It was revealed in his biography that Steve Jobs wanted to spend 'every penny' of Apple's cash on hand to battle Android for stealing ideas from iOS: Our lawsuit is saying, “Google, you fucking ripped off the iPhone, wholesale ripped us off.” Grand theft. I will spend my last dying breath if I need to,...
A new report by Reuters has profiled Samsung’s design process and its 40-year old senior vice president and chief mobile designer Lee Min-hyouk. According to the source, Lee, who has acquired the moniker of “Midas” for his golden touch with the Galaxy series, has travelled to Brazil’s Iguazu Falls and the ancient city of Cuzco in Peru for inspiration. The...
Over the last couple of years, Samsung and Apple have become a sort of "arch rivals" mainly due to the never ending battle of touchscreen smartphones and tablets. But when it comes to producing HDTVs, Samsung believes that Apple has a lot to catch up in this particular field. According to Chris Moseley, Samsung's AV product's...
Prior to the Super Bowl Samsung released a teaser of their Super Bowl ad that attacks iPhone users waiting in line. This was part of an existing series Samsung released earlier in the year. This evening, Samsung released both an American and Canadian version of their ad. The Canadian shows the names of Toronto, Montreal,...
The massive Q4 2011 sales of iPhone 4S have already taken Apple to the 3rd spot in global rankings of largest smartphone manufacturers and now, another statistical analysis by Asymco crowns Apple as the highest earning mobile phone manufacturer in the world. Asymco has calculated the profit and revenue share of top 8 mobile makers and also counted...
According to a fresh report (via MacRumors) by research firm IDC regarding global cell phone sales during Q4 and full-year 2011, Apple has surpassed LG Electronics to become the 3rd largest mobile phone maker. Only one year back, Apple was on the 5th spot in the largest global cell phone manufacturer's rankings just behind ZTE, but the...
We have previously seen Samsung's ads mocking Apple users waiting in line for the iPhone. The South Korean giant has now released a teaser trailer leading up to their upcoming Super Bowl ad this Sunday. The video showcases the upcoming and monstrous-sized Galaxy Note. Check it out below: "Is that a Galaxy Note in your...
According to the latest Strategy Analytics research report, Apple topped all smartphone vendors in 2011 Q4 with the most shipments, toppling Samsung. Apple won the quarter but the South Korean conglomerate still took down the 2011 title by edging out Apple by 4.4 million shipments. Neil Mawston, Executive Director at Strategy Analytics, added, “While Apple...
Despite being absent from this year's Consumer Electronics Show, Apple was hardly out of the limelight as electronics companies lined up to prove that their products were a serious threat to whatever Apple might have in the pipeline. This year, huge-screened interactive televisions were front and centre and Apple's rumoured iTV loomed over electronics maker...
According to Amit Kumar, Samsung is set to debut a new wireless feature at CES 2012 called Swipeit, seen as a competitor to Apple's AirPlay: On January 9, 2012, Samsung will announce their Apple Airplay competitor - the Samsung SwipeIt – at CES. SwipeIt works exactly like the Apple’s AirPlay. Watching a video on your...
"Chat Your Way, ChatON!" This is what Samsung is calling its latest venture to compete with Apple's iMessage and frankly speaking, its not a bad attempt. ChatON is a cross platform instant messaging app (available on the US App Store) which allows users of iOS, Android, Bada and Samsung Feature to communicate with each other for free....
Apple has accused Samsung of copying their products and their back and forth legal wars appear to be never-ending. We've previously seen Samsung use App Store icons in their stores and also produced similar chargers. Now it appears Samsung wants to emulate Apple's commercials by using the same child actor that was first featured in...
