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Samsung Ukraine announced Jelly Bean updates for the Galaxy Note and Galaxy Ace 2. The former will get its serving of Android 4.1 on March 1st, while the latter will be treated with the same goodies in late April. As you can imagine these are the general dates that may wary depending on the country.…
Samsung Electronics’ Chairman Lee Kun-hee has won a court case against his own relatives seeking a larger share in the company they inherited from their father. At stake were shares in the various holding companies from the Samsung conglomerate worth around $4 billion, which the relatives accused Lee Kun-hee of deliberately hiding from them. Lee…
Samsung unveiled another Korea-only device which most likely won’t be available in other parts of the world. And we don’t necessarily want it, cause it’s a basic clamshell that doesn’t run a smartphone OS. In fact, the Samsung Wise II is seemingly made for seniors and other folks who aren’t too tech savvy, sporting a…
As part of its plan to boost sales for the upcoming Valentine’s Day, Samsung announced 2013 La Fleur edition phones in Russia. Among the phones you can get with flowery patterns is the best-selling Galaxy S III, which is (will be) available in white and red (with the mentioned flowery patterns all around the box).…
Samsung in a smart business decision has decided to buy a five percent stake in Wacom, which is a company that produces the stylus pens for their Galaxy Note devices. This move was a no brainer when you consider the millions of Note devices the Korean manufacturer has sold so far. The way the investment…
Samsung officially announced its new Galaxy Xcover 2 S7710 last week,but failed to provide any information pertaining to a release date or availability. Today, Samsung UK has announced that their rugged IP67-certified water and dust resistant smartphone is coming to the UK by March. The Samsung Galaxy Xcover 2 has some impressive specs for a smartphone of its type,…
Samsung is pumping up the hype machine for its second Superbowl ad. Last year, the company spent $9 million to advertise the Galaxy Note LTE. This year’s campaign is entitled “The Big Pitch” and stars Seth Rogen, Paul Rudd, and Bob Odenkirk. No dollar figure has been dropped, but Samsung likely paid up to $10M for the…
Sprint is currently pushing out Android 4.2.1 Jelly Bean updates to the Galaxy Nexus. This is happening after The Now Network issued a major update a couple of weeks ago. The new Android 4.2.1 (build JRO03U.L700GA02) brings the following improvements: Redesigned camera interface and new Photosphere feature (a 360-degree panorama mode) Notifications Shade accessible by…
It looks like the floors of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next month are going to be a little bare this year. HTC has already announced it would not have a press conference at MWC, and now, according to Pocket-Lint, it looks as if Samsung is following suit. Samsung will have a show-floor presence at the show,…
Looks like Samsung will soon release a special version of the Galaxy Premier in its own backyard. It is said that the upcoming device will be known as Galaxy Pop and feature a quad-core (rather than dual-core) processor. By now we got used to seeing the electronics giant releasing improved versions of select devices in…