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Samsung Wave Y LeFleur Edition revealed

Mark Raby, Jan 26th 2012 Discuss [0]

If you thought the one thing missing from Samsung's entry-level Wave Y S5380 phone was a pink floral design, you're in luck. The manufacturer has launched a new version of the device, dubbed the LaFleur edition, with a bold pink-and-black motif. The inscription "LaFleur" appears on the front of the phone while the back, donned in pink, is etched with a full-body floral print. Read The Full Story

Samsung: Tizen and bada merge not final

Chris Davies, Jan 18th 2012 Discuss [0]

Samsung's plans to merge bada with Tizen may not be as clear-cut as first believed, with the company saying it and the other Tizen chiefs are yet to make "a firm decision" on the open-source blend. "We are carefully looking at it as an option to make the platforms serve better for customers" Samsung told AllThingsD, describing bada as a tool for "democratizing smartphone experience in all markets." Read The Full Story

Samsung merging bada with Tizen for smartphone push

Chris Davies, Jan 16th 2012 Discuss [5]

Samsung has announced plans to merge its homegrown bada smartphone platform with open-source Tizen, a collaborative OS integrating Nokia-reject MeeGo, with the first Samsung Tizen devices tipped for release this year. "We have an effort that will merge bada and Tizen" Tae-Jin Kang, Senior Vice President of Samsung's Contents Planning Team told Forbes at CES 2012 last week. Tizen will show up on "at least one to two" Samsung phones in 2012, Kang confirmed; earlier this month, details leaked on the Samsung I9500, believed to run the new platform. Read The Full Story

Samsung sells 27.8m smartphones in Q3 2011 [Updated]

Chris Davies, Jan 6th 2012 Discuss [8]

Samsung sold 27.8m smartphones in Q3 2011, the company has confirmed, making it the world's largest smartphone vendor and contributing significantly to its record-breaking financial quarter. The new stat was tweeted out by Samsung South Africa, and follows the company's announcement last month that it had shipped over 300m handsets - both smartphones and dumbphones - in 2011 as a whole. Updated after the cut. Read The Full Story

Samsung Galaxy S III fervor begin already, realistic press images leak

Chris Burns, Dec 23rd 2011 Discuss [28]

When it comes to Android device releases, nothing is more exciting than a Nexus smartphone or tablet, except when it comes to the Samsung line of Galaxy S devices of course - and today we've got what very well may be the next generation: the Samsung Galaxy S III in leaked press images and details. The story goes like this: Concept Phones, a blog that specializes in conceptual renderings of devices, has intercepted a couple of images and some details sent in from a fellow by the name of Ivan Ilchenko who reported them appearing on Samsung's "official" page on a Russian social network by the name of Vkontakte. If you've got all that, good, because here's the confusing part: the device may well be the first smartphone to be dual-booting Android and Bada OS right out of the box. Read The Full Story

Reviews

Samsung ChatON for Android Review

Chris Burns, Dec 20th 2011 Discuss [4]

When it comes to communication solutions in our modern connected, mobile, and forward thinking society, we’ve got no lack of abundance, especially when it comes to messaging applications. What Samsung has tried to do here with their own group chat app by the name of ChatON is to differentiate by having both a simple to use interface as well as connections to basically every media gallery on your device, as well as your camera. Have a peek here at our hands-on review of ChatON and know this: the application is out on the market already and you’ll be able to download it for free for Android and Bada right this minute if you wish!

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Samsung Wave 3 launches around the world

Shane McGlaun, Nov 28th 2011 Discuss [2]

If you like Samsung smartphones with alternative operating systems you might want to listen up with the Wave 3 smartphone launching globally. The Wave 3 is a nice looking smartphone that runs the Samsung bada OS. We were hands on with the Wave 3 back in early September. Read The Full Story

Android gobbles half of Q3 smartphone market

Chris Davies, Nov 15th 2011 Discuss [4]

Android‘s rise continues, with the platform now running on over half of all smartphone sales in Q3 2011, and well ahead of iOS’ 15-percent smartphone market share. Samsung grabbed smartphone vendor top-spot, according to Gartner‘s figures, while Apple shipped 17m iPhones – up 21-percent annually but down almost 3m units from Q2 2011, which the analyst firm puts down to iPhone 5 hype and anticipation – and saw its market share dip year-on-year.

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Samsung VISA and NFC confirm partnership for Olympics 2011 phone

Chris Burns, Oct 6th 2011 Discuss [3]

All the way back in April if 2011 we first heard of the possibility of a Samsung / VISA device running with an NFC chip to assure it of widespread use. Now it's October, just 295 days to go until the actual Olympics 2012 events in London, and VISA has confirmed that the device is, indeed, on track to be released in advance (how early yet we still do not know) of the games come next year. This device is set to be widely adopted (in other words, inexpensive) and will be promoted as an Olympics games "must have" device. Read The Full Story

Acer and ASUS opt into Tizen; HTC ponders say sources

Chris Davies, Sep 29th 2011 Discuss [2]

Tizen, the platform that gobbled up MeeGo, may only be a few days old but already it's reportedly gaining support from new companies including ASUS and Acer. The firms are each apparently set to add Tizen development to their engineer's workload, DigiTimes' sources claim, with HTC said to be "currently evaluating its decision." The shift in OS focus will mean that ASUS and Acer's existing MeeGo device plans are put on ice, it's suggested. Read The Full Story

MeeGo morphs into Tizen as Intel and Samsung take charge

Chris Davies, Sep 28th 2011 Discuss [5]

Confusion around MeeGo continues, with the news that the open-source platform is to transition into Tizen, a new, similarly open-source OS targeting smartphones, tablets, smart TVs, netbooks and ICE systems. Hosted by The Linux Foundation and with development powered by Intel, Samsung and the MeeGo team itself - which promises that MeeGo users and developers should have a relatively easy time of it, shifting across to Tizen – the new platform is expected to be released in Q1 2012 in both OS and SDK form.

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Samsung bada tipped open-source in 2012 for phones and smart TV

Chris Davies, Sep 20th 2011 Discuss [2]

Samsung will open-source its homegrown bada OS in 2012, it’s reported, as the South Korean company attempts to minimize its reliance on Google and Android. In addition to pushing bada for smartphones, the WSJ‘s insider claims, Samsung is also looking to use the platform for future smart TVs. It’s unclear if this is instead of developing Google TV hardware, as the search giant announced Samsung was intending earlier this year.