Samsung Seeks Some iPhone Magic" by Evan Ramstad appeared this week in the "Wall Street Journal." It discusses Samsung's emerging business strategy to broaden their horizons from electronics manufacturing to content, software, and other applications users can utilize on their electronics. For example, they are developing digital televisions that connect to the Internet, among other items. Other business strategies include introducing a brick-and-mortar media store in the UK, and an online media store that both deal with applications for their mobile phones.

Samsung's strategies are being developed to help compete with Apple's iPhone, which has a lion's share of the marketplace. For example, Apple offers about 75,000 different applications for their iPhone, while Samsung has about 3,000 available in its media stores. Samsung realizes they have to be more competitive, and they are using their imaginations when it comes to competing with Apple. They are allowing other developers to create...
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