According to a report from Japanese Business Daily Nikkei, Samsung, NTT DOCOMO and other Japanese firms will come together to develop chips related to wireless communications. The consortium to develop baseband chips will be formed to decrease the reliance on Qualcomm that holds more than 80 percent of the market share. NTT DOCOMO will […]
Archives for September 2011
Samsung announces Free the TV Challenge in US
Samsung America has announced the second edition of Free the TV Challenge for developers. Samsung is holding the app contest to celebrate the release of Samsung’s SDK v2.5 and also allow developers to create unique converged apps that works across a number of Samsung devices. For instance, Samsung segregates the Converged Apps categories into […]
AT&T to introduce Samsung Focus S and Focus Flash Windows Phone
US-based carrier, AT&T has announced to expand its Windows Phone lineup with the addition of two new Samsung phones. The Samsung Focus S and Focus Flash are expected to hit the carrier in Q4 of this year that will run Microsoft’s latest Windows Phone 7.5 aka Mango OS. Focus S will be one of […]
Samsung ruled the mobile market in Europe in Q2 2011
International Data Corporation’s (IDC) recently released data that puts Samsung at the top spot in the European mobile phone market for second quarter of this year. Out of the 20.4m feature phones shipped in Q2, Samsung shipped whopping 9.1m units. In the smartphone market, IDC says Samsung was at the forefront with the wide […]
Galaxy S II’s Mali-400 GPU is the fastest amongst smartphones
Galaxy S II’s Mali-400 GPU is the fastest GPU, according to an article on Anand Tech. The site extensively reviewed Samsung’s super phone and came to the conclusion that Mali-400 is the fastest GPU available amongst smartphones, trailing behind Apple’s iPad 2 tablet. The only thing the Galaxy S II’s GPU lacks is the […]