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Currently, Samsung and Apple are in the middle of a battle over a patent which will not be concluded any time sooner. However, the two unintentionally became allies so that other competitors will have a difficult time to continue manufacturing smartphones. Most recent estimates show that the combined profits of both companies are estimated to take 95% of the total profit of the entire smartphone industry.
A recent leak has revealed a new handset may be released by Samsung in the future. The Samsung Galaxy Mini 2 is another reasonably-priced Android-powered phone that is succeeds the first Galaxy Mini phone. This leak comes a few weeks before the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, which is scheduled to be held near the end of the month.
A district court judge in Dusseldorf, Germany ruled that the modifications that were made on the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1N were enough for the intellectual property rights of Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) not to be violated. The decision was made by the judge last Thursday.
Even as last year saw the smartphone showing stronger demand for the fourth quarter as it was able to surpassed shipments of PCs. This year tablets are anticipated to offer additional features that may increase the demand for these devices including the upcoming iPad 3 of Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL). Although the iPad has continued to rule the tablet market, upcoming Android tablets may give the tablet offering of Apple some competition as more features are added into the devices. This may make it important for the iPad 3 to be released into the market soon.
A number of speculations have been made on the upcoming iPhone 5 of Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and the latest have hinted at the possibility that the smartphone will be unveiled this coming June at the upcoming Worldwide Developers Conference of the company.
Most recent reports from the Electronic Times News, a Korean website, have hinted that the Samsung Galaxy S3 will likely measure less than half an inch thick or specifically seven millimeters. Some industry watchers have speculated that the Motorola Droid Razr may have been the inspiration for the super-slim design of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy [...]
Reports have suggested that the Google Wallet may be on its way to an unlocked version of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus that has a SIM from AT&T (NYSE:T). For the moment, the Sprint (NYSE:S) variation of the device is the only on that can utilize the Google Wallet mobile payment system. But an app reportedly emerged at the Market which can be used on an unlocked version of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus that uses an AT&T SIM.
It appears that another Linux tablet will be introduced within the month of February. The Trimble Yuma is the latest Linux-powered tablet that will be offered by SDG Systems. This introduction followed an earlier announcement of an upcoming Linux-powered tablet, the Spark tablet, which has appealed to a number of Linux enthusiasts.
Apparently AMD (NYSE:AMD) is working on a super-slim laptop based on the latest Accelerated Processing Unit of AMD dubbed as Trinity. These Trinity laptops will have a thickness of around eighteen millimeters and will go up against the Ultrabooks of Intel (NASDAQ:INTC).
Even though the Motorola Droid Razr Maxx was only released recently into the market, reports have indicated that Motorola (NYSE:MMI) is aiming to release an update for the smartphone that features a long battery life.
