Samsung Largest Applicant at European Patent Office
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- Wednesday, 06 March 2013 15:27
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With 2289 patents Samsung tops the list of applications filing at European Patent Office. The top five companies overall were Samsung, Siemens, BASF, General Electric, and LG.
The top five countries for filings in 2012 were: the United States (24.6 per cent), Japan (20.1 per cent), Germany (13.3 per cent), China (7.3 per cent), and South Korea (5.6 per cent). The top from Europe after Germany were: France (4.7 per cent), Switzerland (3.2 per cent), the United Kingdom (2.6 per cent) and the Netherlands (2.5 per cent).
Galaxy S IV Smart Scroll and Smart Pause
- Mobile Phones
- Wednesday, 06 March 2013 10:56
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Yesterday there were some big buzz about Samsung Galaxy S IV latest smart features, Smart Scroll and Smart Pause. Though no one confirmed officially about existence of these features till now, but I am pretty sure these two will be part of next Galaxy super-phone. I got hold of a new screenshot of Samsung Galaxy s IV setting screen, which clearly shows that Samsung is in fact bringing smart scroll and smart pause to Galaxy S IV.
Like the earlier leaks these images may be fake. But let’s wait and watch every move from Samsung.
Samsung Will Produce 100$ LTE Smartphones for Indian Market
- Mobile Phones
- Wednesday, 06 March 2013 09:20
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Indian telecom giant Reliance Industries (RIL) finalized Samsung as the official handset partner to produce low-cost entry-level LTE handsets. Samsung has agreed to offer entry-level 4G smartphones at a little over $100 (about Rs 5,500) for use with RIL’s voice and high-speed internet services, said a source close to the deal.
RIL is going to soft launch its 4G LTE in Mumbai and Delhi by mid-2013 and a formal launch is set to be announced later this year, most likely on December 28.
Samsung Galaxy Stellar Jelly Bean Update
- Mobile Phones
- Wednesday, 06 March 2013 09:01
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There is a good news for Samsung Galaxy Stellar owners. Verizon has published support documents indicating that the Jelly Bean update for the Samsung Galaxy Stellar is on its way out. The update to Android 4.1 — software version JZO54K.I200VRBMA1 — is rolling out to devices OTA (Over The Air) now, and weighs in at a hefty 403MB. Users will see several improvements from Jelly Bean, such as Google Now, expandable notifications and Project Butter. The update also brings support for 64GB SDcards, improved networking and removes the Verizon app store.
Varizon also published detailed instruction how to update the device. Check out the official instructions here.
Samsung Will Acquire 3 percent Stake in Sharp
- Samsung
- Tuesday, 05 March 2013 20:35
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Samsung is in talk with Sharp to takeover a whopping 3 percent in the consumer electronics firm. With this Samsung will invest some 10 billion yen ($107 million) in Sharp.
A Sharp spokesman in Tokyo did not confirm or deny the Samsung investment plan. “This news is not something that has been announced by the company,” he said.
Sharp received a $4.4 billion bailout from banks last October but had to mortgage its offices and factories in Japan to secure the loans. It also pledged to trim its workforce by 10,000 people and sell off assets.
Samsung Galaxy S III WIth T-Mobile LTE Clears FCC
- Mobile Phones
- Tuesday, 05 March 2013 13:41
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Samsung Galaxy S III LTE variant for T-Mobile cleared FCC now and soon will be seen in T-Mobile stoe. Though this is quite late as Samsung is going to announce Galaxy S IV soon. Code named as SGHT-999L (Original Galaxy S III was termed as SGHT-999), the T-Mobile LTE variant will support LTE Band 4 and 17.
Galaxy S IV New Leaked Photos and Specs
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- Tuesday, 05 March 2013 09:50
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While I am following Samsung Galaxy S IV official announcement updates quite closely, there are some interesting leaks staring to surface in different websites. Just now Expansys france, the online electronics retail store added some mock-up images of next Galaxy phone. Though these images just rendered photos but I can not deny or agree on anything as the images are posted by @evleaks on twitter.
It also reveals some of the specs and though it does not say what will be the choice of processor, it claims to have a full HD Super AMOLED display along with 13MP camera, 2GB RAM, 16/32/64GB internal memory and Android 4.2 OS.
