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Samsung Overtakes Nokia as the World’s Biggest Phone Manufacturer

Samsung has just toppled Nokia’s 14-year run as the world’s biggest vendor of mobile phones in terms of shipments. In the first quarter of 2012 Samsung shipped 93.5 million handsets—36 per cent more than a year earlier—overtaking the Finnish phone giant who shipped a mere 82.7 million. Bloomberg reports that it’s Samsung’s smartphones that have…

Gadgets Jamie Condliffe

This Chip Will Power the New Samsung Galaxy S III

While the new Galaxy S III is due to officially launch on May 3rd, Samsung has just announced what’s set to be powering it, and things sound promising. Based on the ARM Cortex A9, Samsung’s new chip—which is called Exynos 4 Quad—will feature four cores all running at 1.4 GHz. https://gizmodo.com/samsung-to-unveil-galaxy-s-iii-on-may-3rd-5902249 It replaces, and will…

Gadgets Jamie Condliffe

More Samsung Galaxy S III Hardware Caught On Camera

Samsung looks like it’s playing the sneaky disguise-a-phone game Apple so famously played – wrap your next generation phone’s hardware in a body that looks exactly like current models, at least from a cursory glance. This time though we get a glimpse at Samsung’s musings over its new UI, and it looks like Samsung’s not…

Gadgets Sam Gibbs - gizmodo uk

Samsung iCloud Competitor Will Apparently Debut Alongside Galaxy S III. Sigh.

Samsung’s S-Cloud, which seems like a six-letter middle finger to the design lawsuit lawyers, will be out with the Galaxy S III next month, according to Korean newspaper Maeil Business. The only thing is, uhh, why? S-Cloud will be an apparently unlimited service—though that sounds like it’ll apply to the bandwidth, not the storage—and also…

Gadgets Kyle Wagner

Did the Samsung Galaxy SIII Just Show Up in Vietnam?

Samsung’s Galaxy SIII is due to launch officially on May 3rd. We’ve already seen some blurry images of what might be the phone—but now an even more convincing example has surfaced in Vietnam. https://gizmodo.com/samsung-to-unveil-galaxy-s-iii-on-may-3rd-5902249 Engadget reports that the handset showed up on Vietnamese site Tinhte—though the original page is now down. No worries: we still…

Gadgets Jamie Condliffe

The Best Inexpensive Point-and-Shoot Camera with Wi-Fi

Smartphone cameras have gotten so good—and sharing photos from them has gotten so easy—that in most situations, a simple point-and-shoot camera seems like an unnecessary inconvenience. But point-and-shoot manufacturers, eager to keep their products relevant, have begun equipping the cameras with built-in Wi-Fi transmitters. These combine a legitimate camera’s lens and sensor with a phone-like…

Reviews Mario Aguilar

Samsung’s Pro Compact Cameras Get Juiced With Wi-Fi

Samsung’s line of excellent NX-series mirrorless cameras is getting packed with the Wi-Fi features the company’s been offering in point-and-shoots for years. Sharing your photos between devices and on Facebook made easy—but is it a feature that these cameras need? https://gizmodo.com/will-samsungs-zoomy-wi-fi-cameras-beat-out-your-smartp-5874082 Last year’s Samsung NX200 was pretty darn excellent, save for a few quibbles we…

Gadgets Mario Aguilar

Are These the First Photos of the Samsung Galaxy SIII?

Our beloved Portuguese-speaking brethren at Gizmodo Brazil scored exclusive photos of what could be the Samsung Galaxy S III, which is due for a formal launch on May 3. If this is it, it does seems to be an incremental update rather than a major overhaul. https://gizmodo.com/samsung-to-unveil-galaxy-s-iii-on-may-3rd-5902249 According to Gizmodo Brazil’s source, the alleged-S III…

Tech News Mat Honan

Why Google Shouldn’t Make Its Own Phone

According to Business Insider, Google has bigger plans for Motorola than just hoarding Moto’s patents. BI is saying Google now wants to use Motorola’s team to create its own Google smartphones and tablets. Meaning Google doesn’t just want to develop another Nexus One, it wants to make its own iPhone. And that would be a…

Tech News Casey Chan

Samsung and Apple CEOs Will Meet and Hash Out Their Patent Woes

Is there a light at the end of the clusterfuck of a tunnel that is the industry-wide patent wars? According to Foss Patents, Apple CEO Tim Cook and Samsung’s chief Gee-Sung Choi will supposedly meet in a San Francisco courtroom within the next 90 days to talk about a possible settlement. The two companies have…

Tech News Leslie Horn

Samsung To Unveil Galaxy S III on May 3rd

Finally, after much rumour and speculation, a “new Samsung Galaxy” is officially coming. It’ll be showing its presumably pretty face on the 3rd of May in London at a “Samsung Mobile Unpacked” event—if that doesn’t scream Galaxy S III I don’t know what does. The event invite is a bit vague, of course; there’s no…

Gadgets Sam Gibbs - gizmodo uk

Samsung Galaxy Tab 2: A Little Better, a Little Cheaper

You probably need a cheat sheet to keep track of all of Samsung’s tablets: the Galaxy Tab 7, the 10.1, the 8.9, the 7.0 Plus, the 7.7, and did I hear a niner in there? And now there’s the Galaxy Tab 2, with two models (7.0 and 10.1) that are very slightly improved, but not…

Gadgets Leslie Horn

An Open Letter To the 5 Million Confused People Who Bought a Samsung Galaxy Note

“Bro, it’s so big.” That’s an actual thing I heard from an actual person. The man was a personal trainer at my gym, the “it” was a Galaxy Note mutant phone. He clenched the massive thing in his iron grip. https://gizmodo.com/samsung-galaxy-note-lightning-review-wait-who-ordered-5886054 For some reason, he loves it. I wish he didn’t. Because he and the…

Gadgets Sam Biddle

How Apple’s Android Bloodlust Kicked Off the Great Patent Wars

The Patent Wars have been going on for so long that you start to forget why we’re here. Who shot first—Apple? Samsung? Greedo? Paul M. Barrett at Businessweek has a great rundown on how we got here, and why everything stems back to Apple’s crusade against Android. Steve Jobs’ “thermonuclear” resolve against Android is well…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

Classic Center Channel Speaker or Contemporary iPod Dock?

What do you get when you combine the warmth of antique vacuum tubes and the precision of modern transistors? You get Samsung’s newest sound station. The Samsung DA-E750 employs a unique hybrid amp that includes both analog vacuum tubes to provide more natural-sounding amplification and a digital amp to reduce noise distortion. The 2.1 channel…

Gadgets Andrew Tarantola

The Samsung Galaxy Note Is Only Appropriate for an Elephant to Use

The Galaxy note, a 5.3-inch plastic and electric goiter of a hybrid crap phablet, hasn’t really taken off with the human population. Samsung, in an attempt at cute advertising, paired the “phone” with an elephant. Maybe it’s on to something! If you try to ignore the grinning actress pretending to be playing with this jungle…

Gadgets Sam Biddle

Is This the Samsung Galaxy S III?

According to GSM Helpdesk Netherlands, this is Samsung’s next superphone, the Galaxy S III. The image is supposedly an official press shot, and the the timing makes some sense, since it’s about a year since we first saw a leak about the Galaxy S II. https://gizmodo.com/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-and-10-inch-galaxy-tab-ii-details-l-5758758 GSM’s tipster also includes some specs that have been…

Gadgets Kyle Wagner

Horrible, Joyless Patent Trolls Are Suing Samsung and RIM Over Emoticons (o_O)

I bet when you’re texting with friends you like to drop a 🙂 or maybe a ;-). If you’re really up on your game, it’s possible you toss in a (^_^). And because RIM and Samsung decided to include a quick-access key for these wonderful digital creations on their smartphones, some soulless patent trolls got…

Gadgets Adrian Covert

How a Pimp’s Android Pattern Lock Foiled the Feds

The FBI seems to be having a bit of trouble accessing electronic evidence lately. First there was the case of the forgotten encryption key, and now the Bureau is unable to prosecute a notorious San Diego pimp because they can’t break his Android’s screen lock. https://gizmodo.com/defendant-ordered-to-decrypt-hard-drive-says-she-forgot-5882811 Dante Dears was recently paroled from state prison after…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Samsung Makes the New iPad’s Screen Because No One Else Could (Updated)

Apple has exacting demands when it comes to quality control, and few things need to hit harder on quality than the retina screen on the new iPad. According to Bloomberg, the only company that was able to make the screens up to Apple standards was Samsung. You know, the company Apple’s been trying to sue…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

Samsung Overtakes Nokia as the World’s Biggest Phone Manufacturer

This Chip Will Power the New Samsung Galaxy S III

More Samsung Galaxy S III Hardware Caught On Camera

Samsung iCloud Competitor Will Apparently Debut Alongside Galaxy S III. Sigh.

Did the Samsung Galaxy SIII Just Show Up in Vietnam?

The Best Inexpensive Point-and-Shoot Camera with Wi-Fi

Samsung’s Pro Compact Cameras Get Juiced With Wi-Fi

Are These the First Photos of the Samsung Galaxy SIII?

Why Google Shouldn’t Make Its Own Phone

Samsung and Apple CEOs Will Meet and Hash Out Their Patent Woes

Samsung To Unveil Galaxy S III on May 3rd

Samsung Galaxy Tab 2: A Little Better, a Little Cheaper

An Open Letter To the 5 Million Confused People Who Bought a Samsung Galaxy Note

How Apple’s Android Bloodlust Kicked Off the Great Patent Wars

Classic Center Channel Speaker or Contemporary iPod Dock?

The Samsung Galaxy Note Is Only Appropriate for an Elephant to Use

Is This the Samsung Galaxy S III?

Horrible, Joyless Patent Trolls Are Suing Samsung and RIM Over Emoticons (o_O)

How a Pimp’s Android Pattern Lock Foiled the Feds

Samsung Makes the New iPad’s Screen Because No One Else Could (Updated)

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