Unlike other electronic companies Samsung origins were not involving electronics but other products.
In 1938 the Samsung's founder Byung-Chull Lee set up a trade export company in Korea, selling fish, vegetables, and fruit to China. Within a decade Samusng had flour mills and confectionary machines and became a co-operation in 1951. Humble beginnings.
From 1958 onwards Samsung began to expand into other industries such as financial, media, chemicals and ship building throughout the 1970's. In 1969, Samsung Electronics was established producing what Samsung is most famous for, Televisions, Mobile Phones (throughout 90's), Radio's, Computer components and other electronics devices.
1987 founder and chairman, Byung-Chull Lee passed away and Kun-Hee Lee took over as chairman. In the 1990's Samsung began to expand globally building factories in the US, Britain, Germany, Thailand, Mexico, Spain and China until 1997.
In 1997 nearly all Korean businesses shrunk in size and Samsung was no exception. They sold businesses to relieve debt and cut employees down lowering personnel by 50,000. But thanks to the electronic industry they managed to curb this and continue to grow.
The history of Samsung and mobile phones stretches back to over 10 years. In 1993 Samsung developed the 'lightest' mobile phone of its era. The SCH-800 and it was available on CDMA networks.
Then they developed smart phones and a phone combined mp3 player towards the end of the 20th century. To this date Samsung are dedicated to the 3G industry. Making video,camera phones at a speed to keep up with consumer demand. Samsung has made steady growth in the mobile industry and are currently second but competitor Nokia is ahead with more than 100% increase in shares.
Documents appearing on the FCC site today show off a new phone for T-Mobile. The Samsung T919 definitely includes GSM/EDGE 850/1850/1900 radios, as well as 1700MHz WCDMA. It also includes Bluetooth. These facts are confirmed by the FCC documents. ... (follow link to read)
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a leading mobile phone provider, is proud to announce that the SGH-G810, the almighty smart phone with superb camera quality, has been awarded the 'European Photo Phone 2008-2009' by the European Imaging and Sound Association (EISA).
As a series of high profile swanky, feature rich phones rush to India, they could add a new chapter to the Indian mobile phone boom story. New stars include Apple's iPhone, Nokia N96, Sony Ericsson's Xperia, Samsung's Omnia and HTC Touch Diamond.
The FCC has recently approved two new Samsung cell phones, the i907 and the i910. These appear to be two new versions of the Samsung i900 OMNIA, a touchscreen smartphone that uses the Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional operating system.
This is a fairly important question to consider, I think. The gaming industry clocks in billions of dollars in revenue each year, a good portion of which is devoted to mobile sales. Yet if mobile Web use is going to continue climb at the solid clip, and mobile phones are to be smart and powerful enough to conquer interactive entertainment, is there room for platforms devoted primarily to ...
T-Mobile USA, Inc. today announced it has launched the T-Mobile brand and service in former SunCom markets throughout North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
BELLEVUE, Wash.----T-Mobile USA, Inc. today announced it has launched the T-Mobile brand and service in former SunCom markets throughout North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Puerto Rico and the U.S.
China, the world's largest cell phone exporter, is expected to maintain momentum in both production and marketing of mobile phones in the remaining of this year, CCIDConsulting, a major IT industry consulting company, said on Sunday.
SAN JOSE, Calif.----Immersion Corporation , the leading developer and licensor of touch feedback technology , today announced more than 25 million mobile phones have been sold worldwide featuring Immersion?s renowned haptic technology.
