"We are opting either to combine it with an envisioned joint venture with Samsung SDI on AM OLED displays or send the mobile LCD unit to Samsung SDI's Mobile Display Business Unit," a high-ranking Samsung Electronics official told The Korea Times.

...Motorola's ability to gain share is being hampered as rivals including Apple (AAPL) and Research in Motion (RIMM) step up their attack on the market for smartphones, multifeatured handsets that deliver e-mail, productivity applications, and other advanced services. Motorola has yet to deliver AT&T an update to its smartphone, the Q, which debuted in 2007. In roughly the same time frame, Apple has delivered two versions of its popular iPhone....

Wi-LAN Inc., the Canadian technology licensing company, has added LG, the Korean electronics giant, to a growing list of big industry players that it is taking to court. LG joins Motorola, Research in Motion and UTStarCom to the group of wireless handset makers that Wi-LAN believes are infringing its wireless patents.

Thanks to good performances of high-end touch screen phones in the key North American and European markets, LG Electronics is widely expected to beat Motorola to become the world's No. 3 phone maker in the second quarter. According to industry estimates including market research firm Strategy Analytics, the South Korean company will sell a maximum of 29 million phones in the April-June period, while Motorola of the United States is forecast to sell some 28 million.

An analyst cut his cellular handset forecast for LM Ericsson Telephone Co. Monday, saying global market growth will likely cool and the company may lose market share.