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Patent Bolt: Samsung invents air-gesturing controls for tablets & beyond

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Krzysztof Bryk

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A recently published Samsung patent application has revealed a new air-gesturing invention that could supplement or eliminate the need to actually touch a display in order to control its functionality. When using Samsung’s air-gesturing techniques in conjunction with a Samsung HDTV, for example, the idea is to simply eliminate the need for a physical remote [...]

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Engadget: Samsung P500 and i915 tablets for Sprint and Verizon, Galaxy Note II for Sprint reach the FCC (update: Note II for US Cellular as well)

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Krzysztof Bryk

When it rains, it pours. As if to clear the decks, Samsung has passed three devices through the FCC’s scrutiny at the same time. Two, the SPH-P500 and SCH-i915, are LTE-equipped tablets respectively headed to Sprint and Verizon with a dash of mystery; their label images imply a pair of Galaxy Tab 2 variants, but [...]

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Zara App sashays onto Samsung’s smartphones and tablets catwalk

Posted on September 7, 2012 by Krzysztof Bryk

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Samsung Electronics launched the Zara fashion App, in partnership with developers Inditex Group. Bringing Zara’s fabulous collections to Android smartphones for the first time, fashion-lovers will be able to flick through new season must-haves, purchase immediately, and enjoy the support from Zara’s customer service team all from within the App. The Zara fashion App is [...]

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All Things D: Apple vs. Samsung trial forces companies to open up the books

Posted on August 10, 2012 by Krzysztof Bryk

Everyone knows Apple and Samsung sell a lot of phones. Thanks to earnings reports there is even a pretty good sense of how many both companies sell in total each quarter. However, the Apple-Samsung trial is providing a great deal more detail, including how many of each model both companies are selling, at least here [...]

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Samsung to start mass-producing 2 GB RAM chips for smartphones and tablets

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Krzysztof Bryk

We’ve had devices with 1 GB of RAM since around late 2010, and, even though Android is pretty good at managing memory (by killing the applications that you didn’t use in a while, so it frees up memory), it still feels like device memory has been pretty stagnant lately. At the same time, the CPU [...]

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