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  Add another country in the list of lawsuits filed by Samsung against Apple. The Korean giant has filed a case in UK in the High Court in London and like the suits in other countries, it alleges Apple products like iPad, iPhone and iPod touch to infringe Samsung’s patents. In addition to UK, Samsung [...]

  A downgraded Galaxy S II was speculated for quite some time and here we’ve a under-spec’d variant of Samsung’s superphone. Called as Galaxy Z, the phone looks similar to Galaxy S II but sports a 4.2-inch Super Clear LCD screen (WVGA) along with a 1GHz dual-core processor. We’re not sure of the processor but [...]

  Samsung is readying to launch a 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot for South Korean consumers. The SHV-E100L is similar to the hotspot being sold in United States and will be sold by LG U+ in their home country. If you’re unaware, Mobile Hotspot creates a Wi-Fi hotspot that allows users to surf the web on [...]

  With phones like Galaxy S II that can capture video at 1080p resolution it is important for the device to transmit data to the storage without any issues. This is why, Samsung has introduced new 20nm-class microSD cards with a speed rating of class 10. The new 32GB microSD cards integrate 32Gb 3-bit NAND [...]

  Verizon has started taking pre-orders of Samsung’s 4G LTE-based Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet. With 4G LTE in tow, user will be able to surf the web without having to depend on a Wi-Fi hotspot. Apart from the additional connectivity option, Galaxy Tab 10.1 is similar to the Wi-Fi-only variant with 1GHz dual-core Tegra 2 [...]

  Samsung’s legal tussle with Apple has taken a new turn as the Korean giant has filed a complaint to US ITC against Apple. We don’t have the full details yet but the complaint filed yesterday asks the commission to conduct an investigation “regarding certain Mobile Electronic Devices, Including Wireless Communication Devices, Portable Music and [...]

  New figures from market research firm, NPD are out and Samsung is still the undisputed leader of the TV market in North America. Despite facing some stiff competition, Samsung managed to capture a good 58.4 percent market share in the 3D TV market. The dominating market share is attributed to Samsung’s aggressive marketing in [...]

  Samsung has teamed up with LG U+ to launch their Galaxy Player PMP as a VoIP device on LG U+. The Galaxy 070 will be released on July 1 and is touted to be the first Smart Home Phone for South Korea based on Android OS. LG U+ says users will be charged the [...]

  Display maker, AU Optronics has retaliated to Samsung’s lawsuit by countersuing the Korean’s Electronics division along with its customers AT&T, Best Buy and BrandsMart USA. AU Optronics says Samsung and its customers infringe 10 of their patents related to LCD used in TV, monitors, notebooks and OLED used in mobile phones. AU Optronics has [...]

  Despite all the recent differences, Apple is one of Samsung’s largest component buyers. Samsung is responsible for producing A4 and A5 SoC for Apple that are used in iPhone 4 and iPad 2 respectively. However, a new report claims that Apple will move away from Samsung to produce the A6 chip. Apple will most [...]