Samsung at their annual developer day in MWC announced the Samsung Wallet app. Details about the Wallet app are slim at the moment but it apparently works like Apple’s Passbook, allowing user to store all their tickets, boarding passes, cards and coupons. Currently, Samsung is inviting select developers to take advantage of the new app […]
Archives for 2013
Samsung wins five awards at MWC 2013
GSMA concluded the 18th Global Mobile Awards last night where Samsung bagged a total of five awards across various categories. Samsung’s Galaxy S III was voted as the “Best Smartphone,” Galaxy Camera as the “Best Mobile Enabled Consumer Electronics Device” and Smart LTE Network bagged “Best Mobile infrastructure” and “Outstanding Overall Mobile Technology – The […]
Samsung and LG Display to start negotiations from March
Samsung and LG Display both took a positive step forward when they requested the court to drop the injunction and now the companies will begin “working-level talks” as early as next month. What the talks will entail is anyone’s guess but the executives have hinted a possible cross-licensing agreement. “Overall, we are considering cross-licensing patents. […]
Galaxy R Style gets Android 4.1 in South Korea
Samsung has pushed Android 4.1 Jelly Bean upgrade for Galaxy R Style in South Korea. The upgrade is available for all three carrier variants through Kies and brings improved system performance, Google Now, expandable and actionable notifications, resizable widgets and lots more. Galaxy R Style was launched in May last year on Android 4.0 with […]
Samsung shipped 213 million smartphones in 2012
Samsung generally does not comment on their sales numbers but an infographic on Samsung’s official blog does shed some light on the smartphone sales in 2012. According to it, Samsung shipped a whopping 213 million smartphones in the previous year, which as you can see, is 13 million more than the population of Brazil. Samsung’s […]