Samsung confident on 2011 target December 8, 2011 Samsung Electronics, the world’s top TV brand, said yesterday its television sales hit a record 5.7m units in November, helped by strong US sales during the long Thanksgiving weekend. November sales grew 14 per cent from the 5m units sold in October and Samsung is certain to keep its top global title for all of [...]
Apple loses its battle for iPad trademark in China December 7, 2011 APPLE yesterday lost a lawsuit in which it claimed infringement of its iPad trademark by Taiwanese-owned company Proview Technology. Proview registered the name IPAD for use in mainland China in 2001, and in several other areas including the EU between 2000 and 2004. In 2006 it agreed to sell the “global trademark” to Apple, but claims [...]
A Yuletide special: where the Nativity meets mobile tech December 7, 2011 JOSEPH is running the new Napster music service on the new iPhone (also works on the Android). It helps him soothe Mary whose tweets (Virgin Mary) show her to be increasingly exasperated. She’s also using the iHeal pain relief gadget sent by Homedics. But a bed would be better. Readers of Joseph’s tweets will see [...]
HTC sales fall 30 per cent in a month December 6, 2011 Sales of Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC have dropped 30 per cent in November from a month before, as the world’s No.4 smartphone brand struggled to compete against bigger rivals Apple and Samsung. HTC says its consolidated sales for November fell to T$30.94bn (£654m) from T$38.48bn a year ago and T$44.11bn in October 2011. “It shows [...]
Samsung soars as Apple loses court bid December 6, 2011 APPLE has lost its most recent battle in a legal fight against Samsung, as its bid to stop Galaxy sales in the US was denied, causing shares in the South Korean company to jump by more than two per cent. Apple was trying to get an injunction against the sale of certain Samsung products in the [...]
MOBILES December 1, 2011 SAMSUNG GALAXY NEXUS, FREE WITH £34 CONTRACT* Google and Samsung’s latest tie-up is their best yet – a great Android advert. google.co.uk/nexus APPLE IPHONE 4S, FREE WITH £36 CONTRACT* The original – and probably still the best – blockbuster smartphone, the 4S is the gadget to have. apple.com/uk MOTOROLA RAZR, FREE WITH £36 CONTRACT* Motorola [...]
OTHER December 1, 2011 IHELICOPTER, £30 Flying a helicopter around your living room using your iPhone as a controller is exactly as much fun as it sounds. A lot. amazon.co.uk SAMSUNG NAVIBOT VACUUM CLEANER, £400 The future is here – get a robot to do your vacuum cleaning. And it actually works. samsung.com/uk DYSON HOT, £260 The latest innovation [...]
HTC plummets after it cuts sales outlook November 24, 2011 HTC, the world’s number four smartphone maker, warned it would see no revenue growth this quarter, in a further sign that bigger rivals Apple and Samsung are stealing sales. The Taiwanese company, which is valued at around $16bn (£10bn), had previously forecast fourth-quarter revenue would grow 20-30 per cent from a year ago. The surprise [...]
What a difference a month makes November 24, 2011 WHAT a difference a month makes. At the end of October, HTC said it expected fourth quarter revenues to jump by almost a third; yesterday, the Taiwanese firm shocked markets by saying sales in the last three months of the year would in fact be flat. In cash terms, HTC has chalked down its estimates by [...]
Samsung is close to deal on Google TV November 22, 2011 Samsung yesterday said it is close to securing a deal to roll out the next generation of Google TV, bolstering the lucrative partnership between the two giants. Both companies have struggled in the sector this year, with Samsung’s meteoric rise in the flatscreen TV market being curtailed by a collapse in demand for expensive consumer [...]