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  Samsung had confirmed the existence of kinetic scrolling in the next Omnia HD update on their Facebook page but now they’ve gone ahead revealing few more details, including the release time frame. UK Omnia HD users will be the first one to receive it in January 2010 with improvements touted to bring faster, smoother [...]

  Kodak has issued a statement saying Samsung has decided to settle the infringing patent dispute and also enter into a cross-license agreement. Samsung will pay Kodak an undisclosed non-refundable payment as part of its future royalty obligations. Samsung and Kodak are also in talks with U.S. ITC to dismiss the Kodak claims once both [...]

  UPDATE: Blogeee claims NB30 will feature a touchscreen display. Samsung is expected to join the Pine Trail bandwagon soon. Two new netbooks – N150 and NB30 were listed at Neobits featuring 1.66GHz Intel Atom N450 processor. Both the netbooks have same specs with few differences like the HDD Free Fall sensor present in the [...]

  Samsung bada’s press event was nothing more than a showcase of what bada can do but this technical session meant only for developers and content partners reveals a lot more. Check out the long video here.

  European consumers can expect cheaper refrigerators and washing machines from Samsung soon. The Korean conglomerate has announced to acquire Poland-based Amica’s refrigerator and washing machine manufacturing facility for US$76 million. Earlier, appliance products sold in Europe were supplied from China and other Asian countries but with the recent acquisition, Samsung can greatly reduce the [...]

  The Yu-Na Haptic device that was launched early this year has crossed an important milestone of selling more than a million units. The achievement came in under 7 months of its launch, making it the fastest selling phone for Samsung in the home market. Yu-Na Haptic features a 3-inch touchscreen display, DMB, 3MP camera, [...]

  Quick note to all using Symbian-based Omnia HD (I8910 HD) and Android-based Moment devices. Samsung’s official Facebook fan page confirmed that they’re working on a firmware update which will include the much needed kinetic scrolling. It’s not yet clear when will they release it but expect it sometime in Q1 2010. As for Moment [...]

  Kodak, who had filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission against Samsung last year has won the initial round. The ITC judge ruled that Samsung did infringe on Kodak’s said patents and will be further scrutinized by the commission. The infringing patent is related to how a camera in a phone captures, [...]

  Here are few more screenshots of Samsung’s bada OS. As like the previous time, these screens also hint at touch friendliness. However, it will be interesting to see its responsiveness in real world. Another thing that has come to light is that bada phones won’t support multi-tasking. bada phones support one application policy, which [...]

  Samsung has officially acknowledged M5650 Lindy as Corby’s (S3650) elder sibling. It will offer the same trendy looks of Corby to appeal to youngsters but with more connectivity options. M5650 feature set includes a 2.8-inch touchscreen display with Cartoon UI, social networking support, 3MP camera, FM Radio, one finger zoom, microSD card slot, music [...]