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Wallpaper Wednesday: Water
Welcome to the latest edition of Wallpaper Wednesday. This week we’re focusing our attention on nine great water-based backgrounds. All images are available in a FHD resolution, which is a perfect fit for the Galaxy S7, Galaxy S7 edge, Galaxy Note 5 and other flagships, but they can, of course, be used on different smartphones, too. If any of the following images […]
- By Josh L.
- 8 years ago
Samsung may launch the Gear S3 and Galaxy Tab S3 at IFA 2016
Samsung traditionally releases new devices at the IFA trade show in Berlin every year and in 2016 the company is expected to unveil a new tablet and smartwatch. Samsung has previously unveiled new Galaxy Note flagships at IFA but given that the new phablet is being unveiled in New York on August 2, it means […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 8 years ago
Leaked video shows the Galaxy Note 7 in action
By now you have already seen several leaked renders of the Galaxy Note 7, including the absolutely gorgeous one in Blue Coral that we reported on earlier today, but now you can get your first glimpse of the Galaxy Note 7 in action. A leaked video has been posted online which shows the Galaxy Note […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 8 years ago
Blue Coral Galaxy Note 7 looks fantastic in new leaked render
Leaked renders have already shown us the colors in which Samsung is going to offer the Galaxy Note 7. The new Blue Coral color is a nice addition as its very understated yet eye-catching as well as a great alternative to the conventional silver and black color options. A new render has been leaked online […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 8 years ago
Samsung rolls out July SMR for the Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 edge and Galaxy S6 edge+
Samsung has already started pushing out the July 1 version of this month's Security Maintenance Release to all unlocked variants of the Galaxy S7 located in Europe, and now it's in the midst of distributing an identical update for all unbranded models of the Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 edge and Galaxy S6 edge+ in the […]
- By Josh L.
- 8 years ago
Canada’s first VR popup cinema uses the Gear VR
Samsung's Gear VR headset has been installed in the first Virtual Reality popup cinema to be erected in North America. More specifically, the VIVID VR Cinema was constructed in Toronto, Canada, where a total of three different films were being shown — The Visitor, where a young couple prepares for the woman’s greatest fear to […]
- By Josh L.
- 8 years ago
Young drivers taught about the horrors of a car crash with the Gear VR
The Gear VR is capable of providing an immersive virtual reality experience which makes the user feel as if they have been transported to another time and place. This technology is being put to use in movies, concerts, sporting events and more but Leicestershire Fire and Rescue have come up with another novel way of using […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 8 years ago
Not alone: the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge, along with the LG G5, have a notification shade shortcut
LG has for years let users add a fourth soft button (along with the standard set of three navigation buttons) to bring down the notification shade. Huawei's P9 has that feature too. But you still can't do this one [sic] a myriad of phones, from the HTC 10 to Samsung Galaxy S7. So if you're on those […]
- By Deidre R.
- 8 years ago
Galaxy Tab S3 launch reportedly set for September 1
Samsung is yet to release a proper next-generation tablet this year. Back in April it quietly released an updated version of its high-end Galaxy Tab S2 which featured a new processor but everything else remained the same, including the name. A new report by well-known Russian technology journalist Eldar Murtazin claims that Samsung has set the […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 8 years ago
T-Mobile to offer buy-one-get-one promotion for the Galaxy Note 7
Samsung confirmed about a week ago that it's going to unveil the Galaxy Note 7 at an event in New York City on August 2. There have been rumors that perhaps the Galaxy Note 7 is going to be released on the same day in select markets. While that's yet to be confirmed, it appears that T-Mobile […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 8 years ago
Samsung Pay Rewards program reportedly launching soon
Samsung rolled out support for membership and loyalty cards to Samsung Pay two months ago and a new report suggests that the company is going to launch its own loyalty program for Samsung Pay users in the near future. It's tentatively called Samsung Pay Rewards and this loyalty program is expected to be launched in the […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 8 years ago
Carriers listing confirms 64GB base variant for the Galaxy Note 7
Internal storage on phones hasn't grown as quickly as one would like. We have ultra-powerful SoCs, brilliant displays, amazing cameras and more on smartphones these days, but manufacturers have taken a long time getting around to offering even 32GB of internal storage on their flagships. Last year, Samsung took away expandable storage from its flagships and compensated for […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 8 years ago
Samsung’s standalone virtual reality headset might be called Odyssey
Samsung confirmed three months ago that it's working on a standalone virtual reality headset which is going to feature positional tracking, a technology found in high-end handsets like the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. This means that Samsung is developing a headset that's going to compete against the Vive and the Rift. This also means that […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 8 years ago
Samsung’s rolling out the July 1 security patch and not the one dated July 5
As I'm sure you're aware, every month Google publishes a new Security Maintenance Release (SMR) for the Android operating system. The SMRs are developed to keep as many smartphones as possible up-to-date with the latest security patches. Manufacturers, like Samsung, are provided with the firmware a couple of days before it's revealed to the public; […]
- By Josh L.
- 8 years ago
Salesforce will only support a few Samsung Galaxy and Nexus smartphones to avoid fragmentation
Salesforce has announced that it will support only certain Samsung Galaxy and Google Nexus smartphones starting with the update to its Android app. This is an unusual strategy from Salesforce to avoid spending time and money in testing the app for hundreds of Android devices and multiple versions of the operating system. Salesforce explained in its support document that it […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 8 years ago
Samsung reportedly won’t be manufacturing A11 processor for Apple
Samsung's hopes to become the chip supplier for Apple's coming iPhone have reportedly been destroyed. According to a report from China's Economic Daily News, TSMC has obtained all of Apple's A11 chip orders. This might be due to the “chipgate” issue Apple faced with the A9 chipset in the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus. According to the […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 8 years ago
T-Mobile updates Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 to Android Marshmallow
Verizon updated the Galaxy Tab S2 to Android 6.0.1 last month, and AT&T did the same a couple of days ago. It's now time for T-Mobile to do the same. T-Mobile has finally started updating the Galaxy Tab S2 on its network to Android Marshmallow in the US. The LTE variant of the Galaxy Tab S2 […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 8 years ago
AT&T rolling out the latest security update for the Galaxy Note 5
Galaxy Note 5 owners on AT&T should keep their eyes peeled for an update notification today. The carrier has started rolling out a new firmware update for this handset which brings the latest security patches for the Galaxy Note 5. The update is being sent out over-the-air and since it's not a major release there's no […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 8 years ago
Samsung releases the Notebook 7 spin in the United States
Samsung unveiled its foldable Windows 10 convertible laptop called the Notebook 7 spin last month. It's an extremely versatile device which can double as a giant tablet and a conventional notebook. The Notebook 7 spin is available with 13.3-inch and 15.6-inch 1080p touchscreen displays and runs Windows 10 Pro. The 13.3-inch Notebook 7 spin features […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 8 years ago
Samsung Pay Beta makes its way to the Gear S2
When Samsung took the wraps off the Gear S2 and Gear S2 Classic back in October 2015, it promised customers that it would bring a dedicated version of its mobile payment platform to the devices in the not-too-distant future. Unfortunately, chatter surrounding the matter quickly died down following the smartwatches official launch, but now, almost […]
- By Josh L.
- 8 years ago
