Tag: Samsung
Don’t worry about Samsung’s Smart TVs listening in… worry about all of our gadgets listening instead.
Over the last few days everyone has been losing their minds over the revelation that Samsung's smart TV privacy policy lets the company retain and transmit your voice data when you use voice commands. For some reason, this has become a really big story, despite voice technology like this being nearly ubiquitous nowadays. When you…
Samsung Galaxy A5 and A3 coming to O2 in the UK in February
O2 has announced that it will be launching the Samsung Galaxy A5 and A3 on its network in February. The new phones are mid-range by Samsung standards, but have slick metal exteriors. Here's how O2 describes the launch: "The A5 handset, available in Midnight Black and Pearl White, has a 5” SuperAMOLED compact screen with…
Processors for the iPhone 7 expected to be made by… Umm… Samsung
The next version of Apple's iPhone - which we expect to be called either the iPhone 7 or iPhone 6S - will apparently have its innards manufactured by arch-rivals Samsung. The news comes via MK Business News, which explains that the A9 processor will be made by the Korean firm instead of Taiwan's TMSC, which…
Samsung Galaxy S6: Release date and specs
Samsung is currently busy at work on the Galaxy S6 - its new flagship phone following the S5. But when will you be able to get it, and what will it be like? Read on to find out. Release Date Unfortunately, at the time of writing, we don't know exactly - Samsung hasn't even officially…
Is this confirmation that the Samsung Galaxy S6 will have a QuadHD screen?
New evidence suggests that Samsung's next flagship handset will come complete with a QuadHD - or 2K - screen. This is a Note 4, not a Galaxy S6. This would mean the screen runs at 1440x2560 resolution - which is the step between 1080p HD and 4K (which is 4x1080p). Not…
Why would Samsung want to buy Blackberry for $7.5bn?
There's a rumour doing the rounds today about how Samsung has apparently approached Blackberry about buying the firm for around $7.5bn. Since the rumour emerged, and the Blackberry stock price shot up, Blackberry has since denied that talks have taken place. Though that said - it does raise what would certainly be an interesting development…
Samsung officially announces Galaxy A7 phablet
Better late than never! We were expecting it at CES last week, but Samsung waited until last night to officially announce the Galaxy A7 on its blog. The A7 is a 5.5" phablet in the mould of the smaller A3 and A5 - the "A" line being Samsung's attempt at creating attractive metal-coated handsets, with…
WATCH: Hands on with Samsung’s tiny 1TB SSD
Our colleague Holly over at Shiny Shiny has been taking a look at Samsung's impressive new storage - which manages to be both tiny, store a terabyte of data, and be solid state, meaning you can wave it around without risking damaging your data. The T1, as it will be officially known will come in…
Samsung switching to running Tizen OS on its smart TVs
Samsung has announced that its 2015 range of Smart TVs will run its own proprietary Tizen operating system - rather than Android TV. The move isn't hugely surprising - for ages Samsung has been trying to push Tizen on to consumers using its products, despite it being an OS that nobody wants or needs. Having…
Samsung announces new, thin laptop – why can’t its phones look this good?
Samsung has announced a new line of slimline laptops. According to a ropey Google translation of Samsung's Korean website the "Creative Book 9" is 11.8mm thin and weighs only 950g - both thinner and lighter than the MacBook Air. The screen is 12.2" and runs at WQXGA (2560×1600) and inside there's an Intel Core M…
