Samsung outlined their regional strategy as well as showcased their 2011 lineup at the recently concluded South West Asia Forum. South West Asia is one of the most important regions for Samsung and is clearly evident from the operatorions from last year that garnered a 60 percent growth and contributed US$3.5 billion out of […]
Samsung extends strategic alignment with Seagate, will sell HDD biz and more
Samsung has put an end to yesterday’s speculation by announcing a strategic partnership with Seagate. Under the agreement, Seagate will take over Samsung’s HDD business and will also extend the partnership with Samsung over other areas like: – Extending the cross-license agreement between the companies – Co-develop Enterprise Storage Solutions – Disk Drive supply […]
Vodafone Australia testing Android 2.3 for original Galaxy Tab
Vodafone Australia’s official twitter handle confirmed that they’re testing out the Android 2.3 OS for a number of devices. Gingerbread for Galaxy S is not a surprise since Vodafone UK is already offering it but Vodafone also said that they’re testing the 2.3 OS for the original 7-inch Galaxy Tab. The ETA is unknown […]
Apple sues Samsung over Galaxy devices, Samsung considers a counterclaim
Apple Inc. has filed a suit against Samsung in U.S. District Court in Northern California claiming Galaxy devices like Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab are infringing on Apple’s patents and trademarks. The case 11-1846 says Samsung willfully infringed on Apple patents and is seeking an injunction as well as damages towards the said patents. […]
T-Mobile Vibrant gets KB5 update
Samsung just released a Galaxy S Vibrant update for T-Mobile users. The KB5 update is a maintenance release that fixes few bugs and updates the Gmail and YouTube apps from version R8 to R9. Amongst other fixes, Samsung has fixed the non-playable DRM issue, improved Email, gallery, Swype, LCD framework and MMS. The update […]