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Needham & Company analyst Charlie Wolf released his quarterly report on the status of the smartphone market, pointing out that China is the worldwide leader. Shipments in China increased 164 percent from the year-ago quarter, now at 33.1 million units. The United States is second in the race with 25 million units sold in the…
Samsung’s luck is finally starting to turn around. It won a case in the UK when a judge ruled in its favor saying the Galaxy Tab 10.1 doesn’t copy design aspects of Apple’s iPad. The judge had some interesting things to say about Samsung’s tablet however. Judge Colin Birss said it’s not likely consumers will…
FixYa is an online service that aims to help people troubleshoot issues with almost any gadget they own using its vast support community. From this, its able to gather plenty of interesting data for each product including which are the biggest problems users face for each. In a new report it released today, FixYa is…
DigiTimes is reporting today that the next-generation iPhone will indeed have a quad-core processor inside, according to “industry sources.” Because of intense competition from vendors like HTC, Samsung, LG, and others, the inclusion of a faster processor with more cores would be a big win for Apple. Specifically, Apple is said to be using Samsung’s Exynos 4…
Good news, Galaxy fans. The two largest carriers in the United States just announced when they are making the Samsung Galaxy S III available to all of you. If you haven’t already pre-ordered your device at these or any other carrier, AT&T stores will start carrying it this Friday, July 6th, and Verizon Wireless will…
It hasn’t been long after Google announced Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, but Android users are already eager to find out if their device will qualify for the software update. Since Samsung is the most popular manufacturer of Android devices, the company is feeling some extra pressure to get its upgrade plans out to the public.…
After Apple won a court case that led to the ban of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the United States, the judge has denied Samsung’s request to lift it. The ban hereby remains in effect in America until further notice. The lawsuit, which Apple filed last year, claimed that Samsung’s flagship tablet copied the…
If you’ve been holding off on getting a Samsung Galaxy S III for any reason, now might be a good time to reconsider. The Galaxy S III is available on Sprint starting yesterday in a 32GB flavor for $249 with a two-year contract. Yes, the 32GB version also naturally comes in either the pebble blue…
Mozilla says it has the support of a number of carriers and smartphone manufacturers to start shipping phones running on Firefox’s new mobile operating system. Sprint in the United States is a backer as well as Deutsche Telekom and hardware vendors ZTE and TCL Communication Technology. Mozilla hopes to have the first Firefox-based handsets shipping by…
Did you think Apple was going to stop chasing after Samsung once it won a preliminary injunction against the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the United States? Did you think once more that Apple would stop after it later won a preliminary injunction against the Galaxy Nexus smartphone in the United States? If you answered “yes”…