Yesterday, we posted about how a developer managed to hack Mac OS X Lion to run on the Samsung Series 7. Now, with a follow up, of sorts, on that story, we have a video released of the Samsung Windows 8 tablet successfully running Mac OS X, shown below:
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The Series 7 computer from Samsung was supposed to run Windows 7, but one rebellious hacker has managed to get OS X Lion installed on the machine, as demonstrated in the video above. Lion runs pretty well in the video demonstration, but the biggest problem is that for some strange reason, you’ll need an external monitor to display the OS.
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The Sydney Morning Herald has reported that Apple had recently won an injunction blocking sales of Samsung’s Galaxy 10.1 Tab in Australia. Because of this injunction and threats of more setbacks in the future, Samsung may be planning to cancel the release of its Galaxy Tablet in Australia.
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Within a day of Apple’s release of the iPhone 4S, Samsung has already taken a swipe at the device by comparing it to the company’s Samsung Galaxy II, sending out a press releasing detailing why their device is superior to Apple’s. Here are some highlights that the company mentioned, on what sets the Galaxy II apart from the new iPhone, thanks to TUAW.
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According to The Wall Street Journal, Samsung lawyers have recently proposed a deal to Apple that would seek to allow Samsung to finally released its Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia – which has been delayed several times because of Apple’s pursuit for a preliminary injunction of the device ahead of a hearing on intellectual property infringement.
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The Associated Press recently reported that Samsung is planning on being more much more aggressive in its lawsuits against Apple, which it claims to be “free riding” on its intellectual property.
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Digitimes reports that Apple has been gradually been moving away from using Samsung as the major supplier of its parts.
This time, Apple was reported to be diversifying memory chips, purchasing more from different Japanese suppliers.
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Bloomberg recently reported about the testament made by Suk-Joo Hwang – former Samsung Manager – that told about his part in leaking classified information about the iPad.
Apparently, Hwang gave information on iPad display shipments in December 2009 to an executive named James Fleishman.
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A month ago, victories in the law front allowed Apple to make Samsung agree to holding back launch of its Galaxy 10.1 tab for a period of time. Also, Samsung had to give Apple samples of its device a week ahead of launch so that Apple could look for more infringements.
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If you haven’t heard, recent reports have shown that Best Buy and other Electronics Retailers are having trouble selling tablets other than the iPad.
For example, Best Buy is said to have a large number of HP tablets that it has not been able to sell. The lack of sales was so bad that Best Buy is reportedly in talks with HP about returning the huge surplus. In fact, out of all of Best Buy’s stock, only 10% was reported to have reached the hands of customers.
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DisplaySearch released its results on estimated mobile PC sales for Q2 2011 today. The research firm found that when it included both traditional notebooks and tablets, the company with the greatest number of shipments was Apple by far.
When added with the popularity of the iPad, Apple computer shipments accounted for 21.1% of the entire market with 13.6 million units shipped.
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Last week, Apple gained a victory over Samsung, when courts issued a preliminary injunction that banned Samsung from selling its Galaxy Tab 10.1 anywhere in the EU except the Netherlands.
However, a recent report from Dutch site Webwereld.nl – a Computerworld affiliate – shows that Apple may have a significant flaw in its case against the Galaxy Tab.
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According to an article done by DigiTimes, Apple has recently shifted iPad2 display orders from LG to its rival Samsung and Chimei Innolux.
Apparently, quality issues from LG forced Apple to stop ordering iPad displays from the company. It was reported that there were unacceptable yields in displays from LG with the panels failing to pass certain drop tests – during which the panels’ backlight units reportedly failed.
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Solar panel technology has come far over the past few years, and has since then attracted a lot of attention from technology companies such as Apple and Samsung.
According to a recent report by DigiTimes, both of these companies are evaluating utilizing solar panels for integration into future accessories or even devices.
This could mean a lot of interesting new features in later devices. For example, a solar panel accessory could charge your device whenever the sun is out without needing to be charged itself.
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The iPad has almost completely dominated the tablet market, leaving other tablets in the dust, struggling to make their venture profitable. A recent survey of 1,000 consumers from Retrovo shows that to compete with the iPad, the biggest thing competitors will have to do is lower their price of their products. TUAW has more:
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Google and Apple are once again caught up in a furious battle in court, as Apple has recently unleashed a whirlwind of lawsuits against Android-based smartphone developers such as HTC and Samsung.
However, even when faced with all of these problems, Google Chairman Eric Schmidt remained calm when asked about the lawsuits at Google’s Mobile Revolution conference in Tokyo.
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