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1. Mobile phone market shows signs of recovery

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Friday, 30 October 2009

   ...  Nokia stays on top in terms of volumes and market sahre, followed by Samsung. Nokia's growth, however, fell by eight percent year on year, while Samsung grew by 15.9 percent. The following table describes ...

2. Samsung to expand Omnia smartphone line

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Thursday, 17 September 2009

   Samsung has confirmed plans to expand its Omnia smartphone line with five new devices, including the OmniaPRO B7610, OmniaPRO B7320, OmniaPRO B7330,  OmniaLITE (B7300) and Omnia II (I8000). San ...

3. European monitor market shrinks again

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Wednesday, 19 August 2009

   ... five brands for volume in the second quarter were Samsung, with 22.9 percent market share, followed by LG at 16.5 percent and Acer, a close third with 15.5 percent. The final two were HP with 12.2 percent ...

4. Cymru am byth

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   Tuesday, 04 August 2009

   ... Welsh words will be available from Orange next month. The Samsung S5600 features Welsh predictive text and Welsh menus. Samsung launched an Irish-language phone last year. Welsh Heritage Minister Alun ...

5. UMPC, take 2: Samsung touts first WiMax MID

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Tuesday, 21 July 2009

    Samsung today announced the first commercially available mobile Internet device (MID) with WiMax connectivity in the U.S. Conceivably, this is much closer to the type of device we would have imagined Microsoft ...

6. Shortages continue on hectares of LCD glass

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Wednesday, 15 July 2009

   ... of glass makers are suppliers to the TFT LCD panel makers with Corning and a JV called Samsung Corning Precision (SCP) ruling the roost, as the following Displaysearch table shows.  ...

7. Vizio doesn't make any of its LCD TVs

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Wednesday, 08 July 2009

     More and more brand names are shifting to external manufacturers to make their LCD TVs for them. More and more brand names are shifting to external manufacturers to make their LCD TVs for them. ...

8. Apple shows more interest in Imagination

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Friday, 26 June 2009

   ... can then be manufactured by Samsung. But Apple isn't the only US company interested in Imagination. Intel licenses its technology and owns 16 percent of the firm. Shares of Imagination rose on the ...

9. TG Daily’s Dads and Grads Product Giveaway: Play along and win!

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Friday, 19 June 2009

   ... size power strip (not included) as well as store away your adapters, or hang a power squid. Samsung Impression for AT&T: This metallic blue device touts the nation’s first commercially available AMOLED ...

10. Samsung releases video wall system

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 17 June 2009

    Korean electronics giant Samsung said it has released what it describes as an interactive video wall.Korean electronics giant Samsung said it has released what it describes as an interactive video wall. ...

11. Moblin and netbook make an interesting pair

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 09 June 2009

    ... a netbook for quite a while and have recently got pretty interested in Moblin, the version of Linux that Intel is pushing for all it's worth. So now in front of me I have a Samsung NC10 fitted up with ...

12. Global teen survey shows Nokia's mobile lead falling

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Tuesday, 02 June 2009

    ... favorite global brand, number one in Canada and Brazil, and number two in seven other countries. This year the company doesn't make the top five. Samsung, LG and Apple are all chasing Nokia and Sony ...

13. AMD’s Globalfoundries to ramp with 22 nm chips

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 05 May 2009

    ... 6-9 months. And that achievement will be critical for the company to attract customers that compete with Intel. As the construction of new fabs will get more expensive (already today, only Intel and Samsung ...

14. G2 and entirely new Android cellphone code-named Fiesta spotted in the wild

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 14 April 2009

    ... the second Android-powered cellphone, we also keep close eye on three new Android handsets that Samsung announced. Also, the Bluetooth group accidentally leaked a mysterious new HTC Android handset ...

15. Android G2 slips to May, Samsung plans three Android phones for 2009

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 06 April 2009

    ... G2's early advantage, forcing it to compete with Nokia, Palm, Apple, which plan on unveiling their next-gen smartphones in May and June. Samsung also announced it would enter the Android game with three Android ...

16. Skype's mobile assault: iPhone client due tomorrow, Blackberry in May

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 30 March 2009

    ... available on a range of Nokia-branded devices. Java-based client works on more than 100 other Java-enabled mobile phones from Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Motorola and LG. by going to the Skype website ...

17. The next iPhone looms on the horizon

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 25 March 2009

    ... Apple's PA Semi-acquired engineering talent (led by IBM's Mark Papermaster) should design this SoC based on the latest ARM CPU and Imagination's PowerVR SGX543 multi-core GPU. At the same time, Samsung ...

18. CBS launches iPhone television application

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Friday, 27 February 2009

    ... over the cellular network. Samsung Instinct offered by Verizon is one such example, and these devices are often seen in use at airport terminals as passengers wait for their flight. With the iPhone, ...

19. Google Mobile App hits Windows Mobile, lacks voice search

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 23 February 2009

    ... with deep integration at the system level with Google services. Nokia's S60 platform, and other proprietary operating system platforms from Sony Ericsson, Motorola, Samsung and Palm, also lack Google ...

20. Apple absent from MWC, but iPhone still on everyone's lips

    (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

    Wednesday, 18 February 2009

    ... (UCS) initiative, was appealing enough to unite the GSMA and 17 industry heavy-weights, including AT&T, LG, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, T-Mobile, Vodafone and others. However, the idea ...

21. The problem with 3D: Where it works and where it does not

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Wednesday, 04 February 2009

    ... In addition, you have to use a special monitor and only two of those exist - both in 22" with one coming from Samsung and the other from Viewsonic. For someone who currently uses a 19" or 22" monitor, ...

22. DOT removes major hurdle to U.S. fuel cell adoption

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Monday, 01 December 2008

    ... on a single fuel cell filling. These have already been demonstrated from Samsung in August, 2007 as well as at countless trade shows and even Intel Developer forums. IBM also prototyped a ThinkPad operating ...

23. Netflix and Tivo teaming up for movie partnership

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 30 October 2008

    ... the Watch Instantly service a much broader reach: Over the past year, Netflix has signed deals with LG, Roku, Samsung, and Microsoft to digitally deliver their catalog to televisions everywhere. However, ...

24. Silverlight opens Netflix to Macs

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Monday, 27 October 2008

    ... than 12,000 movies and TV shows via Internet streaming. Only the basic $4.99/One-DVD-per-month plan limits video streaming to two movies per month. Netflix video streaming is also available through Samsung ...

25. Five products Apple should build

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Opinion)

    Friday, 24 October 2008

    ... such as Samsung or Asus to get this category right. While the UMPC was originally envisioned by Microsoft and Intel as a consumer device, it is now the MID that becomes the Internet companion the UMPC ...

26. Best Buy drops Blu-ray player price below $100, sorta

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Monday, 20 October 2008

    ... the prices on three other Blu-ray players this weekend. The Samsung BD-P2550 now sells for $399.99, the BD-P1500 for $299.99 and the Sony BDP-S350 for $299.99. All Blu-ray players are offered with additional ...

27. The T-Mobile G1 phone: Who will love it

    (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

    Friday, 17 October 2008

    ... the phone isn’t as pretty as many of the Windows Mobile phones like the Samsung Blackjack or the HTC Touch Diamond, it is robust and the finish shouldn’t easily scratch like its shinier competitors.   ...

28. G1 & Co.: Top 10 cellphones for your Christmas shopping list

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Friday, 17 October 2008

    ... with similar data plans will cost $2000 as well.) But then, it is a Google phone, and the name Google may be more important than the phones boring look and some hiccups in the Android software. 4. Samsung ...

29. Sony, Amazon kick off VOD service to Sony TVs

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 11 September 2008

      Sony and Amazon, which a few months back announced plans to carry Amazon's Video on Demand service on Sony's BRAVIA Internet Video Link module, said today this service is now live. It promises ...

30. Toshiba rolls out iPod/Zune hard drive

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 09 September 2008

    ... will be exceeding the storage space of 1.8” for the first time later this year. Samsung will be rolling out a 256 GB version of its MLC SSD in Q4, which, however, is likely to be at least 5-10 times as ...

31. Blu-ray has only five years left – Samsung

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Wednesday, 03 September 2008

      A Samsung representative has made a bold prediction that Blu-ray only has five years left.  I’m sure that comes as a shock to most of you since the format only recently won its battle against ...

32. Reports of failing iPhone 3G reception, Apple remains quiet

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Thursday, 14 August 2008

    ... a bit in the past with Samsung, LG, Sony Ericsson and Nokia. These are "completely normal childhood illnesses," especially in the case of a large volume production. Claes Beckman, professor of microwave ...

33. iPod rumor mill: 64 GB iPod touch on the way?

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Thursday, 31 July 2008

    ... enough new features to woo consumers and keep competitors at distance. More storage should be a given. Apple recently ordered 50 million 8 GB NAND flash memory chips from Samsung Electronics for use ...

34. RIM feels iPhone heat, gets analyst downgrade

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 18 July 2008

    ... space was supported by a lack of competitors. Wolf said that users love the consumer-oriented Pearl smartphone, stressing that Motorola, Samsung and HTC have been no match for the fancy device - since ...

35. Vizio's rise tightens LCD TV market

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Wednesday, 07 May 2008

    ... LCD competitors. According to iSuppli, there is less than one half of one percentage point difference between Samsung, Sony and Vizio. Vizio came in third place, a position it has held before, but its ...

36. Consumers largely willing to pay higher prices for Blu-ray

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Wednesday, 09 April 2008

    ... Blu-ray players, the Sony BDP-S300 and the Samsung BD-P1400, and look at how many units have been sold at various price levels. This chart shows data for the Sony BDP-S300 player.  The line represents ...

37. Will we ever see an iPhone killer?

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Thursday, 03 April 2008

    ... goal: RIM with its BlackBerry 9000, Samsung with its Instinct phone and SonyEricsson with the Xperia. There is a wildcard in this game, which has the potential to make a strong debut – Garmin’s Nuvifone. ...

38. Blu-ray prices continue to climb

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Wednesday, 02 April 2008

    ... Samsung's BD-P1400 and LG's combo player, however, have settled down and are moving back into more favorable price territory.  For the majority of players, though, prices are higher than they have ...

39. DVD Forum sets new rules on China HD DVD format

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 29 February 2008

    ... industry, Intel from the IT industry and Warner from the Content industry. Other SC members include Hitachi, IBM, ITRI, LG, Matsushita, Memory-Tech, Microsoft, Mitsubishi, NEC, Paramount, Pioneer, Samsung, ...

40. Palit’s 9600GT – a different kind of review

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 27 February 2008

    ... also has a huge shroud that covers the heat pipes along with 2 DVI, 1 DisplayPort and 1 HDMI output. HDMI Output   We are fortunate to have a 56-inch Samsung rear-projection television set in our ...

41. HD DVD’s rise and fall: A timeline

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 19 February 2008

    ... strategy games industry   June 20 First Blu-ray titles arrive TGD     21 Samsung to consider "dual ...

42. TG Daily videos from PMA 2008

    (Event Coverage/Event Coverage Features)

    Friday, 01 February 2008

    Coverage from the PMA 2008 (January 31 - February 2). Get a first-hand look at JVC’s and Samsung’s new 1080p camcorders, the wireless SD Eye-Fi card, Delkin’s Image Router and Panasonic’s ...

43. Wrap-up: All stories and slideshows from CES 2008

    (Event Coverage/Event Coverage Features)

    Friday, 11 January 2008

    ...  CES 2008: Big TVs for a big show CES 2008: Taiwan-based TV makers highlighting 42-inch and larger LCD TVs CES 2008: Samsung OLED TVs coming in 2010  ...

44. Is the Consumer Electronics Show on its last leg?

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Opinion)

    Thursday, 10 January 2008

    ... well for their first year at CES) and lusted for the new Asus Lamborghini. On TVs, the Samsung OLED sets were stunning and well worth the time to see what is likely the next generation of TVs. Samsung ...

45. Samsung regains lead in global desktop LCD market from Dell

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Tuesday, 20 November 2007

    For the first time since the first quarter of 2002, Dell has dropped from the top spot of global desktop LCD vendors. Samsung took over the lead in Q3 2007 with a unit share of 14.4% and a shipment growth ...

46. Sharp shows super-thin LCD screen

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 23 October 2007

    ... speed of eight milliseconds. The new screen barely surpasses Samsung's old record, which was an LCD screen 0.7 mm thick.  The standard for most mobile devices is around 0.82 mm. The resolution ...

47. Samsung touts TV-like 16:9 notebook LCDs

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 17 October 2007

    Samsung has developed two new notebook displays that have been manufactured in a 16:9 aspect ratio, instead of the currently popular 16:10 widescreen form factor. The company also unveiled an LCD using ...

48. Intel tells employees there’s a bigger fish to fry than AMD

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 12 July 2007

    ... true focus isn't on little AMD. They were a blip gone by. And, according to sources, Intel's focus needs now to be on the real threats to their core operations: Samsung and IBM. Samsung is by ...

49. Sony Ericsson patent goes for gaming phone

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Friday, 01 June 2007

    ... N-Gage gaming phone project.  A similar handset from Samsung never even made it to the states, in spite of initial plans to do so.  The mobile gaming market as a whole also is still struggling ...

50. CTIA Wireless 2007

    (Event Coverage/Event Coverage Features)

    Friday, 30 March 2007

    ... other gadgets Teleatlas maps GPS data with its laser and camera-equipped cars Wilson Electronics' new mobile and SOHO cellphone amplifiers Presidents Clinton and Bush keynote Samsung's ...