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Samsung Announces Special Holiday Values for ConsumersSamsung Extends Black Friday Values Making it Possible for Everyone to Enjoy a Premium Samsung HDTV Experience this Holiday Season RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J. - Samsung Electronics America Inc., a market leader and award-winning innovator in... In this article: Samsung, Blu-ray, Consumer Electronics Association, and New Jersey |
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TIME | 23 hours ago
Samsung Behold II Review: Let's Never Speak Of This Again
...Moment have been upgraded with vibrant AMOLED screens. The recent adoption of the Android OS on certain devices in the lineup strengthens Samsung's position as major player in the US smartphone market. However, they made one glaring error...
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Phone News | 1 day ago
T-Mobile Launches Samsung Behold 2
...Mobile - Gadgets - Deals - Anime Apps: Project Full Circle | MobileEdition | MobileWiki As expected T-Mobile has launched the Samsung Behold 2 Android device. The Behold 2 features a 5.0 megapixel camera with autofocus, flash, and...
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washingtonpost.com | 4 days ago
Samsung Behold II (T-Mobile) Smartphone
...3.9 ounces). Even so, the Behold II is still quite pocketable and light--and with its curved edges and its brown and black color scheme (Samsung calls it "Mystic Brown"), the Behold II is much more attractive than its boxy predecessor. The...
In this article: T-Mobile, Samsung, Android, E mail, Iphone, Smartphone, Palm Pre, HTC, T-Mobile G1, and Microsoft ActiveSync
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Gearlog | 5 days ago
Samsung Launches Galaxy Spica Android Phone (Not in US)
The device is available now in Europe and CIS (the former USSR). It will be arriving in parts of the Middle East and Africa, soon. Samsung hasn't said anything about a US arrival, which doesn't really bode well for out chances of ever seeing...
In this article: Samsung, Spica, Google Apps, CIS, US, Africa, Europe, and Middle East
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Gearlog | 5 days ago
Samsung Unveils Galaxy Spica Android Smartphone
Samsung has launched the Galaxy Spica i5700, the company's latest Android-powered smartphone. It offers an 800 MHz core--meaning it's probably similar to the Samsung Moment inside--as well as first-in-class DivX video support. The Spica...
In this article: Samsung, Spica, Smartphone, DivX, Google, CIS, Europe, Middle East, and Africa
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Computer World | 5 days ago
Samsung intros Galaxy Spica Android phone
...applications stores as well, as the company announced Bada, a software layer on top of Samsung's proprietary OS, which will allow for app development. Samsung says phones featuring the Bada OS and adjacent app store should be on the market...
In this article: Samsung, Android, Android, Europe, U.S., Linux, Windows Mobile, DivX, T-Mobile, and IDC
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Independent.co.uk - Gadgets & Tech | 5 days ago
Samsung developing propriety open-platform mobile operating system
...new platform will be called Bada - the Korean word for "ocean" - and is set to be unveiled in December. Samsung has indicated that it will cease to produce phones that run on the once-popular Symbian operating system in the future, instead...
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Sunday Mirror | November 13, 2009
Samsung says it still supports Symbian
...top exec's had said it will drop Symbian next year in favour of its own open-source OS, Samsung bada. Now Samsung's saying that was just not true. Samsung says its still really good friends with the Symbian Foundation: "Samsung is an...
In this article: Samsung, Symbian Foundation, Android, Linux, and Windows Mobile
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The Register | November 13, 2009
Samsung retracts Symbian support snub
...from a list supplied by the operator. In a previous life your correspondent attended meetings with Samsung where every question about the company's position on a feature or capability, was greeted with the same question returned. Samsung...
In this article: Samsung, Symbian Foundation, Symbian, Android, Linux, Windows Mobile, and South Korea
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washingtonpost.com | November 12, 2009
Samsung Blue Earth (Unlocked)
...Samsung Blue Earth (unlocked GSM world phone; U.S. pricing not available) is the latest in a new batch of ecofriendly phones, including Samsung's own Reclaim handset. However, the Blue Earth--available in Western Europe for 300 euros now,...
In this article: Samsung, YouTube, U.S., Asia, and Western Europe
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The Samsung Group (Korean: 삼성 그룹) is a multinational conglomerate headquarted in Samsung Town, Seoul, South Korea. It is the world's largest conglomerate with an annual revenue of US$173.4 billion in 2008 and is South Korea's largest chaebol. The Samsung Group is composed of numerous international affiliated businesses, most of them united under the Samsung brand including Samsung Electronics, the world's largest electronics company, Samsung Heavy Industries, the world's second largest shipbuilder and Samsung C&T, a major global construction company. These three multinationals form the core of Samsung Group and reflect its name - the meaning of the Korean word Samsung is "tristar" or "three stars".
Samsung has been the world's most popular consumer electronics brand since 2005 and is the best known South Korean brand in the world. Samsung Group accounts for more than 20% of South Korea's total exports and is the leader in many domestic industries, such as the financial, chemical, retail and entertainment industries. The company's strong influence in South Korea is visible throughout the nation, which has been referred to as the "Republic of Samsung".
- Name:
- Samsung Group
- Type:
- Public
- Location:
- Samsung Town in Seoul, South Korea
- Founder:
- Lee Byung-chul
- Founded:
- 1938
- Industry:
- Conglomerate
- Key People:
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- Lee Kun Hee: Former Chairman and CEO
- Lee Soo-bin: Acting president, CEO of Samsung Life Insurance
- Revenue:
- US$173.4 billion (2008)
- Net Income:
- US$10.7 billion (2008)
- Assets:
- US$252.5 billion (2008)
- No. of Employees:
- 276,000 (2008)
- Subsidiaries:
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- Samsung C&T, etc.
- Samsung Electronics
- Samsung Heavy Industries
- Motto:
- Imagine the Possibilities
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