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  Samsung may steer clear of the latest allegations put forth by Apple in Germany. Apple’s latest complaint claimed that the revamped Galaxy Tab 10.1 for Germany aka Galaxy Tab 10.1N looked similar to the iPad but the German court sided with Samsung in a preliminary assessment. Judge Johanna Brueckner-Hofmann said “according to the court’s [...]

  Samsung has expanded its Galaxy Y range with two dual-SIM devices – Galaxy Y Duos and Galaxy Y Pro Duos. Expected in January 2012, both devices are similar to the original Galaxy Y and Galaxy Y Pro but comes with dual-SIM functionality and boasts a full touchscreen and touch and type interface respectively. Both [...]

  Samsung announced that its special edition Series 9 notebooks are now available in South Korea. First unveiled in September, the sleek Series 9 notebooks come in two variants – Moonlight Blue and Rose Gold and boasts a crystal design pattern on the notebook lid. Samsung says only 300 units will be sold in South [...]

  We’re three weeks away from the world’s biggest tech expo – CES and Samsung has kick started its marketing initiatives with the teaser of a Smart TV. The teaser video does not hint at anything except for the claim to show us the future of Smart TV, which will be unveiled at CES 2012. [...]

  Looks like every region is taking to Facebook to confirm its bada rollout plans. After Turkey, it is Samsung Italy who has confirmed on Facebook that the bada 2.0 release for existing Wave devices will happen in March or April. This timeframe is for Wave and Wave II, which means other low-end device users [...]

  UPDATE: We’ve announced the winners. Check here. The sleek and light Galaxy S II (I9100) might be one of the durable devices from Samsung but its better to protect the shiny gadget against any untowardness, which is why we’re giving away three Otterbox Commuter Series cases courtesy of Otterbox. Otterbox cases offer one of [...]

  Samsung has become the seventh largest laptop manufacturer in the world in terms of market share. According to Yonhap News, Samsung managed to quadruple its market share from 1.4 percent in 2007 to 6.5 percent in Q3 2011 and also increase its shipments in South Korea from 2.8m units in 2008 to 10m in [...]

  Samsung adopts a multi-OS strategy but apparently the Korean giant didn’t see any value in developing a handset with Research in Motion’s BlackBerry OS. BlackBerry maker reportedly approached mobile phone makers, including Samsung to license its BlackBerry OS but was eventually turned down, according to reports on Reuters and WSJ. Samsung currently licenses Microsoft’s [...]

  Looks like Google’s early Christmas present for Nexus S users wasn’t as perfect as it was meant to be. Google has confirmed that they’ve halted the Ice Cream Sandwich OTA update for Nexus S as “monitor feedback.” While Google didn’t explicitly mention any issue, users have been reporting battery drain issue on Nexus S [...]

  Samsung has finally confirmed the release timeframe of Ice Cream Sandwich OS for its range of Galaxy devices. Apart from Galaxy Nexus that already runs Android 4.0, Galaxy S II and Galaxy Note will be the first recipients to get the Android 4.0 update, which will be available sometime in Q1 2012. Samsung has [...]