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The Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 made its debut last week and has already found its innards spread across a table for all to see. That’s right, I’m talking about the customary iFixit teardown. That’s when a member of the iFixit team dissects a device to expose its parts and determine its level of repairability. You’ll be happy to know the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 scored an 8 out of 10 for ease of repair, completely shaming Apple’s new iPad, which barely scored a 2.

After a sea of broken promises, Motorola has finally launched a dedicated site to unlocking its device bootloaders. Okay, so there are only four devices currently supported, but hey, you have to start somewhere. I can’t help but picture the Android community singing in unison to Phil Collins “In the Air Tonight.”

I’ve been waiting for this moment, all my life

Sony took to their blog today to update the status on their global rollout of Ice Cream Sandwich. Xperia P users are up first, with rollouts starting today and continuing over the next few weeks. After that, the Xperia U, Xperia sola and Xperia go are expected to start getting their ICS treatments.

Clove UK is reporting that the still unannounced black Samsung Galaxy S III will feature 64GB of internal storage, making it the first Galaxy S III model of that capacity. This is great news, considering rumors had the 64GB SG3 version all but dead. Clove is also pointing towards an October launch, which is on par with the 4-6 weeks availability earlier reported by Mobile Fun.

Someone needs to give the guy naming Sprint’s devices a pink slip already. Anyways, if you’re a physical keyboard devotee and just can’t bring yourself to abandon your trusty slide-out QWERTY, then Wirefly has a deal for you. Wirefly is now taking pre-orders for the Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE as well as offering it for $50 less than Sprint.

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