Users of international Galaxy S III have started receiving a new OTA update that reportedly kills the local search feature. The XXLG6 is identified as a “stability update” and removes the ability to search the phone for apps, contacts etc. and replaces with the Google’s search app. The move is most likely to preempt […]
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Samsung offers Smart Hotel Solution for visitors this Olympics
Samsung has joined hands with the official hotel provider – Holiday Inn London to bring a Smart Hotel Solution. Samsung will equip 40 rooms for VIPs with Galaxy S III (pre-installed with a custom app) that will allow guests to open their rooms with the phone and take control of their in-room amenities like […]
Samsung to sell Galaxy M Style directly to consumers
Galaxy M Style phone is available for purchase through carriers but starting tomorrow, consumers will be able to buy the phone directly through retailers. The move complements KCC’s policy introduced in May, allowing consumers to buy the phone from the manufacturer or other sales channel and use it on user’s choice of carrier. Feature […]
Samsung Display and Corning to setup LCD plant in China
Building on the decades-long partnership, Samsung Display Co. and Corning Singapore Holdings Private Limited will setup a TFT-LCD plant in China. They’ve signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the government of Wuxi New District, China to manufacture TFT-LCD glass substrates. The plant will leverage Corning’s LCD substrate technology along with Samsung’s expertise and […]
Galaxy Tab 7.7 gets an EU-wide ban by German court
An appeals court in Dusseldorf today granted an injunction against Galaxy Tab 7.7. The preliminary injunction bars Samsung to sell its smaller-sized tablet all over Europe, banning it along with Galaxy Tab 10.1. However, as Foss Patents points out, this is a fast-track ruling so the decision could change during the main proceedings. Unsurprisingly, […]