, is a leading enterprise in the new digital era. ASUS designs and manufactures products that perfectly meet the needs of today's digital home, office and person, with a broad portfolio that includes notebooks, netbooks, tablet devices, servers, multimedia and wireless solutions, networking devices, mobile phones, motherboards, graphics cards, optical drives, displays, desktops, Eee Box and all-in-one PCs. Driven by innovation and committed to quality, ASUS won 3,886 awards in 2011, and is widely credited with revolutionizing the PC industry with the Eee PC™. With a global staff of more than 11,000 and a world-class R&D team of 3,100 engineers, the company’s revenue for 2011 was around US$11.9 billion.
ASUS website : http://www.asus.com
asus@vibe: vibe.asus.com
About BlueStacks
BlueStacks is a software company that enables Android apps to run on Ultrabooks, Notebooks, Desktops, All-in-One PCs and Tablets. It was founded in 2009 by Rosen Sharma. BlueStacks is privately held and headquartered in Silicon Valley with global offices in India, Taiwan and Japan. For more information visit BlueStacks.com, or join their over 1,000,000 Facebook fans.

BlueStacks website: http://www.bluestacks.com
BlueStacks Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/bluestacksinc

BlueStacks contact: Apu Kumar (apu(at)bluestacks(dot)com)

The Verizon and Sprint variants of the Samsung Galaxy S III passed through the FCC on May 9th, with confidentiality ending today.

The Verizon model will be the SCH-I535, and Sprint's is the SPH-L710. Nothing out of the ordinary on either device, both support CDMA/EVDO
and 4G LTE on each network, the Verizon model does support 850/1900 GSM/EDGE however, which will provide limited global roaming.
Though we wouldn't be surprised if it supports more bands and the FCC didn't mention them, wouldn't be the first time.

FCC approval is one of the last hurdles before a device can be released, and usually only takes a little over a month after that to make it into stores.

Via: Pocket Now Source: FCC 1 (2)

Motorola has begun sending emails out to Motorola Feedback Network members with the Verizon XOOM, notifying them that a new soak test is about to begin. With no other updates scheduled, it is almost certainly Ice Cream Sandwich. Which matches up perfectly with Motorola's Q2 timeframe.

Well, I guess videos are better then nothing right? Introducing Ice Cream Sandwich for the DROID RAZR....tutorial videos. Obviously the videos will show you how to get around your new blurred ICS friend, as well a host of new features that are pretty nice. Check out some of the videos below, then go to the source link below to see em' all.

Source: The Verge

Techno Buffalo has learned from a source the Google and ASUS are going to team up and distribute the new Nexus tablet and Google I/O 2012. It is rumored to run NVIDIA's Tegra 3 processor, and will sell for $200. It is also rumored to be running Jelly Bean.

It appears Google has given the Android 4.0.4 Verizon Galaxy Nexus update the go ahead. This build that was posted via Google's site is the same version the leaked a few weeks back, being the same build number and file size. We have uploaded the update to our site for download here. We are hoping that this update won't vanish from Google's servers like it did last time. Please note this is not a full ROM, and you will need to be stock to install this update.

Download the update (IMM76K) here.

Looking to know when your phone will get ICS (Verizon)? DROID-LIFE has compiled a nice list for everyone stating just that.

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HTC

• Rezound: June or July 2012
• Thunderbolt: July or August 2012
• Rhyme: June or July 2012
• Incredible 4G LTE: Already running Android 4.0+
• Incredible 2: To be determined (by the end of August)
• Incredible: Not receiving Android 4.0

Motorola

• RAZR: Rollout begins Q2 2012
• RAZR MAXX: Rollout begins Q2 2012
• DROID 4: Rollout begins Q3 2012
• Bionic: Rollout beings Q3 2012
• XOOM: Rollout beings Q2 2012
• XYBoard 8.2 and 10.1: Rollout beings Q3 2012
• DROID 3: Not receiving Android 4.0
• DROID X2: Not receiving Android 4.0
• DROID X: Not receiving Android 4.0
• DROID 2: Not receiving Android 4.0
• DROID Pro: Not receiving Android 4.0

Samsung

• Galaxy Nexus: Already running Android 4.0+
• Charge: No time frame given – update doubtful*
• Stratosphere: No time frame given – update doubtful*
• Fascinate: No time frame given – update doubtful*

LG

• Spectrum: First half of 2012
• Lucid: Will receive Android 4.0 – no time frame given**
• Revolution: No time frame given – update doubtful***

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*The Charge, Stratosphere and Fascinate are all essentially original Galaxy S devices, which we are not expecting to receive Android 4.0. Samsung could surprise us at some point in the future, but you probably don’t want to get your hopes up.
**When announced, Verizon made it clear that the LG Lucid was “Android 4.0 upgradeable” but would not provide a specific date or time frame.
***The LG Revolution is a first-gen LTE device with minimal specs. With LG no having the greatest track record when it comes to updates, we would be surprised if they took the time to update this phone to Android 4.0.

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Hey, and it didn't even take a giant social media mob to get them to do it (ehhh hemm Motorola...). Anyways, ASUS has unlocked the bootloader of the Transformer Pad 300, so if you have a 300 and you feel like tinkering your device, or just unlocking it to make yourself feel cool.

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Version V7
Unlock Device App: Unlock boot loader.
Notice:
1. Only suitable for Andriod4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich OS version.
2. Before you download, install, and use the Unlock Device App you acknowledge and assume complete risk to the quality and performance of this App, including but not limited to the following: once you activate the App you will not be able to recover your ASUS product (“Original Product”) back to original locked conditions;the Original Product with the activated App will not be deemed the Original Product; the Revised Product will no longer be covered under the warranty of the Original Product; the software of Revised Product will no longer be deemed the software of the Original Product and can no longer receive ASUS software updates; your purchased digital content may also be affected.

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Have at it!

If you own a DROID RAZR, RAZR MAXX, HTC Rezound or a DROID 4, you will be happy to know that all of these devices will receive updates this summer to give them global roaming capabilities.

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This summer, Verizon Wireless will be updating the following 4G LTE smartphones for global use.

HTC Rezound
DROID RAZR by Motorola
DROID RAZR MAXX by Motorola
DROID 4 by Motorola

Customers will see a notification on their device when the software update is available for their device. After the software update, customers will be able to take their smartphone overseas and use voice service in more than 220 countries and receive data in more than 205 countries.

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No time frame has been given, other then summer of course, but keep on the lookout for any updates that may come your way. They may also include Ice Cream Sandwich.