New video shows how to get started with Samsung’s Charm fitness band

Samsung released multiple wearable devices this year including the Gear Fit 2, Gear Icon X and Charm. Samsung’s first showcased Charm, its most stylish fitness band, in February along with the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge. Now, the South Korean tech giant has released a video that explains how to get started with its stylish fitness band. Charm comes in three colors – Black, Gold, and Rose Quartz – so that it can match with your lifestyle or fashion preferences....

Samsung Gear 360 Review: Create your own moments in virtual reality

Samsung announced the Gear 360 back in February at Mobile World Congress this year as a 360 camera for regular consumers with great specifications. The Gear 360 is available in many countries right now and it is time we put this little camera to the test. Samsung gave us the opportunity to do so, and we tested the Gear 360 in various ways. Let’s see how the Gear 360 fares. Design 2016 is the year...

Wallpaper Wednesday: Landscapes

Welcome to the latest edition of Wallpaper Wednesday. This week we’re focusing our attention on eight gorgeous landscape-themed backgrounds. All images are available in a QHD resolution, which is a perfect fit for the Galaxy S7, Galaxy S7 edge, Galaxy Note 5 and other flagships, but they can, of course, be used on different smartphones, too. If any of the following...

AT&T finally releases Marshmallow for the Galaxy Note 5 and the Galaxy S6 edge+

AT&T subscribers will be happy to learn that their carrier is finally rolling out Marshmallow for the Galaxy Note 5 and the Galaxy S6 edge+. It’s the last major mobile network in the United States to release Marshmallow for these handsets. The updates weigh in at around 1.6GB and they are now being rolled out to the aforementioned devices over-the-air. Both of these handsets will be bumped up to Android 6.0.1 and all of the features...

Samsung sees Samsung Pay not as a revenue stream but as a growth engine for its phones

Samsung and Apple are both competing in the mobile payments market with Samsung Pay and Apple Pay, yet both of them have different strategies. Apple sees its mobile payments service as a source of revenue. It’s believed to charge merchants around 0.15 percent of the transaction value in the United States while Samsung asks for no such payment from its partners. Samsung doesn’t see Samsung Pay as a new revenue stream, at least not yet. The company...

Samsung Creators initiative launched to help filmmakers generate VR content

Samsung has announced the launch of a new initiative today called Samsung Creators which is going to help filmmakers generate VR content so that next-generation storytelling can be accelerated. The company will partner with storytellers to generate content for multiple audiences and a variety of channels to showcase the public that it’s easy to create VR content with Samsung VR technology. “We want to bring the power of VR technology directly...

Milk VR has been renamed Samsung VR and opened up to consumers

Samsung has made a string of virtual reality related announcements today at VidCon. It announced the official launch of the Gear 360 camera for customers in the United States, this is the first time that people in the country can buy this camera which was first unveiled at MWC 2016. The company is also making it easier for people to share the 360-degree videos they shoot with the Gear 360. It has renamed Samsung Milk VR to simply Samsung...

Gear 360 priced at $349, gets limited release in the United States

Samsung unveiled the Gear 360 camera back at the Mobile World Congress earlier this year and today it finally confirmed how much the camera is going to cost and when it’s going to be available for purchase in the United States. The Gear 360 is only getting a limited release at this point in time so many customers in the country will have to wait a while to find out more information about the wider launch. The company has confirmed that...

Galaxy Note 7 to have same OLED source suppliers as Galaxy S7 series

Since the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge launched with gorgeous AMOLED displays, Samsung’s sticking to success with the Galaxy Note 7. A new report says that Samsung will remain with the same 3 OLED source suppliers for the upcoming Galaxy Note 7 that it employed for the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge: Samsung SDI, The Dow Chemical Company, and Idemitsu Kosan, with these three companies together supplying the green, red, and blue materials for AMOLED...

Report: Samsung Galaxy Note 7 to feature a 5.8-inch curved display and 4,000 mAh battery

The Galaxy Note 7 launch invite was leaked recently, and it is being reported that there will be only one variant of the device, either the curved screen variant or the one with a flat display. Now, a new report claims that Samsung will only launch the curved screen variant of the Galaxy Note 7 (or the Galaxy Note 6), and that it will be released in the Netherlands and other markets in Europe. According to a report from GSMHelpDesk, Samsung...