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Samsung Affirms Plans to Release Android Competitor in FY13 (GOOG)

January 3, 2013 7:15 AM EST

Following reports earlier this week that Samsung might be releasing a bespoke mobile OS, the consumer electronics giant affirmed chatter today.

According to Boomberg, Samsung e-mailed a statement which said,... More

Former Nokia (NOK) Engineers Look to Take Out Android with New Platform (GOOG)

December 28, 2012 9:39 AM EST

Few would question Google's (Nasdaq: GOOG) dominance in the smartphone market with its Android platform, as hundreds of thousands of Android-based devices are activated on a daily basis.

But, that doesn't mean challengers aren't plotting ways to unseat the search giant.

Today's news comes from a months-old story about a handful of former Nokia (NYSE:... More

Samsung Slashes Galaxy S III Price into Apple's (AAPL) iPhone Event

September 11, 2012 1:20 PM EDT

Samsung is pulling out all the stops into Apple's (Nasdaq: AAPL) September 12th event.

According to Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN), Samsung has trimmed the... More

Samsung Galaxy S III Hits New Company Sales Milestone in Record Time (NOK) (AAPL) (MSFT)

July 23, 2012 9:46 AM EDT

Samsung's Galaxy S III is one hot-selling smartphone, according to numbers from the company today. Or, hot-shipping, anyway.

The company said it sold 10 million units less than two months following launch. AllThingsD noted Monday morning that Samsung IT and Mobile Communication president Shin Jong-kyun said the company would hit the milestone before the end of July.

Samsung didn't clarify whether the sales... More

Samsung Purchase of RIM (RIMM) Unlikely as 'Tizen' Awaits

January 17, 2012 4:41 PM EST

Will an acquisition of Research In Motion (Nasdaq: RIMM) by mobile OEM giant Samsung actually happen? Probably not, and the following is a viable reason...

Samsung has already expressed interest in creating its own mobile operating system.

According to the Financial Times Monday, the company is planning to merge its Bada operating system into an Intel (Nasdaq:... More