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Samsung Reveals New Cameras for CES

Ahead of Samsung's CES event on Monday, the Korean company has announced two new cameras to get the show on the road, the NX30 and the Galaxy Camera 2. Aimed at the prosumer, the NX30 compact system camera extends Samsung's NX range, though my guess is that it will replace the current NX20 model. The heart of the camera is

Samsung Galaxy Gear Smartwatch Needs a Woman’s Touch

Yesterday, Sept 4 Samsung announce the release of the Galaxy Gear Smart-watch. This is part of an expanding line of smart watches including the Pebble, the Sony Smart-watch and the mythical Apple iWatch. Smart watches are a portion of a larger group of wearable computers, which include Google Glass. Wearable computers are a key part of the contextual world, which

Samsung ATIV Smart PC Pro Review

The Samsung ATIV Series 7 Smart PC Pro is a Windows 8 hybrid: a touchscreen tablet that that slots into a keyboard, converting the tablet into a laptop. Sounds like a great idea but how well does it work in practice? Let's get it out the box first - apologies for some of these photos, there was a bit too

Samsung UK Chromebook Offer

Just a quickie....Samsung UK have an offer on at the moment that if you buy one of their Chromebooks during August, you can claim a free smartphone. Don't get too excited as the phone is only a Galaxy Mini but it's better than nothing and you can always flog it on ebay. There are further goodies if you buy a 3G Chromebook. Pay attention to

LG Nexus 4 and Nokia DT-900 Wireless Charging

Being an ex-Palm afficionado, I'm a massive fan of wireless charging. The convenience of simply placing a Pre onto a Touchstone to charge is unparalleled and I still use wireless charging with my Cyanogen-modded Touchpad. Today, the Pre series is history thanks to HP, but wireless charging is still around with Samsung, LG and Nokia all supporting the Qi standard. My

Gmail Contact Synching Bug

Last fall I got a Samsung Galaxy S3 phone. I love the S3. It's an awesome piece of technology. Sometime overnight a couple of evenings ago, it developed a hardware problem and the next day it would no longer boot. It was working perfectly when I went to bed, but when I woke up something had gone wrong. So, I

Samsung Acquires Boxee for $30 Million

Samsung just stepped up their game in the Set Top Box division by purchasing Israeli and NYC based Boxee streaming media. Boxee came out in 2007 as streaming TV media started to gain traction. Companies like Netflix, Hulu Plus, Amazon, Vudu and more created apps which could be seen on the Boxee Entertainment System. Even Techpodcasts and Blubrry have channels