Samsung Galaxy Round + Galaxy Gear

Galaxy Round

After a flood of rumours, Samsung has unveiled the Galaxy Round: the world’s first smartphone to eschew a flat display in favour of a horizontal concave curve.

Running Android 4.3 with its own proprietary Touch Wiz interface, the Galaxy Round comes powered by a 2.3GHz MSM 8974 quad-core processor – with 32GB of internal storage and 3MB of RAM – and sports a 5.7″ 1080p HD display and weighs in at just 5.4 ounces with a slim 0.3″ thick profile. Like the S4 and Note 3, the Galaxy round features a 13MP camera with autofocus and flash in addition to a 2MP forward-facing camera. Highlighted by the design are brand new “roll” and “gravity” effects that expand gesturing by allowing users to access glance and music-centric screens with a rock of the device. Samsung’s Galaxy Round is set to first launch in Korea before making its way to additional markets.

Galaxy Gear

Samsung‘s latest commercial for the Galaxy Gear, which recently aired during week 5 of the NFL season, takes viewers on a nostalgic journey through the most iconic wrist-worn devices featured on the big-screen and television. With devices from The Jetsons, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Knight Rider, Predator and Star Trek to name but a few making an appearance, the promo concludes with a 360-degree look at Samsung’s latest innovation and a tagline that reads ”it’s finally real.” Check out the commercial below featuring scenes from films and TV series that inspired the Galaxy Gear “evolution.”

Samsung Galaxy S IV Specifications

GENERAL
2G Network - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE (market dependent)
SIM Micro   - SIM
Announced   - 2013, March
Status      - Coming soon. Exp. release 2013, April 26th

BODY
Dimensions  - 136.6 x 69.8 x 7.9 mm (5.38 x 2.75 x 0.31 in)
Weight      - 130 g (4.59 oz)

DISPLAY
Type       - Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size               - 1080 x 1920 pixels, 5.0 inches (~441 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch    - Yes
Protection     - Corning Gorilla Glass 3
                - TouchWiz UI

SOUND
Alert types    - Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker - Yes
3.5mm jack    - Yes

MEMORY
Card slot        - microSD, up to 64 GB
Internal        - 16/32/64 GB storage, 2 GB RAM

DATA
GPRS             - Yes
EDGE        - Yes
Speed        - HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL
WLAN           - Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
Bluetooth       - Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR, LE
NFC               - Yes
Infrared port  - Yes
USB                 - Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL 2), USB On-the-go, USB Host

CAMERA
Primary         - 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
Features         - Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD video and image recording, geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection, image stabilization, HDR
Video         - Yes, 1080p@30fps, dual-video rec.
Secondary       - Yes, 2 MP,1080p@30fps, dual video call

FEATURES
OS                 - Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
Chipset         - Exynos 5 Octa 5410
CPU                 - Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7
GPU                - PowerVR SGX 544MP3
Sensors         - Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, temperature, humidity, gesture
Messaging     - SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS
Browser        - HTML5, Adobe Flash
Radio        - TBD
GPS                - Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Java  - Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
Colours        - White Frost, Black Mist

ADDITIONAL FEATURES
 - Wireless charging (market dependent)
- S-Voice natural language commands and dictation
- Smart stay, Smart pause, Smart scroll
- Air gestures
- Dropbox (50 GB storage)
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- TV-out (via MHL 2 A/V link)
- SNS integration
- MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV/H.264/H.263 player
- MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC player
- Organizer
- Image/video editor
- Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail,
YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa
- Voice memo/dial/commands
- Predictive text input (Swype)

BATTERY
- Li-Ion 2600 mAh battery

Also available with Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 chipset (Quad-core 1.9 GHz Krait 300 CPU, Adreno 320 GPU).

S4 on the left, S3 on the right

Samsung Galaxy S4 Official Reveal

Live Stream



Will post up official specs and features a bit later.

Pretty entertaining Samsung. Well played.

Samsung Releases First Possible Image Of Galaxy S IV

Just days away from Samsung's Unpacked Event in New York City, the handset giant finally released a teaser photo of what could be its fourth-gen product, the Samsung Galaxy S IV. The handset itself does not deviate much from the design of Samsung's previous generation products - not necessarily a bad thing, but the photo dusts up more rumours that it lays to rest.

The dim, dark photo vaguely shows the outline of the S IV, with Samsung's signature curved edges and touch screen that could perhaps disappoint consumers looking for a radically different design for the much-loved Galaxy series. Also, the phone's design looks very similar to the model that an alleged leaker has produced media about for the past few days.


It's easy to see the similarities in the similarities in the video above, which happens to have many of the standard haptic responses and noises that come with a Samsung phone.

That's not to say that this phone actually is the Galaxy S IV: it also bears a  striking resemblance to Samsung Duo's Line, a popular phone series in China and other parts of Asia.

Only 2 more days until the rumours are put to rest. Check back here for the latest news once they are available.

Samsung Galaxy S4

A horrible commercial to mate an epic product. Nice one Samsung!

Any who, we are less than a week away from the big reveal of Samsung's next flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S IV. According to a source speaking with the New York Times, the Galaxy S IV will include "Eye Scrolling," a new way to possibly interact with a smartphone.

Earlier this year, Samsung filed for trademark over the name "Eye Scroll" in Europe, and "Samsung Eye Scroll" in the United States. There's no word as to whether or not the eye-tracking tech will be on display during Samsung's "Unpacked" reveal event on March 14.

A few details on the specifications of the device have been released via Androidiani (InformationWeek)

• 4.99-inch display with full HD resloution
• 2 GB of RAM
• SoC Exynos 5 Octa
• GPU PowerVR SGX 544MP
• Android 4.2 Jelly Bean
• 13 megapixel back camera
• 2.1 megapixel front-facing camera
• Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, NFC

Whatever details surface in the next few days, I'll be sure to post up for those interested (including myself lol).

Samsung Galaxy S4 Announcement

Samsung is planning on unveiling the successor to the renowned S3, on March 14th in New York. Stay tuned for further details as they become available.