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Documents unearthed as part of a US legal battle between Apple and Samsung have revealed the distasteful truth underpinning some corporate strategy. Cnet reports that Samsung America’s former head of national sales Michael Pennington saw the death of Apple boss Steve Jobs in 2011 as an opportunity for the company …
Read More »Samsung opens eight new UK stores
Samsung has opened a number of new standalone stores in eight cities across the UK. The eight Experience Stores have been unveiled in London, Liverpool, Manchester, Bradford, Cardiff, Bournemouth and Newcastle – where two have opened. The stores follow in the footsteps ofSamsung’s first UK Experience Store, which opened up …
Read More »Samsung unveils the Galaxy S5
What is likely to be the year’s biggest selling smartphone across the globe has been announced by Samsung. The Galaxy S5 is the latest in Samsung’s market-leading Android smartphone range and is due for release on April 11th priced at around 550. The handset is probably best described as a …
Read More »Carphone Warehouse rebranding 60 of its stores as Samsung-only
Samsung smartphones are to receive their own dedicated retail presence on the UK High Street. Carphone Warehouse has announced plans to rebrand 60 of its 2,000 stores as dedicated Samsung outlets. These will roll out in the next three months across seven countries including the UK, which is expected to …
Read More »Apple posts record iPhone and iPad sales, but is still outpaced by Samsung
51m iPhones and 26m iPads were sold by Apple in Q4 2013. Both numbers are record-breaking for the firm, which in the same period a year before sold 47.8m iPhones and 22.9m iPads. The sales led to revenue of $57.6bn and net profit of $13.1bn – which was flat –for …
Read More »T-Mobile CEO tweets about his love for the Samsung Note 3… from his iPhone
In a delightful corporate faux pas, the CEO of T-Mobile has been caught seemingly ‘exaggerating’ his love for Samsung’s new Galaxy Note 3. John Legere took to Twitter to explain that he was "Glad @SamsungMobile decided to bring phablets to the states. I don’t know what I’d do without my …
Read More »Samsung unveiled curved-screen smartphone
Ever wished your smartphone screen was less flat? Then rejoice, as Samsung’s latest smartphone gimmick will likely be of huge appeal. The freshly revealed Galaxy Round certainly boasts an eye-catching USP – 5.7-inch OLED its screen is curved. Inside is 3GB of RAM, 32GB of storage and a 2.3GHz quad …
Read More »Tizen: The new mobile OS championing openness
Develop speaks to Linux about its new open source OS that is being embraced by Samsung and mobile SDK providers
Read More »Apple’s smartphone market share drops below 14%
Rival Samsung sold about a third of all smartphones in Q2 2013
Read More »100% Indie – What’s in it for you?
The initiative's founders write how it is trying to fuel Android development with the new scheme
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