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Samsung’s new Dolby Atmos soundbar costs $1,499
Samsung had announced a “groundbreaking” Dolby Atmos-compatible soundbar earlier this year during CES 2016, and the company has just announced its pricing and availability. With the HW-K950 soundbar system, the South Korean electronics giant wants to bring Dolby Atmos sound without much complexity. The soundbar will set you back by $1,499, and will land in stores this summer. The […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 9 years ago
Toss the manual with these two Gear VR setup tips
So you’ve finally got your Gear VR in your hands. Now, it’s time to get the Gear VR on your head – and take a trip inside Samsung’s new world. While the anticipation’s building, you open up the box only to notice that, oh, brother, there’s a manual. Well, if you’re like me, you don’t […]
- By Deidre R.
- 9 years ago
Samsung announces cost and availability of its new 4K TVs for the US
Samsung has announced availability and pricing of its newest 4K TVs, which were announced recently. The South Korean electronics giant now has five new series of SUHD TVs, and all of them feature 4K resolution, quantum dot panels, deeper blacks (when compared to regular LCD TVs), and native support for HDR content. The company's top-of-the-line KS9800 […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 9 years ago
Display scaling becomes an official feature in latest Galaxy S7 update
The latest update for the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge turns display scaling into an official feature, conveniently available to users from the settings menu. Recently, executives at Samsung expressed the desire to act more like a young startup company. It's easy to see why this might be an impossible goal, lately, some remarkable things have […]
- By Michel G.
- 9 years ago
How to avoid incoming telemarketing calls on your Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge
If you cast your mind back to Samsung’s Unpacked event last month, you may recall that the South Korean company announced it had teamed up with the call screening service White Pages to develop an exclusive software tweak for its latest flagships that analyses every incoming call and compares it to a comprehensive database. It […]
- By Josh L.
- 9 years ago
Samsung handed out 2,600 Gear VR units to developers at Facebook’s F8 conference
Samsung’s revealed that it handed out a whopping 2,600 Gear VR units to developers attending Facebook’s F8 conference at Fort Mason in San Francisco yesterday morning. The Virtual Reality headsets were neatly packaged in a Facebook-branded box, which also contained a customized Galaxy smartphone. It’s not clear what handset was included in the bundle, but […]
- By Josh L.
- 9 years ago
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[Poll] Do you use Always On Display on your Galaxy S7 or Galaxy S7 edge?
Samsung has been using AMOLED displays on its flagships since the first Galaxy S, but it took the company seven years to introduce a feature like Always On Display, which shows the time and notifications when a device is sitting idle. OLED displays are most suited to such a feature, as these displays only power […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 9 years ago
NCAA March Madness on Samsung’s Gear VR takes virtual reality court side, makes for two interesting games
I was excited to see the Oculus Store on Samsung’s Gear VR release an NCAA March Madness app for the NCAA Men’s College Basketball Tournament (US), and I was all too excited to download it. I didn’t really know what to expect from the experience, seeing that I’d never watched a sports game in virtual […]
- By Deidre R.
- 9 years ago
Snag yourself a Verizon-branded Galaxy Note 4 for just $300
Online retailer Daily Steals has just kicked off a great little deal on Big Red’s variant of the Galaxy Note 4. While stocks last, you can bag yourself a Verizon-branded model of the handset for just $300, which is pretty good when you take into account that the device retailed for $699.99 when it launched […]
- By Josh L.
- 9 years ago
Samsung Milk VR app lets you view VR content without a headset
Samsung sells a very affordable virtual reality headset. It has literally been handing out the Gear VR for free to customers who pre-ordered the Galaxy S7 and the Galaxy S7 edge, and there were millions of pre-orders for the new handsets. It certainly wants to sell as many Gear VR units as possible but it also […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 9 years ago
Samsung might just have leaked Android N’s version number (no prizes for guessing)
Google I/O takes place next month; it's an event where Google unveils new software and this time around it's going to properly announce the next major Android update. It has already released a developer preview of Android N but hasn't confirmed what this iteration will be called or what version number it will be. It appears […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 9 years ago
4-12-2016 Firmware Updates: Galaxy Tab 3, Galaxy Alpha, Galaxy J5, and more
Samsung has a plethora of phones and tablets in its lineup and regularly releases firmware updates for various devices. These can include major updates, which bring a newer version of the OS to a particular device, or minor ones that improve performance and stability and fix bugs. Software updates for Samsung devices roll out in various regions […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 9 years ago
Marshmallow for the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 edge released in Canada
The much-awaited Marshmallow update is finally trickling down to almost all markets where the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 edge were sold. Users have had to wait for a considerable amount of time but that's always the case with major Android updates, no wonder Marshmallow only accounts for roughly 5 percent of all Android […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 9 years ago
Samsung launches the Notebook 9 spin hybrid in South Korea
Samsung today launched a new notebook in South Korea, it's called the Notebook 9 spin and as the name suggests it's a 2-in-1 hybrid that can either be used as a conventional notebook or as a tablet. The Notebook 9 spin features a 360-degree touchscreen display and the hinge allows it to be used in […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 9 years ago
Samsung’s Always On Display feature lacks a very important option
Samsung's Always On Display feature debuted on the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge, and as we noted in our S7 edge review, it's a bit limited in terms of functionality. You only get the time, calendar and notifications for basic things like missed calls, but it doesn't show notifications from third-party apps like WhatsApp. […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 9 years ago
Recent Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge update comes with huge changelog in India
Samsung started pushing out an update to its latest flagships earlier this week, with a changelog that mentioned better palm rejection and the addition of a new camera feature for shape correction. The same update has made its way to India today, and oddly, the changelog for the Indian variants of the Galaxy S7 and […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 9 years ago
Samsung just released an updated Galaxy Tab S2 with improved performance
Samsung's current generation high-end tablet, the Galaxy Tab S2, was announced back in July 2015. Going by the company's annual update cycle, the South Korean tech giant is expected to announce the tablet's successor somewhere around July this year. New information suggests that Samsung has secretly released an updated Galaxy Tab S2 with improved performance and new software. […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 9 years ago
Samsung Galaxy Note 6 will reportedly feature Snapdragon 823 SoC
Samsung isn't due to unveil the Galaxy Note 6 until the fall but rumors and reports are already coming in about the company's next-generation phablet. The latest, originating from China, suggests that the Galaxy Note 6 will be powered by a 64-bit Kryo 2.6GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 823 processor with Adreno 530 GPU and up to […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 9 years ago
4-11-2016 Firmware Updates: Galaxy S7 edge, Galaxy S5 neo, Galaxy S6, and more
Samsung has a plethora of phones and tablets in its lineup and regularly releases firmware updates for various devices. These can include major updates, which bring a newer version of the OS to a particular device, or minor ones that improve performance and stability and fix bugs. Software updates for Samsung devices roll out in various regions […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 9 years ago
T-Mobile releases Marshmallow for the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 edge
It was reported three weeks ago that T-Mobile could soon release the much-awaited Marshmallow update for the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 edge, and today it has. Magenta is now rolling out said update for the aforementioned devices bumping the OS version up to 6.0.1. The update is rolling out over-the-air and it should […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 9 years ago
