Samsung is open to mergers and acquisitions to grow its home appliances business

It is being reported by Reuters that Samsung is open to all possible options to grow its home appliances business including mergers and acquisitions. The company’s Chinese rival Haier Group recently acquired General Electric’s appliances business, but Suh Byung-sam, who heads Samsung’s appliances business, mentioned that the acquisition won’t have any serious impact on Samsung. Samsung is trying to grow its home appliances business...

Samsung Galaxy Tab E 7.0 specs leak, Galaxy Tab E Lite also incoming

We exclusively revealed last year that Samsung is working on a new Galaxy E tablet lineup. Samsung launched an 8-inch variant of the Galaxy Tab E for US carrier US Cellular and today brought the tablet to Taiwan, and the company could soon be introducing a 7-inch Galaxy Tab E. The Galaxy Tab E 7.0 – model number SM-T280/SM-T285 - should come with a 7-inch 1280×800 pixel display, a 1.3GHz processor, 1.5GB of RAM, 8GB of expandable storage, and...

Tip: What to do without notification LED on Galaxy A (2016) devices

As Samsung puts ever more upmarket specifications into its mid-range Galaxy devices, one nifty little feature remains exclusive to the expensive, high-end side of its portfolio. Amazingly, we’re not talking about fingerprint readers here, nor about cameras with optical image stabilization. If you’ve read our Galaxy A5 (2016) preview, you know those are no longer exclusive to the flagship models. This...

1-25-2016 Firmware Updates: Galaxy S4 LTE, Galaxy E5, Galaxy Note 3, 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 These can include major updates, which bring a newer version of the OS to a particular device, or minor ones that improve performance and stability and fix bugs.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...

Exclusive: Samsung plans to bring almost all its apps to iOS

Samsung already has a bunch of apps on iOS platform. Earlier this month, the firm had revealed its plans to bring iOS support for the Gear S2, but that’s not all. We’ve recently received information from our trusted insiders that Samsung is planning to bring most of its apps (if not all) to Apple’s iOS platform later this year. According to the information that we’ve received, Samsung is working on Gear Fit Manager for iOS. This will...

Samsung updates Gear Manager app, adds battery level indicator

Samsung has just pushed a new update to its Gear Manager app, which is used to connect a smartphone with the company’s smartwatch and fitness tracker offerings. The new update brings the app to version 2.2.16011842, and you can install it from the Galaxy Apps store or the Google Play Store. With the new version of the app, which has a file size of 31.5MB, Samsung has started displaying...

Samsung launches the Gear S2 Classic in 18K Rose Gold and Platinum globally

At the Consumer Electronics Show 2016 earlier this month Samsung unveiled two new editions of the Gear S2 Classic, one finished in 18K Rose Gold and the other in Platinum. As far as specifications or features go there’s nothing different about the Gear S2 Classic New Edition when compared to the Gear S2 Classic that has already been available for a few months now. Samsung has announced today...

Sport to Strap Adapter for the Gear S2 hits Kickstarter

Samsung sells two design variants of the Gear S2 – Gear S2 (Sport) and Gear S2 Classic – priced at $299 and $349, respectively. Sure, you can buy the lower-priced Gear S2, but there’s a catch. The Sport variant comes with Samsung’s proprietary watch strap adapter, and only straps made by Samsung can be used with it. Samsung offers a limited collection of watch straps, so you are out of luck if...

Samsung may introduce its first OLED TV in 2017

Even though Samsung uses Super AMOLED displays in its smartphones, tablets, and wearables, the company isn’t pushing OLED TVs. Instead, the South Korean electronics giant is pushing the Quantum Dot technology for its high-end TVs in 2016. However, a report from OLED Association predicts that Samsung may introduce its first OLED TV in 2017. Apparently, Samsung will bring OLED TVs with HDR and 8K resolution...

Samsung launches brand new Galaxy Tab E 8.0 in Taiwan

If you cast your mind back to June of 2015, you may recall that Samsung added WiFi-only variants of the Galaxy Tab E 9.6 and Galaxy Tab E 8.0 to its extensive tablet lineup. However, the devices didn’t do as well as the South Korean company would have liked and it’s now attempting to inject a new lease of life into the Tab E series by introducing a newer 8-inch model in Taiwan. Unlike its older, larger...