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Saturday, 1 October 2011

Samsung Galaxy Players hit U.S. in October, to rival Apple iPod

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Samsung's Galaxy Players are headed to the U.S., where they will challenge the Apple iPod for handheld gaming, email, Web surfing, app downloading, Twitter tweeting and Facebook poking glory -- or something like that.

The iPod, with as much as a 90% share of the portable music player market, long ago defeated just about every other MP3-player challenger out there with sales that blew away the Zune, the Sony Walkman and iRiver devices.

Still, iPod sales have declined as consumers have left behind dedicated music players and even the iPod Touch. Apple said it sold 7.54 million iPods in the third quarter, a 20% decline from a year earlier.

Nevertheless, touchscreen-based mobile gaming on tablets and phones is on the rise, and Samsung seems to see an opportunity. The consumer electronics giant might be right. The iPod Touch and iPhone, as well as Android devices, are credited with cutting into Nintendo and Sony's portable gaming business.

Thus, Samsung's Galaxy Players are headed to the U.S., launching Oct. 16 in two variations.

Like the iPod Touch, which is essentially an iPhone without the phone, the Galaxy Players are much like Galaxy phones without the phone.

Samsung will release the Galaxy Player 4.0, featuring a 4-inch screen, and the Galaxy Player 5.0 with a 5-inch screen. Both will connect to the Web via Wi-Fi networks -- no 3G or 4G is available -- and are outfitted with 3.2-megapixel cameras on the back, VGA cameras on the front for video chatting and Google's Android Gingerbread mobile operating system.

The Galaxy Player 4.0 will sell for $229 and the 5.0 will sell for $269, each with 8 gigabytes of built-in storage memory and an SD-card slot that can handle up to 32 gigabytes of storage.

The iPod Touch features a 3.5-inch screen and sells for $229 with 8 gigabytes of storage, $299 for 32 gigabytes and $399 for 64 gigabytes.

Samsung on Sunday is bringing its Galaxy Tab 8.9 tablet to the U.S., which is an 8.9-inch screen version of its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet. The 8.9 will be available with either 16 gigabytes of storage for $469 or 32 gigabytes for $569 and run on Google's Android Honeycomb operating system.

So, what do you think? Are you looking to pick up a Samsung Galaxy Player or a Galaxy Tab 8.9? Let us know in the comments.

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-- Nathan Olivarez-Giles

twitter.com/nateog

Image: An illustration of the Samsung Galaxy Player devices from Samsung's website. Credit: Samsung.

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Monday, 26 September 2011

HTC Amaze, Samsung Galaxy S II: T-Mobile's fastest 4G phones yet

T-Mobile said back in May that it doubled the theoretical peak speeds of its 4G network to 42 megabits per second in Los Angeles and other major cities.

But since then, no phones have been able to take advantage of such speeds because of hardware limitations. That'll change in October as the HTC Amaze 4G and the Samsung Galaxy S II hit T-Mobile stores, Andrew Sherrard, T-Mobile's senior vice president of marketing, said in an interview Monday.

"We're seeing average download speeds of 8 megabits per second, and the average home download nowadays is about 5 megabits per second," Sherrard said of the Amaze 4G and the Galaxy S II. "We're not suggesting you replace your home Internet with these devices, but it's a good reference point to show you how fast these phones are downloading on average."

While the phones will be the first to take advantage of T-Mobile's faster network, Sherrard said the carrier is seeing peaks of about 20 megabits per second on the handsets.

Both phones will go on sale online Oct. 10 and in stores Oct. 12. The HTC Amaze 4G will sell for $259.99, and the Galaxy S II will fetch $229.99 -- as long as either comes with a two-year contract and after a $50 mail-in rebate.

The Amaze 4G is a bit of a mash-up of other HTC phones, with the fantastic 8-megapixel/1080p camera from the HTC MyTouch 4G Slide and a 4.3-inch touchscreen, the same as the display found on the HTC Sensation, both from T-Mobile.

The Samsung Galaxy S II, which was released on Sprint this month for just $199.99, features a 4.5-inch touch screen, but Sherrard said the T-Mobile Galaxy S II will feature a 1.5-gigahertz dual-core processor that is faster than the Sprint version's 1.2-gigahertz dual-core chip.

Like the Amaze 4G, the Galaxy S II has an 8-megapixel/1080p camera on the back, and a front-facing camera as well.

Aside from pushing smartphones -- 75% of the phones T-Mobile has sold this year have been smartphones, and more than 90% of those were Android devices -- quality cameras on phones are a priority for T-Mobile, Sherrard said.

"We're trying to get smartphones out to more people, people who've never had a smartphone before," he said. "We want to have the best camera phones out there. We're looking to replace point-and-shoot cameras, and we think our phones have the best cameras out there."

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-- Nathan Olivarez-Giles

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Thursday, 15 September 2011

Apple sues Samsung in Japan, seeking to block Galaxy phone sales

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from the L.A. TimesApple sues Samsung in Japan, seeking to block Galaxy phone salesSeptember 8, 2011 | 6:44pm

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Apple has sued Samsung in Japan, accusing the smartphone and tablet rival of violating a number of its patents related to the iPhone and iPad, according to a Reuters report.

The suit calls for a court injunction to block the sales of Samsung Galaxy S and Galaxy S II phones. It's the latest move in a months-long worldwide patent brawl of suits and countersuits between the two tech giants.

Apple won a sales freeze of Samsung's Galaxy S, Galaxy S II and Ace smartphones last month in 30 European countries. The Galaxy Tab 10.1 has been voluntarily placed under a sales stoppage in Australia, and a court-ordered preliminary injunction has been placed on the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and the unreleased Galaxy Tab 7.7 in Germany.

All of Samsung's Galaxy phones and Galaxy Tab tablets run on Google's Android mobile operating system. Apple's iPhone and iPad run the company's proprietary iOS software.

Samsung told Reuters that the patent dispute in Japan got started when it filed a suit against Apple there in April and that Apple's suit is in response to that.

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Photo: The Apple iPhone 4, left, and Samsung Galaxy S II smartphones. Credit: Jo Yong-Hak / Reuters

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Apple vs. Samsung suit: German court upholds Galaxy Tab 10.1 ban

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from the L.A. TimesApple vs. Samsung suit: German court upholds Galaxy Tab 10.1 banSeptember 9, 2011 | 11:21am

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A German court upheld its preliminary sales ban on the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 on Friday, the latest move in an international patent battle between Samsung and Apple.

"The court is of the opinion that Apple's minimalistic design isn't the only technical solution to make a tablet computer, other designs are possible," said Justice Johanna Brueckner-Hofmann in court, according to a Bloomberg news report.

"For the informed customer there remains the predominant overall impression that the device looks" like the design Apple has patented in Europe, Brueckner-Hofmann said, according to the report.

The court decision is a win for Apple, which is suing Samsung in Germany over complaints that the Korean consumer electronics maker is infringing on a number of Apple-owned patents with the Galaxy Tab tablets and Galaxy phone lines. Apple accuses Samsung of also copying the look and feel of the iPad and iPhone with its Galaxy products.

The German court first granted Apple a sales ban request against the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in August and last week, the court also places a temporary injunction against the sale of the unreleased Galaxy Tab 7.7 there as well. Samsung told Bloomberg that it will appeal the ruling.

Apple and Samsung are also locked in patent battles over phones and tablets in other European countries, as well as Japan, the U.S. and Australia.

Apple won a sales injunction against Samsung's Galaxy S, Galaxy S II and Ace smartphones last month in 30 European countries. The Galaxy Tab 10.1 has been voluntarily placed under a sales stoppage in Australia.

While the two tech giants are rivals, and suing each other in courtrooms around the world, they are also business partners from time to time as well. Samsung makes displays and internal components for the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch.

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-- Nathan Olivarez-Giles

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Thursday, 1 September 2011

Samsung’s Galaxy Note: Is it a tablet or phone?

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Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Note, a new 5.3-inch touchscreen device, on Thursday at the IFA mobile trade show in Berlin.

But in announcing the new gadget, Samsung described the Note as neither a phone or a tablet, but instead something different.

Whether consumers end up buying into Samsung's vision -- instead of seeing the Note as just a big phone or a little tablet -- remains to be seen.

The 5.3-inch display is bigger than just about any smartphone, yet it is smaller than most tablets, which typically run as small as a 7-inch screen size.

One thought that comes to mind is whether or not the Note could repeat the category confusion of the Dell Streak 5, which had a 5-inch touchscreen, ran Android and failed to catch up with consumers in any significant way. Dell has since released a 7-inch version of the Dell Streak.

Samsung has high hopes for the Note, touting it as being the first in a "new category of product, developed through Samsung's deep consumer understanding and insight."

"It combines core on-the-go benefits of various mobile devices while maintaining smartphone portability, to create a whole new user experience," Samsung said.

Another curiosity of the Note is the inclusion of a stylus that can be used to take notes or draw, as well as replace the tapping normally done on Android with a finger.

The move to include a stylus echoes that of HTC's push for tablets with styluses, such as its Jetstream, Evo View and Flyer tablets and a legion of PDAs before it (Newton, Palm Pilot, etc.)

"An advanced pen-input technology, called the S Pen, is combined with the Galaxy Note's full touchscreen to introduce a new type of user experience," Samsung said. "Through this, consumers are able to freely capture and create ideas while on the go."

So, does anyone actually want a device that fits between tablets and phones, with a digital pen? Samsung seems to think so. What do you think? Sound off in the comments.

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-- Nathan Olivarez-Giles

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Photo: D.J. Lee, executive vice president of Samsung, presents the Galaxy Note at the IFA mobile trade show Thursday in Berlin. Credit: Odd Andersen / AFP/Getty Images

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Saturday, 1 October 2011

Samsung Galaxy Players hit U.S. in October, to rival Apple iPod

Monday, 26 September 2011

HTC Amaze, Samsung Galaxy S II: T-Mobile's fastest 4G phones yet

Thursday, 15 September 2011

Apple sues Samsung in Japan, seeking to block Galaxy phone sales

Apple vs. Samsung suit: German court upholds Galaxy Tab 10.1 ban

Thursday, 1 September 2011

Samsung’s Galaxy Note: Is it a tablet or phone?

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