Both Apple and Samsung have sold a historic amount of smartphones in the past year, and coming up with a tally of who sold more is harder than you’d think. But The NPD Group says they’ve done all the number crunching and have a winner. Read More »
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Samsung ended 2011 with a bang: its best quarterly profit ever. Now that we have an idea of how Samsung did in mobile sales this year, it’s time to see how it did going head-to-head with Apple and the iPhone this year. Read More »
Apple’s iPhone 4S is on a roll this holiday in the UK, where it accounted for almost a quarter of all smartphone sales during the four weeks leading up to Dec. 9. Even older iPhone devices, like the 3GS, outperformed newer devices like Nokia’s Lumia line. Read More »
Apple’s share of the global tablet market slid in the quarter ending Sept. 30, according to a new report from research firm IDC. Apple did, however, ship 11.1 million tablets during the quarter, more than 10 million more than its next-closest competitor, Samsung. Read More »
Apple’s battle with Samsung over tablet patents may have had a positive effect on Samsung’s profile, at least in some markets. Samsung Australia is saying that’s exactly what happened down under following the reversal of a ban against sales of the Galaxy Tab 10.1. Read More »
Friday was not a good day for Apple’s ongoing global legal efforts. In addition to the German ruling against it in a case with Motorola Mobility, the Australian High Court has also agreed with the Federal Court and overturned the ban of the Samsung Galaxy Tab. Read More »
Apple will be able to continue selling the iPhone 4S in France unimpeded, according to a court decision on Thursday. The Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris has denied a request by Samsung to secure a preliminary injunction against the sale of the 4S. Read More »
The temporary injunction in Australia against Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1, which was struck down on Wednesday, will remain in effect for one more week, according to a decision by the country’s High Court on Friday. The week-long delay could have considerable effect on Samsung’s holiday sales. Read More »
The injunction previously won by Apple in Australia against the sale of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab has been overturned Tuesday as the result of a Federal Court appeal. The temporary injunction was unanimously ruled against by the court’s panel of judges, and will end Friday. Read More »
Resisting the lure of Google’s annual Android reference device is nearly impossible for an early adopter like me. This year, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus is that device. Here’s what I think of the Nexus, Android 4.0.1, and how both stack up to the iPhone 4S. Read More »
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