Samsung's GALAXY S 4 is quickly approaching, and it's expected to launch at the beginning of next month, with pre-orders starting later this month. In the meantime, Samsung is prepping to launch a television ad campaign for the new phone. Several television commercials have popped up on Samsung Netherlands' YouTube channel, showing off some of the device's new features.
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Apple reportedly boots Samsung from chip development
It's been rumored for a while now that Apple's been planning on moving away from Samsung for chipset manufacturing, and will instead make a deal with the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC). However, reports are rolling in that the move has finally happened, and the next chip that is on Apple's list will not involve Samsung.
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Samsung’s offices searched by Seoul police over possible technology theft
It's no secret that Samsung and LG have been less than enthused with each other in recent months, with Samsung having sought an injunction against the latter company last year. The competitors aren't calling a truce any time soon, and it seems things might have jumped a notch, with Samsung's display business's office in Korea being searched by Seoul police yesterday over possible tech theft.
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Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 release live in USA April 11th
Welcome to the Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 in its wi-fi edition, headed to the United States for release on the 11th of April for a cool off-contract price. This device is the latest in a line of Samsung Galaxy Note-branded smart devices, each of them either bordering between smartphone and tablet or heading straight for the gold with massive displays. With the Galaxy Note 8.0 you've got an 8-inch display and the all-powerful S-Pen that marks the uniqueness of the line.
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USPTO rescinds original objections to iPad mini trademark
Last Sunday, we discovered that the United States Patent and Trademark Office denied Apple its request for an iPad mini trademark. The main reason for doing so was because the examiner believed the term "mini" to be "merely descriptive" of Apple's iPad, and did not warrant a trademark. In order for Apple to receive its trademark, we believed that it would have had to appeal the decision with some necessary amendments, but now it seems like it didn't need to do much at all.
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SlashGear Weekend Wrap-Up: April 6th, 2013
This week is finally almost over, and there were tons of news stories published everyday. At the beginning of the week, we learned that there was an iMessage DDoS attack going around that would lag your device and inhibit its capabilities. More bad news for Apple followed when the USPTO denied its iPad Mini trademark. April Fools was a blast this year with many companies perfectly executing their well thought-out pranks.
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German court invalidates Apple’s slide-to-unlock patent
A German court has ruled that all claims for Apple's slide-to-unlock patent have been found to be invalid. The ruling was made in Germany's federal patent court, Bundespatentgericht, and is a big win for Motorola and Samsung, both companies who were affected by the patent. Apple has, in the past, used the patent in order to attack Motorola and Samsung for infringement and to seek injunction's against both companies' devices.
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ITC judge says Samsung infringes on Apple’s text-selection patent
An ITC judge believes that Samsung has infringed on a key part of one of Apple's patents. Judge Thomas Pender stated that he found Samsung's text-selection feature to be infringing on the patent, a feature that is both part of the Internet Browser in Samsung's devices, as well as the translucent buttons in Samsung's photo gallery. Judge Pender's decision is only a preliminary decision however, and will need to be approved by the rest of the ITC.
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Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 launches today: UK first on tour
It's time to grab hold of the next massive smartphone/tablet hybrid experience from Samsung, this time in the form of the phonecall-capable Galaxy Note 8.0 releasing in the UK today. This device will be available around the world soon and very soon, but for now we're working with the basic wi-fi edition in the greater United Kingdom. This version of the device does not have the ability to connect to mobile data, therefor rendering its phone call abilities as limited to your 3rd party apps - but yes, you can speak into it however you like.
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Samsung announces estimated Q1 financial data, hits another record
Samsung has announced it first-quarter earnings (the full data won't be in until April 26), and things are looking mighty fine for the Korean company. According to its estimates, it experienced a 53-percent rise in profit from January to March, raking in $7.7 billion. This is Samsung's fifth record quarter in a row, and expectations are only going up as the GALAXY S 4, revealed last month, is destined to hit shelves in the coming weeks.
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Future devices that will support Facebook Home
So who are the lucky people who get to try out Facebook Home first? Well it turns out that those of us who have an HTC One, HTC One X (X+), Samsung Galaxy S III, Samsung GALAXY S4, or a Samsung Galaxy Note II will be able to take advantage of Facebook Home when it launches on April 12th. That way you won't have to grab Facebook and HTC's lackluster HTC First in order to take advantage of Facebook's new product.
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Samsung Galaxy Camera Wi-Fi edition hits USA at $449.99 USD
The Samsung Galaxy Camera is finally ready to make its wi-fi-only debut here in the United States after both the AT&T and Verizon-ready iterations have been on the market for some weeks. This version of the device is essentially identical to the mobile data-toting versions of the smart camera, here appearing for a cool $449.99 USD straight from Samsung in the USA. That's with no contract attached and no mobile data abilities onboard, mind you!
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