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April 05 2012
Don’t Hold Your Breath For A 3D Samsung Smartphone
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Of all the peculiar gimmicks a smartphone manufacturer could lean on to make a device stand out, 3D always seemed like one of the most pointless. Sure, it sounds great in theory — who doesn’t want fully immersive video and apps — but actually using it on-the-go can be a completely different story. As it turns out, Samsung is right there with me. In an effort to combat some of the more fanciful Galaxy S III rumors floating around, the company told Engadget today that they have no intention to release a 3D smartphone any time soon.
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Of all the peculiar gimmicks a smartphone manufacturer could lean on to make a device stand out, 3D always seemed like one of the most pointless. Sure, it sounds great in theory — who doesn’t want fully immersive video and apps — but actually using it on-the-go can be a completely different story. As it turns out, Samsung is right there with me. In an effort to combat some of the more fanciful Galaxy S III rumors floating around, the company told Engadget today that they have no intention to release a 3D smartphone any time soon.
February 24 2012
Samsung Galaxy S 4G Blaze from T-Mobile
T-Mobile just recently announced Galaxy S Blaze 4G from Samsung. Blaze will feature a GPS receiver like all other smartphones these days and come pre-installed with TeleNav GPS Navigator which brings you voice-guided turn-by-turn driving directions in addition real-time traffic information as well as 3D maps.
You’ll have to wait until the end March to get your hands on this almost high-end smartphone which should cost you $150 after a $50 mail-in-rebate.
Of course one of the selling points of this phone is the fact that it can connect to T-Mo’s network at 4G speeds which uses the HSPA+42 system. Some other features of Samsung Galaxy S 4G Blaze from T-Mobile include:
- Runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system
- Snapdragon S3 dual core processor from Qualcomm running at 1.5GHz
- 3.97″ Super AMOLED touch screen
- 720p HD video recorder
- 5MP camera with 4x digital zoom, flash and advanced shooting modes, and 1.3MP front-facing camera
- Preloaded with Netflix, DropBox, Evernote, Square, TripIt, Camscanner and LinkedIn
Brought to you by your GPS navigation site NaviGadget.
Samsung Galaxy S 4G Blaze from T-Mobile
February 23 2012
Apple Still Leads Tablet Shipments, But The Fight For Second Place Rages On
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Another day, another take on Amazon and Apple duking it out in the tablet market. The data comes from NPD’s DisplaySearch wing, and the results don't come as much of a shock. By their count, Apple is still sitting at the top of the heap, accounting for 59.1% of the tablets shipped in Q4 2011 while Amazon is sitting pretty in second place with 16.7% of tablet shipments under their belt. At first glance, the results seem very similar to those announced by iSuppli this time last week — the only major shift is that iSuppli has book retailer Barnes & Noble slightly ahead of Asus.
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Another day, another take on Amazon and Apple duking it out in the tablet market. The data comes from NPD’s DisplaySearch wing, and the results don't come as much of a shock. By their count, Apple is still sitting at the top of the heap, accounting for 59.1% of the tablets shipped in Q4 2011 while Amazon is sitting pretty in second place with 16.7% of tablet shipments under their belt. At first glance, the results seem very similar to those announced by iSuppli this time last week — the only major shift is that iSuppli has book retailer Barnes & Noble slightly ahead of Asus.
February 08 2012
TechCrunch Giveaway: Xbox Kinect AND A Samsung Galaxy S II
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Thanks to our friends at Antengo, who absolutely love the TechCrunch readers, we have two huge prizes to give away this week: an Xbox Kinect and a Samsung Galaxy S II. There will be two winners for this giveaway and two ways to win for each prize. You will have until February 12th, this coming Sunday, to win the Xbox Kinect and you will have until next Friday, February 17th to win the Samsung Galaxy S II. You can enter both giveaways. For all of the husbands/ wives, boyfriends/ girlfriends, and significant others out there, this is just in time for Valentine's Day. :)
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Thanks to our friends at Antengo, who absolutely love the TechCrunch readers, we have two huge prizes to give away this week: an Xbox Kinect and a Samsung Galaxy S II. There will be two winners for this giveaway and two ways to win for each prize. You will have until February 12th, this coming Sunday, to win the Xbox Kinect and you will have until next Friday, February 17th to win the Samsung Galaxy S II. You can enter both giveaways. For all of the husbands/ wives, boyfriends/ girlfriends, and significant others out there, this is just in time for Valentine's Day. :)
February 07 2012
The Samsung Doth Advertise Too Much, Methinks
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At CES, the AOL booth where we worked, did interviews, and ate lunch was just a few short feet from Samsung's huge Galaxy Note booth, where they were giving out free shirts printed with your caricature, drawn, of course, on a Galaxy Note. There was a line around this thing the entire time we were there, scores of people waiting for hours for their free t-shirt. Outside CES there were enormous banners in the most prominent and expensive ad spots on the convention center. Phone? Tablet? It's Galaxy Note™! And just yesterday, in a grandiose ad rather out of keeping with their well-received "next big thing" campaign, the Note was made out to be the end of all our troubles, ending the tyranny of using our fingers and letting us circle and cross out and all those things you wish you could do on your obviously-now-obsolete iPhone. But I saw the Note at CES and formed my opinion in about five or six seconds: it's weak. And that's why this advertising blitz makes so much sense.
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At CES, the AOL booth where we worked, did interviews, and ate lunch was just a few short feet from Samsung's huge Galaxy Note booth, where they were giving out free shirts printed with your caricature, drawn, of course, on a Galaxy Note. There was a line around this thing the entire time we were there, scores of people waiting for hours for their free t-shirt. Outside CES there were enormous banners in the most prominent and expensive ad spots on the convention center. Phone? Tablet? It's Galaxy Note™! And just yesterday, in a grandiose ad rather out of keeping with their well-received "next big thing" campaign, the Note was made out to be the end of all our troubles, ending the tyranny of using our fingers and letting us circle and cross out and all those things you wish you could do on your obviously-now-obsolete iPhone. But I saw the Note at CES and formed my opinion in about five or six seconds: it's weak. And that's why this advertising blitz makes so much sense.
February 06 2012
White Galaxy Nexus Gets An Official Launch Date
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It's hard not to love the Galaxy Nexus, even if you're not a Fandroid. With a 4.65-inch 720p display, a 1.2GHz dual-core processor and Android 4.0 ICS to boot, what's not to love? Well, if you're being picky, perhaps you're yearning for a white GalNex, in which case I have good and bad news. Which do you want first?
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It's hard not to love the Galaxy Nexus, even if you're not a Fandroid. With a 4.65-inch 720p display, a 1.2GHz dual-core processor and Android 4.0 ICS to boot, what's not to love? Well, if you're being picky, perhaps you're yearning for a white GalNex, in which case I have good and bad news. Which do you want first?
January 30 2012
$300 Samsung Galaxy Note Will Hit AT&T On February 19
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Samsung isn't the first company to break into the phablet space, but those of you waiting for a (more than) worthy successor to devices like the Dell Streak 5 won't have much longer to wait. AT&T has just announced that their pocket-busting Galaxy Note will be hitting their sales channels on February 19, complete with a $300 price tag.
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Samsung isn't the first company to break into the phablet space, but those of you waiting for a (more than) worthy successor to devices like the Dell Streak 5 won't have much longer to wait. AT&T has just announced that their pocket-busting Galaxy Note will be hitting their sales channels on February 19, complete with a $300 price tag.
January 27 2012
Flurry: Amazon’s Kindle Fire Is Already Starting To Smoke Samsung’s Galaxy Tab
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Wuh oh, Samsung — better watch your tail. While Apple might not be seeing any impact (be it positive or negative) on iPad sales from the launch of the Kindle Fire, Samsung's Galaxy Tab ought to be feeling the heat. Tapping into the data provided by their app analytics platform (which they estimate has found its way onto around 90% of the Android devices out there), Flurry highlights a few surprising numbers.
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Wuh oh, Samsung — better watch your tail. While Apple might not be seeing any impact (be it positive or negative) on iPad sales from the launch of the Kindle Fire, Samsung's Galaxy Tab ought to be feeling the heat. Tapping into the data provided by their app analytics platform (which they estimate has found its way onto around 90% of the Android devices out there), Flurry highlights a few surprising numbers.
Android Smartphone Round-Up: December/January Edition
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We took a break from the Android round-up in December because, well, to be honest I was on vacation. But January gave us a few extra smartphones and the holidays are over, so we're back. What we've got for you today leans into more expensive turf, and unfortunately, our favorite Android devices for the past two months are also exclusively at Verizon, so Big Red subscribers should pay attention. Without further ado, these are our favorite December/January releases of the Android persuasion: The Samsung Galaxy Nexus, the LG Spectrum, and the Motorola Droid RAZR Maxx. Enjoy!
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We took a break from the Android round-up in December because, well, to be honest I was on vacation. But January gave us a few extra smartphones and the holidays are over, so we're back. What we've got for you today leans into more expensive turf, and unfortunately, our favorite Android devices for the past two months are also exclusively at Verizon, so Big Red subscribers should pay attention. Without further ado, these are our favorite December/January releases of the Android persuasion: The Samsung Galaxy Nexus, the LG Spectrum, and the Motorola Droid RAZR Maxx. Enjoy!
January 26 2012
TomTom to power Samsung’s Wave 3 Bada Maps
TomTom made a deal with Samsung where TomTom maps will power Samsung Wave3. With this agreement Samsung Wave 3 Bada gets:
- Map coverage for 200+ countries which equals to 35 million kilometers roads
- Points of interests on these maps
- 3D City Maps and 3D Landmarks
- Traffic updates
- Speed Cameras alerts
Brought to you by your GPS navigation site NaviGadget.
TomTom to power Samsung’s Wave 3 Bada Maps
January 19 2012
Samsung: One In Ten South Koreans Now Owns A Samsung Galaxy S II
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It's not really news to say that the Galaxy S II is a hit, but it has actually become a mega hit in South Korea. According to maker Samsung, the Android handset has been sold a whopping 5 million times in its domestic market since release at the end of April 2011. In other words, a little more than 10% of the country's entire population (48 million people) are now proud owners of the phone. It's the first cell phone that has reached this milestone in mobile-crazy South Korea, according to Japanese business daily The Nikkei. The paper also says that one out of four South Korean smartphones users owns a Galaxy S II (sounds like feature phones don't play a big role in that country anymore).
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It's not really news to say that the Galaxy S II is a hit, but it has actually become a mega hit in South Korea. According to maker Samsung, the Android handset has been sold a whopping 5 million times in its domestic market since release at the end of April 2011. In other words, a little more than 10% of the country's entire population (48 million people) are now proud owners of the phone. It's the first cell phone that has reached this milestone in mobile-crazy South Korea, according to Japanese business daily The Nikkei. The paper also says that one out of four South Korean smartphones users owns a Galaxy S II (sounds like feature phones don't play a big role in that country anymore).
January 17 2012
A Close Look At Samsung And Microsoft’s Surface 2.0 (AKA SUR40)
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The Surface has been around since 2007, but the new and improved SUR40 is a much more usable device. Microsoft and Samsung were showing off the new touch-capable table in NYC today, and I was lucky enough to get up close and personal with it. The specs in and of themselves are impressive: 40-inch 50-point multitouch screen with a 1080x1920 resolution, AMD processors, 1GB of memory dedicated entirely to graphics, a 4-inch profile, and a host of USB/HDMI ports. It's the computer you always wanted, save for the fact that it looks like a kitchen table and costs about $9,000. But chances are this won't end up in your living room. Instead, it'll show up in your favorite retail store, at a hotel, or at the mall. That's because this device has been specially engineered for that environment, and the needs presented within it.
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The Surface has been around since 2007, but the new and improved SUR40 is a much more usable device. Microsoft and Samsung were showing off the new touch-capable table in NYC today, and I was lucky enough to get up close and personal with it. The specs in and of themselves are impressive: 40-inch 50-point multitouch screen with a 1080x1920 resolution, AMD processors, 1GB of memory dedicated entirely to graphics, a 4-inch profile, and a host of USB/HDMI ports. It's the computer you always wanted, save for the fact that it looks like a kitchen table and costs about $9,000. But chances are this won't end up in your living room. Instead, it'll show up in your favorite retail store, at a hotel, or at the mall. That's because this device has been specially engineered for that environment, and the needs presented within it.
Samsung Not Sold On The Bada-Tizen Merger Just Yet
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I've long wondered what exactly Samsung would do with their homegrown Bada operating system, and for a little while there the answer seemed clear -- Samsung SVP Tae-jin Kang recently noted that Bada would be merged with the Intel-backed Tizen OS project. In fact, he said at CES that the work to combine both platforms had already begun, which seemed like a pretty definitive conclusion for Bada. Now it seems like Samsung may be having second thoughts about the whole process. Samsung representatives have reached out to AllThingsD and Information Week to say that a final decision regarding a merger hasn't yet been made.
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I've long wondered what exactly Samsung would do with their homegrown Bada operating system, and for a little while there the answer seemed clear -- Samsung SVP Tae-jin Kang recently noted that Bada would be merged with the Intel-backed Tizen OS project. In fact, he said at CES that the work to combine both platforms had already begun, which seemed like a pretty definitive conclusion for Bada. Now it seems like Samsung may be having second thoughts about the whole process. Samsung representatives have reached out to AllThingsD and Information Week to say that a final decision regarding a merger hasn't yet been made.
January 16 2012
The Surface 2.0 From Microsoft And Samsung Ships At Last
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If you're wondering why we didn't stop by to test out the Samsung SUR40 touch-table, AKA the Surface 2.0, during CES, there's a good reason: we did that last year. The device, while impressive, isn't exactly new. But as it has little in the way of competition — the Surface is the nonpareil of touch tables — they probably didn't feel they needed to get it out in any kind of hurry. The device, which costs $8400 and ships this month, must be quite a bit more attractive than the original to companies eager to spruce up their public spaces. The old Surface was kind of a chunk, and the limited resolution was no help, either. Oh, and the price. The new Surface beats it handily in every respect. It's flatter, lighter, wall-mountable, and 1080p.
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If you're wondering why we didn't stop by to test out the Samsung SUR40 touch-table, AKA the Surface 2.0, during CES, there's a good reason: we did that last year. The device, while impressive, isn't exactly new. But as it has little in the way of competition — the Surface is the nonpareil of touch tables — they probably didn't feel they needed to get it out in any kind of hurry. The device, which costs $8400 and ships this month, must be quite a bit more attractive than the original to companies eager to spruce up their public spaces. The old Surface was kind of a chunk, and the limited resolution was no help, either. Oh, and the price. The new Surface beats it handily in every respect. It's flatter, lighter, wall-mountable, and 1080p.
January 11 2012
Why Samsung Is The Next Apple
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For most of the ten years I've been coming to CES, every presentation, every booth, has had one goal: to create an ecosystem in order to encourage consumer lock in. Year after year, presentation after presentation, someone has come out to show how the phone will connect to the fridge which, in turn, will connect to the TV. And year after year, they failed. Until now. Samsung, and to some extent the other vendors, have finally cracked it. For most of the past few years they've watched as Apple ran circles around them in terms of media sharing and remote control. Obviously Apple's systems have been limited to iPod/iTunes/iPad/Mac but Samsung, a major player in both the white goods and the mobile markets, can now have it all.
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For most of the ten years I've been coming to CES, every presentation, every booth, has had one goal: to create an ecosystem in order to encourage consumer lock in. Year after year, presentation after presentation, someone has come out to show how the phone will connect to the fridge which, in turn, will connect to the TV. And year after year, they failed. Until now. Samsung, and to some extent the other vendors, have finally cracked it. For most of the past few years they've watched as Apple ran circles around them in terms of media sharing and remote control. Obviously Apple's systems have been limited to iPod/iTunes/iPad/Mac but Samsung, a major player in both the white goods and the mobile markets, can now have it all.
January 02 2012
Samsung’s DV300F Dual-View Camera Brings WiFi Into The Mix
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Many of you may remember that I was straight-up infatuated with Samsung's MV800 point-and-shoot. And why wouldn't I be? It's absolutely the best point-and-shoot if your favorite subject to shoot happens to be yourself. While Samsung's latest camera isn't quite as narcissistic, the new DV300F announced today still has a pretty awesome trick up its sleeve.
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Many of you may remember that I was straight-up infatuated with Samsung's MV800 point-and-shoot. And why wouldn't I be? It's absolutely the best point-and-shoot if your favorite subject to shoot happens to be yourself. While Samsung's latest camera isn't quite as narcissistic, the new DV300F announced today still has a pretty awesome trick up its sleeve.
December 29 2011
comScore: Apple Grows Marketshare From 9.8% To 11.2%, But Samsung’s Still Top OEM
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comScore has just released its latest numbers regarding the mobile landscape, finding that Samsung is still the top OEM with a 25.6 percent marketshare, up just .3 percentage points from the three month period ending in August. Meanwhile, Apple's price drop on the iPhone 4 along with the introduction of the iPhone 4S has taken its share of the market from 9.8 percent to 11.2 percent.
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comScore has just released its latest numbers regarding the mobile landscape, finding that Samsung is still the top OEM with a 25.6 percent marketshare, up just .3 percentage points from the three month period ending in August. Meanwhile, Apple's price drop on the iPhone 4 along with the introduction of the iPhone 4S has taken its share of the market from 9.8 percent to 11.2 percent.
Samsung Ships 1 Million Galaxy Note Phablets
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When we first heard about Samsung's 5.3-inch Galaxy Note, we didn't really know what to do with it. Is it a phone? Is it a tablet? Oh, look! A stylus! It was weird. But apparently people like weird, as Samsung is now reporting that it's shipped over 1 million Galaxy Note phablets globally. The device launched back in September, and devices shipped is normally a higher number than the devices actually out in the real world, but it's still a solid number nonetheless.
galaxynote
When we first heard about Samsung's 5.3-inch Galaxy Note, we didn't really know what to do with it. Is it a phone? Is it a tablet? Oh, look! A stylus! It was weird. But apparently people like weird, as Samsung is now reporting that it's shipped over 1 million Galaxy Note phablets globally. The device launched back in September, and devices shipped is normally a higher number than the devices actually out in the real world, but it's still a solid number nonetheless.
December 23 2011
No Ice Cream Sandwich For Galaxy S And Galaxy Tab, Says Samsung
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Sorry Galaxy S owners -- even though your device has a near-identical spec sheet to the ICS-friendly Nexus S, Samsung has announced on their corporate blog that the company's first Galaxy device won't be getting the offical bump to Android 4.0. The original Galaxy S isn't the only one to get the snub, as the 7-inch Galaxy Tab won't be able to join in the fun either. It looks like TouchWiz deserves most of the blame here -- according to Samsung Tomorrow, neither device has enough RAM or ROM to accomodate TouchWiz and all of its Samsung-designed accoutrements without affecting the quality of use.
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Sorry Galaxy S owners -- even though your device has a near-identical spec sheet to the ICS-friendly Nexus S, Samsung has announced on their corporate blog that the company's first Galaxy device won't be getting the offical bump to Android 4.0. The original Galaxy S isn't the only one to get the snub, as the 7-inch Galaxy Tab won't be able to join in the fun either. It looks like TouchWiz deserves most of the blame here -- according to Samsung Tomorrow, neither device has enough RAM or ROM to accomodate TouchWiz and all of its Samsung-designed accoutrements without affecting the quality of use.
December 14 2011
Former AOL Exec David Eun Lands EVP Gig At Samsung
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Ex-Googler and previously head of AOL Media and Studios - and I guess you could say the former boss of my boss's boss - David Eun has been appointed Executive Vice President at consumer electronics giant Samsung. At Samsung, Eun will be helping the company develop a 'global media strategy' for its array of digital TVs, smartphones, tablets and other connected devices.
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Ex-Googler and previously head of AOL Media and Studios - and I guess you could say the former boss of my boss's boss - David Eun has been appointed Executive Vice President at consumer electronics giant Samsung. At Samsung, Eun will be helping the company develop a 'global media strategy' for its array of digital TVs, smartphones, tablets and other connected devices.
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