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Seth Colaner - Tue, Jul 01, 2014
The oft-rumored Samsung Galaxy S5 mini is now official. Samsung posted a press release today announcing the smaller version of its flagship Galaxy S5, a 4.5-inch HD Super AMOLED (1280x720) device that’s dwarfed a bit by its 5.1-inch big brother. This handset has the same design as the...
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Marco Chiappetta - Mon, Jun 30, 2014
In the past few weeks, we’ve seen a steady stream of new solid state drive releases, from the likes of Plextor, Crucial, and SanDisk. Today, however, Samsung is unveiling something new we think you'll really take interest in. Up next for your reading pleasure, we have...
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Marco Chiappetta - Mon, Jun 30, 2014
In the past few weeks, we’ve seen a steady stream of new solid state drive releases, from the likes of Plextor, Crucial, and SanDisk. Our review of the Plextor M6M mSATA drive can be found here, and we covered Crucial’s MX100 series here. And reviews of some new SanDisk drives are currently in the works. Today, however, Samsung...
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Paul Lilly - Mon, Jun 30, 2014
There are generally two things you can expect from Samsung year after year. The first is a new flagship smartphone -- this year it was the Galaxy S5 (see our review). And the second is a mini version of whatever its flagship device happens...
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Paul Lilly - Mon, Jun 30, 2014
There's no arguing that Samsung's flagship devices (Galaxy Note 3 and Galaxy S5) are the cat's meow, but what really makes investors purr are when companies have a fleshed out lineup to collect revenue from a wide and assorted customer...
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Seth Colaner - Mon, Jun 23, 2014
Samsung has made a smartphone designed for your active lifestyle, and you can only get it with Sprint. The Samsung Galaxy S5 Sport boasts IP67 water and dust resistance and is loaded with multiple health and fitness features from the likes...
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Marco Chiappetta - Mon, Jun 23, 2014
Wearables in general--and smartwatches in particular--are among the hottest tech trends of today. Despite a great deal of hullabaloo over these devices, though, many aren’t quite finding them as compelling as you might think. As a result, there’s a sense that no one has yet figured out the secret sauce that makes a wearable / smartwatch...
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Seth Colaner - Mon, Jun 23, 2014
Biometric monitoring via wearables appears to be the Next Big Thing, as far as the biggest tech companies are concerned. Samsung is on its second generation of smartwatches (with a new generation already rumored), Google is expected to...
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Seth Colaner - Mon, Jun 23, 2014
Wearables in general--and smartwatches in particular--are among the hottest tech trends of today. Despite a great deal of hullabaloo over these devices, though, many aren’t quite finding them as compelling as you might think. As a result, there’s a sense that no one has yet figured out the secret sauce that makes a wearable...
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Paul Lilly - Mon, Jun 23, 2014
Phablet fans are in a good place right now -- there's the LG G3 with impressive specs, Samsung's upcoming Galaxy Note 4, and even Apple is rumored to be releasing a large size version of its iPhone. Having choices is always a good thing...
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Paul Lilly - Wed, Jun 18, 2014
You could make a strong argument that Samsung's Galaxy S5 is the top handset on the market right now -- we certainly thought highly of it in our review. That said, we were surprised to learn that Samsung just launched an upgraded version...
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Ray Willington - Tue, Jun 17, 2014
Nuance Communications is a company you may or may not be familiar with, but you're almost certainly familiar with its products. Whether you know it or not, the company's voice recognition processing powers Apple's Siri, and according to a...
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Seth Colaner - Thu, Jun 12, 2014
Samsung unveiled its latest flagship tablet, the Galaxy Tab S, at an event in New York City, and the new device is thin, lightweight, and sports a killer Super AMOLED display. Samsung boasts that the Tab S’s 2560x1600 display has a...
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Paul Lilly - Mon, Jun 09, 2014
At first glance, Ford Motor Company and Samsung SDI may seem like an odd couple, but together they're working on a hybrid battery technology that could eventually be mass produced on non-hybrid vehicles for better fuel savings. The collaborative technology is part of a 10-year research effort...
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Ray Willington - Thu, Jun 05, 2014
In the bid to dominate all of mobile, Samsung is sinking its teeth into yet another department: e-readers. Over the years, the Kindle (from Amazon) has outsold the Nook (from B&N), and we haven't seen a new one pop out since the middle of last year. B&N informed the public that new...
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Joshua Gulick - Mon, Jun 02, 2014
Samsung is introducing the Samsung Z smartphone at the Tizen Developer conference tomorrow. The Linux-based Tizen OS is an Android/IOS alternative developed by Intel, Samsung, and other mobile players. It’ll be interesting to see if...
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Seth Colaner - Thu, May 29, 2014
Samsung announced that it is putting its second generation of Vertical NAND (V-NAND) flash memory into mass production, and unlike the enterprise-facing first-gen V-NAND products, this new glut of storage is aimed at high-end consumer...
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Seth Colaner - Sat, May 24, 2014
Samsung and Amazon are getting cozier, as the two companies announced that they’re creating a custom eBook service called Kindle for Samsung. It will operate as an app, and it will initially be available on the Samsung Galaxy S5 and...
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Ray Willington - Fri, May 23, 2014
The term "smartwatch" is an interesting one. Yes, these watches are "smart," but there's a limit to the intelligence. Most of them require, at the very least, a partner device to do the thinking. Smartwatches aren't so smart without a...
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Seth Colaner - Fri, May 23, 2014
To the surprise of few, Samsung is reportedly working on a VR headset that would compete with the Oculus Rift (now a Facebook joint) and Sony’s Project Morpheus. (And, for that matter, dark horses like GameFace Labs.) According to...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, May 23, 2014
Based on the latest data provided by Counterpoint's Market Monitor quarterly tracker program, the U.S. smartphone market grew to 33 million units at the end of the first quarter of 2014, representative of a modest 7 percent growth rate...
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Seth Colaner - Thu, May 22, 2014
FreedomPop announced some big updates to its free (and almost free) mobile services. The MVNO has moved to Sprint’s LTE network to offer 4G service (and is launching commensurate handsets to take advantage of it) and is also rolling...
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