The launch of an Apple iPhone 5 is widely tipped to take place later this year and the research firm Gartner expects to see that introduction provide the global smartphone market with a significant boost.
Samsung has seen impressively strong sales of its latest Galaxy S smartphone offering since its launch in late May and Android smartphones in general are continuing to sell extremely well worldwide.
Samsung has become the number one seller of smartphones in the world but one of its latest launches in the UK has seen it make available perhaps one of the most curious devices yet added to its range. The Samsung Galaxy Beam boasts a 15-lumen projector that enables users to display high-definition images and videos on to any kind of flat surface.
Strong sales of the Galaxy S3 smartphones helped Samsung increase its earnings considerably in the second quarter of this year, according to its official reports. The company posted profits for the three-months up 48 percent on the same period a year ago.
Samsung has seen sales of its Galaxy S3 smartphone devices pass the 10 million mark on a global basis within just a few months of its release. The achievement matched the expectations that the Korean company had for its enormously popular device prior to its introduction.
Asus has confirmed that some of its Transformer tablet computers are set to receive an update to the latest Jelly Bean version of the Android operating system. There is no specific word on precisely when the devices will get the upgrade but it looks certain to be over the course of the next couple of months.
Owners of a HSPA+ version of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus smartphone are among the first to be furnished with the very latest version of Google’s Android operating system. The keenly anticipated release of the Android 4.1, widely referred as the Jelly Bean update, came about in recent days amid promises of a range of notably enhanced offerings.
