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With every flagship Android handset Samsung produces, screen sizes grow. And the company’s latest smartphone is the largest yet: The Galaxy Note II sports a whopping 5.5-inch display. After months of rumors, Samsung introduced its new Note on Wednesday at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin. The Note II is a follow-up to the Continue Reading →

At the IFA conference in Berlin, Samsung has just announced the Galaxy Camera, a 4.8-inch Android-powered camera with WiFi, 3G (or 4G) connectivity, and a quad-core SoC. See, digital cameras have lost their swagger. With the combination of pretty decent micro lenses and smartphones, the digital imaging sector has been left to the serious hobbyists Continue Reading →

It’s been a wild morning on the hardware front. If you are a bit confused, don’t fret, as TNW has prepared this short roundup to get you up to speed. For backstory on why tablets are a key component of the Windows 8 hardware ecosystem, head here. For an overview of Windows Phone 8, this Continue Reading →

Did Apple’s huge win over Samsung in court last week send Galaxy device owners heading for the hills? According to new data from cell phone resale company Gazelle.com, Samsung smartphones are being dumped by users following a California jury’s declaration that 21 of Samsung’s Android devices infringe on Apple patents — the company reports a Continue Reading →

As the whole world should know by now, Samsung was found guilty of infringing on Apple’s patents. That intellectual property included such items as using one’s finger to tap the screen to zoom in. Another infringement concerned the so-called bounce-back patent, and then, of course there’s patent 915, which pertained to pinching and zooming. Meanwhile, back Continue Reading →

There have been rumblings in some corners of the tech press that Google ought to be quaking in its boots in the wake of the Apple v. Samsung patent verdict because it could give Apple enough juice to take out Android all together. This is highly unlikely to ever happen for a multitude of reasons, Continue Reading →

Windows 8 changes a lot of things about how the operating system works, but one of the features Windows traditionalists will find jarring is the lack of a Start button. Although the button’s functions are still present in various places, users may miss its easy click-and-start-typing familiarity. Well, Samsung‘s bringing it back. The all-in-one PCs Continue Reading →

You know all those people who use the phrase “iPhone killer” on Twitter? They’re probably psychopaths. So are, very likely, those who wanted Apple to “bury” Samsung. How do I know this? Well, I am privy to new scientific information that indicates something very powerful about the language used while expressing one’s feelings in social Continue Reading →

Rumor has it that the Korean chaebol will be launching its very own Android-based compact camera. Supposedly named the Galaxy S camera, this new shooter seems to compete in the same space as Nikon’s recently announced Coolpix S800c, which promises the ease of sharing videos and stills over a Wi-Fi network. Running on Android 4.0 Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120828_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] As expected after its triumph over Samsung in court for patent infringement, Apple has laid out which of Samsung’s devices it wants banned. Apple is requesting that the sale of eight devices cease in the U-S. The list includes four Galaxy S 2s, two Galaxy Ss, the Continue Reading →