Not surprisingly, Samsung plans today to file preliminary injunction motions against Apple over its new iPhone 4S. The South Korean-based company is hoping to convince courts in Paris and Milan, Italy to stop the sale of Apple’s next-generation handset before they begin, according to CNN.

According to a recent survey, 89 percent of iPhone owners will stick with Apple when it comes to purchasing their next smart phone handset. This figure placed Apple ahead of every other manufacturer in terms of smart phone retention rate, with HTC's 39 percent earning the company the position of second place.

The UK Advertising Standards Authority has recently ruled that Apple has the right to call its handset "the world's thinnest smart phone," and that the Samsung Galaxy S II does not hold a claim to the title because of its larger, thicker derrière.

Samsung is rumored to be interested in purchasing webOS from HP, according to news first reported by Apple Insider. The move, if correct, could worsen the already strained relationship between Apple and the South Korean tech giant.

Samsung has announced that it will soon launch "ChatON," its own group messaging service which will be compatible with iOS, Android and BlackBerry OS smart phones, along with Samsung's own Bada OS.

It may still be months away from public release, but a new report suggests the iPad 3 will begin production in October. This news comes from CENS.com, which also reports Samsung's days as an iPad display supplier are numbered.

Remember those Smart Cases for Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet that looked eerily similar to Apple’s patented Smart Cover line for the iPad 2? They’re now gone and no longer for sale

Samsung should expect another lawsuit from Apple. The tech giant recently approved the Smart Case for the company’s Galaxy Tab 10.1. And yes, you guessed it; the case looks exactly like Apple’s own line of Smart Covers, right down to the colors, in news first reported by 9 To 5 Mac.

Apple is working with Samsung and LG to provide a significantly better display for the iPad 3. However, it looks like Apple is looking elsewhere for its future chip needs, according to news first reported by The Korea Times.

The fight between Apple and Samsung is getting nastier and this time the bullets are coming from Cupertino, California. Apple now says Samsung products “blatantly imitate” the iPhone and iPad’s appearance. This comes ahead of a Friday court hearing between the two, according to Cult of Mac.

By the end of June, Samsung and Apple will leapfrog Nokia to become the world's No. 1 and No. 2 smart phone maker, respectively. This estimation comes from Japanese research firm Nomura and was first reported by 9 To 5 Mac.

The Samsung Galaxy S II has outsold the iPhone 4 in the UK. If that's any indication it may give the iPhone an impressive run this summer.

In an article that recently hit the Web, one Wall Street observer has offered a piece of free advise to Samsung, Motorola, RIM and other iPad-competing tablet-makers. The advice, in short, involves reducing prices - because according to the observer (Numura Securities analyst Richard Windsor), iPad-competing tablets "have to be cheap."

According to a recently published report by JP Morgan, various companies in the tablet market have reduced their build plans following poor sales.

Apple has already begun certifying components for its third generation iPad, and the company is currently focussing on display manufacturers – which will reportedly feature LG, Samsung and more.

The iPad 3 may adopt Samsung’s AMOLED display technology, according to a report in The Korean Herald. This assessment came following a recent visit by Apple COO Tim Cook to South Korea.

Samsung is planning on previewing a new 10.1 inch display, which features a resolution of 2560 x 1600 (300dpi), at the SID Display Week 2011 International Symposium next week.

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Many would-be iPad 2 buyers are still trying to find a place to buy their tablets, but that hasn’t stopped the quiet flow of iPad 3 rumors. The latest comes from South Korean web portal Daum, which suggests the next iPad will come with a 2Ghz dual-core Samsung-CPU.

Apple is suing South Korean-based Samsung Electronics Co., claiming the electronics giant copied the look and feel of its iDevices. What do you think?

One of the iPad’s main competitors, the Samsung Galaxy might soon be available at a lower price. Could this signal the long-expected pricing war in the growing tablet market?

A new survey confirms what most of us already suspected: the iPad’s reign as the top selling tablet will likely continue for years to come, no matter the number of competitors. Does this mean the war is already over?

Three years after its first iPhone model was announced, Apple is now the fourth largest cell phone vendor in the world. In the last quarter, the Cupertino, California-based company passed RIM for the No. 4 spot. Read more...