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Samsung plays MWC low-key: No press conference planned

Chris Davies, Feb 8th 2012 Discuss [0]

Samsung has confirmed that not only will the company's much-anticipated Galaxy S III not be making its debut at Mobile World Congress this month, but that the Korean firm has no press conference planned at the Barcelona show whatsoever. Despite high-profile and expensive launches in previous years, Samsung is playing the 2012 show low-key it confirmed to PCMag, though new products are expected to be revealed. Read The Full Story

Samsung’s Galaxy S III isn’t making a March 22 debut

Chris Davies, Feb 7th 2012 Discuss [0]

Samsung's Galaxy S III will not make its official debut at the company's March 22 event in France, contrary to widespread speculation, it's been confirmed, with the much-anticipated Android handset still proving elusive. Instead, the late March event is an open-house showcase of the existing product portfolio, Samsung tells The Next Web, likely an opportunity to demonstrate what devices the company does launch at MWC 2012 to those who didn't make it to the Barcelona launch. Read The Full Story

Samsung Electronics weighing in-house OLED display grab

Chris Davies, Feb 7th 2012 Discuss [0]

Samsung Electronics is considering bringing Samsung Mobile Display, the division responsible for the Super AMOLED panels that have distinguished many of the company's recent smartphones and tablets, completely in-house, tightening the Samsung supply chain. "We are considering merging the business to improve synergy, but a final decision has yet to be made" Samsung Electronics revealed in a filing to the South Korea stock exchange, Reuters reports, a move that could spell danger for the display business' other customers. Read The Full Story

Samsung March 22 event smells of Galaxy S III reveal

Mark Raby, Feb 6th 2012 Discuss [0]

We already know that Samsung won't be showing off its newest Galaxy S-numbered phone at the hyped Mobile World Congress (MWC) later this month. The MWC, which takes place in Spain, will play host to a number of other Samsung announcements, but the company wanted to make the Galaxy S III something that was reserved for a more exclusive event. Now, it looks like that even will also be held in Europe and will happen on March 22. Read The Full Story

Samsung SuperBowl misses gigantic opportunity, fails socially

Chris Burns, Feb 6th 2012 Discuss [0]

As Samsung's series of Apple-crushing advertisements came to a conclusion (or so they say) at the SuperBowl, Twitter filleted the finale as a terrible final note. This advertisement for many was their first look at the Galaxy Note, a device which has been out overseas for several months not, it having a gigantic display, the power of the Galaxy S II, and a stylus. The commercials made by Samsung in this same vein up until now were praised for their ability to capture the viewer and make simple sense to both Android and iPhone users - according to Twitter users, Samsung threw that winning formula out the window completely for the final installment. Read The Full Story

Samsung Smart Touch Control revealed and detailed

Chris Burns, Feb 6th 2012 Discuss [0]

Samsung has officially dropped details on its upcoming 2012 upgrade to the Smart TV world with its Samsung Smart Touch Control, complete with touchpad, Edge, and voice control. This controller will work with Samsung's entire 2012 range of Smart TV units including the ES8000 which will be the first to be working with this remote's voice recognition engine. Other than that, Samsung TVs, set-top box, and Blu-ray players will all function well with this magic stick. Read The Full Story

Samsung Galaxy S III just 7mm thick tip insiders

Chris Davies, Feb 6th 2012 Discuss [0]

Samsung's Galaxy S III could launch as early as May 2012 and be just 7mm thick, according to South Korean sources, with the quadcore Android 4.0 smartphone testing all its creator's manufacturing expertise. The follow-up to the Galaxy S II had to be slimmer than the 8.49mm best-seller, Samsung apparently decided in March 2011, setting out to use 10- to 20-percent thinner components and a shaved-down PCB, ETNews reports, though the 8-megapixel camera will present a bump on the profile. Read The Full Story

AT&T Galaxy Note LTE up for pre-order

Chris Davies, Feb 6th 2012 Discuss [0]

AT&T has put the Samsung Galaxy Note LTE up for pre-order, ahead of the 5.3-inch smartphone-tablet hybrid's release on February 19. Priced at $299.99 with a new, two-year agreement, the stylus-equipped handset is available to order in either carbon blue or, as shown below, ceramic white. Read The Full Story

Samsung Galaxy Nexus White official: On sale Feb 13

Chris Davies, Feb 6th 2012 Discuss [0]

Samsung has officially confirmed the Galaxy Nexus White, the pale color variant of its Ice Cream Sandwich smartphone collaboration with Google. Functionally identical to the existing Galaxy Nexus - the GSM model, in this case, rather than the 4G LTE version - the new Nexus will go on sale in the UK from February 13 2012. Read The Full Story

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Switching between Android 4.0 ICS and iPhone 4S

Chris Burns, Feb 5th 2012 Discuss [0]

When you switch from an Android phone over to the iPhone or vice versa, there are a few adjustments you’ll have to make. The difference between the two, no matter which versions of the software you’re dealing with, are much smaller than the difference between either and any other software. Windows Phone, Symbian, any number of lesser cell phones are much more difficult to switch to or from when the alternative is switching to Android or iPhone from the other. This article is but one of several in a series written by your humble narrator called “I’m switching to iPhone 4S for a week,” this series having the alternate title “iPhone 4S Up Close and Personal.”

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Motorola demanded 2.25% of Apple sales for 3G patent use

Chris Davies, Feb 4th 2012 Discuss [0]

Motorola demanded 2.25-percent of Apple‘s sales in royalty fees, in return for licensing the FRAND 3G/UMTS patent at the heart of a 2011 German infringement suit, court documentation has revealed. The offer, which Motorola was obliged to make “fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory”, could amount to almost $15 on the unsubsidized price of each entry-level iPhone 4S, FOSS Patents‘ digging has shown, though full terms of the 2.25-percent deal are unclear.