Samsung Ventures pours money into Nanosys, a Quantum Dot display manufacturer

Nanosys, a manufacturer of Quantum Dot displays, has confirmed that it has received an investment from Samsung Venture Investment Corporation. SVIC is the venture capital arm of the Samsung Group and this latest round of funding is a follow-up on the investment made back in 2010. Nanosys is going to use the new funds for expanding production capacity as demand for its displays grows rapidly. The company has not revealed the exact amount of funding...

US Cellular rolls out Android 5.0.2 for the Galaxy Tab S 10.5

It was only a couple of weeks ago that the Lollipop roll out by carriers in the United States started for the Galaxy Tab S 10.5, the four major carriers have got the update out of their system by now and only US cellular remained. Today it too has followed through, Galaxy Tab S 10.5 owners on US Cellular are receiving the Android 5.0.2 Lollipop update today. As mentioned on Samsung’s support site, software version T807R4TYUBOE5 is being rolled out...

06-01-2015 Firmware Updates: Galaxy S5, Galaxy Note Edge, Galaxy Note 3 LTE, and more

Samsung has a plethora of phones and tablets in its lineup, and regularly releases firmware updates for various devices. These can include major updates, which bring a newer version of the OS to a particular device, or minor ones that improve performance and stability and fix bugs. Software updates for Samsung devices roll out in various regions every day, and you can find out which firmware updates were pushed out by the company over the last...

Newest Samsung Galaxy S6 commercial gives artistic take on “The New Phone Feeling”

Samsung’s commercials have been a strength of the company for some time now, but that statement doesn’t override the weird moments we’ve all witnessed when Samsung botches up a product. The Broadway performance of the Galaxy S4 presentation, for example, left a weird taste in the mouths of CNET’s own Molly Wood as well as other diehard Samsung fans. One in particular said that every time he picked up his Galaxy S4 after that, he quickly put it down...

Get a sneak peek at exclusive Jurassic World content on Samsung SUHD TVs at Best Buy

The latest addition to the hugely popular Jurassic franchise will hit theaters in the very near future but fans are certainly finding it hard to contain their excitement since they have had to wait for a very long time for the new movie. One can watch the trailers only so many times before the craving to see more comes up again, fortunately Samsung has got Jurassic fans covered. It...

Galaxy Tab S 8.4 LTE gets Lollipop on Verizon

It has only been a couple of weeks since Verizon released the Android 5.0.2 update for the Galaxy Tab S 10.5 and now it’s following through with Lollipop for the Galaxy Tab S 8.4. Samsung has confirmed that Verizon is releasing said update for the Galaxy Tab S 8.4 today, users in the United States should start getting update notifications on their tablets shortly. Software version T707VVRU1BOD4 being rolled out by Verizon today brings the Galaxy...

Samsung official says the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge are selling well

Is Samsung’s business really imploding? If we go by the sales of the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge, then that might not be the case. An unnamed Samsung executive has told The Korea Times that the two Galaxy S6 flagships are selling well and that the sales are meeting the company’s internal target. According to the official, 305,000 units of both devices are being sold every day since they went up for sale, more than 124,000 and...

“Okay, Google” command is back and working on the Galaxy S6 and the S6 edge

Did you try to activate the “Okay, Google” command on your Galaxy S6 or Galaxy S6 edge, but never found a way to do it? Well, Google accepted that there was indeed a problem, but they have now verified that the hotword is working again. The hotword detection was broken for weeks, and the option to activate it was totally missing from the settings. Some users believed that it was an intentional omission by Samsung, but it isn’t completely true. It...

Galaxy S5 Android 5.0.2 update will arrive later this month

A few weeks back it was reported that Samsung will release micro-updates for some of its devices that faced various issues following the update to Lollipop. Information made public on the website of Optus, the Australian carrier, reveals that the Galaxy S5 is going to receive one of those micro-updates later this month. Android 5.0.2 has now entered testing with Optus. It’s going to be a minor update for the Galaxy S5 (SM-G900) and will probably...

Samsung successfully demonstrates world’s first Public Safety LTE network

Today, Samsung successfully demonstrated world’s first Public Safety solution over LTE technology that is based on the newly released 3GPP Rel.12 standard. The technology was demonstrated live at the company’s Digital City in Suwon, South Korea. The company showcased how its PS-LTE solution could be used for connectivity during an emergency situations such as a huge disaster. More than 80 devices were connected to the network, and HD voice was...

Samsung SM-G9198 (Philipe) might actually be a flip phone for Chinese market

The Samsung SM-G9198 that leaked last was suspected to be the Galaxy S6 Mini, but looks like it might a different device altogether. If you remember (well, we don’t actually hope that many would), Samsung released the SM-G9098 – a clamshell Android smartphone with dual displays – in China last year. It is completely possible that the recently leaked SM-G9198 might be a successor to that clamshell smartphone. If it this speculation...

Exclusive: Samsung to start rolling out Android 5.1.1 Lollipop update to Galaxy Note 4 by the end of July

Google revealed the developer preview of the next big version of its mobile device operating system – Android M – last week during Google I/O 2015, and the release of its final version is due in Q3 2015. Now, you must be thinking if Samsung is too slow in updating its existing smartphones and tablets to the latest version of Android. Samsung has already improved its software update game starting this year, and it has already rolled out Lollipop...

Investment bank analyst claims that Samsung’s business is imploding

An Oppenheimer analyst has claimed in the investment bank’s letter to its client that Samsung’s current-generation flagship smartphones, the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 edge, have turned out to be failures. The letter also mentioned that the South Korean smartphone giant’s business is “imploding“. Samsung managed to ship about 10 million Galaxy S6 devices till now, a million units less than what it managed with the Galaxy S5 last...

Samsung starts reviewing and selecting third-party designers for Galaxy Theme Store

About two months ago, Samsung called third-party designers to develop themes for its new and upcoming smartphones and tablets. A month later, the company revealed more details about how to proceed with partnering with the company on building themes. Now, Samsung has started reviewing and selecting third-party designers for its Galaxy Theme Store. As you can see in the image below, a designer...