Samsung's Galaxy S4: The supply chain halo effect
While Apple is the poster child for vertical integration because it integrates its hardware designs with its software and ecosystem, Samsung also has the same mojo with its supply chain.
While Apple is the poster child for vertical integration because it integrates its hardware designs with its software and ecosystem, Samsung also has the same mojo with its supply chain.
The Galaxy S4 will be the first device to ship with Samsung's Knox technology, which like BlackBerry aims to divide your personal and work lives.
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Natali Del Conte shows us the new eco-friendly Samsung Reclaim from the product launch in New York.
Apple has made a lot of great moves with its iPad launch, but perhaps the most important one is retail distribution. Simply put, Apple has first mover advantage in the tablet market and is sealing the deal with distribution with a capital "D".
Samsung should celebrate being the king of smartphones today, but the fourth quarter competition is going to be far more challenging.
Seagate and Samsung inked a joint development and licensing pact designed to makes solid state drives more enterprise friendly.
Samsung will get "experience" stores inside Best Buy to show off integration between its devices. These areas are likely to have Apple store-within-a-store concepts as a neighbor.
The 3DTV content is coming to go along with those price television sets just hitting the market.DirecTV said it will add ESPN 3D, a sports network, to ride along with two other channels---on demand and pay-per-view in 3D.
IDC said that 10.1 million media tablets were shipped in the fourth quarter and to no one's surprise Apple and its iPad dominated. However, Samsung's Galaxy Tab walked away with 17 percent market share.
After going hands on with Samsung's big new flagship, Larry Dignan reviews the features that matter most to business - including a super-charged S Pen.
