A company by the name of Varia Holdings Inc. has sued Samsung for infringing a patent related to emoticons. The firm has also sued Samsung’s competitor Research in Motion and alleges that both companies infringe the “concept of allowing users to choose emoticons from a menu of options rather than typing them out one […]
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Samsung intros Dual View DV300F camera in South Korea
Samsung first announced the DV300F back at CES 2012 and now they’ve announced the point-and-shoot camera for the South Korean market. The DV300F comes with dual displays – 3-inch at the back and 1.5-inch LCD, enabling better self-portrait shots. The camera comes with a 25mm wide-angle lens with 5X optical zoom, can shoot images […]
Samsung releases ICS kernel source of Galaxy S II
Galaxy S II’s (I9100) Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0) build reached consumers last week and now the Korean company has released the kernel source code to the developers. Release of the code means devs can create ROMs with official files and libraries, thus enabling a better and optimized ROM. The code is available on […]
Galaxy S III to sport quad-core Exynos processor, LTE on-chip solution
South Korea-based Korea Times today ran an article claiming Samsung’s intention to decrease the dependency on Qualcomm for chips. While the move is said to be due to chips’ high profitability, the article also dropped couple of important information related to Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy S III. According to an unnamed Samsung executive, the Android […]
Samsung fined for obstructing an FTC investigation
Samsung has been fined by the Korean Fair Trade Commission (FTC) for obstructing an FTC investigation. The FTC was probing details of Samsung’s involvement in the recent mobile phone price fixing case. Samsung has been fined 400 million won which is the highest ever FTC has levied on any company for obstructing an investigation. […]