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Samsung Gear S: Finally(?) a Smartwatch That Can Make Phone Calls

Yes, the rumors are true: Samsung just announced a smartwatch with a data connection. The Samsung Gear S can make phone calls. Because why the hell not? https://gizmodo.com/report-samsung-is-still-working-on-a-smartwatch-that-i-1580640910 The Tizen powered device offers a Dual core 1.0 GHz processor, a 2.0-inch 360 x 480 Super AMOLED display, 512MB RAM, 4GB onboard storage, a (measly) 300mAh…

Samsung’s Triple-Headed Micro USB Cable Charges Three Gadgets At Once

It’s not uncommon to leave the house with a bag full of gadgets that will probably need a charge at some point during the day. So you can either bring an assortment of cables with you, let your devices all fight over a single charger, or wait until Samsung’s new three-headed micro USB charging cable…

Nook Reborn As a $180 Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 (Update: Hands On)

Itching for a new Nook tablet? Well, you are getting one either way! The new Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 Nook is here to rescue you from a Nookless existence. https://gizmodo.com/barnes-noble-is-going-to-stop-making-nook-tablets-571011433 The first Nook tablet since the (pretty great) Glowlight, and the first Nook tab since Barnes and Noble officially gave up on the project, the…

Samsung’s New Bluetooth Speaker Looks Awfully Familiar

No, that’s not an picture of Jawbone’s now-iconic Jambox Bluetooth speaker. It is, in fact, the new Samsung Level Box mini. The new speaker measures 156 x 66 x 50 mm and weighs 392g. (The Jambox measures 151 x 57 x 40 mm and weighs 347g). It features Bluetooth connectivity and and aux-in port. (The…

Samsung Wants to Control Your Smart Home, Too

Re/Code’s ever reliable Kara Swisher is reporting that Samsung just bought the smart home startup SmartThings for $200 million. The news comes almost exactly one month after a rumor emerged that the Korean electronics company was making the move. But now that it’s made, things could get interesting. SmartThings actually started out as a Kickstarter…

Samsung Galaxy Alpha: Android Brains, iPhone-Like Body

Samsung has just announced its latest Galaxy smartphone, the Alpha. With its chamfered edges you might confuse it foran iPhone from a distance, but it’s got plenty of its own fun tricks as well. The new phone is related to, but substantially different from, the existing Galaxy S5. It’s certainly slimmer than the S5, at…

Is This Samsung’s Phone-Powered VR Headset?

The Verge reports that the boxy set of goggles with a controller above is the rumored VR rig that Samsung’s supposedly been prepping. If so, it looks way more serious than the leaked schematics we’d seen before. Looks like its primed to fit the rumored Samsung Galaxy Note 4. According to The Verge, the headset…

Leaked Galaxy Note 4 Images Show Off Metal and Pleather

We already know a lot of rumors and speculation surrounding Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Note 4, but we had yet to see any leaked images of the thing. These photos provide that last piece to this phablet puzzle. Originally posted by GSMArena, these pics display some expected details—the S Pen’s location, fake leather-plastic backing, capacitive buttons,…

A New Samsung Galaxy Alpha Image Leaks Full Specs

Last week, we got a pretty revealing look at the rumored Samsung Galaxy Alpha’s iPhone-esque exterior. Now, a new leak from TecMundo is giving us a possible glimpse inside that iFacade. If you can’t make out the fine print on the image above, here are a few highlights: 4.7 Super AMOLED Display 12 mega-pixel rear…

Samsung’s Robo Vac Chases Lasers Like a Cat To Clean Any Spots It Missed

The Roomba paved—or cleaned—the way for a long list of robot vacuum copycats to hit the market, but very few offer a compelling reason to not just buy the original autonomous floor cleaner. However, what Samsung’s new VR9000H robo vac lacks in eye-catching product naming, it makes up for with a neat feature that lets…

Galaxy Note 4 Rumor Roundup: Everything We Think We Know

The Galaxy Note 3 is a monster, both in size and importance. It was the best-selling device in Samsung’s Galaxy lineup last year, and more importantly made phablets something you’d actually want to use. But with Apple potentially about to enter the biggie-sized smartphone space, the upcoming Note 4 has a whole lot more riding…

Apple and Samsung Have Called a Truce on Patent Wars Outside the U.S.

In the great professional fanboy fight that is Apple vs. Samsung, things might be about to grow up. The two companies have agreed to put an end to patent battles outside of the U.S.. In a joint statement, reports Bloomberg, the two companies explain that they have decided to drop all of the current patent…

New Galaxy Alpha Leak May Show Super-Slim Design

Samsung might be copying a few design elements here and there from Apple, but it appears to beat out the iPhone in at least one category. This photo, originally leaked by @culeaks, claims to show the rumored Alpha’s slimness advantage over an iPhone 5S. A collection of other images also posted on @culeaks Twitter account…

New Galaxy Alpha Leaks Show iPhone-Inspired Design

The Samsung Galaxy line has been a smartphone stalwart for years. But unanticipated commercial and design criticism of its latest flagship, the Galaxy S5, has forced the company to go in a different creative direction—down a road that apparently leads straight to Cupertino, Calif. New leaks from Weibo show off a purportedly reimagined Galaxy smartphone.…

Samsung plans to launch two new high-end smartphones within the next six months: one with a “large screen,” the other built using “new materials.” How… cryptic.

Looks Like Samsung’s Working on a Round Smartwatch Too

What with Android watches, other Android watches, Tizen watches, and fitness-tracker watches, Samsung has tried pretty much everything watch-y. But it’s not over yet. Newly found patents make it look like Samsung is also keen on that round style. The round watch patents were dug up by MobileGeeks, and while patents don’t mean a consumer…

Samsung’s Gear VR Headset Plans Outed by Leaked Official Companion App

Samsung’s Gear VR headset thing is the subject of a new leak, with a mobile companion/control app for the gadget now unofficially available. The app, obtained by Sammobile, describes itself as a Gear VR Manager and is a bit barebones without the actual hardware to manage, but once installed it connects to Samsung’s servers and…

Gear VR: Is This Samsung’s Plastic Version of Google Cardboard?

We’ve heard rumors before that Samsung and Oculus were working together on a VR headset, and this leak of “Gear VR” from Sammobile might be it. It’s stripped down and simple; a plastic version of Google Cardboard. Previous rumors suggested that Samsung’s entrance into the VR space wouldn’t be a full-on headset, but rather a…

Samsung has announced that it’s closing its Video and Media Hub. Any purchases you made will still be valid, only over with M-Go instead.

Samsung Gear Live Review: That’s a Pretty Big Baby Step

Whether you believe that smartwatches are the inevitable future or that they’re the Devil’s own handcuffs, almost everyone can agree that they’ve been pretty weak so far. Android Wear is here to fix that. And it just might! Eventually. Samsung’s Gear Live is the first attempt, and while it’s got some issues, it’s a great…