Samsung today announced their association with Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games as a worldwide presenting partner of the Digital Concierge for Singapore 2010. Under this deal, Samsung will provide 5,000 units of OmniaLITE (B7300) phones to the authorities as well as participating athletes. The phone will be pre-loaded with Digital Concierge for Singapore 2010 […]
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So what is Vita OS?
UPDATE: As Sven points out, this could have been done to avoid any hurdles in the EU region but Samsung too, has applied for the Bada and Vita OS trademarks. Going through recent trademark filings from Samsung, I discovered an interesting filing. A trademark by the name of “VITA OS” was filed by Samsung […]
Samsung and Rambus enters into a licensing agreement
Samsung seems to be in a mood of resolving licensing issues. After settling with Kodak, Samsung has come to terms with memory maker, Rambus. The agreement will settle all claims between them and also give them access to Rambus’ patent portfolio. As far as monetary compensation is concerned, Samsung will pay Rambus about $900 […]
Samsung Apps Store comes to Singapore, Germany, Brazil & China
As promised, Samsung has now initiated to expand its Apps Store to other countries. Beginning this month, the Samsung Apps Store will be available to Omnia II (I8000) and OmniaLITE (B7300, I329) users in Singapore, Germany, Brazil & China. Users with respective devices can download the apps client on the phone and can download […]
Kodak and Samsung enter into a cross-licensing agreement
Samsung had already settled the issue with Kodak by paying an undisclosed amount towards royalty but now both companies have announced to enter into a cross-licensing agreement, basically allowing each other to access one’s patent portfolio. The key details are obviously kept under wraps but both the companies are upbeat about the outcome. Kodak […]