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Jun

Korea Times: Samsung Galaxy Camera 2 To Be Unveiled At June 20th London Event, Says CEO JK Shin

Posted by Jeremiah Rice in Galaxy Camera, News, Samsung

We wondered what Samsung would have up its sleeve for that shadowy Premiere event, set for June 20th in London. Or more precisely, we wondered what it had left - the company has unveiled no less than three variants of the Galaxy S4 (at least by name) and two new tablets since the event was announced. According to the Korea Times, at least one new product will be the Galaxy Camera 2, successor to last year's eponymous category-bending smart camera.

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Samsung CEO JK Shin told the paper as much, in an interview on the company's progress since the Galaxy S4 release.

Jun

AT&T Announces The Galaxy S 4 Active, Available Beginning June 21st For $200 With A Two-Year Agreement

Posted by Cameron Summerson in AT&T, Galaxy S4 Active, News

If style and power meets rugged and durable is what you're looking for in a smartphone, then you'd be hard pressed to find something that fits the bill better than Samsung's just-announced Galaxy S 4 Active. It takes almost everything that makes the GS4 great and wraps it in a water- and dust-resistant shell, bringing high-end specs to those who need a ruggedized device that can handle nearly anything that comes its way.

This morning, AT&T made itself the first US carrier that will be offering the device, which will be available on June 21st for $200 with a two-year agreement.

Jun

Samsung Gives Us A Peek At The Galaxy S4 Reliability Testing Process

Posted by Ryan Whitwam in Galaxy S4, News, Samsung

It's fun to joke about Samsung's phones feeling cheap because they're made of slippery plastic, but that doesn't mean they're actually cheap. Samsung just posted a video tour of the lab where the Galaxy S4 is tested for reliability, but let's call it what it is – this is Samsung's smartphone torture chamber. The video is in Korean, but you can turn on English closed captioning.

The Galaxy S4 takes everything from drops to impacts and comes out fully functional. That's the thing about plastic – it bounces. Some devices might feel very solid, but there's no give to the casing and that can spell trouble if dropped.

Jun

AT&T Announces Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 With LTE

Posted by Ryan Whitwam in Galaxy Note 8.0, News

The Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 has won some ardent fans since its release, but AT&T just announced a new variant for those who want a little LTE with their S Pen. AT&T even put together a handy video showing off some of the Note 8.0's features.

This is the same Note 8.0 we've seen before, but with the LTE radio and (presumably) some AT&T apps built-in. The Note 8.0 runs Android 4.1, has a 1.6 GHz quad-core Exynos chip, 4,600mAh battery, 16GB of storage (with microSD card slot), and a 1280x800 LCD screen.

AT&T is being coy about the price and release date, saying only that it will be available in the coming weeks.

Jun

Samsung Releases Kernel Source For AT&T Version Of The Galaxy S4

Posted by Ryan Whitwam in AT&T, Galaxy S4, News

Developers take note: Samsung is getting some more source code out the door, but it's just one device this time. The kernel source for AT&T's version of the Galaxy S4 is out, and it's up for grabs at Samsung's open source site.

Kernel source for a few other variants of Samsung's flagship have already been posted. In fact, this development means T-Mobile is the only major carrier whose GS4 hasn't joined the open source club. It's a strange world when Verizon, Sprint, and now AT&T devices have kernel sources posted before T-Mobile.

The AT&T GS4 kernel source is available on the page linked below.

Jun

Samsung Makes The Galaxy S4 Zoom Official: 16MP, 10x Optical Zoom, 3G/LTE, And Phone Calls Too

Posted by Jeremiah Rice in Galaxy S4 Zoom, News, Samsung

We're starting to wonder if Samsung will have anything left to announce at the London event next week - they've made three new phones and two new tablets official in the small amount of time since the event was scheduled. The latest is the Galaxy S4 Zoom, an update to both the never-ending string of Galaxy S4 variants and last year's Galaxy Camera that's been caught in the wild already. This time around, the device is a phone first: the S4 Zoom has smartphone capabilities as well as pretty respectable point-and-shoot specs.

On the phone side of things, the S4 Zoom shares quite a lot with the Galaxy S4 Mini, including a 4.3-inch 960x540 screen (super AMOLED), a 1.5Ghz dual-core processor (which may be slightly altered by market), and both 3G and LTE versions.

Jun

[Deal Alert] Amazon Wireless Drops Verizon's Galaxy S 4 To $119 For New Contracts

Posted by Cameron Summerson in Deals, Galaxy S4, News, Verizon Wireless

A few days ago, Dell dropped the price of both Sprint's and Verizon's variants of the Galaxy S 4 to $119 and $129 respectively. Not to be outdone, Amazon Wireless has now undercut Big D by $10, and is offering Verizon's GS4 for $119 for new contracts ($170 for upgrades). That's a pretty solid deal if you don't want to buy from Dell, though I'd be remiss not to mention the $50 eGift card that Dell is throwing in if you do decide to buy through them. If you have no intention of buying anything else from Dell, however, Amazon's deal is the way to go.

Jun

Official Nexus 7 Dock No Longer Available On US Play Store

Posted by David Ruddock in News, Nexus 7

The official Nexus 7 pogo pin dock, which we reviewed earlier this year, closed up shop on the US Play Store for some reason this afternoon. The $30 accessory was rather long-awaited by many Nexus 7 owners, and went on sale on the Play Store in numerous countries, including the US, in March.

It's possible this is just a temporary fluke in the Play Store inventory system, but this page hasn't changed in well over an hour, so we're starting to believe this situation might be permanent. Why, exactly, would Google stop selling the accessory? Well, speculation about a new small Nexus tablet is likely to run wild when this sort of thing happens - discontinuing accessories is often a sign that the product for which they're designed may be getting the axe as well.

Jun

[Deal Alert] 16GB Nexus 10 On eBay Daily Deals For $389.99 With No Tax Outside California And Free US Shipping

Posted by Ryan Whitwam in Deals, News, Nexus 10

You might look at this deal and think it sounds pretty mild. After all, the Nexus 10 is only $399 from Google Play. However, this deal can be had tax free outside of California and includes free standard US shipping.

This listing is for a new-in-box 16GB Nexus 10 just like you'd get from Google Play – WiFi-only, Android 4.2, Samsung Exynos 5 dual-core chip, amazing screen, and so on. Buying this tablet from Google will probably rack up taxes in the range of $30, and shipping is $13.99. You could easily save over $50 buying the device from eBay today.