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How Apple is able to make bumper earnings than Samsung
Apple announced its earnings results on Tuesday, with net profit for the first three months of this year nearly double those of a year ago. Apple’s first-quarter revenues totaled a staggering US$39.2 billion, up 59 percent, while operating profit amounted to $15.4 billion, up 97 percent. Its operating margin was 39.3 percent, which means it…
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Samsung launches world’s first SMART cameras NX1000, NX20 and NX210 with built-in Wi-Fi connectivity
Samsung today announced three new NX series compact system cameras (CSC) with built-in Wi-Fi connectivity: the NX1000, NX20 and NX210. Now professional quality images can be easily captured, shared and stored straight from your camera – wherever you are in the world. All three NX models feature a 20.3 Megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor, developed in-house…
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Samsung launches Ultra High Speed-1 MicroSD Cards for Advanced LTE Smartphones and Tablets
Samsung is now mass producing Ultra High Speed–1 (UHS-1) interface microSD cards that support the highest performance levels required on advanced LTE (Long Term Evolution) smartphones and tablets. MicroSD cards with a UHS-1 interface offer users an extremely high level of performance on their LTE smartphones and for other advanced mobile applications. This allows consumers…
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Smart hybrids make home smarter in Korea
A refrigerator by LG Electronics is linked to smart devices. When receipts and bar codes of groceries are scanned with a smartphone, the list of items bought is automatically sent to the refrigerator. Information such as expiration dates or recipes are sent to the handsets. “Smart Home Net” solution by Samsung Electronics connects home appliances…
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Samsung Display- World’s Largest Display Manufacturer is officially launched
Samsung Display, a global leader in display panel technologies and products, announced today that it has been officially launched as a new corporation, spun off from Samsung Electronics. Samsung Display held its inauguration ceremony today and will begin business operations in earnest after carrying out incorporation registration on April 3.Donggun Park, executive vice president and…
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Schoolboy suffers burns to his buttocks when the battery of Galaxy S2 phone explodes in his trouser pocket
A junior high-schooler in the southwestern city of Gwangju, South Korea suffered burns to his buttocks Wednesday when the battery of his smartphone exploded in his trouser pocket. The parents said the boy’s Samsung Galaxy S2 phone exploded in his trouser pocket as he was preparing for class at school on Wednesday afternoon. It was…
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Samsung announces Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich Upgrade for GALAXY S II
Samsung today announced the availability of Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) software upgrade for GALAXY S II. The upgrade will begin in the European countries including Poland, Hungary, and Sweden, as well as Korea today and gradually roll out to other markets. Samsung has completed upgrading the GALAXY devices to Gingerbread last year by providing…
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LG and HTC to unveil worlds first Quad-Core Smartphones at World Mobile Congress
This year’s World Mobile Congress which kicks off in Barcelona, Spain, on Feb. 27, will feature the world’s first smartphones that run on quad-core processors.LG and HTC plan to unveil their Optimus X3 and Endeavor, respectively, equipped with a quad-core instead of dual-core CPU, offering more than twice the processing speed of existing smartphones.Also of…
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Samsung Galaxy Tab 2(7.0) for optimal multimedia experiences in life
Samsung today introduced its first line-up of tablets for 2012 with the launch of the GALAXY Tab 2 (7.0), expanding the choice of tablets to customers. Light and portable, the GALAXY Tab 2 (7.0) is the ideal personal on-the-go device, available in 3G and WiFi versions. Samsung’s first Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)-powered tablet offers…
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Samsung plans to sell more than 25 million smart TVs this year
Samsung plans to sell more than 25 million smart TVs this year as it tries to capture the emerging Internet TV market eyed by competitors including Apple. Samsung hopes to fill more than half of its planned global flat-screen TV sales of 50 million this year with Internet-enabled, interactive TVs. Smart TV allows consumers to…
