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(Credit: Josh Miller/CNET) The way I see it, there are three major draws to ATT’s Samsung Focus 2, a Windows phone that goes on sale May 20. First, there’s the glossy-white design. Second there’s the LTE compatibility, and third, and for some, most importantly, there’s the $49.99 price. The cameras and processor do a good job rounding out the midrange features, but there are a few ups and downs with the smartphone that you may want to keep in mind as you decide if this is one of the many Samsung Readmore

Mobile phone sales worldwide suffered a rare dip in the first three months of this year on softened demand in Asian markets, industry tracker Gartner reported Wednesday.Approximately 419.1 million mobile phones were bought worldwide during the quarter in a two percent decline from the same period a year earlier, Gartner said. It was the first quarterly decline since early in 2009. “Global sales of mobile devices declined more than expected due to a slowdown in demand from the Asia-Pacific Readmore

Samsung’s Galaxy S II (Credit: Samsung) Samsung has been crowned the king of mobile phones by yet another research firm. The Korean handset maker sold 86.6 million mobile phones in the first quarter, according to the latest stats from Gartner — a 25.9 percent jump from the year-ago quarter. That gave Samsung a 20.7 percent share of the market and helped it win back the top spot for smartphone sales from Apple. Samsung sold 38 million smartphones last quarter, accounting for more than 40 percent Readmore

(Credit: Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET) Owners of Samsung’s Galaxy S II LTE model can now expect to unwrap their Ice Cream Sandwich. The company’s Korean Samsung Tomorrow Web site (English translation) today published an upgrade guide confirming and explaining the path from Android 2.3 to Android 4.0. Users will receive the typical update notice on their phones, according to Samsung, which also described what becomes of your data and applications after the latest version of Android is installed. Readmore

With all the Samsung phone announcements this week, you’d think they didn’t just have a launch event in London. But in addition to the Galaxy S3, they’ve also taken the wraps off the Focus 2 for ATT and two more phones. The latest: the Omnia M and SHV-E170. At least initially, neither is destined for U.S. shores.The E170 is arguably the more existing of the duo, and Readmore