Friday, April 18, 2014

Android 4.4.2 KitKat arrives to the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition)


Samsung has started rolling out the Android 4.4.2 KitKat update to the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) tablet. The device launched and was sold with Android 4.3 Jellybean in tow. Today, with this update, the Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014) joins the Samsung family of devices that boasts Android 4.4 KitKat. For those who owns this particular tablet from Samsung, you might want to check for software updates. I think the update is available for the global variant of the tablet. I am not sure if the US has it already but it does not hurt to check. Cheers! 

Samsung Gear Fit sports Samsung SDI's curved battery


Samsung SDI, a subsidiary of Samsung Group and supplies batteries to Apple, unveiled their curved batteries for wearables. This (photo above) battery is 210mAh and with Samsung's technological development, called the V-Bending technology, allows them to create a a battery that has a reduced size but with increasing capacity. 

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Samsung releases list of Galaxy devices compatible with the Gear Fit, Gear 2, Gear 2 Neo


Samsung has officially released a list of all the devices that will be or are compatible with their newest family of wearable devices. The Samsung Gear 2, Gear 2 Neo, and the Gear Fit will be compatible with 20 Samsung Galaxy devices. The list is right after the break. As with the photo above it is obvious that Samsung might make these wearables compatible with more devices since they explicitly pointed out "as of April 15, 2014". Anyway, the devices.

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Samsung updates Group Play to 3.0 with Group Camcorder on the Galaxy S 5


For those who owns a Samsung from the Note 2 - 3 and the S4 -5, then you probably know what the app named Group Play cna do. Samsung has updated that to Group Play 3.0 on the Galaxy S 5 adding a feature called Group Camcorder. Again, for those who owns a Samsung, this feature need not be explained it works just like what the other features in the app are.

Kapture the Moment event by Samsung


Samsung has another event in the coming weeks titled "Kapture The Moment". The event will happen at 11am in Singapore's Red Dot Design Museum. Of course, Samsung won't give out what the main point or topic of the event is but it looks like there is going to be a new phone announced. Probably that Galaxy S5 with a metallic design? Who knows? Mark your calendars if you want to find out what it is.

Friday, April 11, 2014

Samsung makes vertical display orientation possible to the Samsung Gear Fit


When the Samsung Gear Fit was announced, it only had one display orientation available for those who will be buying the said smartband. As the public voiced out their concern of wearing a smartband with an orientation that is perpendicular of how you actually look at a watch on your wrist reached Samsung, the people over at South Korea went back to the drawing board. The Gear Fit will eventually get the vertical orientation we all wanted. So, thank you Samsung! for listening.

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Samsung makes Graphene commercially viable


With the advent of curved and flexible displays, companies who do the development and discovery of new technology in order for new tech to be commercially viable has been hard at work trying to look for the support materials needed for these tech to work properly and are cost efficient. In South Korea, Samsung, together with SungKyunKwan University, has discovered a new way of making graphene commercially viable.

Sunday, April 6, 2014

Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 7.0


Lastly, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 7.0, which basically follows the same design as the Galaxy Tab 4 8.0 it is just 1-inch smaller. Anyway. this tablet will also be available by Q2 of 2014 and just like the rest of the Tab 4 line, they have the same specs only that they are sized differently for you to choose the best sized tablet.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 4. 8.0


Next we have the Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 8.0. It has everything the GTab 4 10.1 has but just in a smaller form factor. That is how lines work. Anyway, like the GTab 4 10.1, the Galaxy Tab 4 80 is also expected to be available by Q2 of 2014. No details about the pricing yet, as always.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 10.1


Samsung has updated their Galaxy Tab line with the unveiling of the Galaxy Tab 4 tablets. First, we have the Galaxy Tab 4 10.1 which goes to improve the design from what it tries to succeed, the Galaxy Tab 3 10.1. It also follows the boxier aesthetics of the Note 10.1 (2014). Anyway, the line is expected to become available in Q2 of 2014. As always, the Galaxy Tab line is always inferior to the Galaxy Note line of devices from the South Korean giant but it does not mean that these devices should be ignored in the market. The GTab 4 10.1 comes with LTE connectivity and all the other stuff you usually see in a tablet. For the specs, head over the break.