May 27, 2013
Samsung is going to host an event in London on June 20th. The invite reads "Samsung Premiere 2013", with the subheading being "Galaxy & Ativ". We all know what Galaxy means, mobile phones, and as for
I'll keep this short. The anonymous Twitter user @evleaks just published a photo of the Galaxy Note 8.0 in brown. The tablet is highly controversial, to me at least, because it costs a
It feels just like yesterday when Samsung announced the 4.3 inch Galaxy S II and the tech media went absolutely mental, calling it a gigantic device. We all know what happened next. The 4.
The Israeli website TGspot has discovered two Samsung Galaxy S4 mini variants on Samsung’s very own website. One is called the GT-i9195, the other is the SGH-i257. You’d think
May 25, 2013
What’s that you say? “A (yawn) Android Beat feature on (yawn) accessories (yawn)?” Actually yes, but bear with me, since there are serious points being made here about smartphone design. You see, as a
I carried an iPhone 4 for over two years. The Note II on my desk is my second Android device, the first being a Nexus One. Deep at heart though, I'm a huge Nokia
May 23, 2013
According to The Korea Times, Samsung will supply Google with "high-end OLED screens for Google Glass." The Korean publication says Google might release Glass by the end of this year, but I have high
Samsung's Galaxy S4 comes in three flavors. There's the hard to find Exynos 5 Octa version known as the GT-i9500, the Qualcomm version known as the GT-i9505, and now there's
Samsung launched a smartphone at the very end of 2012 called the Galaxy Grand. The best way to think of it is a 5 inch Galaxy S III with the guts of a Samsung Galaxy
On May 3rd I predicted that sales of the Samsung Galaxy S4 would hit 10 million on May 24th. Looks like I was off by 24 hours. The South Korea handset maker just announced that
May 22, 2013
Google did something insane at I/O earlier this month. They announced that they would start selling Samsung's Galaxy S4 running stock Android in the United States in June. It's going to cost
When you think of Korean handset makers, two names come to mind: Samsung and LG. But there's a third called Pantech that doesn't get a lot of attention. Why? Because Pantech sells budget
Earlier this week, the guys at SamMobile published a leaked Galaxy S III firmware that had Android 4.2.2 on-board. Someone by the online handle “Kalagas” went through the file and
Samsung uploaded a music video to their YouTube channel that shows off a Galaxy S4 in a new hue: brown. It's tough to say whether or not it's a pretty brown or a
May 21, 2013
Samsung is practically printing money right now, which is kind of funny when you stop and realize that no matter how many Benjamins they throw at their software developers, they still can't make something
Yesterday I showed you some pictures of the Samsung Galaxy S4 Active. Today, I'm going to show you a video. For those who don't what what a GS4 Active is, it's basically
Samsung announced something called "HomeSync" last month. Rather than try to find the word word to describe what it is, I'll just tell you about what it does. First, it runs Android, so you
Mobile payments are a joke. Full stop. The technology to make mobile payments work has been around forever, it's just that there's a battle for control that's causing the market to stagnate.
