Verizon and Samsung release Illusion, an iPhone 3GS-killer
Samsung and Verizon just sent out a press release announcing the Samsung Illusion, an Android 2.3-powered entry-level handset dropping online…
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Samsung Galaxy S III review round-up
The Samsung Galaxy S III is being unveiled in London right now, but the first hands-on reviews have already hit…
Samsung Galaxy SIII Review: Can Samsung keep outdoing the competition?
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pg2rwyEYe5c] I spent the last week with two Samsung Galaxy S IIIs—a Sprint version and an AT&T version. Sprint’s version…
Review: A month with the Samsung Chromebook
TL;DR: This is the first Chromebook effort that fulfills the ChromeOS mission: good quality, excellent (MacBook Air-like) design, low cost…
Apple gets Samsunged: New Galaxy S II adverts poke fun of the barista’s latte-making art, suggest Siri is no good
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tmEegvUpGA] Samsung kick started its anti-Apple Galaxy S II campaign with a November 2011 advert that enraged people who would wait…
Almost comical, unintended consequence of of Apple’s patent win: Your manufacturer/carrier might actually update your Android phone
Something funny just hit me. Samsung’s “pure Google” Nexus S phone was hit with a number of software infringements in…
Review: Moto G – The Google Global Game Changer
When I wrote for Fortune in 2010 that inexpensive hardware would allow Android to ‘take over the world’, the concept…
Samsung & Apple take half of global smartphone market, Android & iOS hit 80 percent
Research firm Gartner released its numbers today for “Worldwide Mobile Device Sales” during Q1 2012. There are not many surprises…
Galaxy Nexus attracts lines at Verizon stores, so much for Samsung’s bashing of iPhone line sitters
You probably know by now that Verizon has finally begun selling the Samsung Galaxy Nexus for $299 on a two…
Smart finally beats dumb, smartphones hitting 51.8 percent of global sales in Q2
In the circles most of us hang out, it might seem incredible that featurephones – aka dumb phones – were…
Samsung announces ‘Galaxy Golden’, a $700 dual-screen flip-phone for Korea
Fit for a Saudi prince, Samsung today made things official for another new flip-phone for the Korean market. While it’s…
Apple ‘beat Samsung to the punch’ on AuthenTec purchase
News broke earlier today that Apple is buying mobile security company AuthenTec for $365 million. The company makes the majority of its money…
Samsung beats Apple in acquiring first-time smartphone owners, while Apple wins in conversions
New figures from CIRP reported in Fortune show that both Samsung and Apple get the bulk of their smartphone sales from existing users of…
Gartner: Samsung sees worldwide sales fall 5.3% YOY, losing out to Apple & Chinese brands
New data from Gartner suggests that Samsung saw its worldwide sales fall by 5.3% year-on-year, its market share dropping from…
Samsung opens ‘Easy Phone Sync’ app to help iOS users move to Galaxy products
Samsung wants you. The South Korea-based Company is making it easier than ever to jump ship from iOS to its…
Rumor: Galaxy Note 2 to unveil at Berlin’s IFA in August with 5.5-inch display
A recent report suggests the Galaxy Note successor will début with a slightly larger display at a popular consumer electronics…
comScore: Android and iOS grab 80 percent US marketshare, Apple passes Motorola
Following Nielsen’s latest survey that showed over 90 percent of United States smartphone buyers are choosing iOS or Android, research firm…
Review roundup: Samsung Galaxy S5 is very good, but perhaps not good enough
The early reviews of the Samsung Galaxy S5 are in, and the general verdict appears to be that it’s a…
Xiaomi reportedly plans to join Samsung in offering iPhone 6s-style pressure-sensitive touchscreens
Following Synaptics’ announcement that it would be offering pressure-sensitive touchscreen controllers to allow Android manufacturers to offer features similar to…
Samsung S4 beats HTC One in ‘uncheatable’ benchmark test
Following revelations that almost all Android handset and tablet manufacturers cheat in benchmark tests, detecting the benchmark software and ramping…
Galaxy S 4 dominates Android at nation’s largest carriers
From 9to5mac.com Surprise, surprise as a new Canaccord Genuity study shows the Galaxy S 4 as the most popular Android…
Why didn’t Samsung use Android for its Apps Refrigerators?
. It seems like a no brainer. Samsung is building 8-inch screens into its refrigerator line. Of course it is going to use Android…
Apple vs. Samsung: It’s the ecosystem, stupid
Apple has made its concerns official. The iPhone maker fears Samsung tablet will lure consumers away from the powerful iTunes…
IDC: Android is now on 3 out of every 4 smartphones sold
IDC is out with its latest report that covers the top six smartphone operating systems by shipments and market share during Q3…