Samsung to announce the Galaxy Tab A 8.0 and 9.7 on April 29th in Malaysia

The Tab A is now official in Canada, and Canada’s southern “sibling” is expected to see Samsung’s latest tablets arrive in stores on May 1st, but other countries won’t see the new tablets until some days or weeks in the future. Fortunately, Malaysian customers who’ve been hearing about the Tab A series won’t have to wait much longer until the two tablets are revealed in their country. Malaysian site Soyacincau says that Samsung Malaysia has sent...

Researchers claim Galaxy S5 flaw can allow hackers to clone fingerprints

Researchers from security firm FireEye claim that even though biometric information on the Galaxy S5 is stored in a secure enclave it is possible to grab that information before it reaches that protected area, thus allowing hackers to clone fingerprints for subsequent attacks. Researchers Tao Wei and Yulong Zhang from FireEye will talk about this at the RSA conference tomorrow, they’ve conducted this research on the Galaxy S5 as well as other...

Samsung patents Nike FuelBand and JawBone UP fitness tracker rival

Smart fitness devices are but one subset of the growing wearables category in mobile tech, but they’re a testimony to the desire of consumers to get fit, have ways to monitor their fitness, and so on. Samsung has pioneered the move of major tech giants into the smartwatch category with one smart fitness band (the Gear Fit) and four smartwatches (Galaxy Gear, Gear 2, Gear 2 Neo, Gear S) in recent memory,...

New Galaxy S6 commercial breaks out the colors to promote Samsung’s ‘most beautiful display yet’

Another day, another promo for the Galaxy S6. Samsung’s latest TV ad for its new flagships focuses entirely on the display. It shows just how nicely the display can handle vibrant and vivid colors, the Galaxy S6 has already received a lot of praise in many reviews for its amazing display. Research firm DisplayMate recently concluded that the Galaxy S6′s display is tied with the Galaxy Note 4‘s as the best display ever to have been used in a...

Samsung’s new infographic puts the spotlight on revamped TouchWiz for the Galaxy S6 and S6 edge

Samsung introduced a revamped and streamlined user experience for the Galaxy S6 and S6 edge, the new TouchWiz you find on these handsets has a simple interface and a more customizable look and feel. The company published a new infographic today which details all of the improvements that were made to TouchWiz before it found its place on the Galaxy S6. The infographic shows that Samsung made it...

Google Play Services gets updated to enable Android Auto on the Galaxy S6

There have been many reports recently about some of the latest Android devices not working properly with Android Auto and Google has now come through with a fix. A new update has been pushed out for Google Play Services, which basically manages Google’s apps and services on an Android device, and it enables Android Auto on the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 edge. Google announced Android Auto last year, the software lets users extend the Android experience...

Galaxy S6 has reportedly not performed up to Samsung’s expectations in South Korea

A report out of Korea claims that the Galaxy S6 has not performed as well as Samsung would have like it to on its home soil, apparently the company has only managed to sell just over 200,000 units of the Galaxy S6 and S6 edge combined ever since both smartphones were released on April 10. The report says that earlier sales forecasts might have been exaggerated as data shows that sales were significantly lower than the 300,000 pre-orders placed for...

Samsung applies for Gear W and Wheel UX trademarks

Samsung’s first round smartwatch, the Gear A, is currently undergoing development, and we’ve talked in detail about various aspects of the watch in recent weeks. One of those aspects is the new UI that the Gear A will be introducing to Samsung’s smartwatch lineup as a result of its circular design, with the Gear A to employ a rotary bezel ring and a digital crown for letting users operate the...

Samsung reveals more details about Themes feature for new and upcoming Galaxy devices

After calling UI designers to work with them on Themes for the Galaxy S6 and the S6 edge, Samsung has revealed more details about its Theme Service on its official blog for developers. According to Samsung, the Theme Service is a combination of three things – device framework for theme customization, a theme editor, and a global store where these themes will be listed. According to Samsung, the new...