Apple working on a small iPad: iPad Mini

Competition and occasional clashes between Samsung and Apple apparently are a never ending process. So far it has led to a number of legal and commercial standoffs in a number of countries around the globe. Now there is another strategy, this time employed by Samsung. According to some sources, Samsung has “leaked” a document which reveals Apple’s planes on a new, smaller screen tablet tablet named iPad Mini. iPad Mini features a 7 inch display and could be launched soon.

Samsung vs Apple: Super Bowl commercial

Samsung is once more targeting Apple with a new commercial. This time they have used the main event of the season: the Super Bowl. The interesting thing with this video, besides its wannabe funny tone, is that it is completely anti Apple oriented. It once again mocks Apple fan culture, with people standing in line in front of an Apple store before the big game starts.

According to the add, Samsung’s new model “did it again”. A new model with a stylus? That sounds, umm, kind of weird.

Apple probably unsuccessful in getting sales ban for Samsung’s modified Galaxy Tab tablet

Apple has slim chances to win injunction against Samsung’s Galaxy tablet in Germany, according to a statement made by a judge in Dusseldorf. The same court has earlier this year blocked Samsung from selling the tablet on the German market. The reason for this decision was the alleged similarity between Galaxy Tab and Apple’s iPad tablet. Later on, Samsung complied with the judge and slightly tweaked their tablet. These small changes helped Samsung to avoid the troublesome ban.

Samsung’s iPhone 4S ban requests denied in France

French court has just denied Samsung’s injunction request against Apple’s iPhone 4S on the French market. This legal battle has being waged across the world since two companies started disputes over patent issues a couple of months ago. The essence of Samsung’s legal demands were deemed too weak for the drastic measures of iPhone 4S sales ban, which was proposed to the court by legal representatives of the South Korean company. Court has ordered Samsung to pay more than €100,000 for Apple’s legal fees, which is probably much less than what Cupertino company actually spent during this process.

Samsung mocks iPhone 4S in a new ad

Samsung is continuing its ad campaign against Apple and their latest device iPhone 4S. In the ad, a person goes near a long line of iPhone 4S fans waiting to get their new devices, and explains them that Samsung already offers better, 4G capable devices. At the same time Apple fans in the line worry about the 4G issue on their new devices. It seems that Samsung is having good time with such adds, no matter that latest researches clearly show that iPhone 4S is the most popular smartphone device ever. Is Samsung really challenging Apple or is the South Korean company just displaying their hidden insecurity?

Apple vs Samsung: Australian courts

Federal court in Australia has now blocked the earlier injunction against Samsung’s tablet Galaxy Tab 10.1 after South Korean company appealed on the decision to ban sales of the tablet in Australia. Apple is apparently not happy at all with this decision and will as a countermeasure appeal to the court in order to keep the injunction against the sale of Samsung’s latest tablet. To remind you, Apple is rigorously opposing Samsung on the basis that the Galaxy Tab 10.1 is a device modelled on Apple’s iPad 2 tablet. Because of this Apple has started a worldwide campaign including lawsuits in EU and Australia.

Samsung ad makes fun out of Apple fan culture

South Korean electronics giant takes another jab at Apple, this time aiming at the famous Apple fan culture. Their goal is probably to undermine mystic of Apple products by representing Apple fans as lemmings waiting for a new iPhone while a better device by Samsung is available to everyone, without long waiting lines. The ad itself does not specifically name iPhone 4S as it’s target, instead it features long line of Apple fans waiting for many hours even before the store opens. You can even hear someone mentioning the battery life issue on iPhone 4S.

Samsung counter attack: Apple to turn over source code for iPhone 4S

South Korean consumer electronics has just announced its demands to Apple to publish iPhone 4S source code and also Apple’s agreements with large Australian telecommunications companies. It seems that Samsungs lawyers intend to claim that Apple has breached a number of Samsung patents in the area of wireless technology.

Samsung legal counselor, Cynthia Cochrain said that Samsung needs the above mentioned source code and the contracts between Cupertino company and most influential Australian telecommunication companies to take further legal steps in their case against Apple.

No iPad killer in sight

Samsung, RIM, HP are some of the world class companies which have among others tried to create an iPad “killer”. So far none of them have made any real success, and most of them are simply struggling to capture a very small percentage of the market. According to story published in UK’s Guardian, Samsung has sold only a small number of their Galaxy S tablets, less than 1% of their manufacturing output. We’ve also seen that nobody can really undercut iPad‘s price. On the other hand Taiwanese manufacturer HTC has launched their JetStream Android tablet device which is available for $700 with an AT&T contract. And while the deal is interesting many analysts doubt that it can become a treat for Apple’s overarching dominance.

Samsung uses a movie sequence as an evidence in patent infringement legal battle against Apple

Samsung’s lawyers are becoming increasingly creative as the legal process Apple started against South Korean user electronics manufacturer continues. Now they want to proof that Apple’s ipad design isn’t as original as widely promoted. Apparently there is an scene in a famous science fiction classic 2001: A Space Odyssey where a device similar to what we know today as a tablet is clearly visible. Amazingly this movie was made all the way back in 1968. You can see this scene in the Youtube video bellow.