The Windows 8 tablet space at launch consisted exclusively of Tegra 3-based or Core i5/i7 ULV-based systems. That changed with the release of Krait and Clover Trail tablets like the ATIV Tab and Acer W510, respectively, but with 7W IVB and AMD Z60 on the very near horizon, we’re seeing the Windows 8 tablet market start to expand and evolve quite rapidly. After a very positive initial experience with the Windows RT slates, I was very eager to get my hands on an x86-based tablet. So when Anand gave me the chance to review one, I jumped at the opportunity. And so we have the Samsung ATIV Smart PC, which is also known as the Samsung Series 5 Slate 500T in other parts of...
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Samsung Refreshes Galaxy Tab Again: Dual-Core, No Plus
The original 7" Galaxy Tab was already long in the tooth when it was refreshed in the form of the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus. That iteration brought Samsung's mighty...
8 by Jason Inofuentes on 2/13/2012
US Cellular Announces Initial 4G LTE Markets, Devices
Not to be left in the dust by their big national counterparts, regional carriers are also moving onward to 4G LTE, and US Cellular today announced its initial 4G...
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Samsung Announces Galaxy S Advance
Reports about a new Samsung Galaxy series smart phone have been floating around for a few days now, and today Samsung has finally made it official by announcing the...
14 by Kristian Vättö on 1/30/2012
Samsung Exynos 5250 Begins Sampling – Mass Production in Q2 2012
Back in November, Samsung announced its next generation Exynos 5250 SoC based on ARM’s Cortex-A15 architecture. Samsung confirmed today during its earnings call that the Exynos 5250 has begun...
32 by Saumitra Bhagwat on 1/27/2012
Samsung Updates the Firmware of SSD 830 Series, Fixes BSOD Issue
This seems to be a month of SSD firmware updates. Less than two weeks ago, Crucial released a firmware update to fix the issue that caused BSODs after 5184...
24 by Kristian Vättö on 1/23/2012
Samsung Launches Series 9 All-in-One PC
Samsung has released Series 9 All-in-One (or simply AIO), and more specifically the model that was released today carries a model number 900A7A. It adopts a similar design as...
14 by Kristian Vättö on 1/22/2012
Samsung Galaxy Nexus & Ice Cream Sandwich Review
The evolution of Google’s Nexus line is an interesting one. Each year, Google chooses both a silicon partner and an OEM to make a unique hardware archetype which it...
187 by Brian Klug & Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/18/2012
Hands on with Samsung's Line of New Notebooks
Samsung showed off a completely new line of notebooks at CES, and we've gotten to go hands on with all of them. In addition to the refreshed Series 9...
18 by Vivek Gowri on 1/14/2012
Hands-on with the Samsung Series 9
The Samsung Series 9 update was announced Monday and we got a peek at Samsung's thinnest notebook ever while at PepCom's Digital Experience, just ahead of CES. The latest...
7 by Jason Inofuentes on 1/10/2012
Hands-on with the Galaxy Tab 7.7 LTE and Galaxy Note
I had a minute to chat with Philip Berne of Samsung and get my some time with the Galaxy Tab 7.7 LTE and AT&T's recently announced LTE variant of...
4 by Jason Inofuentes on 1/10/2012
Samsung Galaxy Note Joining AT&T's Stables
Ahead of their keynote, Samsung and AT&T announced that they would be the first North American carrier to sell Samsung's Phone/Tablet mash-up, the Galaxy Note. Featuring a 5.3" HD...
3 by Jason Inofuentes on 1/9/2012
Samsung Announces Series 7 and Series 9 Monitors
T27B750 Samsung has started CES early and has announced two new monitor lineups: Series 7 and Series 9. Series 7 is a premium consumer-grade series whereas Series 9 is mainly...
8 by Kristian Vättö on 1/8/2012
Roku Streaming Stick Brings Smarts To MHL Equipped TVs
Smart TVs will be a big deal this year. If you sunk your money on one of last year's 3D sets, you probably don't want to do it again...
2 by Jason Inofuentes on 1/5/2012
Samsung Galaxy Note Gets ICS-based CyanogenMod 9 Build
Work on CyanogenMod 9 continues: yesterday saw the release of an experimental development build for the Samsung Galaxy Note, the first port of the new Ice Cream Sandwich-based OS...
6 by Andrew Cunningham on 1/3/2012
Samsung Promises Ice Cream Sandwich By 1Q12 For SGSII & Galaxy Note
In a post on Samsung Tomorrow, Samsung Electronics announced that they would begin rolling out Ice Cream Sandwich to the Galaxy S II variants and Galaxy Note by the...
20 by Jason Inofuentes on 12/20/2011
Samsung S23A750D 3D LCD Display
The big push in movies and displays has been 3D the past few years. In movies it’s ranged from well designed and executed (Avatar) to a gimmick to charge...
82 by Chris Heinonen on 12/17/2011
Samsung's PM830 Coming To Ultrabooks in 2012
We've seen what Samsungs latest SSD controller can do in notebooks, and now they're ready to share the love with Ultrabooks. The latest PM830 variants come in the mSATA...
4 by Jason Inofuentes on 12/2/2011
Holiday 2011 Laptop Buyer’s Guide
We say it every year, but the trends continue so we’ll keep repeating it: laptops and mobile devices are becoming increasingly popular, often at the cost of desktop sales...
87 by Jarred Walton on 12/2/2011
Samsung Exynos 5250 Announced: Cortex-A15, 2GHz, Dual-core
All our favorite mobile System-on-Chip manufacturers have been hard at work on their Cortex-A15 designs, and Samsung is no different. Today, in Korea, Samsung announced their first Cortex-A15 SoC...
25 by Jason Inofuentes on 11/30/2011
Affordable Chromebooks for the Holidays
We received two press releases this morning relating to Chromebooks, one from Acer and one from Samsung. Starting with Acer, they have announced a $50 price drop on their...
16 by Jarred Walton on 11/21/2011