Sprint continues its Carrier IQ eradication, with the Samsung Epic 4G Touch being the latest to receive a security update. Update EL29 has begun rolling out today and will go out in stages, with 100% of phones being updated within 10 days. The update will bring you to software version S:D710.0.5S.EL29 and includes:

More rumors have surfaced surrounding the mythical Samsung Galaxy S III. These latest rumors come from Russian tech blogger Eldar Murtazin. Eldar had much to report about the unannounced device, including a Mobile World Congress debut to be followed up by an April launch.

In case you hadn’t heard, Verizon is holding a Galaxy Nexus 4X4 giveaway over the next few days, giving you a chance to win a brand new Galaxy Nexus. The giveaway is being held on Twitter, so if you don’t care for Twitter, there’s no need to read any further. The contest started today and will run until 11:59:59 pm ET on January 27, 2012. It will be broken down into four phases, each with a chance to win four Galaxy Nexus devices (4X4). It seems to be US only but you can reread the official rules to make sure. I’ll outline the contest after the break.

I’m sure by now you’ve been subjected to the perpetual cat fight between Samsung and Apple. Just when I thought Samsung couldn’t taunt Apple any further they go ahead and launch another ad for their “The next big thing is already here” campaign. Their newest ad, which is set to smear your screen during the Super Bowl, has a corny catchphrase that I’m assuming Samsung hopes will go viral. Would you like to hear it? Of course you would — “We’ve Just Got Samsunged!” I kid you not, this is what one of the portrayed iFans blurts out after a Samsung Galaxy SII owner shows him that he has free turn by turn navigation built into his phone.

When Sprint updated the HTC EVO 3D, they slyly removed the infamous Carrier IQ, and called it a “security update.” We soon got wind that Sprint was planning to remove Carrier IQ from all its handsets, and not soon after, HTC chimed in and confirmed Sprint’s plans. It appears they are continuing with these “security updates,” as they have now released them to three more devices: the HTC EVO 4G, EVO Design 4G, and the Samsung Epic 4G.