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Samsung Smart TV

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10:16 pm
Just like mobile apps, TV apps come in a variety of categories and features, offering information, entertainment and social media networking through the living room screen. Your selection of apps expands the functionality of your TV set in the same way mobile apps define what you can do with a smartphone.



The key difference, though, is that the TV is often at the center of home and you’ll likely share the app experience with your family and friends. It is no surprise that the list of popular Samsung TV apps includes video sharing, games for family and education apps.

Just last week, Samsung Apps, our TV app store launched in February 2010, celebrated the milestones of 1,000 registered applications and 10 million downloads. With help from our Samsung Apps colleagues, Samsung Village took a look into different types and features of the most-sought Samsung TV apps.


  • As you can imagine, online video apps are at the top of the download list, both globally and regionally. These apps connect your TV set to a sea of video content on the Web and let you appreciate them on a bigger screen! YouTube ranked atop the chart, while Vimeo (video sharing) and vTuner (Internet streamed media) made it among the top five.
  • On-demand news applications are also high up on the list. The mobile Internet gave us unlimited access to news and information anytime and anywhere, so why should we wait for regular news on TV? On Samsung Smart TVs, BBC News and WSJ Live offer top news in video and text throughout the day. CNBC Real-Time app and TIME TV are popular too.
  • As family entertainment makes an important part of the Smart TV experience, games, sports and education apps are steady sellers on Samsung Apps. A variety of games are available from classic ones such as Pac-Man and Tetris to sports genre like Let’s Golf and Homerun Battle 3D, and to educational games for kids.
  • Locally specialized apps are playing a big role in the success of Smart TV apps, thanks to local insights and contributions from our diverse app developer community. “Lovefilm” in the UK, “Berliner Philharmoniker” in Germany, and “Telstra’s NRL Game Analyser” in Australia are the examples of such Smart TV apps.


By number, the game category accounts for a quarter of all the apps listed on Samsung Apps, followed by information, education and lifestyle.

As televisions become smarter and our app developing ecosystem grows, Samsung is excited to provide more apps and content that will help you enjoy the smart life!
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Samsung countersues Apple over patents

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9:56 am
Hit by a lawsuit from Apple last week, Samsung returned the favor yesterday, countersuing the iPhone and iPad maker over claims of patent infringement.
In its suit filed in Seoul Central District Court, Samsung claims that Apple is violating five different patents. Samsung has also filed a suit in Tokyo, citing two patent infringements, and another in Manheim, Germany, citing three instances of infringement.
A statement on the Samsung Web site says that the company is "responding actively to the legal action taken against us in order to protect our intellectual property and to ensure our continued innovation and growth in the mobile communications business."
More specifically, Samsung is claiming that Apple has violated several key patents. A Samsung spokesman told CNET that the infringements cited in the legal filing include:
• HSPA telecommunications technology for transmission optimization and the reduction of power usage during data transmission,
• WCDMA telecommunications technology for reducing date transmission errors, and
• technology for tethering a mobile phone to a PC to enable the PC to utilize the phone's wireless data connection.
Last week, Apple launched its case against Samsung, claiming that Samsung's smartphones and new tablet violate Apple's intellectual property rights in the design of mobile devices. Apple's suit is targeting Samsung's Galaxy phones and Galaxy Tab tablet, as well as some of the company's other smartphones, claiming that Samsung has copied Apple's user interface and design.
"Apple is quite annoyed by Samsung's fast rise in a market which it virtually created," James Song, an analyst at Daewoo Securities, told Reuters today. "It's quite threatening to see how quickly Samsung plays catchup, and Apple might have felt a strong urge to put a brake on its march just when Samsung is set to roll out a new smartphone in May ahead of its new iPhone."
Samsung is due to release its new Galaxy S II smartphone at the beginning of May. Currently, the company offers a range of phones as part of its Galaxy lineup, including the Galaxy S 4G, the Galaxy Indulge, and the Galaxy Prevail.
The company is also lining up new editions of its Galaxy Tab to join its current 7-inch tablet. In the works are a 10.1-inch dual-core edition and two "thin" models, one with an 8.9-inch display and the other with a 10.1-inch display.
The legal parry and thrust could jeopardize the relationship between the two companies, notes Reuters, as Apple leans heavily on Samsung to supply chips and LCD displays for the iPhone and iPad. The two also reportedly have a huge deal in the works in which Apple would secure $7.8 billion worth of displays and processors from Samsung.
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