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Is This the Samsung Galaxy S IV?

We’re just days away from Samsung’s official launch of the Galaxy S IV, and a Chinese forum post claims to be offering images of what purports to be the new flagship phone. Up front, let’s be honest with ourselves: this rumor needs a decent pinch of salt to accompany it. Samsung has successfully camouflaged phones…

How to Get the Best Exclusive Features on Any Android Smartphone

A Samsung Galaxy phone won’t go to sleep as long as you’re staring at the screen. An LG Optimus handset lets you run apps in tiny windows on top of the desktop, while Motorola RAZR devices can perform key tasks according to a schedule. Some call the proliferation of custom features Android fragmentation, but I…

The Samsung Galaxy S III’s Lockscreen Is Full of Holes Too

It seems it’s pretty much safe to assume that if someone has your phone in their possession they’ll be able to get through the lockscreen: now, the Samsung Galaxy S III has a security bug too. You can gain full access to a locked Galaxy S III with a series of simple button presses. How…

Uh oh: Samsung is already halting sales of Windows RT tablets in Germany because of low demand. That doesn’t bode well.

Leaked Screenshots Support Samsung Galaxy S IV Auto-Scroll Rumors

These leaked screenshots add a smidgen of weight to the New York Times rumor which suggested that the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S IV would offer smart auto-scrolling by tracking your eyes. https://gizmodo.com/nyt-the-galaxy-s-iv-will-auto-scroll-by-gazing-deep-in-5988407 The screenshots, published by Sammobile from an unnamed sources, need to be taken with a grain of salt. But if the images are…

Samsung Just Gave Sharp $110 Million to Guarantee LCD Supply

Sharp has just announced that it’s getting a $110 million shot in the arm from Samsung. In turn, that will help guarantee Sammy as many LCD panels as it can use. The sum actually buys Samsung a three percent stake in Sharp—which sounds small but in fact makes it the biggest shareholder that isn’t a…

Is This What the Samsung Galaxy S IV Looks Like?

The Samsung Galaxy S IV is going to be announced in 10 days and we’re pretty excited for it even if we don’t know what it’s going to look like. We might now. A few leaked images of what’s supposed to be the Galaxy S IV have come out and if they’re real, the phone…

NYT: The Galaxy S IV Will Auto-Scroll By Gazing Deep Into Your Eyes

With the Galaxy S IV announcement just barely over a week away, rumors are swirling. But one of the stand-outs, now being confirmed by the New York Times, is that the Galaxy S IV will be able to scroll all by itself, just by looking at your eyes. https://gizmodo.com/samsung-confirms-the-galaxy-ivs-coming-march-14th-5986667 It’s a super simple concept. As…

Samsung Apologizes for Fatal Acid Leak in Factory

Samsung has officially apologized for a leak of Hydrofluoric acid in a Korean plant in January. The leak killed one worker, and injured four others. Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Kwon Oh-hyun told Yonhap News Agency, “We plan to overhaul the system in a bid to better make environmentally-friendly workplaces.” Unlike many other working condition misfortunes,…

Got a Galaxy Note II? Ne’er-do-wells can use this trick to peek past your lockscreen for a second, but not much else.

Supposed Galaxy S4 Spec List Suggests Eight-Core Processor

Someone who claims to be in possession of a Galaxy S4 prototype decided it would be fun to benchmark it, giving us a look at how the phone might, possibly, perform and what might be inside Samsung’s next Android flagship. The Antutu benchmark test reports that the S4 is powered by Samsung’s own Exynos 5410…

Judge Cuts $450 Million Off the $1 Billion Samsung Owes Apple

Judge Lucy Koh has given Samsung a huge discount on the damages it owes Apple. Originally billed to pay Apple over $1 billion, Judge Koh has cut $450,514,650 from Samsung’s tab. The new total that Samsung owes is $598,908,892. Still an unfathomable amount of money but an unfathomable amount of money less now. The reason…

The Judge Who Forced Apple to Publicly Apologise to Samsung Now Works for… Samsung

The judge who came up with the bizarre idea of forcing Apple to apologise on the front page of its web site after a court battle with Samsung went wrong has a new job, working for… Samsung. According to research by patent law expert Florian Mueller, The Rt. Hon. Professor Sir Robin Jacob was one…

We’re This Much Closer to Replacing Our Wallets With Phones

It sounds boring, but one of the most important frontiers in technology right now is how mobile can make paying for stuff easier. And while this year’s Mobile World Congress might have been a little lacking in four-star hardware, there were some serious steps taken towards replacing your wallet with your smartphone. Here are the…

Samsung Wallet Is Apple’s Passbook, on Android

Samsung has just announced its new Wallet mobile payment app at the Mobile World Congress and… and it looks a hell of a lot like Apple’s Passbook. By now you know the drill: the app lets users store things like event tickets, boarding passes, membership cards, and coupons in one central location on their phone.…

Tim Burton is ready for the Zombie Unicorn Apocalypse, even if reality isn’t

Sorry to post a commercial as news, but this little Samsung USA ad about Tim Burton meeting a small iOS game company to make a movie based on their hit game Zombie Unicorn Apocalyse, was cute enough that we thought we could make an exception, what with its zombie unicorns and Tim Burtons and such.…

Samsung Confirms the Galaxy IV’s Coming March 14th

There have been rumors that Samsung’s new flagship Galaxy phone was not one for Mobile World Congress, but would instead have its own gala on March 14th. We’d heard reports earlier today confirming the date, but now Samsung has made it social media official. Get ready. https://gizmodo.com/report-the-galaxy-s-iv-is-definitely-being-announced-o-5985135 At Mobile World Congress, Samsung Electronics’ mobile division…

Samsung officials have confirmed that the Galaxy S IV be launched at a March 14th event in New York. https://gizmodo.com/report-the-galaxy-s-iv-is-definitely-being-announced-o-5985135

Samsung’s HomeSync Android Box Brings a Whopping 1TB of Storage to Your TV

Set top boxes aren’t exactly mobile tech, but Samsung has unveiled its new one at this year’s Mobile World Congress. The HomeSync aims to work with your mobile devices and serve has a hefty little Android-powered box for all your media. A 1TB box. Running Android Jelly Bean (version unspecified) the HomeSync will let users…

Galaxy Note 8.0 Hands On: The 8-Inch Tablet That’s an 8-Inch… Phone

Samsung’s Galaxy Note just grew to 8 inches. It’s actually really nice. It combines a bunch of the stuff that Samsung’s been building in the Galaxy S and Note series and puts them into a nearly perfectly sized tablet. Two things, though. One, we don’t know how much it costs, and price is a huge…