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SAMSUNG

May 27, 2013

Samsung to host an event on June 20th, here are the five things they’ll likely announce

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

GALAXY NOTE

May 27, 2013

Leak: The overpriced Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0, now in brown, brought to you by @evleaks

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

SAMSUNG

May 27, 2013

Video: It looks like the Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 passes the pocket test, but just barely

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.

ANDROID PHONES

May 27, 2013

Two Samsung Galaxy S4 mini variants show up on Samsung’s website, one has a 720p screen

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

COMPONENTS

May 25, 2013

Being prepared, being flexible – the Android way

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

SAMSUNG

May 25, 2013

Dear Samsung, HTC, and everyone else: Look at what Nokia did with the Lumia 925 and learn

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

GOOGLE GLASS

May 23, 2013

The Korea Times: Future version of Google Glass to use a Samsung OLED display

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

ANDROID PHONES

May 23, 2013

Samsung Galaxy S4 Google Edition shows up on the Bluetooth SIG as the GT-I9505G

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

May 23, 2013

Samsung launches the Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 packing Galaxy Grand Quattro

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

GALAXY S4

May 23, 2013

Sales of the GS4 hit 10 million, Samsung announces three new colors

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

ANDROID PHONES

May 22, 2013

Looks like the Google Edition Samsung Galaxy S4 isn’t going to be sold outside the U.S.

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

SAMSUNG

May 22, 2013

Samsung just bought 10% of Pantech for $48 million

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

GALAXY S3

May 22, 2013

Leaked GS3 firmware reveals evidence that Samsung is working on fingerprint technology

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

ANDROID PHONES

May 22, 2013

Samsung teases brown Galaxy S4 in their latest YouTube video

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

SAMSUNG

May 21, 2013

Samsung looking to dole out $800,000 to developers that make Galaxy phones more useful

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

video heres a 40 second hands on with the samsung galaxy s4 active

ANDROID PHONES

May 21, 2013

Video: Here’s a 40 second hands-on with the Samsung Galaxy S4 Active

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

May 21, 2013

Video: Male model stars in exhaustive 13 minute Samsung HomeSync demo

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

SAMSUNG

May 21, 2013

Samsung launches Samsung Wallet, chances are it’s not going to change anything

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.