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Apple's buying power relegates Samsung to distant second

posted onJuly 26, 2012
by l33tdawg

Here's another category where Apple and Samsung go head to head: chip buying. And Apple's dominance is expanding rapidly.

Rip off the plastic, metal, and glass on any consumer device, and it's pretty much all chips. And if you're the No. 1 buyer of those chips, as Apple is, that means you hold a lot of sway over global chip manufacturing.

UK judge to make Apple acknowledge Samsung didn't copy Apple

posted onJuly 19, 2012
by l33tdawg

Apple Inc. (AAPL) was ordered by a judge to publish a notice on its U.K. website and in British newspapers alerting people to a ruling that Samsung Electronics Co. didn’t copy designs for the iPad.

The notice should outline the July 9 London court decision that Samsung’s Galaxy tablets don’t infringe Apple’s registered designs, Judge Colin Birss said yesterday. It should be posted on Apple’s U.K. home page for six months and published in newspapers and magazines to correct any impression the South Korea-based company was copying Apple’s product, Birss said.

Galaxy Nexus no longer available to purchase from Google Play website, will return next week

posted onJuly 5, 2012
by l33tdawg

In April, Google started selling unlocked Samsung Galaxy Nexus smartphones from its own store, for $399 a pop. Six days ago, the price dropped to $349. Now, however, the phone is listed as "coming soon" on Google's website. We're not sure whether Google is simply updating the boxed handsets to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, obeying a preliminary injunction in federal court to stop sales, or applying a software patch to avoid said ban. Or, maybe the company just ran out of handsets due to early Android 4.1 adopters and those hoping to get a Galaxy Nexus assuming they'll be banned?

Apple requests U.S. preliminary injunction against the Samsung Galaxy S III smartphone

posted onJune 7, 2012
by l33tdawg

Late on Tuesday, Apple brought a motion, in its second California litigation against Samsung, "to supplement the record regarding Samsung's Galaxy S III product". Apple formally asks the court for permission to add the S III as another product targeted by Apple's motion for a preliminary injunction against the Galaxy Nexus, a smartphone Samsung co-developed with Google.

Samsung Galaxy S III Rooted Before Release

posted onMay 21, 2012
by l33tdawg

The Samsung Galaxy S III doesn’t hit the European market until May 29, but the hackers have already rooted the flagship smartphone.

According to SlashGear, hacker Chainfire posted his work on rooting the Galaxy S III on the xda-developers forum. Chainfire was able to root the phone thanks to an insider who supplied him with an “insecure” kernel for the device.

Galaxy S III To Pack Samsung's New 1.4GHz Exynos 4 Quad Processor

posted onApril 26, 2012
by l33tdawg

Samsung has been doing their damnedest to keep their next Galaxy phone under wraps, but there’s one thing they just couldn’t keep quiet about — the processor.

The Korean electronics giant announced not long ago that their new 1.4 GHz Exynos 4 Quad chipset would be the one to power their next big smartphone, which is expected to be unveiled in London on May 3.

Samsung is China's top smartphone maker

posted onMarch 13, 2012
by l33tdawg

Samsung has been crowned the most popular smartphone producer in China according to analysts at research firm Gartner. The Korean manufacturer beat others such as Nokia, Huawei, ZTE and Apple to clinch the title and now boasts an impressive 24.3% market share in China. 

Meanwhile, while Apple's iPhone 4S is apparently the most desired handset in China, it's limited availability with carriers has played its part in Samsung's achievement.