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katrina Sukumaran

iPhone 5 rumors continue: Sharing Samsung Galaxy S II release date? - 0 views

  • iPhone 5 could launch on October 7th or 14th.
  • unofficial Apple blog
  • Apple is preparing to launch the iPhone 5 in October 7th or the 14th depending on the supply.
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  • upcoming Apple smartphone
  • , T-Mobile’s Samsung Hercules
  • The leak said October 26th. 
  • Samsung Galaxy S II
  • iPhone 5 will arrive in October
  • better under the hood specification
  • Apple delayed the launch of the iPhone 5 to take advantage of the so-called Thanksgiving and Christmas shopping rush.
  • more powerful back and front cameras.
  • next-generation Apple smartphone.
  • based in Asia.
  • supply of the units from Apple’s manufacturing partners
  • also added that Apple is still internally “debating” on either the September 29th or the 30th preorder date, but the latter seems more likely.
  • much-anticipated smartphones this year.
  • iPhone 5
  • expected by the end of September
  • iPhone 5
  • new A5 chip, the dual-core dedicated processor of the computer company, as well as bigger RAM, 8-megapixel rear camera, a non-VGA front-facing camera and could sport a new design. The new iPhone 5 is also the expected device to launch with iOS 5 out of the box.
  • iPhone 5′s design is “curvier”
  • f Samsung Mobile
  • Android OEM
  • launch a “defensive” strategy against the iPhone 5 by launching the company’s most popular Android smartphone to date
  • Samsung Galaxy S II.
  • Galaxy S II was heralded this week, claiming that the Samsung Hercules, or the Samsung Galaxy S II variant for the US carrier T-Mobile.
  • AT&T, Sprint Nextel and Verizon Wireless
  • also expected to sell the Samsung Galaxy S II,
  • Other Android devices that are also expected to arrive by Thanksgiving are the HTC Vigor, Motorola Droid Bionic and the new Nexus smartphone from Google.
  • Android “team” compete against the iPhone 5? I
  • Android smartphone that could possibly steal some of the iPhone 5 customers?
Hanna Anderson

E.U. sales ban on Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 scaled back - latimes.com - 0 views

  • Samsung's Galaxy Tab
  • 10.1 is back on sale in the European Union
  • , except in Germany
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  • dispute between Samsung and Apple.
  • Samsung has agreed to halt Galaxy Tab 10.1 sales in Australia until its patent dispute with Apple can be sorted out.
  • Apple has sued Samsung in the U.S., Europe and Australia,
  • accusing Samsung of ripping off its iPhone and iPad
katrina Sukumaran

Samsung's IPhone Killer Is Coming: Galaxy S II Due This Month | FoxNews.com - 0 views

  • Samsung Galaxy S II
  • to be the only real competition to the Apple iPhone.
  • can't get it in the United States-- yet.
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  • Samsung's
  • a date for the U.S. release
  • its hotly anticipated phone,
  • sold lavishly in foreign markets
  • r 5 million people worldwide
  • bought the flagship Android phone
  • 85 days it has been on the market
  • one sold every 1.5 seconds,
  • Samsung
  • "a major product announcement"
  • an invitation to journalists early Friday
  • Galaxy S II
  • Aug. 29.
  • Galaxy S II by name,
  • The Galaxy is coming.
  • "It isn't rocket science to understand that it's the Galaxy S II announcement,"
  • It isn't an overstatement to say that the Samsung Galaxy S II is the strongest competition the iPhone faces.
  • sports a 4.3-inch, 800x480 screen, a 1.2-GHz processor, fast 4G network connectivity, and a sleek, simple design evocative of the iPhone. By contrast, the Apple iPhone 4  has a 3.5-inch, 960x640 screen, a 1-GHz processor, and a slower, 3G connection.
  • Bigger and faster?
  • Though it hasn’t gone on sale yet in the U.S.
  • Galaxy S II are copious
  • obscene.
  • 24 days, the company sold 1 million units
  • The 2 million units sold in 42 days would fill two and a half soccer fields.
  • That's a lot of smartphones. But it's more than that: It's a lot of good smartphones,
  • "If the U.S. versions are anything like the international versions, these are going to be spectacular smartphones," he told FoxNews.com. Segan gave an international version of the phone an Editors' Choice award, calling it the finest Android smartphone available today.
  • Apple iPhone 5
  • he elephant in the room
  • he 3 million Galaxy S II phones sold in just over 50 days are as heavy as 100 elephants)
  • iPhone 5 is widely expected to be coming out in September, Segan noted.
  • And getting the right price could make all the difference for Samsung. "They don't want to be more expensive than the iPhone," Segan said.
  • But that 4G network connection may prove a major difference between the two. 
  • Unless Apple has made some sort of secret breakthrough, [the faster LTE network] might make a Verizon iPhone too thick and power-hungry for Apple's demands this year. Apple may skip it for now and wait for smaller and cooler chipsets," Segan noted.
  • That faster connection really pays off for anyone surfing a lot of complicated websites or viewing movies over Netflix, he said. 
  • But in the end, pricing, a final feature set and the design is all up to the carriers. "The mainstream price for a smartphone is $199 with contract," Segan noted. "We're all hoping for $199."
katrina Sukumaran

HTC Ruby and Samsung Galaxy S II may hit T-Mobile Oct. 26 - 0 views

  • Yesterday,
  • including the HTC Ruby.
  • Samsung Hercules (a T-Mobile name for the Samsung Galaxy S II). According to a document leaked by TmoNews, the phones will hit shelves Oct. 26, 2011
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  • a 1.5GHz dual-core processor, 4.3-inch qHD (960×540) touchscreen, a dedicated camera button, a dedicated video button, an 8MP rear camera, a 2MP front camera, 1GB of RAM, and Bluetooth 3.0.
  • HTC Ruby
  • handset rumor roundup,
  • be more powerful than the Hercules (S II),
  • 1.2GHz dual-core processor and a 4.3-inch 480×800 screen. Both phones will be “4G” capable, meaning they will run on T-Mobile’s high-speed HSPA+ network.This is all speculation, of course, as is most early handset news. Handset manufacturers don’t
  • like to announce release dates or device information before the day of launch, likely because of how fast the industry moves an
  • d how much control is in the hands of the wireless carriers, which have a good amount of power over handset sales here in the United States.
  • Samsung is holding a Galaxy S II event on August 29.
katrina Sukumaran

Apple Gets Ban on Samsung Galaxy S, SII, and Ace Smartphones | PCWorld - 0 views

  • Despite accusations that it may have altered photos of Samsung’s Galaxy S smartphones
  • order to strengthen its case,
  • Apple has succeeded in getting a Dutch court
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  • ban the sale of three phones are "too similar" to the iPhone. The ban begins October 15.
  • Missing from the ban, however, are the Galaxy Tab tablets,
  • included in the original suit filed this month.
  • evidence that it may have doctored photos in that case, as well.
  • get the Tab banned in Germany,
  • A Dutch court found Samsung to be infringing on an Apple patent
  • technologies related to a “Portable Electronic Device for Photo Management.”
  • covers the various aspects of a photo gallery user interface
  • Samsung’s Galaxy S, SII, and Ace smartphones have thus been banned from sale.
  • use of touchscreen gestures
  • ban takes effect October 15
  • phones will be barred in Germany, Ireland, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK, and the Netherlands.
  • ruling will not be enforceable in other EU member-states because Apple failed to pay the administrative costs necessary in order to make the patent valid, tech patent blog FOSS Patents reports.
  • Apple’s failure to keep its paperwork in order
  • ban could have disruptive effects on Samsung sales across Europe.
  • fact that a good portion of Samsung’s distribution system for the region runs through the Netherlands:
  • sell these devices, the company will now need to ship them into various countries directly.
  • Samsung is obviously not pleased with the ruling, and has vowed to take “all possible measures including legal action” to ensure there will be no disruption in sales of its devices.
  • That said, Samsung still has options: the injunction found that Android 2.3 infringed on the patent but Android 3.0 and above did not.
  • Korean electronics maker needs to do is update the banned phones and the injunction will be un-enforceable, something Judge E.F. Brinkman
Steven Gip Liu

The Galaxy Tab - News, Reviews, Apps and Forum! - 0 views

  • The German court upheld an injunction that bans the Galaxy Tab from sale there until at least September 9th. That doesn’t help Samsung at all for...
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    Samsung galaxy tab news
Giang V

What HP's TouchPad fire sale tells iPad rivals - Telegraph - 0 views

  • What HP's TouchPad fire sale tells iPad rivals For a short time this week, the TouchPad was the world’s most wanted gadget. Now with stocks sold out, HP is left to wonder what might have been.
  • Hundreds of thousands of TouchPads have been sold in days, after HP announced it would stop manufacturing its would-be iPad competitor.
  • The sudden desirability of the device was of course due to heavy discounting. Currys and PC World were selling their stocks off for just £89, down from the original RRP of £399.
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  • each of the gadgets cost HP at least £180 just to build, so selling the Touchpad for £89 would never have been considered until the firm decided to abandon it.
  • others hoping to loosen Apple’s stranglehold on the tablet computing market.
  • The main Google Android tablets, made by Samsung and Motorola, are pitched at around the same £400-ish price point as the iPad. But, put together with all the other Android tablets, it’s estimated they are outsold by Apple’s devices eight to one.
  • Amazon, which is rumoured to be preparing to release an Android tablet this autumn. Like Apple with the iPad, it has built and dominated a market for itself with the Kindle, its hugely successful e-reader.
  • Kindle’s success is its relatively low price of £111
Jeon Yap

Snubbed: iPhone 5 release date on tap ASAP, but some must wait longer : Beatweek Magazine - 0 views

  • iPhone 5
  • Apple doesn’t introduce new products any later than September
  • iPhone 6
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  • doesn’t put them on sale any later than October
  • T-Mobile’s own 4G incompatibility
  • single hybrid model
  • iPhone 5 unless it includes 4G networking. And not the 4G LTE which Verizon and AT&T keep touting…
  • incompatible version of 4G networking
  • Sprint won’t have the iPhone until the iPhone 6
  • iPhone 5 by default as AT&T
  • different iPhone 4 hardware models
  • Sprint will instantly become the smallest U.S. carrier as well as the only one not in line for the iPhone.
  • Motorola Mobility
  • iPhone 5 era for political or network reasons
  • Android platform
  • Android-based flagship phone has been thoroughly outsold by AT&T’s flagship iPhone 4
  • Droid phone
  • Android offerings
  • rival Android platform
  • Android manufacturers HTC and Samsung are losing their underwear in the courts thanks to prolonged patent wars and may not ultimately be a part of the Android collective once it’s all said and done.
  • Verizon iPhone 5
  • Apple controls the OS and the hardware
  • Verizon iPhone 5
  • (along with the “old standby” AT&T iPhone 6
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    Competition between stores that are selling the iphone 4 and 5 The competition for andriod might make losses.
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