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iPad 2 will use Samsung PLS display technology – Rumor
9to5Mac reports, via the Korea Herald, that Apple may utilize Samsung’s Super PLS technology for the upcoming iPad 2. Apple currently employs IPS (in-plane switching) panels along with FFS (fringe-field switching) technology in the iPad and iPhone 4 display, technologies which provide extremely wide viewing angles. “Samsung’s PLS technology is superior to IPS in many regards,” […]
Continue reading...Samsung Galaxy Tab not performing as well as initially thought
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
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Since debuting last April, the iPad has utterly dominated the tablet market with a 95%+ marketshare. Recently, though, reports began suggesting that the iPad’s share of the increasingly competitive tablet market had shrunk to approximately 76%. At the root of this seemingly sudden drop were booming sales of the Samsung Galaxy Tab. Or so we […]
Continue reading...Samsung shipments of mobile processors to Apple to increase by factor of 4 in 2011
Saturday, January 29, 2011
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The Korea Times reports that in 2011 Samsung will ship four times as many mobile processor chips to Apple as it did in 2010. Samsung might compete with Apple with products like the Galaxy Tab and the Samsung Nexus S, but doing business with Apple is huge business. The only detail known appear to be […]
Continue reading...Samsung to take on the iPod Touch with the Galaxy Player
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
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Not content to solely take on Apple’s iPad with the Galaxy Tab, Samsung is making a smart play and attempting to take on the iPod Touch as well. The product, called the Galaxy Player YP-GB1, matches most of the specifications of its Galaxy S phone, though its 4-inch touchscreen uses a liquid crystal display instead […]
Continue reading...The influence of Apple hardware design – CES 2011 style
Thursday, January 6, 2011
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Okay, we’re not breaking any news here when we say that Apple products tend to influence, both in hardware and software, entire product markets. Currently, CES is in full swing and the iPad clones are out in full force, but some glaring Apple inspired hardware we came across needs some special attention. Below is the […]
Continue reading...The hidden cost of the Samsung Galaxy Tab via Verizon Wireless
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
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The Samsung Galaxy Tab is, or perhaps was, billed as a true competitor to the iPad, all this despite the fact that it sports a smaller 7-inch screen and hasn’t exactly received glowing reviews from tech reviewers thus far. That notwithstanding, if you purchase the Galaxy Tab with a Verizon Wireless plan, there are a […]
Continue reading...Gizmodo lampoons Samsung Galaxy Tab – “A Pocketable Train Wreck”
Thursday, November 11, 2010
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With the holidays fast approaching, iPad competitors will coming out of the woodwork and flooding malls across the land with tablet devices sporting second rate software and sometimes clunky hardware. The Samsung Galaxy Tab, however, was supposed to be different. A true iPad competitor, it was dubbed. And now it appears that such assertions were […]
Continue reading...Apple now fourth largest mobile handset vendor worldwide
Friday, October 29, 2010
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Check out IDC’s latest press release over here. Photo via MacRumors
Continue reading...Samsung offeres free handsets to frustrated iPhone 4 owners
Monday, July 26, 2010
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Wired reports: It appears that technology giant Samsung is handing out free Galaxy S smartphones to iPhone 4 owners frustrated by reception problems. An account on Twitter called @samsungukmobile is contacting people who’ve tweeted about their difficulties with the handset, asking them to submit their contact details to receive a free handset.
Continue reading...Apple now largest US maker of phones
Friday, April 30, 2010
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Apple recently surpassed Motorola to become the largest US maker of phones. Motorola yesterday released its earnings for the 1Q of 2010 and reported a total of 8.5 million in phone sales. Apple meanwhile sold 8.8 million phones during the same quarter. The fall of Motorola just goes to show how quickly things move in […]
Continue reading...Apple and Samsung ink $240 million deal for iPad LCD screens
Friday, March 26, 2010
Apple recently cemented a $240 million deal with Samsung for 3 million LCD panels to be used in Apple’s iPad, according to a recent report in the Korea Times. Coming in at about $80, the LCD screen used in the iPad is the most expensive component of the device, and though it’s less than 3x […]
Continue reading...New ARM processor from Samsung clocks in at 1GHz
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
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Earlier this week, Samsung unveiled a new iPhone grade ARM processor with a clock output of 1Ghz, a marked improvement over the current iPhone 3GS processor which can potentially run at 833Mhz, but which has been scaled back to run at 633Mhz due to heat and power considerations. Samsung notes that the new Cortex-A8 chip, […]
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Thursday, February 17, 2011
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