Samsung is planning to shut down ChatOn instant messaging service in certain markets, according to latest report from the Korea Times. The move comes from the company as it restructuring the unprofitable business.
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Samsung has retired the Fitness with gear app and replaced it with the new S Health app. The new data about all your health activities will now be integrated into the new S Health app.
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Samsung Galaxy S5 sales has failed to pick up and meet company’s expectations. The sales of Galaxy S5 have been 40% less than what the company had expected, as per a latest report from The Wall Street Journal.
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Samsung has launched a WiFi only variant of the Gear S in Japan for ¥38,880 ($330). The WiFi-only version of the Gear S is currently offered by Japanese carrier KDDI au while the and NTT DoCoMo is selling the SIM card slot equipped Gear S.
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Samsung has filed a complaint with a US International Trade Commission asking them to block imports of NVIDIA’s computer graphic chips in the U.S. markets.
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Samsung announced the Gear S smartwatch in August and it went on sale in India earlier this month for Rs 27,900. We have already seen the unboxing and the photo gallery of the smartwatch and also went handson with it at IFA Berlin. Now lets compare the smartwatch to Samsung Gear Live that was announced at Google I/O conference in June. It launched in India in July for Rs 15,900.
The Gear S runs on company’s homegrown OS Tizen. It sports a 2 inch (360 x 480 pixels) curved Super AMOLED display and is powered by a 1GHz Dual-Core processor. While the Gear Live runs on Android Wear and has a 1.63 inch touchscreen with a 320×320 resolution and is powered by a 1.2 GHz processor. Both the smartwatches have 512MB RAM and 4GB of internal storage.
The Gear S has sensors like Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient Light, UV, Barometer. On the other hand the Gear Live has a heart rate sensor, pedometer, Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass. Both the devices are IP67 Certified for dust and water resistance. Both the devices have the heart rate sensor and charging pins below the device. The Gear S comes with a built in SIM Card slot while the Gear Live does not have one.
The Gear S measure 23.4 x 57.4 x 11.95 mm and weighs 27g while the Gear Live is 8.9mm thick and weighs over 60g. Both the devices have 300mAh battery. In terms of connectivity Gear S supports 3G and Bluetooth 4.1 while the Gear Live supports Bluetooth 4.0.
Gear S has a signature home button below the display and the ambient light sensor is present next to it and has a stainless steel body and blue, black and white changing straps. The Gear Live also comes with a stainless steel body and a usual rubbery strap.
Samsung has launched a new service that allows users to share videos easily. Dubbed as Milk Video, the service is an expansion of the Milk Music service that was rolled out by Samsung earlier this year in March.
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Samsung has lost its bid to a US Judge about putting the Microsoft smartphone patent royalties suit on hold. The U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff said the lawsuit would proceed despite the arbitration.
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Rising popularity of metallic smartphones has resulted into a downfall of plastic injection molding industry. 2014 saw most of the smartphone makers choosing metal for their flagship phones thereby reducing the demand for plastic.
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Samsung is said to be supplying 80% of Apple’s future processors, according to a latest report from the Korean Times. Apple will use these processors for upcoming iPhone and iPad models in 2016.
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We know that Samsung is working on a low end smartphone that is powered by Tizen OS. The company is planning to launch this phone in India by end of this year. A new report from SamMobile has got some info and photo of the upcoming smartphone.
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Samsung announced the Gear S smartwatch in August and it went on sale in India earlier this month for Rs 27,900. We have already seen the unboxing and the photo gallery of the smartwatch and also went handson with it at IFA Berlin. Now lets compare the smartwatch to the Samsung Gear Fit fitness tracker that was announced in February and launched in India in April and is now selling for Rs. 8,159. Continue reading “Samsung Gear S vs Gear Fit Photo Gallery”
Microsoft announced the Microsoft Band, its fitness tracker last month for $199. Along with the band the company also launched the new Microsoft Health platform. We have already seen the unboxing and photo gallery of the Microsoft Band, now lets compare it with Samsung Gear Fit that was launched in India earlier this year.
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Oculus Rift has released the mobile software development kit (SDK) for Samsung’s Gear VR Innovation headset. The Gear VR is powered by the Oculus Mobile software and therefore comes with an official Mobile Software Development Kit that will encourage developers to prepare some apps for the new platform.
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BlackBerry and Samsung have joined hands to further boost mobile security solutions on Android. The security focused partnership will bring BlackBerry’s encryption system to businesses using Samsung’s Galaxy smartphones.
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