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Samsung Mobile Destroys The World Record For Largest Game of Dodgeball

Samsung Mobile Destroys The World Record For Largest Game of Dodgeball

Last week I mentioned the possibility of Samsung breaking the Guinness World Record for hosting the largest game of dodgeball.  Well, not only did Samsung achieve it, but they destroyed the previous record as well!  The previous record had 450 dodgeball participants while Samsung had over 712 players!    According to Amanda Mochan, the Guinness World [...]

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Did Samsung Set The World’s Largest Dodgeball Game?

Did Samsung Set The World’s Largest Dodgeball Game?

Last month, we mentioned that Samsung was going to attempt to set another Guiness World Record.  Samsung already has the Guiness World Record for the fastest text message on the Samsung Omnia II.  So which record was Samsung attempting to set this time?  Well, this time they wanted to set the Guiness World Record for the world’s largest game [...]

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Samsung Develops PRAM Chips For Mobile Handsets

Samsung Develops PRAM Chips For Mobile Handsets

In January, Samsung announced that they produced two new high-density memory solutions for mobile devices.  A month later, they announce that they have created a new CMOS image sensors for the mobile phone market.  A few months later, they are at it again.  Yesterday, Samsung stated that they have “produced a next-generation memory chip for cell phones that [...]

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Samsung Sells 64.3 Million Mobile Phones But Still Loses Mobile Market Share

Samsung Sells 64.3 Million Mobile Phones But Still Loses Mobile Market Share

Samsung reported today that it had sold 64.3 million mobile devices in the first quarter.  Compared to the number of units sold last year, Samsung has increased their sale by 40 percent.  Despite all that, Samsung’s market share still dropped from 21% to 20%.  The drop in share is being attributed to increase competition from RIM (Research In [...]

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Samsung Mobile Attempts To Set Another Guiness World Record

Samsung Mobile Attempts To Set Another Guiness World Record

Samsung Mobile set a Guiness World Record last month when Franklin Page set the record for the fastest text message on the Samsung Omnia II.  They also announced earlier this month that they wanted to break the Guinness World Record for collecting the largest donation of mobile phones at the Samsung Mobile 500.  Well, it looks [...]

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Yahoo! Is The Official Search Provider On All Samsung Phones

Yahoo! Is The Official Search Provider On All Samsung Phones

Earlier today, Yahoo and Samsung announced a new joint partnership that will make Yahoo the official search provider on all future Samsung Phones.  Starting in May of this year, all new Samsung phones will come shipped preloaded with what is being called the Yahoo “experience”.  This Yahoo “experience” will include apps such as Yahoo search, [...]

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Stanford Is New Head Of Samsung Mobile In UK And Ireland

Stanford Is New Head Of Samsung Mobile In UK And Ireland

Mark Mitchinson, the former Samsung VP of UK and Ireland, left the company last week.  To replace him, Samsung has decided to promote Simon Stanford as the new head of Samsung Mobile in the UK and Ireland.  Although Stanford has only been with the company since September 2009, he was successful in overseeing the launch of the Samsung [...]

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Will Samsung and Sprint Break A Guinness World Record?

Will Samsung and Sprint Break A Guinness World Record?

Do you have an old cell phone lying around your home that you have been trying to get rid of?  If so, Samsung and Sprint want it from you.  In fact, they want it so badly that if you attend the Samsung Mobile 500 on April 15-18, they will give you a limited edition 3D [...]

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Samsung Mobile Software Development Kit Now Available

Samsung Mobile Software Development Kit Now Available

Are you a developer looking to create widgets for Samsung Mobile phones?  If so, now is your chance!  Earlier today, Samsung Mobile Innovator announced the availability of the mobile widget software developer kit (SDK).  The kit will alllow developers to build, emulate and test BONDI features with their Samsung Widgets.  In addition to that, the kit will [...]

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SRS TruMedia Ported Into Samsung’s S5PC110 Processor

SRS TruMedia Ported Into Samsung’s S5PC110 Processor

Earlier today, SRS Labs announced that Samsung Electronics has ported SRS TruMedia into their new S5PC110 Application Processor for advanced mobile devices.  In case you didn’t know, the Samsung S5PC110 uses the ARM Cortex A8, with a built in 45-nanometer low fabrication process.  Running at 1GHz, this processor offers support for 30 frame-per-second 1080p video [...]

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