T-Mobile is preparing to launch the Samsung Galaxy S 4 later this month and formally unveiled its G-Slate Android 3.0-based tablet from LG, slated for a spring launch. – T-Mobile USA Feb. 2 released more information about the LG G-Slate and
Samsung Galaxy S 4G devices it plans to offer soon and took some shots at the
Verizon Wireless iPhone 4 slated for launch next week.
T-Mobile formally introduced the Galaxy S 4G two weeks ago at a media event in New
York City…
Samsung shipped 2 million Galaxy Tab tablets as alternatives to Apple’s iPad, but not all of them went to consumers. Moreover, consumers are returning the devices. – Samsung’s Galaxy Tab isn’t selling quite as well as the
company and media have initially portrayed, a company official acknowledged.
Moreover, there is some evidence that the 7-inch tablets
based on Google’s Android operating system are making a round trip from
retailers to consumers and back.
…
The mobile device market has no lack of attractive Android-running smartphones, and still Samsung has managed to score big with its Galaxy line. During the seven months following the phones launch, Samsung sold more than 10 million of them, which, during the fourth quarter of 2010, helped it to pass the 80-million-phones mark for the first time in the companys history. Looking to keep the momentum going, Samsung at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show announced that it has created a 4G smartphone and tablet for Verizon Wireless. It also plans to introduce a Galaxy S successor phone with a dual-core processor and Super AMOLED Plus display during the first half of 2011. In addition, on Jan. 26, Samsung introduced four new Galaxy smartphones for first-time smartphone owners. (Not to mention its Galaxy Tab media tablet, which it sold more than 2 million of in just three months.) Samsungs success appears to be due, in part, to an aesthetic that takes cues from Apple and the very un-Apple-like decision to make deals with each of the big U.S. carriers, instead of going for an exclusive contract. While Samsung& which ranks second in worldwide phone sales& hasnt yet threatened Apples sales, EndPoint Technologies analyst Roger Kay told eWEEK, "It has demonstrated that its a worthy competitor." – …
Apples iPad owned 95 percent of the tablet market in Q3, but one quarter later its slipped to 75 percent, due to Samsungs Galaxy Tab and other Android tablets. – Apples iPad
is still the world-dominating tablet by far, but during the fourth quarter,
competitors running Googles Android OS led by the Samsung Galaxy Tab took a
sizeable bite out of Apples lead.
While Apple
fully owned the market during the third quarter of 2010, with 95 percent of the
worl…
After almost an year of its launch in the US, Apple Inc Friday introduced its iPad in the Indian market at a starting price of Rs.27,900. While the 16 GB model wi-fi will be available at this price, the 32GB and 64GB models will be available for Rs.32,900 and Rs.37,900, respectively, the company said on [...]
While Apple revolutionized the mobile industry, Samsung chugged away in the background. Now its poised to become Apples first real competitor. – This week, smartphone giants Nokia, Motorola Mobility and Samsung posted fourth-quarter
earnings that, each in its own way, reflected the looming presence and successes of Apple.
Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha noted that the Android-booster had
made strides in the smartphone space during the quarter,…
Samsung has introduced the Ace, Fit, Gio and mini Galaxy smartphones. Geared toward first-time smartphone owners, the phones may not reach U.S. shores. – Samsung is apparently planning world domination. Or more
exactly following swift
sales of 10 million Galaxy S smartphones and well more than a million
Galaxy Tab media tablets the launch of four more-affordable Galaxy S
phones – the Ace, Fit, Gio and mini.
Geared toward first-time smartph…
News Analysis: Some might say that Google is Apples biggest threat, but when it comes to revenue in the mobile market, Motorola and Samsung stand above the rest. – Apple is undoubtedly a
mobile powerhouse. The companys iPhone is selling like gangbusters and its
iPad continues to dominate that market. By the looks of things, it doesnt seem
that there is a single company in the mobile marketplace that has any chance of
threatening Apples position.
Of cour…
Samsung Mobile, which weathered criticism for delaying Android 2.2 upgrades for its Galaxy S phones, is now pushing out Froyo for its Vibrant smartphone. – Samsung Mobile has weathered withering criticism for being slow to pushing Android
2.2 upgrades to its handful of popular Galaxy S devices, which have sold more
than 10 million units.
T-Mobile customers at least have begun to get a reprieve from this delay, as
Samsung confirmed Jan. 21 it has st…
T-Mobile introduced the Samsung Galaxy S 4G smartphone Jan. 20. The carrier said the Galaxy S 4G could reach peak download speeds of 21MB per second. There’s no pricing or availability information yet. – T-Mobile USA
formally unveiled the Samsung Galaxy S 4G, an Android 2.2-based smartphone with
Samsung Mobile’s elegant Super active-matrix organic LED touch-screen
technology.
At a press
event in New York City, T-Mobile CEO Philipp Humm promised the Galaxy S 4G
quot;will be the fastest smartp…
It won the contract from Singapore LNG Corporation (SLNG), and expects to complete the project by early 2014. The additional tank will allow the terminal to handle up to 6 million tonnes per year (tpy).
It won the contract from Singapore LNG Corporation (SLNG), and expects to complete the project by early 2014. The additional tank will allow the terminal to handle up to 6 million tonnes per year (tpy).
The acquisition of e-reader display specialist Liquavista suggests Samsung is planning on an e-reader of its own. – Seeking to gain a leg up in
the growing e-reader market, Samsung Electronics has acquired Liquavista, a
Dutch company that uses electrowetting cell technology to build digital
displays for mobile applications such as e-readers, mobile phones, GPS devices,
portable media players and cameras.
“I…
That Samsung reportedly wants to charge carriers for Android updates is the latest rumor in a story that its forcing T-Mobile to withhold updates to the Vibrant. – Samsung is making news of late, and its not for the extraordinary
sales figures on its line of Galaxy S handsets. Rumors are being traded
across the Internet about the Vibrant, T-Mobiles Samsung Galaxy S handset, have put the phone maker in the hotseat.
AndroidSpin
first reported Jan. 12 that…
Tilera, which is developing chips with as many as 100 to 200 cores, gets $45 million in a fourth round of funding, with Cisco and Samsung among the investors. – Tilera, among the first in a growing number of processor makers looking to
manufacture non-x86 chips for servers in cloud computing and other
high-performance environments, is getting more support from a number of capital
venture companies and tech vendors like Cisco Systems and Samsung.
Tilera
…
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Apple,
Motorola, Samsung and other vendors are fueling a trend that will mark 2011 as
a “tipping point” for tablet sales, consultancy Deloitte said in a Jan. 18
…
Verizon plans to push out updates to the Samsung Fascinate and Motorola Droid Pro. Not a new version of Android, but “enhancements and improvements.” – Verizon Wireless is planning to push out software updates to
its Samsung Fascinate (Verizons Galaxy S handset) and Motorola Droid Pro, it
announced Jan. 13. The updates arent new versions of the smartphones Android
operating system, but rather “enhancements” and “improvements” the
distincti…
IBM and Samsung are extending their alliance to include Samsung’s participation in R&D in semiconductor technology for such applications as mobile devices and other consumer products. – Researchers from Samsung Electronics are joining those from IBM
and other partners in developing new semiconductor technology for a wide range
of applications, from mobile computing through other high-performance
scenarios.
Samsung,
which has partnered with IBM in the past on
semiconductor wor…
An updated, 4G version of the Samsung Vibrant Galaxy S phone may be headed for T-Mobile and may be the carriers fastest device yet. – T-Mobile may soon be getting a new 4G smartphone and its
fastest yet the Samsung Vibrant 4G Galaxy S phone, an update to its current
3G model of the Vibrant.
T-Mo News, an unofficial blog of all things T-Mobile, on
Jan. 11 posted an image of promotional signage for the smartphone, which appears…
Samsung is planning to introduce several 4G tablets and smartphones at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, furthering its vision of “digital humanism.” – Samsung Electronics has sold more than 1.5 million Galaxy Tabs, the
7-inch, Android-running tablet that it has made available through every major U.S.
carrier. Nevertheless, the South Korean electronics giant appears to have only
begun its attack on the Apple iPad’s market share.
At the 2011 C…
