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  It seems the courtroom battle between two multinationals will last longer than expected. ITC on Wednesday ruled that Sharp infringed one Samsung owned patent and called for an import ban on Sharp infringed products. However, as one would expect, Sharp is looking to appeal the decision. “We will study the ruling and take necessary [...]

  Germans can now buy the most powerful Android offering available in the market from O2. The Galaxy I7500 goes on sale for 70 Euros on contract and gives Android goodness with high-speed 3G, 3.2” AMOLED screen, 5MP camera, 8GB internal memory and GPS. Product Page Source

  Samsung and Numonyx have come together to develop market specifications for Phase Change Memory (PCM/PRAM) that will allow manufacturers to develop devices on common specs. PCM is a non-volatile memory that boasts fast read and write speeds, effectively combining the advantages of RAM, NOR and NAND. The specifications that are being prepared will support [...]

  SPH-M560 was approved by FCC this month and it looks like Sprint has zeroed in with a commercial friendly name for it too. Apparently, Phonearena’s source claims that the formerly known Chianti will now be known as Reclaim (Reclaim? Maybe reclaiming the environment since the phone uses recycled parts). Samsung Reclaim will be launched [...]

  UPDATE: Apparently, all or most of Vodafone operated regions will get this revamped device. Vodafone Portugal has listed the phone and UK might get it soon. Need not worry, this is not a new phone from Samsung. In fact, it’s the same S5600 but this particular Spanish version has got a minor design change [...]

  Alright, I don’t know about you but I won’t get a netbook that has a reptile-like salamander design on it, even if it’s designed by world renowned Agnès b. It’s not that they are bad but I feel the design is not attractive to lure me into buying this. Specs-wise yes, this netbook is [...]

  Samsung is offering a limited edition SCH-W770 Haptic phone for all the Kim Yu-Na fans. The phone will contain Yu-Na UI, ringtones and wallpapers of the figure skater. The first 50,000 customers buying this phone will also get a specially designed battery cover that signifies Yu-Na’s sport showcasing Yu-Na’s silhouette, the spiral sequences, design [...]

  Looks like the simultaneous announcement worldwide worked for Samsung. They are happily claiming that more than 2 million units have been ordered before the phone hit the retail stores. That’s pretty impressive because this is the first time Samsung has achieved something like this. Even its flagship UltraTouch could only gather about 1.8m before [...]

  If you read Dutch and have ample of time in your hands, Allaboutphones have reviewed S8000 Jet from each and every possible angle you can think of. They reckon Jet is far away from being tagged as smarter than a smartphone but it’s a great phone in its own right. Though they were not [...]

  Samsung is now sampling a new breed of SSDs that could help bolster the adoption of SSDs in netbooks. The new SSDs feature a mini-PCI Express (PCIe) form factor supporting SATA 3.0GB/s interface and easily fits into the small chassis of netbooks making it work as a primary storage. It also works as a [...]