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  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 [...]

  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 [...]

  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 [...]

  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 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 [...]

  Samsung is readying to launch the next version of its cheapest touchscreen phone – Champ 2. The Champ 2 now sports a revamped design and slightly upgraded specs like 2.4-inch QVGA touchscreen display with stylus pen support, 2MP camera, Bluetooth 3.0, music player, ChatON and IM support, FM Radio, 3.5mm headphone jack, Samsung Apps [...]

  A report released by Strategy Analytics confirms Samsung has overtaken Apple to sell the highest number of smartphones in a single quarter. According to it, Samsung shipped 27.8m smartphones in Q3 2011 that accounted for a market share of 23.8 percent as compared to Apple’s 17.1m units comprising 14.6 percent. Needless to say, Samsung’s [...]

  Samsung has confirmed the commercial timeframe of its flexible displays in the Q3 2011 earnings call. Samsung expects to release the flexible display sometime next year, which could be in the earlier half. Samsung’s executive also said that the first device that will sport such a display could be a mobile handset which will [...]

  Samsung Electronics has published financial result of Q3 2011 that ended on September 30, 2011. On a consolidated basis, Samsung posted revenues of 41.27 trillion won and net income of 3.44 trillion won, a 3 percent increase Year-on-Year (YoY) and 23 percent decrease YoY. Consolidated operating profit stood at 4.25 trillion won for the [...]

  Samsung’s S Pen input won’t be limited to some pre-bundled apps as the phone manufacturer has confirmed to release the SDK soon. Expected in December, the SDK will allow third-party developers to take advantage of the S Pen functionality. Meanwhile, to host these specific apps, Samsung will add a new category called S Choice [...]