Visitors look at a screen displaying Samsung Electronics' Android 2.1 platform-based smartphone model during a news conference at the company's headquarters in Seoul February 4, 2010. South Korea's Samsung Electronics said on Thursday it aimed to treble smartphone shipments this year to more than 18 million units as the world's second-biggest cellphone maker scrambles to make a mark in the fast-growing smartphone market. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 1 month ago

Visitors look at a screen displaying Samsung Electronics' Android 2.1 platform-based smartphone model during a news conference at the company's headquarters in Seoul February 4, 2010. South Korea's Samsung Electronics said on Thursday it aimed to treble smartphone shipments this year to more than 18 million units as the world's second-biggest cellphone maker scrambles to make a mark in the fast-growing smartphone market.

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  1. Employees of Samsung Electronics are seen in a reflection as they walk at the company headquarters in Seoul March 19, 2010. Samsung Electronics is targeting a higher operating profit and double-digit growth in sales in 2010, fueled by strong demand for its flat screens and memory chips.
  2. South Korea's Samsung Electronics Chief Executive Officer Choi Gee-sung presides over an annual shareholders' meeting at the company headquarters in Seoul March 19, 2010. Samsung Electronics is targeting a higher operating profit and double-digit growth in sales in 2010, fueled by strong demand for its flat screens and memory chips.
  3. Choi Gee-sung, chief executive of South Korea's Samsung Electronics, claps as he presides over an annual shareholders' meeting at the company headquarters in Seoul March 19, 2010. Samsung Electronics is targeting a higher operating profit and double-digit growth in sales in 2010, fueled by strong demand for its flat screens and memory chips.
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  5. A company logo of Samsung Electronics is seen at its headquarters in Seoul March 19, 2010. Samsung Electronics is targeting a higher operating profit and double-digit growth in sales in 2010, fueled by strong demand for its flat screens and memory chips.
  6. A man walks past the headquarters of Samsung Electronics in Seoul March 19, 2010. Samsung Electronics is targeting a higher operating profit and double-digit growth in sales in 2010, fueled by strong demand for its flat screens and memory chips.
  7. Choi Gee-sung, chief executive of South Korea's Samsung Electronics, claps as he presides over an annual shareholders' meeting at the company headquarters in Seoul March 19, 2010. Samsung Electronics is targeting a higher operating profit and double-digit growth in sales in 2010, fueled by strong demand for its flat screens and memory chips.
  8. Choi Gee-sung, chief executive of South Korea's Samsung Electronics, uses a gavel during an annual shareholders' meeting at the company headquarters in Seoul March 19, 2010. Samsung Electronics is targeting a higher operating profit and double-digit growth in sales in 2010, fueled by strong demand for its flat screens and memory chips.
  9. A security guard of Samsung Electronics stands near the venue for the company's annual shareholders' meeting in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, March 19, 2010.
  10. Shareholders of Samsung Electronics arrive for the company's annual shareholders' meeting in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, March 19, 2010.
  11. Shareholders of Samsung Electronics participate at the company's annual shareholders' meeting in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, March 19, 2010.
  12. Choi Gee-sung, Samsung Electronics president and CEO, bangs a gavel while presiding over a meeting at the company's annual shareholders' meeting in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, March 19, 2010.
  13. A South Korean man walks past the Samsung Electronics head office, the venue of the company's annual shareholders' meeting, in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, March 19, 2010.
  14. NEW YORK - MARCH 10: B.K. Yoon, President of Visual Display Business, Samsung Electronics attends the Samsung Times Square Concert with THE BLACK EYED PEAS at Times Square on March 10, 2010 in New York City.
  15. NEW YORK - MARCH 10: B.K. Yoon, President of Visual Display Business, Samsung Electronics attends the Samsung Times Square Concert with THE BLACK EYED PEAS at Times Square on March 10, 2010 in New York City.
  16. NEW YORK - MARCH 10: B.K. Yoon, President of Visual Display Business, Samsung Electronics and Director James Cameron speak at the Samsung Times Square Concert with THE BLACK EYED PEAS at Times Square on March 10, 2010 in New York City.

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