Back in 2011, When Apple launched the iOS 5 with the Notifications Center, All Android users noticed that it's copied from Google's Android OS that Android models had been shipping with this feature since the launch of Android 2.1 Eclair. Everyone was waiting for Google to take Apple to court... Well, it isn't Google but Samsung that is finally taking Apple to court over this feature.

Samsung Korea is suing Apple for the Notifications Center patent, it's not just a standards-essential patent which means that Samsung may get a BIG pay check from Apple in return, if Samsung won in court.

It is unknown whether Samsung is defending a patent it had received or whether it has enhanced an existing patent that some other company received before Apple launched its Notification Center. And that is the billion dollar question because Samsung cannot sue for something Google patented.

Google recently received a Patent in the U.S. for the Android Notifications Center, but technically, Samsung cannot use that to sue Apple unless it was enhanced by Samsung or if it was sold to Samsung by Google.

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As a part of Samsung Marketing strategy to release a new device from every range annually, Samsung is rumored to release a New Low-end device called the Samsung GALAXY Fame model number GT-S6810, its price will be lower than $100 and have a very limited hardware and software specifications.

Samsung GALAXY Frame specs will be close to that of the Samsung Galaxy Ace or Samsung Galaxy mini. Now, this shouldn't exactly rev up your engines considering that these are models featuring small screens with 320 x 480 resolution, single-core 800MHz processors and 512MB of RAM. The device will come in many different colors and expected to be revealed at the MWC 2013 on February.

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A New Samsung Audio deck for the GALAXY smartphone series has been leaked. The accessory can connect to your Samsung GALAXY smartphone through Bluetooth 3.0, a 3.5mm jack or a microUSB port. When plugged into the latter, it was also act as a charging dock for your phone. In fact, it will charge any Android phone with a USB charging port on the bottom.

The Dock will be released to the market by Q1,2013 and will Make it first appearance on the CES 2013 event in February.

Dock Features:

• USB Audio Class

• Universal dock station

• Bluetooth version 3.0

• Power: 6W (3W x 2)

• Power volume button

• Charging Port

• 3.5mm Audio Plug-in

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Samsung has just Officially announced a New smartphone the Samsung GALAXY Grand I9080/I9082, The device has a 5" WVGA LCD display with a resolution of 800 x 480 and a pixel density of 186ppi, makes it a low-end device as a cheap replacement of the GALAXY Note II.

Samsung GALAXY Grand Full Specifications

Other Galaxy Grand Specs include a dual-core 1.2GHz processor, 1GB RAM, 8 megapixel rear camera with 1080p video recording, 2 megapixel front camera, 8GB internal memory with microSD card slot, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, HSPA+ connectivity and all running with 2,100mAh battery. GALAXY Grand has two versions GT-I9080 with a single SIM and GT-I9082 with Dual-sim support but both have the same Specifications.

Samsung GALAXY Grand will be available on markets by Q1,2013 with Android 4.1.2 Jelly bean out of the box with all the TouchQiz latest features (Multi-view, S Voice, Popup Player, Smart stay... etc).

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An Exploit found in certain Samsung models (Galaxy S III, Galaxy Note II.. etc) powered by Samsung's Exynos 4210 or Exynos 4412 could potentially allow an app to take over a device, wipe memory and even brick the whole phone. At the same time, a developer named Supercurio had come up with a fix that not only should work on all of the affected models, but also can be turned on and off since it could affect camera functionality on some units.

Ever since this story broke, everyone has been waiting to see what Samsung's response would be. After all, some of the same developers that found the exploit also reported it to Samsung.

Samsung responded with the following statement :

We would expect Samsung to issue a patch ASAP. Remember, this is a rather serious problem with the Samsung Galaxy S III and the Samsung GALAXY Note II, two flagship models that will continue to sell.

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