It comes as no surprise that Samsung had a good fourth quarter last year. With the success of its Galaxy line of Android smartphones and tablets, it’s safe to say the Korean manufacturer pocketed a pretty penny during the period, but that’s not to say your jaw won’t drop when you find out exactly how much the company made. According to the company, it likely raked in a quarterly ... »
Looking for some more battery life but don’t want to attach a cinder block to the back of your phone? Have you been jealous of the iPhone cases that attach to the phone and provide an extra boost of battery juice without a lot of bulk? (No?, Well I have.) You might be interested in the PowerSkin Battery Case. My email contains a promo code for an extra 13% off (Get it? 13%…2013…n... »
Samsung is back yet again with another example of how marketing should be done in its latest commercial for the Galaxy Note II. This year has already brought some hilarious ad spots from the Korean electronics manufacturer — most of which came at Apple’s expense — and now we’ve got one more. Take a quick 1-minute break from your day to see how these office employees stay on... »
In an announcement this pass Friday, Google has cut the customer support of Google Sync, which means that Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) protocol is history as of January 30 , 2013, as part of their winter clean up. Google is instead recommending CalDAV for calendar, CardDAV for contacts, as well as IMAP for email. Long story short, windows users are fucked. Apple’s iOS and Android both s... »
In an interview earlier this week with Bloomberg, Google chairman Eric Schmidt declared Android to be the clear winner in the mobile war with apple. This comes as no surprise to many with the amazing success of Android smartphones such as the Samsung Galaxy 3 and the Note 2. “The core strategy is to make a bigger pie,” Schmidt said. “We will end up with a not perfectly... »
Following on from the recent warnings from police in Australia about the dangers of using the very much broken Apple maps, Samsung have launched a whole new advertising campaign. The campaign so far is featuring a VW Campervan parked in Melbourne and a Nissan Patrol 4WD parked in Sydney both with billboards saying ” Oops, should have got a Samsung Galaxy S3. Get Navigation you can trust R... »
Apparently, the police in Australia have been extra busy lately. Unfortunately, they weren’t out busting criminals and various random bad people, rather they were rescuing people who were led astray by Apple Maps. According to CNet, police in Victoria, Australia, issued a warning Monday discouraging iPhone users from using Apple’s map app after rescuing several people who became strand... »
Well, the fighting between Motorola and Apple continues and now the FTC has gotten involved. US Federal Trade Commission filed an amicus curae brief with the US court of appeals, for the Federal Court. Someone feels that Motorola should not be able to stop the sales of Apple devices in the US. Let’s all be real about this if they are infringing on patents they should be stopped just like Samsung w... »
Google is currently working on their own version of Airplay in a bid to further integrate all their services and provide a much easier and more streamlined method of watching YouTube and other content via Google TV sets or set-top boxes. They’re hoping to gain the interest of various software developers and device manufacturers to create the ability to potentially stream content both ways be... »
Well, the only thing we still really know after the HTC vs Apple war was settled, is that we still don’t know much of anything. The only thing confirmed at this point is they now have a 10 year licensing deal, and HTC is going to pay out per device sold to cover past, present, and future patents. Recently, Sterne Agee analyst Shaw Wu suggested that HTC would be paying out around $6 – ... »
