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Tablet sales set to soar 28% this year to $64 billion
- As numerous industry analysts have long predicted, tablets continue to expand in popularity even as PC sales hit an all-time slump. ABI Research is the latest firm to lend its voice to the chorus singing of tablet growth, forecasting a…
Samsung announces Series 9 Premium ultrabook for $1,400
- Samsung has added a premium variant to its Series 9 ultrabook lineup that packs a full HD (1920 x 1080) matte display and Core i7 processor for $1,399. The 13.3-inch machine is viewed as a competitor to the MacBook Air,…
Samsung intros Galaxy Mega 5.8 and 6.3 phones, coming next month
- Confirming previous rumors, Samsung has announced its largest smartphones to date, the Galaxy Mega 5.8 and 6.3. With the latter spanning nearly an inch larger than the company's 5.5-inch Galaxy Note 2, the oversized touch devices straddle the line between…
Police raids Samsung offices in OLED technology theft investigation
- Samsung and LG’s display units have been battling it out in courts since 2010, with lawsuits flying from both sides alleging everything from patent violations to stolen technology secrets related to OLED panels. Although there’s been some speculation that their…
HTC sees significant profit drop amid HTC One delay
- The mobile phone industry is thriving like no other but of course that doesn’t exactly guarantee success as a vendor. HTC, Taiwan’s largest smartphone maker and one of the hottest brands just a few years ago, is one of several…
Microsoft rumored to be working on a Google Glass competitor
- Microsoft could be working on a connected device similar to Google’s Project Glass that would debut sometime next year according to a note to investors from analyst Brian White. What’s more, he believes that Google has made significant breakthroughs around…
Browser war brewing: Google ditches Webkit for Blink, Mozilla partners with Samsung on Servo
- It’s been roughly two months since Opera announced it was dropping its own Presto web rendering engine in favor of Webkit, the same used by Apple's Safari and Google's Chrome. The move was seen as an attempt to remain relevant in…
Samsung Experience Shops to open in 1,400 Best Buy locations
- Samsung is preparing to open 1,400 mini-stores inside Best Buy locations across the US by the end of the summer as part of their continued effort to crank up the heat against Apple. The stores, known as Samsung Experience Shops,…
Microsoft reduces prices on multiple Windows 8 tablets and hybrids
- If you’re in the market for a Windows 8 tablet or hybrid, now may be as good of time as any to pull the trigger. That’s because Microsoft recently slashed prices on a number of systems in the Microsoft Store.…
Samsung prepping Galaxy Mega smartphones with massive displays
- Samsung is preparing a new line of massive smartphones known as the Galaxy Mega. The first two handsets to carry this branding will ship with a 5.8-inch and a 6.3-inch display, respectively, according to an inside source as reported by…
Samsung adds 4G to ATIV Win8 hybrid, Series 9 gets 1080p screen
- Samsung has announced a couple of updates to its mobile Windows 8 PC lineup that adds some higher-tier options to the company's ATIV Smart PC Pro and Series 9 Premium ultrabook ranges. First up, the ATIV 700T can be equipped…
Google rumored to be working on a smartwatch, too
- 2013 could very well end up being the year of the smartwatch – or at the very least, the year that several big names started developing their wristwatch. Pebble’s smartwatch is already in the wild, Apple’s pending iWatch is one…
Samsung's market share lead expected to hit double digits this year
- A recent report from technology research firm IHS predicts that Samsung will more than double its percentage point lead over all rivals from 2012 to 2013, no doubt with help from the upcoming Galaxy S4 handset. Specifically, the publication said…
Samsung's Smart Evolution HDTV upgrade kit coming in May for $299
- Today Samsung is making good on a promise from earlier this year at CES with regards to the planned Smart Evolution Kit. The kit, which includes a Samsung Smart Remote, will contain a faster quad-core processor, a new GPU and…
Samsung officially enters smartwatch race against Apple
- Last month a series of screenshots surfaced on a Korean forum showing what appeared to be the user interface for a Samsung smartwatch. We didn’t have much to go on besides the photos at the time but now the Korean…
Samsung to release a high-end Tizen-based smartphone this summer
- Samsung is expected to release a smartphone based on the open-source platform Tizen as early as August according to Lee Young Hee, executive vice president of Samsung’s mobile business. The phone will fit into the high-end category alongside the company’s…
Galaxy S4 touts 5" 1080p display, tons of new features, coming April
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Following months of rumors, teasers and leaks, Samsung took the stage in New York City this evening to unveil the Galaxy S4. As you'd expect, the device brings many improvements to the Galaxy S3 and could become the market's leading handset according to analyst chatter...
Apple's next-gen "A7" processor slated for 2014, distances itself from Samsung
- Apple's next-generation iPhone processor is rumored to have entered its final stage of design, according to a recent report by Digitimes. Being called the "A7", Apple's upcoming custom silicon is expected to be the next notch in the company's A-series APU…
Phil Schiller blasts Android, Samsung ahead of Galaxy S4 reveal
- Apple is on the attack just hours before Samsung is expected to showcase the Galaxy S4 at a media event in New York City. In two recently published rare interviews, Apple’s Phil Schiller took shots at Google’s Android mobile operating…
MobileBurn asks: who wants to make phone calls on a 7-inch tablet?
- Smartphone screen sizes have reached ridiculous levels since the so-called "phablet" era began, but few sights are as bizarre as the idea of making phone calls on a tablet. That doesn't mean that making phone calls on an Asus FonePad…
HTC One delayed until late March, early April for select markets
- It looks as though the HTC One will miss its original launch date in the US and abroad. The handset was scheduled to arrive on March 15 but is now being pushed back to late March for certain markets and…
Samsung Galaxy S4 leaked on Chinese forum
- A series of leaked photos claiming to show Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy S4 smartphone were recently published on a Chinese forum. The images reveal a handset that looks similar to the company’s other popular Android handsets albeit with a slimmer profile…
Nokia supports Apple in Samsung product sales ban effort
- Nokia filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington earlier this week to back Apple’s intentions of permanently banning select Samsung phones from being sold in America. The documents were sealed upon…
Samsung to buy 3% stake in Sharp for $112 million
- Sharp has confirmed it will be receiving a 10.4 billion yen (around $112 million) investment from Samsung for a 3% stake in the company. The two have done business in the past but this deal will further strengthen that relationship, …
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