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Apple claims it approached Samsung four times in 2010 to head off patent litigation

By Matt Macari on March 22, 2012 08:20 am + 212 comments

We've heard rumblings for some time that Steve Jobs initiated talks with Samsung back in 2010 in an Continue reading…
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Samsung China president says Galaxy S III launch may be moved up from May to April

By Vlad Savov on March 21, 2012 05:10 am + 56 comments

Multiple reports out of Korea today cite Samsung Greater China President Kim Young-Ha as saying that Continue reading…
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Samsung fined for obstructing Korean government price fixing investigation

By Andrew Webster on March 19, 2012 10:10 am + 29 comments

Samsung is among the companies being fined for price fixing in the handset space, and now the Korean Continue reading…
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Samsung, LG fined by Korean government for handset price fixing

By Dieter Bohn on March 16, 2012 01:56 am + 6 comments

Price fixing amongst large Korean technology companies is apparently a fad now. First, we had large Continue reading…
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Galaxy S II Android 4.0 update rolling out today in Korea, Poland, Sweden, and Hungary

By Sam Byford on March 12, 2012 09:44 pm + 81 comments

As promised, Samsung has finally made Android 4.0 available to Galaxy S II users in South Korea via Continue reading…
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Galaxy S II Ice Cream Sandwich update on SK Telecom planned for March 13th

By Vlad Savov on March 12, 2012 09:06 am + 42 comments

South Korea's SK Telecom is planning to distribute the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update to Continue reading…
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LG Optimus Vu launches in Korea, revealing first pricing information

By Adi Robertson on March 6, 2012 12:49 pm + 9 comments

The LG Optimus Vu — which we first saw at MWC — has been released in Korea, giving us a first Continue reading…
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Samsung Galaxy Player 70 Plus adds dual-core processor, 5MP camera

By Sam Byford on March 4, 2012 10:55 pm + 16 comments

Samsung's Galaxy Player 70 (known to us as the Galaxy Player 5.0) just got a spec bump in its native Continue reading…
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Samsung LCD flat panel division making a loss, may be spun off in favor of OLED

By Vlad Savov on February 14, 2012 02:45 am + 20 comments

The trouble that Sony and Panasonic find themselves in — being unable to break even from the sale Continue reading…
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South Korean KT Corp blocks internet access for Samsung Smart TVs

By Ryan Heise on February 10, 2012 01:53 am + 29 comments

Smart TVs were one of the big trends at CES this year, but all those apps and streaming videos Continue reading…