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A study conducted by Strategy Analytics reveals Samsung ruled the U.S. mobile phone market in 2009. The claim is on the basis of reported shipment data that makes Samsung lead the charts for six quarters in a row.
Moreover, Samsung also announced that the 2010 Brand Keys Customer Loyalty Engagement Index study has declared Samsung as [...]

 
At the eve of Samsung’s first Android phone for South Korea, Shin Jong-kyun, head of Samsung’s mobile division told they’re looking to ship more than 18m smartphone units this year that will help them to pass HTC as world’s number 4 smartphone brand.
Samsung reckons their key to success in the smartphone market is their multi-OS [...]

 
It’s being reported that one of Samsung division’s vice president has been found dead outside his apartment. The 51-year old VP identified only by his surname Lee is said to have committed suicide after jumping off his apartment building.
Police found a suicide note claiming he was stressed and burdened by the amount of work.
Lee [...]

 
Samsung Corby is undoubtedly targeted at youth due to its jazzy colors. Now, Samsung is taking a step further by offering young Corby users to customize their phones with replaceable back covers and stickers. The stickers and covers can be replaced without any fuss and there are up to 50 different designs, which Samsung reckons [...]

 
Samsung has announced winners of its Application Store Developer Challenge 2009 that was initiated in October. Two Platinum award winners who walked away with US$100,000 each are South Korea-based HyongaSoft and Italy-based DDM Srl. for their apps – Ompass World Cities and Cinetrailer respectively.
The winners were selected on criteria ranging from creativity, user-friendliness, use of [...]

 
Samsung bada’s press event was nothing more than a showcase of what bada can do but this technical session meant only for developers and content partners reveals a lot more. Check out the long video here.

 
Samsung will be providing set-top boxes to Videotron that will come with video recording and Tru2Way service support. Samsung reckons its set-top boxes coupled with Tru2Way will give consumers a “heightened media experience” with interactive cable services and an added functionality of recording HD video content.
These set-top boxes will be the first Tru2Way devices in [...]

 
Few bada OS screenshots have found their way out on the net and it gives pleasure to see that it won’t be as uninteresting and not-so-revealing as the recent bada announcement. The UI seems finger friendly and will be able to exploit other interesting features like multitouch support, motion sensing and more.
First bada powered [...]

 
Russian Mobile WiMAX operator, Yota and Samsung have teamed up to roll out Mobile WiMAX in parts of Latin America. This is the first project for both the companies outside Russia and Nicaragua will be the first country to get it.
Yota has already begun pilot testing in Nicaragua and plans to provide commercial Mobile [...]

 
Samsung has entered into a cross-industry alliance that has the basic aim to simplify how we consume HD content. Samsung along with LG, Sony Pictures and Valens Semiconductor have created HDBaseT, a new standard that sends uncompressed video, audio to HDTVs over a regular Ethernet cable. The HDBaseT technology also allows for internet surfing simultaneously [...]