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  • Shots Fired! Samsung Continues To Make Fun Of Apple With Their “It Doesn’t Take A Genius” Ad

    After losing a $1 billion lawsuit against Apple last month Samsung is still not ready to back their anti-Apple campaign. After numerous “Samsunged” ads their latest campaign shows how “it doesn’t take a genius” to choose the better phone between the iPhone 5 and Samsung’s flagship Galaxy S III.

    samsung ad Shots Fired! Samsung Continues To Make Fun Of Apple With Their It Doesnt Take A Genius Ad

    The specs sheet comparison released by Samsung (pictured above) isn’t totally fair though with the Korean company referring to the Lightning connector as “a totally different plug,” and so on.

    Which smartphone do you think is better? The Galaxy S III or iPhone 5? Let us know in the comments below.

  • Samsung adds iPad 4 and iPad mini to patent infringement case

    The Apple vs. Samsung saga is now not a secret anymore. Stay away if you can, but it’s hard to ignore some piece of news coming out every now and then. Samsung has had its fair share of success over in the UK while Apple has enjoyed its time in the USA. The original patent infringement case included the Galaxy series from Samsung. Later on Samsung counter sued Apple over vague wireless patents.

    Initially the devices Samsung chose to sue Apple over included the older iPhones and iPads. But now that Apple has refreshed its lineup, Samsung thought it would be in their best interest to go after these new devices too. The latest two devices added to this patent infringement case is the iPad 4 and iPad Mini. According to Samsung these devices, along with the rest of iOS devices, infringe upon some UMTS wireless technology patents, and the WiFi only + cellular version over some feature patents.

    This isn’t the end of this. Samsung and Apple will keep on coming up with new devices and each of these companies will keep on piling these devices up onto their respective cases. You can read more about the notice of motion here.

  • iPhone 5 Benchmarked; Faster Than Galaxy S III, Nexus 7 And iPad 3

    The iPhone 5 finally got benchmarked today after AnandTech’s analysis of the phone’s A6 chip which we found out contains 1GB of RAM and a Samsung build processor.

    The iPhone 5 sporting a 1.02 Ghz processor scored a very impressive Geekbench score of 1601 making it faster than its direct competitor the Galaxy S III, ASUS’s budget tablet the Nexus 7 and even the iPhone 5′s big brother the iPad 3. The benchmark is picture below:

    iphone 5 geekbench iPhone 5 Benchmarked; Faster Than Galaxy S III, Nexus 7 And iPad 3

    For comparison the iPad 3 which sports a A5X chip scored 790 and the iPhone 4S which has an A5 chip scored a abysmal 630 confirming Apple’s claims of the A6 being twice as fast as its predecessor.

    iphone 5 geekbench apple iPhone 5 Benchmarked; Faster Than Galaxy S III, Nexus 7 And iPad 3

    Even leading Android devices can’t beat the A6, the closest device Geekbench scorewise is the ASUS made Nexus 7 sporting a Tegra 3 scoring 1591 followed by the Samsung Galaxy S III and its Exynos 4412 scoring 1560.

    iphone 5 geekbench android iPhone 5 Benchmarked; Faster Than Galaxy S III, Nexus 7 And iPad 3

    Well that outa’ shut them competition up for a while don’t you think? Let us know what you think in the comments below.

  • Samsung no longer providing batteries for MacBook and iPad

    You must be living under one heck of a rock if you’re not aware of the patent infringement case that Apple and Samsung have been involved in for a very long time now. Both have dealt body blows to each other and it’s pretty clear there won’t be an end to this anytime soon. But it’s not the court cases that are interesting, it’s the resulting implications.

    Apple has been looking to get rid of Samsung as its parts supplier. Samsung provides major components for many of Apple products. Today reports are coming in from China that Apple has dropped Samsung as the supplier for batteries for the MacBook and iPad. Apple is now replying on Amperex Technology Limited and Tianjin Lishen Battery to power its iPads and MacBooks. Apple products are legendary for their battery performance so let’s hope the quality standards remain same.

    Samsung has not given an official response to this yet. While Apple will find no difficulties in finding a new supplier of batteries, they will however have a very tough time finding a replacement for the A6 chip supplier. Samsung recently jacked up the price for these chips by 20% which will negatively effect Apple’s margins for 2013.

  • Samsung TouchWiz Devices Including Galaxy S II Being Reset Via Vulnerability

    It seems Samsung’s in quite of a predicament. It was reported that Samsung TouchWiz devices including the Galaxy S II are being reset via an HTML code vulnerability, which when clicked wipes the phone.

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    The vulnerability was initially thought to only affect the Galaxy S III as tweeted by Pau Olivia:

    Although multiple reports suggest that it only brings up the phone’s dialer. The vulnerability instead works on the Galaxy S II which is caused by the TouchWiz launcher which automatically dials the reset code.

    According to Tweakers the Galaxy S Advance is also being affected by the problem.

    Samsung is reported to be looking into the problem.

  • Nexus 10 with 2560 x 1600 screen, dual-core processor, $399 price tag gets official

    Just like Nexus 4 Google has officially announced  the new Nexus 10 tablet without an official event. Nexus 10 is undoubtedly the best Android tablet ever produced and with its powerful processing abilities, gorgeous display, good design, and comparatively low price it is certainly going to give a tough competition to Apple’s iPad.

    Nexus 10 is manufactured by Samsung but is designed by Google. It is the flagship Google tablet that will act as a benchmark for other Android tablet makers. Nexus 10 runs Android 4.2 and is powered by a dual-core ARM Cortex-A15 processor and quad-core Mali T604 GPU. It has 2GB of RAM and comes in 16 and 32GB models. The most important and notable aspect of this new Google tablet is its gorgeous screen. Nexus 10 sports a 10-inch display with Corning’s Gorilla Glass 2, that has a resolution of 2560×1600 pixels with 300ppi. For comparison its biggest rival and number one tablet of the market, iPad has a resolution of 2048×1536 pixels. The high resolution screen gives sharp text, richer colors for photos and videos, and better viewing angles.

    nexus 10 front back Nexus 10 with 2560 x 1600 screen, dual core processor, $399 price tag gets official

    Nexus 10 has a 5-megapixel camera on its back and a 1.9-megapixel camera on the front. It has a 9,000mAh battery that provides 9 hours of HD video play. The overall weight of the device is 604 grams. Other features of Nexus 10 include dual speakers, microUSB ports, wi-fi, two NFC chips, micro HDMI port, bluetooth and more. Nexus 10 comes in Wi-Fi version only and there’s no cellular model.

    nexus 10 Nexus 10 with 2560 x 1600 screen, dual core processor, $399 price tag gets official

    Nexus 10 will be available for purchase on November 13th in US, UK, Australia, France, Germany, Spain and Canada. It will cost $399 for 16GB model and $499 for 32GB model.

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    So tell us guys, is this your next tablet?

  • Samsung’s 11.6-inch 9 Series Laptop Official At $1,199

    Samsung just made their ultra slim 11.6 inch 9 series laptop official. The Laptop looks absolutely gorgeous and features a brushed metallic finish. The 900X1A sports a low power Core i3 380UM processor, 2Gb of DDR3 RAM, standard 1368×768 display with a disappointing 64Gb SSD drive. The laptop does look a manlier version of the Apple Macbook Air but Samsung what were you thinking with just 64Gb of memory?

    If that wasn’t enough they also said “You’ll have room to bring it all with you with the 64GB drive,” which is hardly believable. The 900X1A is said to be available for only $1,199 and is available for pre-order now.

    Source: Samsung

  • Samsung Galaxy S Plus With 1.4 GHz Processor Confirmed!

    Oh Russia you delivered again, Dmitriy Ryabinin of hi-tech.mail.ru uncovered this above spec sheet highlighting two of the previous models of Samsung’s highly acclaimed Galaxy S along with a “2011 edition” of the phone. The new features in the  2011 edition are Android 2.3 Gingerbread, a Super AMOLED screen, HSPA+ 14.4Mbps, 8Gb of internal storage, TouchWiz 3.0 and a 1650 mAh battery. The phone also features a metal back instead of plastic. Samsung Russia later confirmed this rumor and announced that it will be released as the Samsung Galaxy S Plus elsewhere and would be arriving in Russia by the end of April for a whooping 24,000 rubles ($846).

    Source: @dryab (Twitter), Samsung Russia

  • Samsung Droid Charge Now Available For Verizon For $299

    It’s finally here guys, after loads of hiccups in it’s way the LTE powered Samsung Droid Charge is finally available at Verizon for the previously announced price of $299. Yes it’s much expensive than other 4G LTE phones available like the Thunderbolt but the specs do redeem it somewhat.

    • Android 2.2
    • Google Mobile services, including Google Search
    • Google Maps and Gmail, YouTube
    • Brilliant 4.3-inch Super AMOLED Plus touch screen display
    • 1GHz application processor
    • Rear-facing 8-megapixel camera with LED flash
    • Front-facing 1.3-megapixel camera to support video chat capabilities
    • Samsung Social Hub and Media Hub
    • 4G LTE hotspot available free until June 16

    So anybody picking up or has already gotten the phone? Let us know your impressions in the comments below.

  • The First Custom ROM For The Samsung Galaxy S II Is Now Available For Download

    The original Samsung Galaxy S had a very strong developer community behind it churning out excellent ROMSs like Darkys, looks like the same is gonna happen with it’s successor. pulser_g2 from XDA has released the first custom ROM for the Galaxy S II called the VillainROM 1.0, don’t be confused by the image above the ROM shall be fully stock.The ROM is based on XWKE2, the developer describes it as:

    It’s fully deodexed, and I’ve resigned all the Samsung and stock applications with a new key-set, so that it’s much easier to make modifications to the apps in future. Villain Tweaks was a project of mine to “test the water” for modifying the apps in the SGS 2 ROMs. I hit issues I couldn’t get around, since the pre-installed apps were signed by Samsung.

    Do note guys is ROM is in it’s primary stages and would take some time to be usable on the daily basis so install it at your own risk.

    Source: XDA Developers