Keen to show businesses that there is a world outside BlackBerry Enterprise Server, Samsung has aired a new ad that it believes shows its own business solution as a real competitor for RIM's. It may have fallen wide off the mark, however.
Samsung's much hyped Galaxy S IV is believed to have put in an appearance via a benchmarking database, not once, but twice according to reports.
Samsung's upcoming Galaxy S IV smartphone may feature wireless charging this generation, according to reports.
It's not just Apple that garners some attention in the smartphone world these days. Samsung, Apple's arch nemesis also receives more than its fair share of enquiring eyes these days, with the flagship Galaxy S III and Galaxy Note II currently forming a formidable partnership in the high street. With that in mind, any new iteration of either phone is bound to receive plenty of attention.
Over the last few years, many device makers have been flirting with the idea of rolling out flexible displays on its handheld devices, but no other company has been most outspoken about it than Samsung. At the Consumer Electronic Show, the company showed off its new generation of bendable displays, which have a huge potential for changing the traditional form factor of smartphones.
The Galaxy S III handset may be the current darling of the Android world, with more than 190,000 units a day flying off the shelves. But it seems that the South Korean company's current flagship device is just one part of a range of devices that have proved to be extremely successful for the company in the last 30 months. The company has announced that the accumulative sales of their Galaxy S range of devices has now surpassed 100 million units sold.
If you've been using smartphones consistently over the past five or so years, you'll doubtlessly have noticed that, through generations, they have become considerably faster, and this is due largely to the increase in processing power. Samsung has led the way in terms of delivering stronger, more consistent mobile chips for its array of mobile devices, and with 2013 now upon us, has announced and 8-core Exynos 5 Octa mobile processor.
With this year’s CES just around the corner, the world wide web is rife with speculation surrounding the possibilities of what we will see during the event. Various arms of Samsung Electronics are already confirmed to be exhibiting their works at CES, with a number of teasing videos whetting our appetites for a potentially big announcement during the trade-show, but could this leaked image show us exactly what to expect from the Samsung Galaxy SIV ahead of any possible announcement during CES?
The success of a smartphone these days depends on a lot of factors, and for that reason, it’s hard to single out devices that have been successful with all sorts of crowds. For Apple, success comes mainly from the immense ease of use that their phones and tablets deliver, and from the fact that the company sells on its brand name, too. When it comes to Android. a lot of other factions come into play. For instance, the device’s hardware specifications, the Android version that it’s running, and equally importantly, how much customization friendly it is. On the last front, advanced users are more concerned with how much hackable the device is. Recently, Samsung’s high-to-middle range phones have been on a roll, not just receiving rooting methods, but also, a lot of community support.
Android is a lot about control. Most of the smartphone platforms are, to be honest. For instance, Apple is also about control, but the Cupertino company prefers to keep that control in its own hands. What the users installs on their device, how they can use their phones, what apps are even allowed to run on the said platform. Google’s Android, however, puts most of that control in the users’ hand, staying true to its open source nature. Of course, manufacturers choose to restrict certain areas, but that’s only for stability and prevention of user accidents. Overall, a user has much more control over almost all areas of the smartphone when it’s running Android, which is further enhanced by a very active developer community.
