Samsung is upbeat about its external HDD sales, thanks to the rise of netbooks and notebooks. Now, to cash in the opportunity, they have announced two ‘Pop’ colors (Sweet Pink and Ocean Blue) for its S Series hard drives and storage bumps for 1.8-inch S1 Mini and 2.5-inch S2 Portable. 160GB and 500GB variant […]
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Video: Difference between AMOLED and TFT-LCD screens
Want to know why Samsung is pushing for AMOLED screens instead of TFT-LCDs? Check out this video that pits an AMOLED integrated Samsung WB1000 camera against Canon IXUS 990IS’ TFT-LCD. Found Via
Samsung-Sony formed S-LCD begins production of second 8th gen panels
S-LCD, a joint venture between Samsung and Sony has commenced operations of second 8th generation line for LCD panels. The company had invested 1.8 trillion KRW (around $1.5 billion) and provides LCD panels to other TV-making companies, including Samsung and Sony. The new line will mainly produce 32/46/52-inches panels with a year-end target of […]
Netbooks drive sales of external DVD optical drives
Samsung is happy with the sales of netbooks. No, not for their own netbooks but for the whole industry because it has led to a surge in Samsung’s external DVD writers. They are reporting a three-fold increase in the sales since the rising sales of netbooks. Though Sammy is all smiles right now, it […]
PRAM to be launched in June
Perfect RAM or Phase-change RAM may have missed the commercial launch of 2008 but Samsung is finally gearing up to release it for mass consumption in June after exhibiting it in the Ninth Next-Generation Semiconductor Forum in South Korea. Samsung will showcase a 512Mb (64MB) PRAM prototype at the forum. For those who have […]