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Samsung's Q1EX-71G Is a Taste Of What an Apple Tablet Might Be

Samsung just pulled the wrappers off an intriguing little machine: The enigmatically-named Q1EX-71G is actually a mini netbook PC that shuns both the traditional clamshell design and processor family that you'll find inside nearly ...READ»

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Samsung's TL320 Digital Camera Sports Analog Dials For Retro Chic

It's the run-up to photography tradeshow PMA 2009, so we can expect a pile of new digital camera news: Standing out among the new releases today is Samsung's TL320. It's a point-and-shoot compact device, much like many others, but ...READ»

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Samsung Brings 720p Shooting to Cellphones

Samsung's Omnia HD, rolled out at Mobile World Congress, brings one fantastic new feature to the world of cellphone video-making: It shoots in 720p high-definition. And that's a first, and a welcome one at that--if only because it ...READ»

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Sony Joins the 12-Megapixel Cameraphone Bandwagon

Samsung's 12-megapixel camera-equipped smartphone was supposedly the only bloated-sensor cellphone rumored before Mobile World Congress, but it looks like Sony Ericsson wants to join the party too. It just unveiled the Idou, which ...READ»

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Samsung's Blue Earth is First Solar-Powered All-Touchscreen Cellphone

Samsung's Blue Earth is the first solar-powered all-touchscreen smartphone. The device even takes energy saving a bit further with a built-in "eco-mode" system. This system sets low screen backlight brightness and duration with a ...READ»

The Most Innovative Companies in Consumer Electronics

You have seen our Fast Company 50. But what are the companies within specific categories doing creative and ground-breaking work? Who is leading an industry into the future? Here we present the top ten firms in Consumer Electronics.READ»

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Samsung's Ultra Touch S8300 is a Smarter Slider

Samsung's Memoir phone was an interesting mashup of a phone strapped to the back of an 8-megapixel digital camera. But the company's new Ultra Touch S8300 cellphone flips the problem around, bolting a high-end smart cellphone onto a ...READ»

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Samsung Memoir: 8MP Camera, Touchscreen Smartphone Mashup

Although the megapixel war continues, stupidly, in cameraphones, Samsung's Memoir gets a pass. It's a sweet mashup of an 8-megapixel camera married to a cellphone with a huge touchscreen. The camera module behaves much like a ...READ»

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The Megapixel War's New Frontier: Cameraphones

There's a rumor going around about an upcoming cellphone from Samsung, due to be unveiled at Mobile World Congress, that possesses a 12-megapixel camera. Let's all give Samsung a round of applause for opening the megapixel war's ...READ»

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Senator Wants Microsoft Job Cuts to Target Foreigners

Microsoft's cost-cutting move of slashing 5,000 jobs has attracted the attention of Republican senator Charles Grassley from Iowa. He wrote to CEO Steve Ballmer about the job losses, specifically concerned that, "Microsoft will be ...READ»

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Goodbye Boxy: Why Future Gadgets Will Be Curvy

In the natural world straight lines are a fairly rare thing. Yet we humans love imposing the hard angles on our constructions and, of course, our gizmos. In the near future this will change, our gadgets will all be curvaceous and ...READ»

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Samsung Foldable Display: Same Size, Double the Screen

At the risk of sounding like a shill, Samsung is killing at CES this year. Usually it's easy to ignore concepts, but you can't help but wonder at the possibilities of this: A foldable display. Sure, the display ...READ»

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Judging the New CES Gadgets by Looks Alone

Yesterday, on the first day of CES, the world's definitive gadget trade show, the product announcements were flowing thick. What the commenters ignored, however, were the basic question of whose stuff looked the best. That's a ...READ»

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10 Tiny Pico Projectors that Fit in the Palm of Your Hand [Photo Gallery]

When I first heard about "Pico" projectors two years ago, I figured the teensy handheld photo and video projectors were vaporware. But then last year the first wave of these ultra-portable beauties, many less than an inch thick, began ...READ»

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Samsung's 8-Megapixel Pixon Cameraphone Comes to US

Samsung's Pixon cellphone has just made it past the FCC, labelled as M8800L, and that means it'll hit stores sometime soon. What distinguishes this phone from others in the crowded market is a built-in 8-megapixel camera.Whether this ...READ»

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Tech Watch: Why Is Movie Rental Still So Damn Difficult?

While other technologies advance, renting a movie seems more confusing and expensive than ever.READ»

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Samsung's 8MP Touchscreen Phone Coming

With Nokia [NOK] announcing their "Tube" touchscreen phone this week, it seems like Samsung [SEO:005930] got a little jealous and decided to let a few details about their Pixon cameraphone slip. The touchscreen phone will ...READ»

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SanDisk Proposes Memory Card Albums

SanDisk [SNDK] is betting that you miss going into a store and buying music the old fashioned way. Well, not the "old-fashioned" way, exactly -- but on memory cards instead of CDs. Memory cards packed with DRM-free music, ...READ»

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Samsung Attempts Purchase of SanDisk

Samsung [005930] had a few billion laying around, so the company decided today to make an unsolicited offer to purchase Flash memory maker SanDisk [SNDK]. In what was apparently an attempt to broaden its influence as the ...READ»

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Asus Announces Smartphone

Perhaps sensing a hole in their otherwise-comprehensive product line of consumer electronics, Asus has endeavored to create a smartphone called the Galaxy7. Assuming a candy-bar form factor and a touchscreen interface, it looks to ...READ»

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Samsung Announces Eco-Phone

If you're a fan of biofuel, you'll love this: a phone made with a corn-based enclosure from Samsung [SEO:005930]. The E200 Eco phone doesn't sport any mind-blowing specs; it simply features a 1.3MP camera and MP3 player ...READ»

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LG Announces LED-Lit LCD

A couple of weeks back, I blogged about Samsung's [SEO:005930] gorgeous Series 9 LCDs. Those sets featured a trio of killer features -- the now-popular 120Hz refresh rate for smooth on-screen action, a powerful and even LED ...READ»

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Samsung Introduces Two "New" UMPCs

The Q1 is Samsung's [SEO:005930] tepidly-received attempt at an ultra mobile computer, and it's apparently slated for a much-needed revision next year. But before that happens, the Korean electronics giant is trying to get the ...READ»

Special Report: What's Up With Solid State Hard Drives?

It seems like every new drool-worthy notebook these days -- from the MacBook Air to the VooDoo Envy -- is sporting solid state hard drives instead of traditional hard drives. If you don't know the particulars of what solid state ...READ»

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Samsung Announces New LED LCD TVs

LED-lit HDTVs aren't new -- Samsung [SEO:005930] itself had one in production this past year -- but the company's second generation sets are nothing short of breathtaking in picture quality. The old LED TVs (dubbed the 81 Series) ...READ»

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