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Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 8.0 image, specs leak

# 2013-05-17 10:50:50, BGR: The Three Biggest Letters In Tech
A purported image of Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Tab 3 8.0 tablet was published on Friday along with supposed specs. SamMobile obtained the image of the unannounced tablet from an unnamed source, and the device shown in the image looks very similar to Samsung’s Galaxy Note 8.0 tablet, pictured abo...

Wolfson WM5110 audio chip outputs 'studio master' sound, may appear in next Galaxy S (ears-on)

# 2013-05-17 07:49:00, Engadget
What you're looking at above is a demo board carrying a next-gen Wolfson WM5110 audio chip for smartphones. This bit of silicon isn't in any market-ready handsets just yet, hence the DIY setup, but given Wolfson's well-cemented partnership with Samsung there's every chance this'll be the audio h...

The next major battlefield for Apple and Samsung

# 2013-05-17 06:40:03, BGR: The Three Biggest Letters In Tech
Samsung and Apple have fought over market share and patents, and they may soon start fighting over supply chains. Samsung traditionally built its products using internal supply lines, but as its devices became increasingly popular the company has been forced to seek outside help. Reuters reports tha...

Samsung releases TecTiles 2 NFC tags for Galaxy S 4, available for $15 today

# 2013-05-17 04:34:00, Engadget
Remember Samsung's TecTiles NFC-enabled stickers? Well, much to our dismay, they don't work with the company's flashy new handset, and Galaxy S 4 owners haven't had an alternative to stock up on until today. Samsung's new TecTiles 2, which can perform tasks similar to the smartphone maker's prev...

Samsung says Galaxy S4 is its fastest-selling smartphone of all time

# 2013-05-17 03:00:00, BGR: The Three Biggest Letters In Tech
The Galaxy S4 is Samsung’s fastest-selling smartphone ever with shipments topping 6 million units in two weeks. Samsung co-CEO Shin Jong-kyun revealed on Friday that sales of the Galaxy S4 into channels will likely pass 10 million units next week, The Korea Times reported. The executive noted tha...

Ultra HD TV could see boost from plummeting prices

# 2013-05-17 02:05:58, BGR: The Three Biggest Letters In Tech
Recent reports suggested Ultra HD TV might not flop after all, and their prospects will only be helped by an early round of price cuts. Preliminary analyses from industry watchers didn’t paint a promising picture for Ultra HD, but more recent reports say new higher-resolution 4K panels might accou...

Samsung's Galaxy S 4 to hit 10 million in sales next week, says CEO JK Shin

# 2013-05-17 00:55:00, Engadget
According to co-CEO JK Shin, Samsung's Galaxy S 4 will soon hit the 10 million mark in sales, less than a month after its debut. That beats the Galaxy S III's time to that mark by nearly three weeks, making it far and away the company's quickest seller, ever. The model will also get another push...

Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 will reportedly have an 8-inch variant

# 2013-05-17 00:33:00, Engadget
When Samsung revealed the third iteration of its Galaxy Tab line, it was met with a somewhat underwhelming reception. But the Korean firm's never held back on trying out different shapes and sizes. This makes this latest leak -- of a reported 8-inch Galaxy Tab 3 -- at least plausible, and defini...

Fitbit now syncs to Galaxy S 4, broader Android device support is coming

# 2013-05-16 16:53:00, Engadget
The state of Fitbit wireless syncing is far from ideal for Android users, but the company's latest step is proof that it's slowly getting better. Today, Fitbit updated its Android app to bring wireless syncing to the Galaxy S 4, which follows a previous update for the Galaxy S III and Galaxy Not...

iOS and Android comprised 92.3% of Q1 2013 smartphone shipments

# 2013-05-16 14:00:00, TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog
According to a new report from IDC, the smartphone market continues to be dominated by Android and Apple's iOS. Together, the two mobile operating systems accounted for a whopping 92.3 percent of all smartphone shipments during the first quarter of 2013. Impressively, Apple, during the quarter go...

Prepaid iPhone sales exploded in Q1

# 2013-05-16 11:45:30, BGR: The Three Biggest Letters In Tech
A new report suggests that prepaid smartphones are becoming more popular among consumers. According to research from NPD Group, 32% of all smartphones sold in the first quarter were prepaid devices, up from 21% during the same period in 2012. Samsung was found to be the most popular vendor of prepai...

Samsung advertising barrage said to ‘mentally enslave’ Indian consumers

# 2013-05-16 10:20:33, BGR: The Three Biggest Letters In Tech
Samsung’s marketing Death Star isn’t just hovering over the United States — it has designs on conquering the entire world. Per Barron’s, Global Equities Research analyst Trip Chowdhry thinks that Apple may have a tougher time in India than other markets because BlackBerry and especially Sa...

Hands-on with the Samsung Galaxy S 4 running stock Android 4.2

# 2013-05-16 09:07:00, Engadget
Despite being officially unveiled at Google I/O, the stock Android version of the Samsung Galaxy S 4 has remained the unicorn of the show, seldom seen by anyone not closely associated with the company's top brass. We ran into Android VP Hugo Barra at the show, who was happy to give us a few brie...

Samsung looks to cut the bloat, free up more Galaxy S4 storage

# 2013-05-16 05:50:15, BGR: The Three Biggest Letters In Tech
One of the more prominent criticisms of Samsung’s Galaxy S4 is that its preloaded apps clog up a lot of the device’s internal storage, to the point where only about half of the 16GB model’s storage space is actually available for use. A Samsung spokesperson now tells The Inquirer that the comp...

Samsung reportedly scraps plans for metal Galaxy Note III, moves back to plastic

# 2013-05-16 05:15:25, BGR: The Three Biggest Letters In Tech
Earlier reports suggested Samsung might finally ditch its flimsy-feeling plastic for better build quality on its upcoming Galaxy Note III, but a new report suggests those plans have been scrapped. SamMobile says that while Samsung tested Note III designs that included a metal case and even a flexib...

Telefonica Adds Samsung As A Carrier Billing OEM For Apps, Games, Music And More

# 2013-05-16 05:10:24, TechCrunch
Telefonica is today announcing a deal with Samsung that will see it make an even bigger move into the area of carrier billing. Samsung will integrate the carrier's billing backend directly into its own mobile services, meaning that the Telefonica customers (it has 316 million worldwide) who use the ...

Smartphone survey shows the ‘Apple/Samsung duopoly has strengthened’

# 2013-05-16 01:50:53, BGR: The Three Biggest Letters In Tech
Is the mobile industry headed for a duopoly where Apple and Samsung are the only two companies that matter? Breakdowns of smartphone industry profits sure make it look that way and now Barron’s points us to a new survey conducted by MKM Partners showing that the two companies’ grip on the smart...

Samsung – GALAXY S4 World Tour 2013 – Tokyo

# 2013-05-15 23:30:11, Akihabara News
Samsung’s roadshow of the GALAXY S4 finally arrived in Tokyo a month after kicking off in London and hitting several other cities and continents on the way. The late timetable may have been through coordination with exclusive Japanese partner, mobile provider NTT Docomo, which announced its additi...

Samsung responds to GS4 storage complaints, might free up space through 'further software optimizati...

# 2013-05-15 22:22:00, Engadget
After being taken to task by the BBC's consumer rights show, Watchdog, Samsung says it's looking into reducing the memory footprint of its TouchWiz features on its flagship Galaxy S 4. A spokesperson told CNET UK that Samsung, "appreciate(s) this issue being raised," and that it is "reviewing th...

Samsung estimated to make 95 percent of Android device profits

# 2013-05-15 22:16:00, Engadget
Yes, we all know that Android has the prevailing device market share right now, but which companies in that group are actually making money? According to Strategy Analytics' estimates for Q1, it's Samsung... and virtually no one else. With $5.1 billion of Samsung's $7.9 billion operating profit ...

Google will sell a pure Android Samsung Galaxy S4

# 2013-05-15 08:21:03, Pocketables
An unlocked GSM stock pure Android Samsung Galaxy S4 was announced at Google I/O 2013, available June 26 from Google Play for $649. The unlocked bootloader allows for rooting and flashing, and Google promises that you’ll get the same exact experience as Nexus devices with system updates released a...

Study: iPhone retains value better than top Galaxy models

# 2013-05-15 07:00:00, TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog
The next time your Samsung Galaxy-toting friends try to annoy you, here's a piece of information you can throw back at them. According to a study published yesterday by investment bank Piper Jaffray, iPhones depreciate at less than half the rate of similar Android devices from Samsung. Analyst Ge...

Whoa! Google's Selling a Pure Android Samsung Galaxy S 4 on Google Play

# 2013-05-15 06:56:00, Gizmodo
YOU GUYS! Google just announced at I/O that it's going to be selling a Samsung Galaxy S 4, unlocked, with stock Android, on Google Play starting June 26. Just to pick out the important words for you: "STOCK" "ANDROID" "GALAXY S 4."Read more...

Google unveils Samsung Galaxy S 4 running stock Android Jelly Bean, available June 26th for $649

# 2013-05-15 06:56:00, Engadget
Google just dropped a pretty big surprise during its opening day I/O keynote. It's taken the wraps off a new edition of Samsung's Galaxy S 4 that runs stock Android Jelly Bean. The device itself is fully unlocked and packing LTE support for AT&T and T-Mobile, along with 16GB of storage and what ...

Samsung Galaxy S4 ‘Google Edition’ with stock Android to be unveiled at Google I/O

# 2013-05-15 05:35:01, BGR: The Three Biggest Letters In Tech
Google’s action-packed Google I/O keynote now may include one less surprise. As details of Google’s big announcements continue to leak, Geek reports that one device set to debut on stage at I/O is a brand new version of Samsung’s popular Galaxy S4. The “Galaxy S4 Google Edition” will repor...

Samsung Galaxy S4 Shipments Top 6 Million In 15 Days

# 2013-05-15 05:04:03, TechCrunch
Samsung has confirmed via the Korean website Chosun Ilbo that it has shipped over 6 million units of the Galaxy S4 since its international release on April 26. According to the firm, this is the fastest ever sell rate for a Galaxy S smartphone, or any other Samsung smartphone for that matter. Specif...

Samsung captured 95% of all Android profits in Q1

# 2013-05-15 04:10:40, BGR: The Three Biggest Letters In Tech
Want to know why Google is nervous about Samsung’s dominance of the Android ecosystem? Look no further than new research from Strategy Analytics showing that the company accounted for 95% of all Android operating profits in the first quarter of 2013. The research firm says that this is a record hi...

NTT Docomo – Samsung “GALAXY S4 SC-04E”– Featured at the 2013 “Summer Collection” new product press ...

# 2013-05-15 03:38:04, Akihabara News
Samsung’s “GALAXY S4 SC-04E” was highly featured at NTT Docomo’s 2013 summer lineup roll-out. It’s 8 mm thick – 1 mm thinner than its previous model. In its slim body, it’s got a large capacity 2600mAh battery and the world’s first 5 inch full HD organic EL display. 1.9GHz Quad Core ...

Galaxy S4 becomes Samsung’s fastest-selling smartphone – 6 million shipped in two weeks

# 2013-05-15 03:35:09, BGR: The Three Biggest Letters In Tech
It was all but certain even before Samsung launched the Galaxy S4, but now it appears to be official: the Galaxy S4 is Samsung’s fastest-selling smartphone ever. Korea-based  paper The

NTT Docomo – 2013 “Summer Collection” new product press conference

# 2013-05-15 02:57:57, Akihabara News
Today, NTT Docomo’s 2013 “Summer Collection” new product press conference took place at Bellesalle Shiodome in Tokyo and they revealed 11 models of new smart phones, 1 tablet and 2 new colors of their 2 existing mobile phones. During today’s press conference, CEO Kaoru Kato emphasized severa...