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Samsung Galaxy S & Tab official ICS update… Or no update?

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Rumours that have suggested Samsung is working on delivering an Android ‘Value Pack’ update for Galaxy S smartphones have been dealt a blow after The Next Web was informed that there are no plans for its release.

At the end of December, Samsung explained that memory issues on the Galaxy range stopped the company from delivering an update for its older smartphones. The TouchWiz interface and Samsung Widgets were said to be unreliable on the ageing handset, helping Samsung make the decision not to update the Galaxy S.

Just a day later, it was reported that Samsung was reconsidering its decision not release an Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0) update for the Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab, and was apparently readying a “Value Pack” that could deliver new features without a full rollout of the new Android software.

However, a Samsung spokesperson has said that the company will not offer the update due to the hardware specifications of the older Galaxy devices, in that they are limited to and fully optimised for the Gingerbread experience.

The news will frustrate Galaxy S owners that had gotten their hopes up following recent reports, with many still on a two-year contract, they were hoping to see new features on the device. That said, Samsung has begun to roll out Ice Cream Sandwich updates for the Galaxy S II and is working to deliver upgrades for the Galaxy Note and its newer Galaxy Tab models.

Source – TheNextWeb

Samsung Hires iPhone Advertising Model

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Samsung Electronics has created a stir among techies with ads that look like a deliberate provocation to Apple. A girl who advertises Apple’s iPhone 4S now also appears in an ad for Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 8.9 tablet PC, which it started advertising at home and abroad last month. In the Samsung ad, the girl is seen using the gadget with her father.

In the Apple ad from last October, the iPhone 4S is used to take pictures of the same girl, which are then edited and transmitted.

Models who have advertised products of certain companies are usually kept out of advertising for rival brands. But IT website Techie said that Samsung deliberately mocks Apple by implying that even Apple’s advertising models can be won over to Samsung products.

Apple fans, a particularly committed breed, accuse Samsung of copying not just Apple’s designs but even its advertising.

Samsung denies it had any such intention. A spokesman for the firm said the girl was selected in an audition by “an overseas advertising firm” and Samsung had no idea she had advertised Apple

Last year, Samsung also stirred up trouble with an ad showing a queue of customers waiting to buy a new iPhone wowed after seeing someone else use a Samsung Galaxy S2 LTE. A worldwide legal battle between the two companies continues.

Check out the iPhone’s ad here

Check out the Galaxy Tab 8.9 ad here

Samsung Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab Might get ICS upgrades after all

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If you are an owner of the Samsung Galaxy S or the Galaxy Tab, you might have been disappointed by the news that Samsung won’t be upgrading the 2 devices with Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich. Their reason being that those devices simply does not have enough memory capacity for the upgrade.

However, due to much public demands, the company is now claiming that they will try to find ways to include the upgrade into the 2 devices. This is not much of a promise but it gives the users hope.

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