Google Touts Android

Release Date ‎Oct 19, 2011‎ in Wall Street Journal

 
   
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Samsung beats Apple's smartphone shipment figures

Inquirer - Lawrence Latif - ‎Oct 21, 2011‎
KOREAN ELECTRONICS GIANT Samsung shipped more than 20 million smartphones in its previous quarter, beating its fierce rival Apple. Samsung's smartphone range spans three operating systems and, according to the Wall Street Journal, ...

Patent Armageddon

Sydney Morning Herald (blog) - ‎Oct 21, 2011‎
It seems like every week there is a launch of a new smartphone on the world stage followed closely by posturing and legal threats for some form of patent breach. More often than not, the bigger story is legal maneuverings and machinations of the ...

Samsung's army of Androids pull ahead of iPhone for first time

Daily Mail - Rob Waugh - ‎Oct 20, 2011‎
The news that Apple had shipped three million iPhones fewer than expected this quarter came as a surprise to anyone who witnessed the Applemania around the launch of iPhone 4S last week. But the slip allowed arch-rival Samsung to push ...

Samsung beats Apple in smartphone sales

The Australian - ‎Oct 20, 2011‎
SAMSUNG Electronics shipped more than 20 million smartphones in the quarter ended September 30, a person familiar with the situation said, beating close competitor Apple, which sold 17.1 million units in its fiscal fourth quarter, ended September 24. ...

Apple vs. Samsung: Who's selling the most phones?

CNET - Lance Whitney - ‎Oct 20, 2011‎
As Apple and Samsung battle for smartphone market share, numbers matter. The problem, though, can be figuring out which numbers to use and how to match them up. Samsung shipped more than ...

What if I Don't Want to Buy Apple?

msnbc.com - Rick Aristotle Munarriz - ‎Oct 20, 2011‎
We're supposed to ignore Apple's disappointing fiscal fourth quarter. We're supposed to pretend that analysts that eat, sleep, and drink Apple-tinis for a living somehow forgot to factor in the lack of a shiny new iPhone 5 ...

Asia emerges as battlefield for growth-hungry tech firms

Reuters - Bobby Yip, Anshuman Daga - ‎Oct 20, 2011‎
An office workers checks his mobile phone as he walks past an advertisement outside HSBC headquarters in Hong Kong October 18, 2011. By Lee Chyen Yee HONG KONG (Reuters) - When Google Inc unveiled its latest version of Android, the operating platform ...

It's destination Asia for tech cos

Times of India - ‎Oct 20, 2011‎
HONG KONG: When Google Inc unveiled its latest version of Android, the operating platform powering 50 percent of the global smartphone market, it picked Hong Kong as the destination to show off the new software. The event in Hong Kong, ...

Asia emerges as battlefield for growth-hungry tech firms

Reuters India - Anshuman Daga, Muralikumar Anantharaman - ‎Oct 20, 2011‎
Get the latest news on the go. Visit Reuters India on your mobile device. Full Coverage One Indian man has 39 wives and 94 children. Slideshow Models pose with the Galaxy Nexus, the first smartphone to feature Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and a HD ...

Samgsung and Apple: tough love

Financial Times (blog) - ‎Oct 20, 2011‎
After attending the memorial service for Steve Jobs, Lee Jae-yong (pictured), Samsung's chief operating officer, met Tim Cook, Apple's chief executive, and talked about “promoting good relations” between the two companies, Lee told local reporters ...

Samsung topples Apple in smartphone shipment

eTaiwan News - ‎Oct 20, 2011‎
Despite a concerted effort from Apple to cripple Samsung's presence in the smartphone industry, it was not able to shake up things enough to reach the top spot. Samsung shipped a whopping 20 million smartphones in the most recent quarter, according to ...

Samsung's Good Cop/Bad Cop Routine

Wall Street Journal (blog) - Alastair Gale - ‎Oct 19, 2011‎
On-the-record remarks by named senior officials at Samsung Electronics are as rare as hen's teeth, so Wednesday was something of a bonanza for watchers of the company. Arriving back from the memorial service for Steve Jobs, ...

Samsung to Seek iPhone Ban in Korea

The Chosun Ilbo - ‎Oct 19, 2011‎
Samsung Electronics now wants to file a motion to ban Apple's iPhone 4S in Korea. The company had held off suing Apple on its home turf because it enjoys a solid lead in the market here, whereas the iPhone is miles ahead everywhere else. ...

Google Touts Android

Wall Street Journal - Evan Ramstad, Loretta Chao - ‎Oct 19, 2011‎
HONG KONG"The chief of Google Inc.'s mobile-technology unit said the company will boost its media and services offerings to better compete with Apple Inc., as the company launched a new version of the Android operating ...

Samsung takes phone lead in Ireland

Irish Times - Ciara O'Brien - ‎Oct 19, 2011‎
SAMSUNG HAS taken the lead in Ireland's mobile phone market for the first time, new data shows. According to figures from GFK Retail and Technology, the manufacturer's handsets accounted for 37.3 per cent of Ireland's mobile market in September. ...

Samsung: Fair competition with Apple

News24 - ‎Oct 19, 2011‎
Seoul - Samsung Electronics will maintain its components partnership with US rival Apple, a top executive of the South Korean firm said on Wednesday, despite their heated legal battles over patents. Samsung's chief operating officer Lee Jae-Yong said ...

Samsung unveils latest Android phone

euronews - ‎Oct 19, 2011‎
http://www.euronews.net/ Samsung has unveiled its first smartphone running on Google's latest version of the Android operating system. It will enable the South Korean company to better compete against Apple as the operating system combines software ...

Samsung Electronics COO: Discussed Long-Term Parts Supply Co-Operation With ...

Fox Business - Jung-Ah Lee - ‎Oct 18, 2011‎
SEOUL -(Dow Jones)- Top executives at Samsung Electronics Co. (SSNHY) and Apple Inc. (AAPL) have met to discuss a long-term partnership on the supply of parts amid a continuing legal tussle between the technology giants. ...

Samsung delays new Android model release after Jobs's death

Vancouver Sun - Miyoung Kim - ‎Oct 18, 2011‎
SEOUL - Samsung Electronics Co said on Monday it had delayed the launch of a new smartphone based on Google's latest version of the Android operating system while the world pays tribute to Apple co-founder Steve ...

30 million Galaxy handsets sold by Samsung, Galaxy S II Tops it off

Mobile bloom News - ‎Oct 21, 2011‎
It has just been reported by Samsung that the company has sold over 30 million Galaxy S and S II smartphones, which places it firmly on its way to overtake the Apple iPhone as the most popular smartphone. The S II device manufactured by the company ...

Samsung ahead of Apple in Q3 smartphone sales

The Korea Herald - ‎Oct 21, 2011‎
Samsung Electronics Co. outpaced Apple Inc. in the global smartphone market by more than 10 million handsets during the third quarter of the year, industry data showed Friday. According to the data, Samsung Electronics sold about 27 million smartphones ...

Samsung surpasses Apple as top seller of smartphones

Online News Today - ‎Oct 21, 2011‎
According to The Wall Street Journal, the Korean tech giant Samsung has now surpassed Nokia and even Apple as the top smartphone seller in the world. In the past, Apple surpassed Nokia as the top selling smartphone maker. However, Samsung managed to ...

Samsung shipped more smartphones than Apple in Q3

TechRadar UK - Kate Solomon - ‎Oct 21, 2011‎
The phone manufacturer willy-waving contest shows no sign of abating as a Samsung insider brags that the company shipped more phones than Nokia or Apple in the last quarter. The Wall Street Journal cites "a person familiar with the ...

Samsung will provide Apple with the A6 processors

Mobile bloom News - ‎Oct 21, 2011‎
According to recent developments, it has been revealed that even with an ongoing war in patent litigations, Samsung Electronics and Apple are expected to continue their current partnership wherein Samsung supplies the chips for Apple's mobile devices. ...

Samsung takes top smartphone spot

ITWeb (blog) - Kathryn McConnachie - ‎Oct 21, 2011‎
Samsung has reportedly booted Apple off the top spot as the world's largest smartphone manufacturer by volume. As Apple claims record iPhone sales, Samsung has reportedly leap-frogged the iPhone maker to ...

Samsung Tweaking TouchWiz to Avoid Apple's Litigations [Galaxy Nexus Might Not ...

TFTS (blog) - Mariella Moon - ‎Oct 20, 2011‎
Reports suggesting the Galaxy Nexus was designed as it is to avoid Apple litigations were denied by Samsung 's Won-Pyo Hong. When Walt Mossberg of AllThingsD asked him about it, he said that's just a rumor, and the Galaxy Nexus was designed before all ...

Samsung is the top smartphone vendor? Not so fast

Afterdawn.com - Rich Fiscus - ‎Oct 20, 2011‎
Since yesterday the web has been full of reports that Samsung may have become the top smartphone manufacturer in the world. Before you buy into the hype, there are a few things you should consider. Without a doubt, Samsung is the fastest rising star in ...

Who's winning the smartphone war? Two four-letter words make it hard to tell

allvoices - ‎Oct 20, 2011‎
By Iria0000 It's been said that Apple's iPhones means that the Cupertino, CA giant is winning the "single device war," but when it comes to overall smartphone sales, its iOS platform is losing out [several market research firm reports have borne this ...

Samsung trumps Apple in Q3 smartphone sales

Yonhap News - Lee Youkyung - ‎Oct 20, 2011‎
SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics Co. surpassed Apple Inc. in smartphone sales in the July-September quarter, according to the Korean company's mobile chief and industry reports Friday. Shin Jong-kyun, president of ...

Samsung beats Apple in phone shipments during this year's third quarter

Droid Matters - ‎Oct 20, 2011‎
by Zack Nebbaki October 20, 2011 0 Samsung has shipped over 20 million smartphones in the third quarter of this year. The Wall Street Journal claims that the Korean phone manufacturer was able to beat Apple and Nokia which is very impressive, ...

 

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