Samsung’s new ad for the holidays promotes the Galaxy Tab S2

If you’re in the market for a new tablet this holiday season then Samsung wants you to consider the Galaxy Tab S2, its new ad for the holidays puts the spotlight on this tablet. The ad shows a little girl who just won’t stop asking her parents when Santa is coming with all the presents, this goes on for quite a bit before the father starts reading her a Christmas story while they wait on the Galaxy Tab S2. “If it’s waiting time, it’s Tab time,” says...

Galaxy Note 5 Europe release reportedly set for early next year

It has been a few months since the Galaxy Note 5 was launched in the United States and several other markets across the globe alongside the Galaxy S6 edge+, however the company made it clear from the very start that the Galaxy Note 5 won’t be released in Europe this year. Since then there have been many rumors and reports about when this phablet will arrive in the continent, a new report suggests that the Galaxy Note 5 Europe release has now been...

Samsung reportedly seeking internal heat pipe suppliers for the Galaxy S7

A couple of months back when Qualcomm was yet to fully unveil the Snapdragon 820 it was rumored that the new chipset was also facing overheating issues like its predecessor the Snapdragon 810, Qualcomm was quick to shoot down those rumors and said that the Snapdragon 820 performed well within the parameters. Nevertheless it remains a concern for those who never fully took Qualcomm at its word that the Snapdragon 810 didn’t have any problems...

Samsung announces payment of damages worth $548 million to Apple

The Apple vs Samsung patent infringement dispute has been going on for quite some time now and initially Apple was awarded nearly a billion dollars in damages which were later brought down to around the $500 million mark following a series of suits and countersuits between the two companies. Last month Samsung had filed a petition before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to get an en banc rehearing on whether or not...

The True Phablet: Samsung’s Project Valley foldable smartphone will make the phablet complete

The “phablet,” or a compound word of “phone” and “tablet,” is one word that you may wish never entered into the human language. Some think it sounds too close to “phlebitis,” or “phabulous” (yes, I spelled it like this intentionally), or some other word that sounds like a sickness, a disease, or a stomach virus gone wrong. Regardless of your feelings or thoughts about the word, it’s been coined by...

Themes Thursday: 47 new themes hit the Samsung Theme Store this week

Another week has gone by, and more themes have hit the Samsung Theme Store. There are 47 new themes in the store today, some of them paid and some of them free. Well, most of them are paid, which seems to be a recurring theme (pardon the pun) these days. Once again we’re seeing a few Christmas themes, but there are quite a few regular ones as well. Of the 47 themes, some of the good ones include...

Samsung expects 2016 to be tough for its handset business

Samsung Group announced a couple of days ago that J.K. Shin, who has looked after the day-to-day running of the company’s handset division for many years, will be taking a step back and while he will continue to lead the overall division management will be handed over to Dongjin Koh. The new head previously led the mobile research and development team at Samsung and he also played a vital role...

Samsung trails Apple and Google in list of most innovative tech companies

Since 2005 the Boston Consulting Group has been drawing up an annual list of most innovative companies and it has now issued the list for 2015 which features Apple in the top spot followed by Google and Tesla in second and third place respectively. Samsung has been placed in fifth position just behind Microsoft, whereas Toyota, BMW, Gilead Sciences, Amazon and Daimler occupy places from 6th to 10th. Samsung...