Samsung announced last month that it will make its Galaxy Gear smartwatch compatible with a wider range of its Galaxy devices. The rollout began in Europe and Samsung Canada has now announced its plans to update devices here. Starting November 29, Samsung will update the Galaxy S4, Galaxy S4 mini, Galaxy S III and Galaxy Note II. “The GALAXY Gear […]
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Samsung sells 800,000 Galaxy Gear smartwatches in first two months
The Galaxy Gear may not have garnered the rave reviews that Samsung was hoping for but sales so far appear to have been stronger than many expected. Billing it as “the world’s most popular smartwatch,” Samsung today announced that sales have topped 800,000 units since it went on sale two months ago. It added that sales to date have exceeded […]
Samsung to launch Galaxy smartphone with wraparound display in 2014
The Samsung Galaxy Round was only the very first step. Samsung is planning to take its flexible display technology to new heights in 2014. According to Bloomberg, the company is working on a Galaxy smartphone with a wraparound display. Using Samsung’s Youm flexible display technology, the display would wrap around front to back, effectively creating a three-paned display. Information would […]
Samsung hires Apple Siri chief for SAMI connected computing platform
Samsung unveiled an early version of its Samsung Architecture for Multimodal Interactions (SAMI) platform last week. The idea is that this platform would collect data from any connected device and share it with other connected devices. Particularly interesting is that the presentation was delivered by Luc Julia, a former Apple director who worked on the Siri project for about 10 […]
Samsung Tizen smartphone launch pushed out to 2014
Despite a promise earlier this year to launch “new, competitive Tizen devices” in 2013, all the signs (let alone the calendar) now point that such a launch will not happen until 2014. According to Japan’s RBMen, Samsung officials apparently told unnamed Korean media that the launch of the first Tizen smartphone had been pushed out to the first half of […]
Samsung reveals vision for mobile future at Analyst Day 2013
Samsung Analyst Day 2013, its second ever such event, is over and while it remains to be seen if analyst concerns over the company’s future growth have been assuaged or not, the event has given us all a good look at where Samsung is headed. Of particular interest to us is the company’s vision for its mobile devices. Not only […]
Samsung to ship 100 million Galaxy S and Note smartphones in 2013
Samsung held Analyst Day 2013 today to brief analysts on where the company stands at this time and where it expects to go in 2014 and beyond. The intention of the event was to reassure analysts that, despite rumours of slowing sales, Samsung remained in a strong position and ready to face stronger competition from its competitors in a number […]
Apple and Samsung working on 13-inch tablets
2014 could well become the year of the large tablets. Rumours of a 12.2-inch Samsung Galaxy Note tablet and a 12.9-inch Apple iPad tablet have been with us for some time now. Not only are those rumours back today but now comes word of an even larger tablet. We already found out earlier today that Samsung’s oft-rumoured 12.2-inch tablet, possibly […]