For the first time in years, a smartphone not made by Apple is the best-selling smartphone in the world. For now, at least.According to Boston-based research firm Strategy Analytics, the Samsung Galaxy S 3 has overtaken Apple’s iPhone 4S as the top dog on the block.A New Smartphone Leader?When it...
More than a few people were eager to see how Apple would comply with a British appellate-court order this summer to state publicly that tablet competitor Samsung had not copied its iPad design. Well, it's done so, and at least three people -- the appellate judges -- are unhappy with...
Apple’s iPhone might be in the driver’s seat when it comes to the top three U.S. cellular carriers, but when it comes to global volume of smartphone shipments, it is a Samsung world and everyone else is just living in it. According to Boston-based research firm Strategy Analytics, Samsung shipped 57...
There is a bulge in the pocket of my jeans and I am not quite sure what to do about it. I shift, I fidget, I try to adjust but there is little I can do. Oh, this is awkward. A friend turns to me and asks, “What’s wrong? Are...
Will or won't Tizen merge with Bada. Read on ....... Mr. JK Shin confirmed that Samsung will merge bada to TIZEN. The opportunity going forward to have HTML5 on a Samsung device was not to be ignored. This possibly will not be news that Bada enthusiasts wanted but...
The iPhone owes its ongoing success partly to Apple's success at making it one of the coolest devices a consumer could buy. But perception is shifting, and now the iPhone is coming to be seen as “your Mom’s smartphone.” At least, that's what Samsung wants you to believe.The culmination of...
The launch of Windows 8 may still be two months away, but the tide of new hardware releases is beginning to swell - including hybrid notebook/tablet devices from Dell and Samsung.HP just announced a convertible Windows 8 notbook tablet (see HP Envy x2 Tablet/Laptop Combo Cuts Across Categories), while Dell...
Apple has requested an injuction against the sale of eight Samsung devices. The move follows its patent-infringement victory over Samsung.According to The Verge, Apple is requesting injunctions against sales of eight Samsung devicess (see the court document here). Apple is going after some of Samsung’s most popular 2011 products. Apple’s list...
Microsoft was pretty much a bystander in Apple’s patent battle with Samsung, but the Windows folks couldn’t be happier with Apple’s $1.05 billion victory. By signing a patent deal with Apple and taking its own direction for smartphones, Microsoft is now better positioned to become a viable alternative to the...
In the wake of Samsung’s $1.05 billion punch in the nose from Apple in their high-stakes patent trial, the general reaction seems to be that Samsung’s loss is also a major setback for Google and Android. That’s not necessarily the whole story. In some ways, Apple could actually be doing...
The fallout from Apple’s win over Samsung in a California patent court has been an extension of the rhetoric that took place within the court. Apple, smug after its billion-dollar settlement, claims the whole case was about values. Samsung still holds to the line that Apple’s design patents are frivolous...
Samsung’s smartphone rocket is soaring. The company will announce record profits this quarter of $5.9 billion based mostly on the strength of its Galaxy smartphone line, and the planets are aligned for the upcoming Galaxy S III, a smartphone that will be up for “Best of Breed” by...
Samsung Electronics' new CEO has called for the company to redouble its focus on software, which many are taking as a hard knudge towards using its own software efforts in its handsets ie Tizen. Kwon said the company needs to have particular focus on serving new customer experiences by...
There lots going on with Samsung Smart TV with their motion control at the moment. Although the following video clip does not have anything directly to do with Tizen, I still can't help thinking (hoping) that Samsung could implement Tizen in their TVs and this could be a...
Hot off the press is the news that Samsung will be shortly announcing it that it has joined the Linux Foundation at the highest level, Platinum which gives it a seat on the Linux Foundation’s board. Previously Samsung was a silver member. And how much does this privilege cost ?...
At the recent Tizen Developer Conference in San Francisco Jong-Deok Choi (also known as "JD") spoke as part of the Keynote speech. There were a couple of moments that JD did a live show of Tizen running on a device and I've been informed that the device was...
Word on the street has it that the Samsung GT-i9500 will come with a Super AMOLED HD Plus display. As a refresher, the Samsung GT-i9500 is said to be the Tizen developer’s device which Samsung recently handed out like candy on Christmas to developers who attended the Tizen Developers Conference...
Samsung Electronics Co. (005930), the world’s second-largest handset maker, will “significantly” increase investment to bolster its own mobile-phone operating system, pitching it as an alternative to Google Inc. (GOOG)’s Android. “We believe this is a good platform to build on,” Juha Park, senior vice president of product strategy...
Samsung has a history of its executives contradicting themselves. Especially when it comes to tablet sales. In January 2011, Samsung reported on its earnings call that its tablet sales were "quite small." A minor controversy erupted when the company said that statement was an error in the call's transcription. Samsung...
If there were any uncertainty that Google's acquisition of Motorola would be approved by regulatory agencies across the world, one only has to look at the fourth quarter of 2011 to see why it never was in danger. The last quarter of 2011 showed us which companies really control the...
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