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Ray Willington - Mon, Oct 11, 2010
HTC's HD2 grew a partner today in the HD7; now, Samsung is doing something similar with their Omnia lineup. The new OMNIA 7, announced today in conjunction with Microsoft's major Windows Phone 7 push, gives consumers another brand option when it comes time to evaluate WP7 handsets. Keeping...
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Paul Lilly - Mon, Oct 11, 2010
With a full spec sheet already revealed, all that's really left to figure out about Samsung's Galaxy Tab is when it will be released and how much scratch should potential buyers save up. Thanks an internal T-Mobile document floating around the Web, we can answer one of those questions for you...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, Oct 08, 2010
Netbooks now come standard with dual-core processors, and some of them even sport respectable graphics (Nvidia Ion). But save for a very small few, the vast majority of netbooks still don't ship with an optical drive. What's an optical disc-toting user to do? Buy an external optical drive, of...
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Paul Lilly - Wed, Oct 06, 2010
Everywhere you turn it's tablet this and tablet that, when this time last year all the talk was on netbooks. Don't worry if you haven't bought into the tablet hype, netbooks aren't about to go the way of the Dodo bird. In fact, with dual-core Atom processors now the norm, there's never been a better time to be in the market for a netbook....
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Jennifer Johnson - Wed, Oct 06, 2010
In addition to the recently announced Samsung SyncMaster P2770FH, Samsung also introduced a new line of 31 series LED-backlit monitors. The new line targets budget-conscious consumers who want to conserve energy with an LED monitor. The displays use up to 40 percent less energy than same-sized...
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Jennifer Johnson - Tue, Oct 05, 2010
Samsung announced a new monitor which boasts of a 1 ms response time. With this fast response rate, the new SyncMaster P2770FH has virtually no problems with motion blur or ghosting effects, making it ideal for gamers, video enthusiasts, and graphic designers. The P2770FH also features a...
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Paul Lilly - Tue, Oct 05, 2010
In a press release announcing the Galaxy S smartphone launch in Japan, Samsung let it be known that it's now sold over 5 million Galaxy S devices worldwide, most of which have shipped to the United States. Americans have so far devoured...
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Joel Hruska - Thu, Sep 23, 2010
Movie studios and display manufacturers have both been pumping 3D viewing as The Next Big Thing for over a year, but the market as a whole has yet to display much interest. According to the analyst group IDG, 3D notebooks are typically priced well above $1000, despite the fact that in 2009...
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Jennifer Johnson - Wed, Sep 22, 2010
A few weeks ago, we took a closer look at the Samsung Captivate from AT&T. We liked what we saw then, though we'll never complain about new features and functionality that are suppose to make things even better. A new update from AT&T and Samsung Mobile promises just that. Over the...
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Paul Lilly - Wed, Sep 22, 2010
We kind of feel like the headline says it all, but in case you thought it was a typo, we'll repeat: MetroPCS just launched the first ever 4G LTE network in the United States. MetroPCS chose Las Vegas as their launching off point, somewhat following in the footsteps of Sprint-Nextel and...
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Ray Willington - Fri, Sep 17, 2010
Samsung's Galaxy Tab is undoubtedly the iPad-killer hopeful. There have been dozens of tablets announced since Apple's did so with their iPad early in the year, but few have received as much attention as Samsung's Galaxy Tab. It's possible that the acclaim of the Galaxy S has rolled over the...
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Ray Willington - Thu, Sep 16, 2010
Big, big news from the Samsung camp this evening. The company's Galaxy Tab, arguably the iPad's most serious competitor (or at least the competitor with the most steam/hype behind it), will soon be launching on all four of the major U.S...
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Ray Willington - Tue, Sep 14, 2010
Olympus and Panasonic have Micro Four Thirds, and Sony has their own interchangeable lens camera on offer. Nikon is talking about entering this market, too. The fact is, just about every camera company is looking to exploit this new niche...
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Ray Willington - Sat, Sep 11, 2010
The past couple of years, a few main buzzwords have dominated the camera space: megapixels and high-definition. But the megapixel race is arguably over, and just about every camera these days supports at least 720p movie recording. So, it's time for what's next. And what is next? Two main...
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Ray Willington - Sat, Sep 11, 2010
It's arguably the biggest tablet launch since the iPad. Dell's Streak was big, but being just 5", it's not really considered a tablet PC. Just about every major (and minor) PC maker has committed to making a tablet of some sort, but for...
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Jennifer Johnson - Tue, Sep 07, 2010
In addition to a new mobile processor for smartphones, Samsung also introduced high-performance 8GB and 16GB moviNAND embedded memory chips for use in smartphones. Samsung’s moviNAND adopts the new higher performance e-MMC 4.41...
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Jennifer Johnson - Tue, Sep 07, 2010
With the announcement of a new dual-core processor that is designed to be used in tablet PCs, netbooks, and smartphones, Samsung is giving us a glimpse at what may be coming in 2011. The new processor, codenamed Orion, contains a pair of 1GHz ARM Cortex A9 cores. This processor will be able to...
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Ray Willington - Tue, Sep 07, 2010
And that makes four. Samsung's Galaxy S smartphone has now managed to invade all four of the major U.S. carriers, which is a feat that few phones will ever achieve. It goes by different names on different carriers, and a few minor tweaks have been made on each, but it's safe to say that the...
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Marco Chiappetta - Fri, Sep 03, 2010
We’re back again this week with a brand new video podcast to talk about some recent developments in the hardware and technology scenes. Topics in this episode include the Dell Streak, some affordable ATI Radeon HD 5500 series graphics cards, a slew of announcements out of Apple regarding...
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Ray Willington - Fri, Sep 03, 2010
New laptops anyone? If you're Samsung, you're definitely saying yes. The company has announced two new lines of sleek mobile computers today, the SF series of ultraportables and the NF series of standard-sized notebooks. The SF series consists of the Samsung SF310, SF410, SF510, with screen...
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Jennifer Johnson - Fri, Sep 03, 2010
Samsung announced a handful of new laptops recently that are designed to offer users "sophisticated design with exceptional performance." First up is the new QX410 which measures just under an inch thick and features a lightweight aluminum design and up to 7 hours of battery life via Samsung’s new lithium polymer battery. The QX410 features...
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Ray Willington - Thu, Sep 02, 2010
At last, the rumors can finally be put to rest. Samsung's Galaxy Tab is real, and it is being revealed in full today at the Berlin-based IFA trade show. For months, rumors have had Samsung preparing an iPad rival, but rather than using...
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