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by Popa Adrian Marius

Android, Samsung continue market share leads in U.S

August 6, 2011 in News, Other

Article By Rachel King on zdnet:

Already the leader for the past few months, Android has once again found itself in the top spot for June amongst smartphone platforms in the United States, based on the latest report from comScore.

Android managed to push even farther in June as its share of subscribers increased 5.4 percent to 40.1 percent overall. Apple’s iOS was the only other platform that managed to grow, which did ever so slightly by 1.1 percent to 26.6 percent overall.

Unsurprisingly, RIM dropped the most out of the top five by 3.7 percent, but it still managed to hold on to the third spot. Microsoft declined a bit as did Nokia’s Symbian, which is only going to continue as Nokia is moving away from Symbian to join forces with Microsoft on Windows Phone.

Overall, comScore reported that 78.5 million people in the U.S. owned smartphones by June, up eight percent from the preceding three month period.

As for mobile OEMs, Samsung secured the victory on those charts (likely with some help from Android). The South Korean tech giant grew by a tiny amount (0.8 percent), but it still garnered roughly a quarter of the pie at 25.3 percent of U.S. mobile subscribers.

LG and Apple were the only other two mobile OEMs in the top five to grow, at second and fourth place respectively. Motorola dropped in the market share by 1.3 percent and placed third, while RIM rounded out the top five as it dropped half a percent.

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by Jancsi Farkas

Samsung Galaxy S2, iPhone’s Imposing Rival Hits 6 Million Sales

July 23, 2011 in News

Just prior to the iPhone 5′s rumoured autumn release, a of the categorical rivals, the Samsung Galaxy S II seems to be achieving considerable sales, with some-more than 6 million units sole in reduction than 3 months, Digital Versus reports.

Just progressing this month, the association had publicized 3 million units sole in only 55 days, plus right away it’s outstanding the own record, with this towering 6 million figure.

With the US recover of the Galaxy S II scheduled for this summer, plus an approaching series of 10 million units to be sole prior to the finish of the year, the S2 should transcend the strange Galaxy S sales of fourteen million devices, in reduction than a year.

The Samsung smartphone seems to be doing only excellent in the inhuman smartphone sector, being a clever aspirant not only for the stream iPhone, though additionally for the shortly to arrive iPhone 5. Announced in February, the Android device features, between alternative things, a 4.27-inch Super AMOLED arrangement with 800 x 480 resolution, dual-core Samsung processor, 8-megapixel rear-facing plus 2-megapixel front-facing cameras.

At the moment, there is not most foe upon the smartphone marketplace for this excellent Android phone, with only the HTC Sensation, Motrola Atrix, Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc plus LG Optimus 2X  in the league.

We’ll see what happens when the prolonged awaited iPhone 5 comes, though deliberation the high-tech facilities plus a expected dump in cost by then, the success of the Samsung Galaxy S II won’t be starting down too soon.

via MöBMiT.

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by Jancsi Farkas

Samsung Galaxy 3D Arriving Q4 2011?

July 23, 2011 in News

After Sharp got the 3D smartphone race running back in Japan last year, LG introduced the Optimus 3D, and HTC pulled together the EVO 3D. Now the remaining major smartphone manufactures may be about to play catch-up, at least according to a report that Samsung may be prepping its own Galaxy 3D in time for a Q4 launch.

Korea’s ETNews cites industry sources as tipping it off to the Galaxy 3D project. From the supposed hardware specs that are available, the smartphone sounds very much like the Galaxy S2, mirroring what we’ve seen from other manufacturers releasing two similar handsets, one with 3D and one without. Like the GS2, the G3D would run a 1.2GHz dual-core Exynos and have a 4.3-inch display. Helping you create some 3D content of your own, there will be dual eight-megapixel auto-focus cameras. If you need a larger screen, HDMI-out will pipe that 3D imagery to a compatible HDTV.

According to these sources, the G3D would ship with Gingerbread when released towards the end of the year, and as we would expect from a high-end phone, would receive ICS once it becomes available.

We’re curious to see what lasting impact 3D screens will have on the smartphone market. Is it going to be enough for each manufacturer to just have one 3D model in its stable, or are we going to see more competition as the technology improves?

Source here.

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by Jancsi Farkas

Samsung Romania’s Twitter account either leaked the next Nexus or just reposted some blog rumors

July 12, 2011 in News

According to Engadget, Samsung Romania’s twitter account either leaked the next Nexus or just reposted some blog rumors.

 “So far rumors of the next Nexus phone have been mostly whispered and unverifiable, but they appeared to get a strong confirmation when confirmation and specs were spotted on the Samsung Romania Twitter account (@SamsungMobileRO). Romanian business paper ZF grabbed the tweets saying the Nexus Prime would feature a Super AMOLED HD (1280 x 720) screen and Android 4.0 when it ships later this year, however when contacted, Samsung reps deleted them and claimed the information originated from an outside source. That outside source could be a rumor posted on the Boy Genius Report the day before mentioning the same specs, as well as the possibility of “halo” Ice Cream Sandwich phones from HTC and Motorola at the same time. For now we’ll lean towards believing the company line, but if any of the Samsung social media accounts ever cough an accidental DM or two (who hasn’t done it?) we’ll consider them more carefully.”

According to later messages from same twitter account, the information was uploaded by mistake and is based on a rumor and is not officially confirmed for Samsung Romania. (anyway, would they admit it if it were no rumor, but uploaded by mistake, that the uploaded phone is the next Nexus? Probably not..)

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by The Admin

First commercial for Galaxy Tab 10.1

June 10, 2011 in News

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It looks like Samsung’s finally rolled out its first commercial for the Galaxy Tab 10.1, and while it’s not quite in the same vein as its phone offerings, it’s still a fun watch — and takes a swipe or two at the iPad 2.

I think we can all agree it’s not quite that easy to convince someone to go and spend hundreds of dollars on a tablet, but nice try in making it look that way. Also, the Flash bit has definitely been a point of contention for a while now, but did it need airtime?

At any rate, I think Sammy’s got a good ball rolling now, especially with that slogan. Ladies and gentlemen, it’s time to Tab.

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