December 2011
Samsung evaluating ICS update for Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab
The decision of not giving the Ice Cream Sandwich update to Galaxy S and 7-inch Galaxy Tab irked a lot of consumers and it seems the Korean giant did take a note of it. According to a report by AJNews, Samsung is reviewing the feasibility of the OS on both the devices without giving [...]
Rumor: Galaxy S3 expected in Q2 2012; Samsung working on Galaxy S 3D
Samsung announced the Galaxy S II at MWC early this year and it seems they’re ready to unveil the successor in the next couple of months. According to a report from ETNews, Samsung is expected to announce Galaxy S3 at MWC expo and will go on sale sometime in second quarter of next year. [...]
Samsung ties up with NTT Docomo and others to develop semiconductor products for mobile devices
Samsung today reached an agreement with five Japanese companies to develop and sell semiconductor products for mobile devices. The five companies including Samsung are NTT Docomo, Fujitsu Ltd, Fujitsu Semiconductor, NEC Corp. and Panasonic Mobile Communications. The companies will setup a fabless joint venture that will develop small, low-power semiconductor products with modem support. [...]
Samsung to launch 4G WiMAX-equipped notebooks in South Korea
Samsung will be offering notebooks integrated with 4G WiMAX (known as WiBro) in South Korea. Samsung says new models will enable users to enjoy 4G WiBro services nationwide with KT who’ll offer plans at various price points. Developed closely with Intel and KT, Samsung will offer 5 models with integrated 4G WiBro, including Slate [...]
Samsung Spain confirms bada 2.0 for Q1 2012
Samsung Spain has confirmed the obvious – bada 2.0 update for existing Wave devices will be released next year. Samsung hasn’t committed any dates for different devices but has confirmed to release updates throughout the first quarter (which is a tad early than Italy). Users using carrier-locked Wave devices will have to wait a [...]
Samsung LED to merge with Samsung Electronics
It’s a day of mergers and acquisitions. After confirming the S-LCD takeover to make it a wholly-owned Samsung Electronics subsidiary, Samsung Electronics will absorb its another subsidiary, Samsung LED. Samsung Electronics had an equal stake in the LED subsidiary with Samsung Electro-Mechanics but with the merger, Samsung Electronics will merge the unit with its [...]
Samsung to acquire S-LCD, will supply LCD panels to Sony
It’s official. Samsung will acquire all Sony shares from the S-LCD joint venture to make it a wholly owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics. Samsung will pay Sony about 1.08 trillion won (US$940 million) for the transfer of shares and have entered into a new agreement wherein Samsung will supply LCD panels to Sony at [...]
Reuters: Sony to end S-LCD partnership with Samsung
Sony will end its 7-year partnership to manufacture LCD panels with Samsung, says Reuters. The report is pretty light on the details but Samsung has confirmed to make an announcement soon where Sony will sell back its stake to Samsung. Sony and Samsung setup S-LCD as a 50:50 joint venture in 2004 to manufacture [...]
Samsung to release Galaxy S II Duos in China
Looks like Samsung is going big on the Android Duos range. After announcing the Galaxy Y Duos and Galaxy Y Pro Duos, Samsung’s flagship Galaxy S II will get the dual-SIM goodness. Expected in China, the Galaxy S II Duos (I929) will support CDMA2000 and GSM band. Apart from the network support, the Galaxy [...]
Samsung justifies why Galaxy S and Original Galaxy Tab can’t be upgraded to Android 4.0
Samsung recently announced the list of devices that will receive the new Android 4.0 aka Ice Cream Sandwich update in 2012. However, the list did not cover the Galaxy S (I9000) or the original Galaxy Tab (P1000) which irked a lot of users. Samsung has now justified why it cannot give the Ice Cream [...]