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With Apple launching a MacBook Pro Retina and Google launching a similar high-resolution Chromebook Pixel, Samsung jumped in on the trend with the ATIV Book 9 Plus and one upped the MacBook and Chromebook by putting in a 3,200 x 1,800 13.3-inch screen, but up until now we've had no clue to when we'll actually be […]
It was only a few days back that Samsung announced the dual-mode LTE variant of the Galaxy S4 mini (and its bigger brother), and now the device has been found visiting the FCC to get its radios certified. The model number is listed as GT-I9197 and it is supposedly headed for Australian carrier Optus. Thanks […]
With the gargantuan amount of features that Samsung has added to TouchWiz over the past couple of years, it can be pretty daunting for some people to figure out what most of they features do or how they work. On the camera-focused Galaxy S4 Zoom, the camera alone has so many features that it's hard […]
The Galaxy S4 is one of the best smartphones you can buy with your hard-earned money today, and if you're a Verizon subscriber looking to buy Samsung's flagship, then you'll want to make good use of Amazon's deal which will get you the S4 for just $119.99 on a new 2-year contract, and for $149.99 […]
Samsung has pushed out a major update to its WatchON app, with the most major change being the switch to a darker theme for the whole app, which makes it look better than it did before (at least to me, if you prefer light themes you'll probably hate the dark theme). You can also watch […]
Benchmark scores. Alleged camera samples. Full frontal picture of a prototype. We've seen a lot of info related to the Galaxy Note III leak recently, including an all but confirmed September 4 unveiling date. Now, a photo of the back of what is allegedly the same Note III prototype has surfaced, showing off the battery […]
Samsung's only Windows Phone 8 phone, the ATIV S, is now available for an awesome price of €209 (with free shipping) from German retailer Notebooksbilliger – if you can live with Windows Phone and its lack of apps compared to Android (and iOS), that's as great a deal as you can ever get for such a high-end […]
While Samsung may be ruling the roost with its Android-based smartphones, the company isn't keeping its eggs in just one basket and has been working actively on Tizen, an open source operating system that Samsung teamed up with Intel to create. But it's not just mobile devices they're aiming for, according to co-CEO J.K. Shin, who […]
Samsung has announced that it will begin mass producing 3D “vertical NAND” (V-NAND) flash chips, to get around the current scaling limit for existing NAND flash technology: instead of using a traditional flat structure, Samsung is now stacking components on the chip vertically – up to 24 cell layers high – to enable higher density NAND flash […]
Samsung was dealt a huge blow when the U.S. government overturned a ban the company had managed to obtain over some of Apple's products over a patent claim, so it looks like they're going after the other 3 patents whose claims were rejected in the same ruling: the company has confirmed that it is appealing […]
Samsung and BlackBerry joining hands isn't something we would expect normally (especially since the former is trying take over the latter's enterprise market), but that's exactly what the two companies have done: Samsung will offer BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) for Android to owners of its Galaxy devices in Africa, through the Samsung Apps app store. BBM […]
At the Black Hat IT security conference, a duo of hackers have revealed that Samsung's Smart TVs have a number of security vulnerabilities, mainly in its apps. For example, the pre-loaded Skype app can allow a hacker to read the user's Skype name and password, and also go as far as use the microphone and […]
There's been a veritable backlash on the U.S. government's decision to cancel the ban that the ITC had placed on the import of a few Apple products, with the media calling it an act of “protectionism.” Now the South Korean government has expressed concerns about the decision, calling on the U.S. trade body and the Obama administration to make […]
Mo’s Mobile, an independent retailer in Australia, is offering a free one year Samsung Music Hub subscription to anyone who buys a Galaxy S III or Note II, in a special promotion for Samsung devices. At this time of the year most people would opt for the Galaxy S4 or wait for the Note III, […]
The Galaxy Note III is becoming less adept at keeping itself hidden from the public eye as we approach its rumored September 4 unveiling, and now the LTE variant of the phablet has shown up in an AnTuTu benchmark, confirming once again that it will be powered by the Snapdragon 800 processor (for the LTE […]