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  In addition to unveiling a 7-inch AMOLED display that will purportedly go in the next-gen Galaxy Tab tablet, Samsung’s showcase of a 10.1-inch Plastic LCD hints at a larger-sized Galaxy Tab. However, I don’t think this LCD will be integrated in a 10.1-inch Tab considering its mass production is slated within two or three [...]

  As we had expected, Samsung is showing off many display technologies at the FPD International expo in Japan but the 7-inch display that we assumed was Super AMOLED with WXVGA resolution turns out to be an AMOLED one with WSVGA (1024×600) resolution. The display appears to be a regular AMOLED screen considering Samsung hasn’t [...]

  Samsung Electronics announced that they’ve won 37 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2011 Innovation Awards. CES is the world’s biggest consumer electronics tradeshow and every year products are judged by an elite panel consisting industrial designers, engineers and members of the media to recognize products with outstanding design and engineering across 36 categories. Samsung’s [...]

  Samsung has announced a new phone for Verizon Wireless that features an E Ink keypad. Zeal looks to be similar to Samsung’s Alias 2 and transforms the E Ink keypad as an alpha-numeric or full QWERTY depending on how it is opened. Apart from that, the phone has a 2MP auto focus camera, Bluetooth, [...]

  We obviously wouldn’t recommend to try this with your Galaxy Tab (or any other gadget) but in case you were wondering about Gorilla Glass’ strength, take a look at the video below. A user took his CO2 powered gun and shot the tablet within the point-blank range. Surprisingly, Galaxy Tab survived with just a [...]

  MetroPCS has launched a cheap clamshell phone from Samsung with minimal features. The Contour (SCH-r250) goes for just $49 and brings features like 2-inch QQVGA main display, 1.07-inch CSTN screen, MetroWEB for internet access, Icon Carousel for quick access to messaging, calendar etc., VGA camera, Bluetooth and talk time of up to 3.3 hours. [...]

  On the sidelines of the Continuum launch, Samsung USA’s Paul Golden confirmed that they’ve sold more than 3 million Galaxy S units. Golden says there’s a high demand for all the Galaxy S devices but the shortage of Super AMOLED screens are creating supply issues for the phones. Samsung has sold about 7 million [...]

  FPD International 2010 starts from tomorrow and Samsung has announced what display technologies we can expect to see on the show floor. Samsung Electronics will show: 70-inches Ultra Definition (3840×2160) 240Hz 3D LCD TV panel 55-inch True 480Hz 3D TV panel 3D screen for Notebooks 10.1-inch Plastic Display 23-inch Transparent display On the other [...]

  Samsung has finally made its Continuum (SCH-i400) device official. Continuum hails from the Galaxy S family but unlike other Galaxy S devices that sport a single Super AMOLED display, Continuum features two Super AMOLED screens. As we’ve known from the leaks before, Continuum has two screens – one 3.4-inch Super AMOLED acting as a [...]

  Samsung has released the final SDK version of bada 1.1.0. The SDK 1.1.0 has been created specially for new bada devices like Wave 525, 533, 575 and 723. The SDK brings in some new features like automatic resolution scaling of apps from WVGA to WQVGA, test framework allowing unit and stress testing and more. [...]