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Samsung LN52A650

November 17th, 2008 · No Comments

Bigger, as they say, is better, and the Samsung LN52A650 delivers. It may not be the biggest TV on the block, but it doesn’t have to be. Fifty-two inches is plenty of space on which to view HD movies, HD games, HD sports, and more. If you’re going to go big with your gifts this [...]

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Samsung dishes out five new SyncMaster LCDs

November 13th, 2008 · No Comments

Filed under: Displays, HDTV

At this point, the whole subtly curvaceous / glossy black motif on the SyncMaster line has become a tad unexciting, but we suppose it still gets the job done. Today, Samsung has unleashed five new ones to chew on, and if you weren’t an expert on spotting differences in dimensions, you’d have [...]

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Qualcomm begs for Snapdragon attention, doubles processor power

November 13th, 2008 · No Comments

Filed under: Handhelds, Laptops

After last year’s CES fiasco and the non-launch of a Snapdragon device in June, this is what it’s come to: the no really, manufacturers love our platform press release. According to Qualcomm, HTC, LG, ASUS, Samsung and other leading device manufacturers have created more than 30 device designs based on Snapdragon chipsets. [...]

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Sony announces new CMOS sensors, 12+ megapixel cameraphones coming soon

November 13th, 2008 · No Comments

Filed under: Cellphones, Digital Cameras

If you’ve enjoyed the point-and-shoot megapixel race, which has pushed sensor resolutions in your average 3X zoom compact cam well into the teens — leaving a sad trail of dark and noisy holiday pictures in its wake — you’re going to just love the mobile phone megapixel race. Samsung’s 10 megapixel [...]

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Samsung unleashes another Boeing phone

November 12th, 2008 · No Comments

The SGH-A777 comes in blue (pictured here) and red.
(Credit: AT&T)

Never one to rest on its laurels, Samsung has released yet another phone with a slim slider design. AT&T’s Samsung SGH-A777 is the latest in the company’s Boeing series, as we’ve come to call …
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Samsung U440 / Cleo drops by the FCC

November 11th, 2008 · No Comments

Filed under: Cellphones

Looks like Canada isn’t the only country out there getting kisses from Cleo. According to documents recently filed with the FCC, the sassy cellphone looks set to emerge Stateside on Verizon with the decidedly unsassy designation U440. Will the stylish phone — with its full QWERTY keyboard, 1.3 megapixel camera, A2DP stereo Bluetooth, [...]

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Samsung’s X460 laptop gets fondled on video

November 11th, 2008 · No Comments

Filed under: Laptops

The lucky, lucky chaps over at Laptop got an early sit-down with the glossy 14.1-inch Samsung X460 we’ve been hearing so much about. We’ll have to be patient and wait for the full review, but some early impressions are that the outer shell smudges up quite easily (as evidenced by the above photo), [...]

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Samsung Cleo launches in sassy, stylish Canada

November 7th, 2008 · No Comments

Filed under: Cellphones

We heard a while back that the Samsung Cleo was on its way, and and now it’s arrived — well, if you’re lucky enough to live in Canada, anyway. It’s not the only square flip phone on the planet, but it’s definitely the most fashion-conscious. As far as we can tell, specs are [...]

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Re-cap of LaptopPimp and Laptop Reviews!

October 31st, 2008 · No Comments

I have been covering a lot of netbooks over at our Laptop Blog, LaptopPimp.com so here’s a re-cap of what went around the laptop world last week or so: Samsung NC10 Netbook is available now on Amazon, it’s probably been awhile last time Samsung sold any laptops in the U.S. but netbooks must be [...]

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Samsung drops jaws with 40-inch 1080p OLED display

October 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Filed under: Displays, HDTV

Anyone who figured OLED would go the way of SED has another thing comin’, and Samsung’s got the prototype to prove it. Over at the OLED-heavy FPD International 2008 show, Samsung is showcasing the biggest panel (of this nature) that its pilot line can even create: a 40-inch Full HD OLED display. [...]

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