Samsung’s homegrown ChatON cross-platform messaging service has surpassed 100 million users. Samsung yesterday confirmed on their official blog saying the 50 million milestone was reached earlier this year in May while the next 50 million came in four months. While Samsung hasn’t confirmed how many users are active on the service, the milestone is impressive […]
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Samsung submitted set of commitments to avoid antitrust fine
Samsung has submitted solutions to the European Commission to avoid the hefty antitrust fine, EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia has revealed. In a speech he gave in New York, Almunia revealed that “after lengthy discussions, Samsung sent a set of commitments seeking to address our concerns.” The commitments from the Korean company came after the […]
Canadian Galaxy S III, Galaxy S4 and Galaxy Note II users could get Android 4.3 in November
The global rollout of the Android 4.3 will begin in October but Canadians will get it a month later, according to a report by Mobile Syrup. Samsung Canada is planning to update Galaxy S III, Galaxy S4 and the Galaxy Note II in Q4 and the site reckons it will be in November since they’ve […]
European Galaxy Note 3 and other Samsung devices are now region locked [Updated]
UPDATE 2: There seems to be a bit of confusion and I hope this clears up. So according to the new statement – an unlocked Galaxy Note 3 will still be unlocked that could be used globally. However, to permanently unlock the device, a user will first have to insert a SIM from the supported […]
Samsung teams up to create an industry standard benchmark – MobileBench
There are many benchmark tools available for mobile devices but realising how accuracy differs amongst them, Samsung and other companies like Broadcom, Huawei, OPPO and Spreadtrum have come together to form a consortium to create a standard performance metric for mobile devices. The consortium is called MobileBench and revealed more details about their plans when […]