The Samsung Galaxy S4 was revealed today and although there were no mind-blowing revelations (and a couple of disappointments), it is indeed a beauty. With a 5 inch Super AMOLED 1920×1080 display (441ppi and protected via Gorilla Glass 3) and 1.6GHz 8-core Exynos Octa 5410 SoC (which is really two quad-cores – four Cortex-A15 cores…
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Samsung announces the new Galaxy Xcover 2 smartphone – rugged smartphone for adventurers with nifty outdoorsman features
Samsung today announced its new Galaxy Xcover 2, a ruggedized smartphone designed for outdoor adventurers. It is dust and sand proof and water resistant up to a depth of one meter. It features a 4-inch display, 1GHz dual-core processor, VGA front-facing camera, and 5-megapixel rear camera. It will include 4GB of internal memory, expandable to…
Apple loses UK appeal against Samsung and now must run 14pt ads in UK newspapers admitting their mistaken claim
Apple vs. Samsung row gets even uglier as Apple drops Samsung as chip supplier and turns to TSMC for SoCs
Apple has been reducing their dependence on Samsung for over a year now as the two battle it out in courts over often frivolous patent disputes. Now a senior Samsung official told the Korea Times that Apple has made it clear that they no longer intend to use Samsung technology in their products. Speculation at…
New comScore figures show Samsung retaining top position with Apple gaining some ground
The latest comScore figures show Samsung still at the top of the smartphone market share ratings with a 25.7% share of the market although the change from the prior 3-month period was flat. LG remains second with a 19.1% market share and Apple comes in 3rd with 19.1%, an increase of 2.1% from May 2012.…
Why would Samsung release a Galaxy S3 device based on Tizen OS instead of Android?
The latest Samsung rumors making the rounds are that the leading smartphone supplier is working on a Samsung Galaxy S3 model that runs the open-source Tizen operation system rather than Android. There are several indications that this rumor holds water which begs the question, why would Samsung introduce a device running on Tizen?








