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Samsung and Sony put an end to deep discounts on HDTVs

May 24, 2012
Both Samsung and Sony, two of the world’s largest television makers, have begun enforcing minimum prices on their HDTV sets, in an effort to preserve profit margins, The Wall Street Journal reported. The plan could also protect retail chains such as Best Buy and Target from being undercut by online ...

Samsung’s Galaxy S III smashes preorder records in U.K.

May 24, 2012
Samsung’s Galaxy S III hasn’t even launched yet and it’s already setting records. News of the high demand among carriers for the upcoming flagship Samsung smartphone emerged last week, and now U.K. carrier Vodafone has confirmed that it has received a record number of end-user preorders for the Galaxy S ...

Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 redesigned with S Pen in mind

May 24, 2012
As previously reported, after a less than stellar unveiling at Mobile World Congress in February, Samsung delayed the launch of its Galaxy Note 10.1 in order to make revisions. The original Galaxy Note 10.1 featured a 10.1-inch 1280 x 800-pixel display, a dual-core Exynos processor clocked at 1.4GHz, 1GB of RAM ...

Apple and Samsung fail to reach patent settlement during talks

May 23, 2012
After two days of settlement talks between the chief executives of Samsung and Apple, the two companies failed to reach an agreement that would end their on-going legal battles over mobile patents, The Korea Times reported on Wednesday. According to a Samsung official, the two technology giants could find no clear ...

Unlocked Samsung Galaxy S III preorders now live in the U.S.

May 22, 2012
Samsung’s flagship Galaxy S III smartphone won’t be available in the United States until this summer, but the unlocked international version of the phone is now available for preorder from Amazon in both blue and white. The phone costs $799.99 and it will not support Verizon Wireless or AT&T’s 4G ...

NTT DoCoMo Unveils 19 New Devices, All Running Android 4.0, Eluga Tablet Included

May 22, 2012
If you live in Japan and you’re looking for a phone for your kid, or a nifty tablet or maybe a hardcore smartphone, local carrier NTT DoCoMo has a device for you. They’ve just unveiled no less than 19 new devices, that constitute their summer lineup for 2012, launching in ...

Samsung accuses Apple’s expert witnesses of being ‘iSheep’ in patent trial

May 22, 2012
Samsung has accused Apple of calling expert witnesses that exhibit “slavish adoration” to the company during an ongoing patent trial between the two consumer electronics giants. As noted by patent expert Florian Mueller of FOSS Patents, court documents filed by Samsung in California seek to exclude testimony made by a ...

Samsung Galaxy Note Gets Premium Suite Android 4.0 Update in South Korea (Video)

May 22, 2012
After receiving Android 4.0 ICS updates in Europe, Samsung confirmed the release of the Android 4.0 upgrade pack for the Galaxy Note in South Korea as well. The pack includes the Premium Suite apps that Samsung has been talking about for so long. The Galaxy Note Premium Suite upgrade is ...

Samsung Denies Galaxy S III is “Designed By Lawyers”

May 22, 2012
Over the past weeks, there have been many theories saying that Samsung Galaxy S III’s design, that disappointed quite a few people is in fact created by lawyers, trying to avoid getting into another lawsuit with Apple. Now, Samsung design VP Chang Dong-hoon answered these claims during the 2012 Seoul ...

Samsung and HTC Preparing Tizen-Based Devices for H2 2012

May 21, 2012
About two weeks ago a prototype Samsung phone running Tizen was demoed and things started to look very nice for the platform that’s being developed with the cooperation of many big companies. The likes of Vodafone, Orange and Sprint are part of the project, that actually started with Samsung and ...

Samsung seeks cross-licensing deal as talks to end Apple patent war commence

May 21, 2012
Samsung’s mobile boss JK Shin on Sunday confirmed to reporters that the South Korea-based consumer electronics giant is making new efforts to end its patent war with Apple. While Shin did admit that there is still much work to be done, he said there are a number of possible resolutions ...

Samsung Galaxy Note Olympic Edition Revealed, Pics Leaked on Twitter

May 21, 2012
This summer we’ll have two major sporting events in Europe, the EURO 2012 football cup and the Summer Olympics in London. The latter has Samsung as major sponsor and Galaxy S III as the official phone. Now it appears that the Galaxy Note will also be tied in with the ...