The most bizarre part to me isn't that Samsung is willing to fork out ungodly amounts of currency in order to sear the term "Galaxy" onto the brains of every human alive -- it's that the outfit's North American marketing partners are actually stellar.
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Mobile World Congress is just a few days away, but that hasn't stopped Samsung from pulling back the curtain on TV Discovery: a new service that lets users search for and watch live TV, on-demand video and even online content from outfits such as YouTube.
We don't have a Samsung BD-P1000 yet, so we're busy reading the opinions posted by people who do.
The positions remained the same, but the US was once again a painful market to be in for anyone that isn't Apple or Samsung.
Of course, an interview with a Samsung executive wouldn't be an interview with a Samsung executive without a mention of Apple, and amazingly, Eun opened up just a little.
Nevertheless, some have managed to get their hands on a Blu-ray player and movies already, despite the fact the movies don't officially release until tomorrow, and Samsung's baby isn't due until next week.
Even so, Cupertino's lawyers aren't going down without a fight, and still have a number of navigation and design claims that Samsung hasn't addressed.
Basically it doesn't sound like the camera to wait around for, which doesn't surprise us given Samsung's less than mindblowing digital camera releases to date.
The phone's hardware isn't as impressive as Samsung's, but the software is easy to use, and it's based on a strong idea: taking the pain out of communicating across email, text messaging and social networks.
Samsung doesn't offer video apps on the fridge because that would make no sense, he said.
Samsung isn't "a copyist, " he said, arguing that the iPhone is less original than Apple claims.
Competing top-line Android phones already have the same resolution, so Samsung isn't breaking new ground here.
The Q has already inspired competitors such as the T-Mobile Dash and Samsung BlackJack.
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One thing Samsung hasn't held back on this year at CES is displays.
The word from Chi Mei Optoelectronics makes us think that Microsoft and Samsung aren't the only ones to get the 22-inch bug.
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Samsung hasn't handed out launch details, but it's safe to say that the ATIV Tab won't arrive any sooner than October 26th.
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Samsung wasn't deterred, however, and brought out DiamondTouch, a projector based multitouch table that utilized both one touch scrolling and pinch-based zoom gestures.
At least until this summer, Amazon became the de facto leader of the Android tablet market while electronics heavyweights like Samsung couldn't break much ground.
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Hopefully, Samsung won't hold out on those details for much longer.
In Apple's cross-examination of Mr. Yang, the iPhone maker said that Samsung didn't claim to be producing devices that use two of the patents it asserted against Apple.
While there weren't any underage workers when Samsung visited, it did find HEG staff working excessive overtime, some unsafe practices and a system that punished late workers with fines.
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Thing is, the L74 has an irregular shape so who knows what to believe at this point -- it wouldn't be the first time Samsung fudged its numbers.
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Samsung wasn't quite as aggressive as its peers, but there's no denying that the 4-inch Galaxy S served as a benchmark for the entire industry, if just through sheer ubiquity.
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While you might be scratching your head, wondering why Samsung didn't make these two apps one and the same, S Note is significantly more complex, and thus, takes much longer to load.
Samsung didn't do too bad either, increasing sales by 18.6 percent year-on-year thanks to its Galaxy range (although it's important to note this figure is for total phone sales, not just smartphones).
While many analysts agree that Samsung isn't as innovative as Apple in terms of design and software capability, it has been able to match other electronics companies' products at a cheaper price.
Companies like Intel (nasdaq: INTC - news - people ) and Samsung haven't been able to bring the UMPC to the mainstream, but the Foleo's price could give Palm an edge.
Samsung didn't repeat their achievement of winning three awards this year like they did in '05, thanks to their award winning LE40M61B LCD, but they did happen to go home with best innovation for their LED-backlit LCDs.
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