(CNN) -- Apple rivals Google and Samsung said Friday that they have canceled the launch of a new smartphone next week to honor the death of Steve Jobs. The press announcement for the Android phone was set for Tuesday at a wireless industry trade show in San Diego, but representatives from Google and Samsung decided Thursday night, a day after the Apple co-founder's death, that they would postpone the event, Samsung spokesman Kim Titus said in a phone interview. "We just felt that it wasn't the right time to make a major product announcement while the world is still paying tribute to Steve Jobs," Titus said. "There's never been such an iconic figure in our industry pass away before."
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Google and Samsung say they canceled an event in honor of Steve Jobs' death
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The companies were set to unveil a new Android phone next week
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The event was planned to conincide with a wireless industry trade show
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In comments on Apple earnings calls and at conferences, @placeholder described Android as a flawed, fragmented system and lamented about how Google, once a close partner, decided to compete with Apple.
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In a string of legal disputes around the world, @placeholder and Samsung have traded assertions that they copied the other's inventions, and both companies are trying to block the sale of each other's gadgets.