Category: Samsung
Samsung reveal Galaxy Note 4, Galaxy Note Edge, Gear VR, and Gear S
Samsung has held a big press event today in Germany at the IFA conference, and has revealed a tonne of new stuff. Here's all of the details. Galaxy Note 4 This was the big one. Samsung's new flagship phablet cranks the AMOLED screen up to 5.7" inches. Samsung is inexplicably calling it "Quad HD" despite…
Samsung launches Gear S smartwatch with a curved display
Samsung has unveiled its newest wearable, the Gear S smartwatch that has a curved display. The Gear S features a 2-inch Super AMOLED display with 360×480 pixel resolution, and it runs Samsung's own Tizen mobile OS. The watch is powered by a 1GHz dual-core processor, and features Bluetooth, wifi and 3G connectivity. Samsung says the…
Samsung acquires SmartThings
Samsung has just announced it has acquired Internet of Things firm SmartThings, which is one of the major connected home platforms. What SmartThings allows you to do is control your home - in an integrated way. You can connect all of your smart devices to their system, be they sensors, security cameras, locks, lightbulbs and…
Samsung Galaxy Mega 2 image and details leak
The follow-up to last year's Samsung Galaxy Mega phablet - which will cunningly be called the Samsung Galaxy Mega 2 - is expected to be unveiled by Samsung soon. But in the meantime, images of the device have supposedly been leaked. The website Phone Arena has posted what it says is the first image of…
Samsung launches Galaxy Alpha with metal body and 4.7-inch screen
Samsung has launched the Galaxy Alpha, a new smartphone with a 4.7-inch screen and an all-metal design which the company hopes will take on Apple's iPhone 6. Samsung describes the Galaxy Alpha as representing a "new design approach". The Alpha features a 4.7in display with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels, and dispenses with…
Former Apple employee Sam Sung sells uniform on eBay
We all know that tech giants Apple and Samsung are not exactly the best of friends – but did you know that a man named Sam Sung used to work for Apple? The former Apple staffer has now decided to sell his business cards and uniform on eBay for charity. Sung, a former specialist at Apple…
WATCH: Samsung smackdown the iPhone 6 before it has even been announced
Samsung knows that the iPhone 6 is a big threat. The hotly anticipated device is expected to be announced in only a couple of months time... so the company has decided to get in there early and make a short advert making fun of one of the biggest expected improvements: the screen. Yes, the men…
Rip-off Britain: UK shoppers pay more for technology
It's something that people in the UK have always suspected, but now Which? has made it official – Britons pay far more for new technology products than consumers in the US. The consumer watchdog compared the prices, excluding tax, of 13 identical products ranging from televisions and games consoles to desktop applications and security software and…
Samsung working on ultra-sound “Pen”
An intriguing piece of new technology is apparently under development at Samsung. The company is said to be working on a new style that works using ultrasound technology. The news comes from SamMobile, which has spotted a patent application by the company. Apparently the way it would work is the screen would have sensors around…
iPhone location services are no threat to Chinese national security, says Apple
Apple has refuted Chinese claims that the location tracking features of its smartphone should be considered a threat to the country's national security. The controversy blew up over the weekend when China’s state-owned television channel, CCTV, warned that location tracking tapped into sensitive location data and could even compromise state secrets. The report criticised the…
