Tag: Samsung

The best smartwatch we’ve seen yet isn’t even a watch at all

It isn’t right to call Bond a watch. It’s really just a bracelet… or a pendant… or a necklace… or something you carry in your pocket. It doesn’t have a touchscreen and it doesn’t even tell the time. Still, it has a different type of functionality now than any other wearable tech. More importantly, it… Continue reading The best smartwatch we’ve seen yet isn’t even a watch at all

#Video: Samsung’s inadvertent metaphor about class differences

Surely they didn’t mean for it to come across the way it did. In essence, a rich man with tech gadgets stirs up a financially challenged neighborhood, forcing children to run from the carnage of a construction job that nobody seems to be aware is about to happen. They wanted to highlight the features of… Continue reading #Video: Samsung’s inadvertent metaphor about class differences

Samsung’s ballyhooed ads: are they worth the hype?

It isn’t often that an advertisement is the top story on the tech news aggregators. Usually when it is, there’s an Apple product being advertised. Samsung scored a big win with a pair of ads they released that take the childhood dreams of millions in the past and associates them with the new Samsung Galaxy… Continue reading Samsung’s ballyhooed ads: are they worth the hype?

5 reasons why the smartwatch really will be the next big thing

Every time a shift in gadget technology is in the works, tech bloggers hit their keyboards with every reason they can think of that it won’t work. We saw it with the roll out of smartphones when some were estimating that it would be 2012 or later before they would become commonplace. It happened with… Continue reading 5 reasons why the smartwatch really will be the next big thing

Samsung misses numbers. Is the Galaxy yesterday’s news?

They aimed low. They still missed. Mighty Samsung is facing challenges it hasn’t had to face in recent years as the wave of popularity for their smartphone line seems to be waning. The Galaxy S4 was being heralded as the one that might put Samsung as in a commanding lead against chief rival Apple. Instead,… Continue reading Samsung misses numbers. Is the Galaxy yesterday’s news?

Samsung bares its teeth and takes a bite out of Apple

Round one of the epic battle between Apple and Samsung started last year. The patent war began when Apple accused Samsung of design and format function infringement. Apple claimed that Samsung infringed on patents for software features and as a result, the company was awarded over $1 billion in damages. However, round two is just… Continue reading Samsung bares its teeth and takes a bite out of Apple

Can the Galaxy S4 hit 100 million units sold?

Ten million down. Ninety million to go. That’s the news out of Samsung as their mobile chief announced today that they were nearing the 10 million unit mark in sales and believe that they may be on pace to break 9-digits with their current flagship before all is said and done. “We are confident that… Continue reading Can the Galaxy S4 hit 100 million units sold?

Samsung makes breakthrough in 5G technology but doesn’t expect commercialization until 2020

The good news: Samsung has made a breakthrough that inches us closer to having 5G mobile broadband technology at our fingertips. The bad news: it likely won’t be available to the public until around 2020. According to their Samsung Tomorrow blog: Samsung Electronics announced that it has successfully developed the world’s first adaptive array transceiver… Continue reading Samsung makes breakthrough in 5G technology but doesn’t expect commercialization until 2020

iPhone is so old (according to Samsung)

If there’s one way to make adults feel like they’re behind on the times, it’s by taking college students and having them ridicule their elders over the technology they’re using. That’s the theory, at least, in the latest ad from Samsung promoting it’s new Galaxy S4. While many of the features on the S4 are… Continue reading iPhone is so old (according to Samsung)