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Samsung Wins 30 C.E.S.
Innovation Awards
Karachi: November 21, 2011 – Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., a
market leader and award-winning innovator in consumer
electronics and telecommunications, has won 30 prestigious
awards in the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2012
Innovation Awards - The world’s largest consumer technology
tradeshow.
Samsung Pakistan’s Managing Director, Mr. Hee Chang Yee said;
“We’re honored that CES recognizes Samsung’s commitment to
research and development across 36 product categories. During
the past 3 years Samsung has won 90 CES awards.”
For the year 2012, Samsung won 2 awards for “Best of Innovation”
and 4 honors for “Eco-Design”. These award-winners are judged by
leading experts, since 1976. Samsung’s award-winning products
included TV, home theater, mobile phone, tablet PC, mobile PC,
monitor, SS Drives & LCD panel etc. Some of these products are
highlighted below;
Samsung TV Apps service
surpasses 10 million downloads
Karachi: November 15, 2011 – Samsung Electronics has announced
that Samsung Apps, the world’s first HDTV-based app store, is
growing rapidly in popularity. Samsung Apps TV recently
celebrated the milestone of 1,000 registered applications and
crossed the 10 million downloads mark. Samsung is on its way to
build a global Smart TV ecosystem.
Online video applications remained at the top of the lists of
most downloaded apps. The Online Video Application “YouTube”
stayed on top in the United States, South Korea and also on a
global scale. Downloads from Samsung Apps TV have grown
consistently to reach more than 11 million downloads, averaging
50,000 downloads per day.
Active users of Smart TVs are growing, as Samsung continues to
deliver a wider variety of high-quality TV content and services
through strategic collaboration with major content providers.
Consumers enjoy a wide variety of applications like; news,
entertainment, sports and games. The news Apps include BBC News,
WSJ Live, CNBC and TIME TV. The famous entertainment
applications include; Berliner Philharmoniker (live orchestra).
ESPN ScoreCenter is a popular sports coverage application.
Locally specialized Apps include; Lovefilm in the UK, Telstra’s
NRL Game Analyser in Australia.
Samsung Pakistan’s Managing Director, Mr. Hee Chang Yee said;
“Our success has come from the quality and diversity of
applications that are available across multiple content
categories.
Samsung Electronics continues to hold developer application
contests across the globe to create partnerships with and
educate the developer community. Apps Contests were held in the
United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Korea in
2010, and are now expanding to other countries like Brazil,
Mexico, China, and Southeast Asia. Samsung’s Software
Development Kit (SDK), allows developers to create TV-optimized
applications more easily. The Samsung Developer Forum (SDF)
encourages information exchange among developers. These
activities create more earning opportunities for developers, as
Samsung continues to integrate hardware and software for the
consumer’s benefit.
Samsung brings a smartphone
for the Youth - Galaxy Y
Karachi: November 10, 2011 – Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, a
global leader in digital media, telecommunications and
convergence technologies, has now launched ‘GALAXY – Y. This is
an innovative smartphone, customized to suit the communication
needs and budget of the youth. The Samsung S5360 Galaxy Y
promises the Android experience at a bargain. Its highly
economical price means that a kid’s first cell phone can be a
smartphone.
The youthful device includes most of the cutting-edge features
of the Samsung Galaxy-S range, delivering a powerful smartphone
performance. It is easy to handle with sleek dimensions (102.9 x
57.9 x 12.2 mm) and light weight (96.8 grams). The device
features a 3” TFT touchscreen with QVGA resolution. It also has
a 3.5mm audio jack and a MicroUSB port.
The CPU is an ARMv6 unit, which provides wi -Fi, GPS, a solid
browser and a doc viewer. The Galaxy Y features a 2 Mega Pixel
camera along with a loudspeaker, a 1200mAh Li-Ion battery and
access to the microSD card. It can run the Android 2.3.4
Gingerbread with TouchWiz 3.0, which brings it in step with the
latest Android phones. The Galaxy Y phonebook also supports
Facebook, Twitter and MySpace.
It has an on-screen QWERTY keyboard, along with a preloaded
Swype keyboard. Its 2 MP camera also offers geotagging, smile
shot, image effects and scenes. Moreover, the Android Market
also offers plenty of games, handy tools and productivity apps
for the Galaxy Y users.
Samsung Pakistan’s Managing Director, Mr. Hee Chang Yee said;
“Using the advanced technologies in the smartphone market,
Samsung Electronics will enable the young consumers to enjoy a
smart life with the Galaxy Y smartphone. We will continue to
bring specialized innovative products for each segment of
consumers.
Samsung pleads ban on iPhone4S
Sales in Japan & Australia
Karachi: November 1, 2011 – Samsung Electronics today filed
preliminary injunction motions in the Tokyo District Court,
Japan and in the New South Wales Registry, Australia requesting
the courts to stop the sale of Apple’s iPhone4S in the
respective countries.
In a separate filing, Samsung has appealed the Australian
court's decision on October 13 to grant a preliminary injunction
over the Galaxy Tab 10.1. In Japan, Samsung is also seeking an
injunction order to immediately bar the sale of iPhone4 and
iPad2, which seriously violate Samsung's intellectual property.
Samsung's preliminary injunction request in Australia cites
three patent infringements related to wireless
telecommunications standards, specifically Wideband Code
Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) and HSPA. In light of these
violations, Samsung believes the sale of such Apple devices
should be banned. The Patent claims in Japan include;
1- One “High Speed Packet Access” (HSPA) patent which relates to
a method for deciding amount of power consumption during data
transmission.
2- Three user interface patents, essential for displaying
information on screen, specifically UIs for the “in flight mode”
indicator (airplane icon); for customizing a smartphone’s home
screen; & for browsing applications categorized in a tree
structure (in an apps store).
The Patent claims in Australia include;
1. Method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving packet data
using pre-defined length indicator in a mobile communication
system (WCDMA)
2. Method and apparatus for data transmission in a mobile
telecommunication system supporting enhanced uplink service (HSPA)
3. Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving data with
high reliability in a mobile communication system supporting
packet data transmission (HSPA)
Samsung GALAXY S and GALAXY
SII reach 30 million global sales
Karachi: October 28, 2011 – Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, a
leading mobile handset provider, has announced that its Samsung
GALAXY S and GALAXY SII smartphones have achieved a combined
total of 30 million global sales.
GALAXY SII has set a new record for Samsung, generating more
than 10 million sales - quicker than any device in Samsung’s
history. The device also recently received five out of the total
ten “Mobile Choice Consumer Awards 2011” in the UK as well as
“2011 Gadget Award” for being chosen as the “best smartphone of
the year” by T3, confirming it as a run-away favorite smartphone
with consumers this year. It continues to gain traction as
Samsung’s flagship smartphone - a stylishly designed, slim and
ultra-portable device combining an unrivalled viewing experience
with powerful dual-core processor performance.
Launched in 2010, Samsung GALAXY S reached almost 20 million
sales, making it the highest-selling mobile device in Samsung’s
portfolio to date, and another record-breaker for the company
and the mobile market.
Since launching to high critical acclaim two years ago, the
GALAXY S range has continued to gain popularity among consumers
and propelled the GALAXY brand to one of the most recognized
mobile brands in the world, with Samsung now the largest Android
smartphone vendor and the second largest phone vendor overall
worldwide (IDC).
Samsung Pakistan’s Managing Director, Mr. Hee Chang Yee said;
“Since its launch only five months ago, GALAXY SII has seen
tremendous sales success and garnered enthusiastic reviews from
consumers and mobile industry watchers across the globe. This is
in addition to the continued sales momentum behind GALAXY S,
which we launched at Mobile World Congress 2010 as it continues
to be a run-away success with consumers. The phenomenal success
of these smartphones once again demonstrates how the GALAXY S
smartphones are setting the standard for smart mobile technology
around the world.”
