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Samsung’s Galaxy Tab may only get 100K units per month

Published on: 1st September, 2010

According to part suppliers, despite the fact that Samsung’s Galaxy Tab has been setup as an iPad rival, the maker may have modest ambitions for the tablet. They have estimated for DigiTimes that the initial production for Samsung’s Android tablet sits at 100,000 units per month, which means less than a tenth of Apple’s sales [...]

Samsung TVs and Blu-ray players get Napster

Published on: 1st September, 2010

Napster, the digital music service, is now available for download for Samsung’s web-connected HDTVs, home theater systems and Blu-ray players directly from Samsung Apps. Users have the possibility to choose from Napster’s library of over 10 million songs and stream to the set-top boxes or TV. Napster members can also access their playlists or even [...]

Is Google’s tablet strategy clear enough?

Published on: 1st September, 2010

Debating the importance of the tablet space is probably not necessary nowadays. Arguments that can be brought in its favor would be as notorious as is Apple itself. But it is important to know that it is not enough at all to only have a new device and simply throwing it on the market. And [...]

South Korean companies trying to combat Apple’s iPad

Published on: 27th August, 2010

According to “Agence France-Presse”, South Korean companies have promised to launch several tablet offerings to combat Apple’s iPad, which is expected to ship to the country soon enough. SK Telecom, South Korea’s top wireless carrier, is currently hedging much of its bets on the Samsung Galaxy Tab, which is a 7-inch Android-powered tablet. Kim Dae-Woong, [...]

LG and Samsung hire visual design academics in order to counter iPhone’s user interface

Published on: 13th August, 2010

LG and Samsung have recently hired design professors in order to improve their user interfaces’ quality. LG was the first to hire Lee Kun-pyo, dean at Korea Institute of Advanced Technology, to coordinate its Design Management Center. Samsung also hired Jung Ji-hong, professor of Visual Communications Design at Kookmin University, who will oversee the smartphone [...]

The 4G phone of MetroPCS, alias Samsung Craft, priced at $300

Published on: 11th August, 2010

MetroPCS, regional no-contract carrier, has unveiled the Samsung R900 as being named the Craft and launching in conjunction with the Long Term Evolution rollout (LTE) that is scheduled later this year. Being the first 4G phone in the United States, the Craft would not be more expensive than a 3G handset and would be priced [...]

Samsung claims its phones to be immune to iPhone’s antenna problems

Published on: 22nd July, 2010

Samsung was the latest to respond to Apple’ recent attack and said that its phones were supposed to be immune to the reception problems of the iPhone 4. Shin Young-joon, spokesman of the company, said that the position of the Omnia II’s antenna at the bottom reduced the possibility of suppressing the phone’s signal and [...]

Acer will launch its 7- and 10-inch Android tablets in fall

Published on: 18th July, 2010

Acer will begin to sell its 7-inch tablet as well as the previously not mentioned 10-inch version in the fall, according to sources from the notebook industry. As expected, ARM hips will be used and Android will be the operating system. The company is now negotiating with cellular providers the marketing and eventual subsidies for [...]

Samsung aims to recover cellphone lead in France from Apple

Published on: 16th July, 2010

Samsung has promised to regain lead in cellphone revenue from Apple’s iPhone in France. The Korean company still has the most appealing handsets by sheer volume, as it ships 39 percent of phones in France, which means 4.5 million. However, when coming to value of devices sold in the market, Apple has 26 percent, while [...]

Voice over LTE to have 3G support and emergency calls

Published on: 16th July, 2010

Updated specifications of VoLGA Forum for its standard for Voice Over LTE have been released. The new specifications include mobile voice as well as SMS services over 4G and is different from the current standard which supports only data. The changes in the standard will bring VoLGA (Voice over LTE via Generic Access) which uses [...]

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