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SAMSUNG

May 3, 2013

It’s official: Samsung’s Galaxy Knox software gets approved by the Department of Defense

Back in February of this year, at Mobile World Congress in Spain, Samsung announced a new suite of software called "Knox". It's made for people who want to protect the data on their smartphone,

GALAXY S4

Apr 30, 2013

Easter Egg: The weather sensor in Samsung’s new GS4 features a hidden Space Invader

This isn't really news, so I'm not going to take up your time. Chipworks, the guys who not only take apart devices, but also put chips under the microscope to find out how

SAMSUNG

Apr 30, 2013

Video: You absolutely have to watch Samsung India butcher PSY’s Gangnam Style song

PSY's Gangnam Style, the first track to get over one billion views on YouTube, is ridiculously popular. I can't tell you how many times I heard it when I was traveling through Asia

ANDROID PHONES

Apr 30, 2013

Video: If you’re crazy enough to want to take apart your Samsung Galaxy S4, here’s how

Phones break. It's a sad fact of life. Most sane people typically take their broken smartphone to the place where they purchased their device, but some folks are a bit more adventurous and have

ANDROID TABLETS

Apr 29, 2013

Samsung makes the Galaxy Tab 3 official, and boy oh boy you’re not going to like it

Earlier today I covered some speculation surrounding Samsung's upcoming Galaxy Tab 3. Funny enough, the company just formally announced it. It has a 7 inch screen that pushes 1024 x 600 pixels, it has

GALAXY S3

Apr 26, 2013

Leak: Samsung Galaxy Core, it’s a 4.3 inch GS3/GS4 hybrid you should try and avoid

The Russian website Hi-Tech just leaked a brand new Galaxy phone, the Core. From the front it looks like a GS4. From the sides it looks like a GS3. And the back shares design

GALAXY S4

Apr 25, 2013

Samsung’s corporate security software isn’t done; it’s not coming to the GS4 until July

If you want corporate clients to take your devices seriously, you need to make your phones ultra secure. That's the whole point of Samsung's Knox software, which the company created to let people

ANDROID PHONES

Apr 24, 2013

The Samsung Galaxy S4 reviews are out, so what’s everyone saying?

If you're a tech journalist, you often get courted by hardware makers to review their latest wares. There's usually a catch though. You can't publish your findings until an agreed upon time

CHINESE PLAYERS

Apr 23, 2013

Analyst says Samsung made three out of every ten smartphones shipped in Q1 2013

TrendForce, an analyst firm that doesn't exactly have the same notoriety as say Gartner or Strategy Analytics, has put out their Q1 2013 smartphone shipment data for all to see. They say that Samsung

COMPONENTS

Apr 18, 2013

Samsung and Wolfson sign a pretty sweet sounding deal

Samsung has just entered into a "multi-year IP license and component supply agreement" with Wolfson Microelectronics. If you've never heard of them, that's OK. They make some of the best audio processors

HTC

Apr 15, 2013

AFP: Samsung being investigated for hiring students in Taiwan to make fun of HTC online

According to the AFP, think of them like the French version of the Associated Press, an investigation has been launched in Taiwan against Samsung. The claim states that Samsung hired students to make fun of

SAMSUNG

Apr 12, 2013

DigiTimes: Samsung expects to ship 1 million Galaxy Mega 5.8 units a month

The recently announced Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8 and Mega 6.3 are extremely polarizing devices. You either hate that the company continues to make larger phones, or you're excited that you no longer

GALAXY NOTE

Apr 10, 2013

The Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 lands in America tomorrow, but you definitely shouldn’t buy it

Samsung's Galaxy Note 8.0 is going to hit America's shores tomorrow and it's going to cost $399. It isn't the model that Europeans will be getting, the one with a

GALAXY S3

Apr 5, 2013

Samsung Galaxy Trend II: It’s the GS3 Mini, but with an inferior camera module

Another day, another Samsung Galaxy. This time it's the Galaxy Trend II. I never even knew there was a Trend I, no I feel a little ignorant right now. Anyway, what's this phone

SAMSUNG

Apr 5, 2013

The WiFi only Samsung Galaxy Camera is coming to America this month for $450

Picture a point and shoot camera. Now imagine it running Android. That's the Samsung Galaxy Camera in a nutshell, and it's a bold experiment that I applaud Samsung for launching, but I would

SAMSUNG

Apr 4, 2013

The Samsung Galaxy Win has just been announced, in China at least

Earlier this week I covered a rumor out of Vietnam that said Samsung was going to announce a phone called the Galaxy Win. That's such an awkward name that I thought it might be

SAMSUNG

Apr 3, 2013

Samsung officially announces the Galaxy Pocket Neo and the Galaxy Star. Again.

Samsung held an event in South Africa over two weeks ago to announce two news phones, the Galaxy Pocket Neo and the Galaxy Star. If you don't remember these devices, it's OK. They'

ANDROID 5.0

Mar 25, 2013

The Galaxy S II isn’t going to get Android 5.0, does that honestly surprise any of you?

Earlier this week, the Samsung fan site SamMobile published a list of devices that would and would not get updated to the next version of Android. As expected, every high end phone to come out