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  Apple has now sued Samsung in Japan’s Tokyo District Court. Just like the lawsuits in other countries, Apple is accusing Samsung Japan and Samsung Telecommunications Japan of infringing iPhone and iPad related patents with the range of Galaxy devices. Apple is also seeking 100 million yen in damages. Samsung had already sued Apple in [...]

  Samsung Japan has announced the availability of Ceramic White color for Galaxy S II (SC-02C). Japanese consumers on NTT DoCoMo will be able to reserve the newly painted Galaxy S II from August 24 whereas the phone will be released in mid-September. Apart from the new color choice, we’re looking at the same Galaxy [...]

  Samsung has announced its entry in the Japanese LTE market by providing LTE solutions to KDDI. Samsung says they plan to introduce the industry’s most optimized LTE solution for hotspots which will be used in extremely dense user areas that require high capacity mobile broadband speed. It’s a cornerstone for today’s achievement that Samsung [...]

  NTT DoCoMo today unveiled its huge summer lineup of phones for Japanese consumers, including Samsung’s Galaxy S II (SC-02C). The phone is expected to hit in late June that features Android 2.3 OS, 4.3-inch Super AMOLED Plus display, 1.2GHz CPU, 8MP rear-facing camera, 2MP front-facing camera, A-GPS, microSD card slot, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth. Other Japanese-centric [...]

  Samsung has announced to contribute more money and other items to earthquake victims in Japan. Samsung will contribute a total of around 620 million yen, including the previous 100 million yen and other goods and services. Samsung will provide woolen clothing to men, women and children worth 100 million yen and communication devices across [...]

  Samsung has confirmed that they’ll contribute money as well as items to aid the Japanese earthquake items. Samsung will donate 100 million yen and expects to raise funds. As for other aids, Samsung will send 10 workers from the Samsung Rescue team, 11 medical workers and in association with the Korean Red Cross, Samsung [...]

  As promised, NTT DOCOMO has set the release date of the Japanese variant of Galaxy Tab (SC-01C). NTT DOCOMO will release the Galaxy Tab in Japan on November 26. The 7-inch tablet sports similar features to the international Galaxy Tab variant but will support DOCOMO’s new e-book distribution service as well as docomo market [...]

  Galaxy S that launched in Japan on NTT DOCOMO outsold iPhone 4 during its launch week. According to a market researcher BCN, Samsung Galaxy S’ demand surpassed Apple’s 32GB iPhone 4 for the last week of October. Although a small milestone, the success is important considering Galaxy S was launched in the middle of [...]

  Just as promised, NTT DOCOMO will start selling Samsung’s Galaxy S (SC-02B) in Japan from October 28. The phone is effectively the same Galaxy S but supports DOCOMO’s sp-mode service and an e-book distribution service that goes on trial from the same day. The phone has a 4-inch Super AMOLED display, 1GHz CPU, Android [...]

  Japanese operator, KDDI has added a new Samsung tablet in its portfolio and surprisingly, it’s not the same as Galaxy Tab. The SMT-i9100 looks different and features some different specs. It runs the same Android 2.2 OS with a 7-inch WSVGA (1024×600) screen, 512MB RAM but has an Ocean Observation UI instead of TouchWiz, [...]