Sony is in talks with Samsung to terminate their LCD panel production joint venture, S-LCD. According to a report by Japan’s Mainchi Daily News, Sony is hoping to reach an agreement with the Korean company by the end of the year. Both companies have 50 percent share each in the venture with Samsung holding […]
Archives for October 2011
Samsung Electronics celebrates 42nd anniversary
Samsung today held an event in South Korea celebrating Samsung Electronics’ 42nd anniversary. Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman and CEO, Choi Gee-sung addressed the event to the 400 employees in attendance, highlighting the future prospects of the division. Choi iterated the Vision 2020 – which they announced two years back – to achieve a revenue […]
Samsung ordered to compensate Korean designer
Korean court last week ordered Samsung to compensate a local designer for copyright infringement. Lee Jong-gil, a graduate from Hongik University sued Samsung Electronics claiming to design flower patterns for Samsung’s Zipel refrigerators which Samsung marketed as design created by a renowned designer, Karen Little. The court ruled that Lee indeed design the pattern […]
Hands On: ChatON for Web
One of the things that distinguishes ChatON with other messaging services is that it allows users to communicate via almost every leading mobile platform and more importantly, over PC. Although, the web version of ChatON is coming soon, we managed to get an early peek at the web variant of Samsung’s messaging service. Since […]
Samsung Italy confirms Android 4.0 update for Galaxy S II, Galaxy Note?
Samsung Italy has apparently confirmed the Android 4.0 update for some Samsung devices. According to a post on HD blog, Samsung will release the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update in 2012 for the following devices: – Galaxy S II – Galaxy Note – Galaxy Tab 10.1 – Galaxy Tab 8.9 – Galaxy Tab […]