Tag: Samsung
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…
Spec rumours for HTC One (M9) and Samsung Galaxy A7 emerge
Now Christmas is over, expect the major manufacturers to start talking more about future plans - which is perhaps why this week we're seeing rumours about future HTC and Samsung phones. BGR reports the rumoured spec for the HTC One (M9) - the follow up to the M8, and a phone that is rumoured to…
Is Samsung killing the Galaxy Alpha in favour of the A5?
Samsung is tightening the purse strings - with reports suggesting that the company won't be manufacturing any more Galaxy Alpha handsets after it sells the already produced stock out. The reason for the change appears to be money: According to The Verge, the company will be replacing the handset in its home market of South…
Samsung closes flagship UK store
It couldn't even wait until Christmas - Samsung has closed its flagship store in the Stratford Westfield shopping centre in London. The news of the end of the "Experience Store" came as a tweet from Najeeb Khan - who posted photos showing that the store had already been partially dismantled. (It'd be cruel to joke…
Is the Samsung Galaxy Note Edge worth buying? Will it be any good?
We learned earlier this week that the Samsung Galaxy Note Edge will be making its way to British shores. The phone is unique in that it is one of the first devices to offer a curved display - and Samsung is hoping that this will give it, an, umm, Edge in the market. But I'm…
First Samsung Galaxy S6 specs revealed?
Could the first specs for Samsung's next flagship phone have leaked? (This is the Note 4, not S6) Good work SamMobile, which got the scoop on the details for the inevitable Galaxy S6. Apparently "Project Zero", as it is being called internally is a plan to reimagine the phone from the…
Samsung quietly upgrades the Galaxy S5
Though Samsung is making a big noise at the moment about the Galaxy Note 4, the company hasn't forgotten about the Galaxy S5, and has made some hardware upgrades with no fanfare whatsoever. According to CDRinfo, the S5 'Plus' as it is being called is identical to the normal S5 in almost every way -…
Do you want to surf the web on your smartwatch?
Mobile web browser Opera Mini is coming to the Samsung Gear S Smartwatch... for... some... reason? According to TheNextWeb, the browser will soon be available on Samsung's watch, which is fairly unique amongst smartwatches for not requiring a tethered phone to run: A SIM card goes into the watch, and you can carry out phone…
