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Retina Smetina, Samsung Showcases 13.3-inch Notebook with 3200x1800 Resolution

Posted 05/20/2013 at 12:03pm | by Paul Lilly

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More pixels than you can shake a MacBook Pro at.

Samsung is taking high resolution displays seriously these days. How serious? Enough to launch a 13.3-inch WQXGA+ laptop at the Society for Information Display's (SID) Display Week 2013 convention in Vancouver. That works out to a 3200x1800 display resolution, packing more pixels per inch (276 PPI) than Google's Chromebook Pixel (239 PPI) or Apple's MacBook Pro 13 (227 PPI).

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Google I/O 2013: Everything You Need to Know

Posted 05/17/2013 at 11:57am | by Paul Lilly

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Google music streaming service, Gmail improvements, and Galaxy S4 becomes next Nexus phone?

If you weren't one of the 6 million people who tuned in to YouTube to watch the Google I/O 2013 keynote on Wednesday, don't sweat it, you've come to the right place for an extensive recap of all the big announcements. Some of it you may have already read about here on Maximum PC, such as Google partnering with Samsung to offer a totally clean version of the Galaxy S4 complete with an unlocked bootloader or the introduction of an All Access music service, but we also have some new stuff to share.

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Google I/O Part 1: $9.99/Month Streaming Music, Unlocked Galaxy S4

Posted 05/15/2013 at 11:44am | by Paul Lilly

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Plenty happening at Google I/O.

Google I/O kicked off this morning and is still going on at the time of this writing, but rather than make you wait for a roundup of the highlights, we thought we'd pass along some of the more interesting developments that have already occurred. One of the biggest ones is the introduction of a streaming music service, as previously rumored, to go up against the likes of Pandora, Spotify, Slacker, and eventually Apple, to name a few.

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Samsung Galaxy S4 Teardown Reveals $229 BOM (U.S. Version)

Posted 05/09/2013 at 12:09pm | by Paul Lilly

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IHS iSupply tears down the Galaxy S4 from Samsung.

Barring a sale price or a promotion, you're liklely to pay $200 for a Samsung Galaxy S4 handset, not including the overall cost of a two-year service agreement to qualify for subsidized pricing. Data fees notwithstanding, that's $29 less than the bill of materials (BOM). Manufacturing costs add another $8.50 per device, so on paper, Samsung is paying $237.50 for every Galaxy S4 device it builds.

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Samsung Reportedly Readying Octa-Core Nexus 11 Tablet

Posted 04/29/2013 at 11:42pm | by Pulkit Chandna

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Nexus 10 successor said to pack an 11-inch display

Given Google's unwillingness to disclose sales figures pertaining to its Nexus tablets, we are left with no other choice but to rely on educated guesses by market analysts like Enders Analysis strategy consultant Benedict Evans, who recently estimated the total sales of Nexus 7 to be around 6.8 million units and that of the Nexus 10 around one-tenth as much. Evans’ Nexus 10 sales estimate in particular, if it bears any truth, is nothing to write home about. But, if a new rumor is to be believed, Nexus 10 manufacturer Samsung may be working on redeeming itself by launching the world’s first octa-core tablet.

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Windows Phone Ad Pokes Fun at Samsung and Apple Feud

Posted 04/29/2013 at 11:20am | by Paul Lilly

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Nokia's Lumia 920 is a lover, not a fighter.

It does seem at times as though Apple and Samsung almost enjoy fighting with each other, doesn't it? A new ad promoting Nokia's Lumia 920 smartphone and the Windows Phone platform it runs on comes right out and says it, and then implores viewers, "Don't fight. Switch." The 1-minute ad spot does little to promote the Lumia 920's features or Windows Phone software, but you have to hand it to Microsoft for at least trying to get into the thick of things.

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DisplayMate Shootout Compares Samsung Galaxy S4 to S III and iPhone 5

Posted 04/25/2013 at 9:46am | by Paul Lilly

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Samsung's Galaxy S4 brings a 5-inch Full HD PenTile OLED panel to a display fight.

DisplayMate Technologies president Dr. Raymond M. Soneira managed to sweet talk Samsung into giving him an early production unit of its upcoming Galaxy S4 smartphone to test and analyze for its Display Technology Shoot-Out article, the results of which are now live. In it, Dr. Soneira compares the Galaxy S4's upgraded 5-inch Full HD 1080p PenTile OLED display with that of that of its predecessor, the Galaxy S III, and Apple's iPhone 5. How did it fare?

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Samsung Nabs 30 Percent of Global Smartphone Market

Posted 04/24/2013 at 8:37am | by Paul Lilly

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Three out of 10 smartphones around the world are built by Samsung, DRAMeXchange says.

According to recent data revealed by DRAMeXchange, a division of global research firm TrendForce, smartphone shipments jumped 9.4 percent sequentially to 216.4 million units during the first quarter of 2013. Despite seasonality, smartphone shipments have climbed every quarter since the beginning of 2012, DRAMeXchange says, and no company should be happier than Samsung.

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Samsung Galaxy S4 Now Available to Pre-Order, Will You Be Getting One?

Posted 04/16/2013 at 11:48am | by Paul Lilly

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At least two wireless carriers have begun offering the Samsung Galaxy S4 in the U.S.

Anticipation has been running high for Samsung's Galaxy S4 smartphone, the successor to the wildly popular S3 that's played an instrumental role in capturing mobile market share that might have otherwise gone to Apple. If you've been waiting for your chance to jump, today's the day you can make the leap, provided you're interested in signing up with AT&T or U.S. Cellular for wireless service.

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Your Phablet Looks Small Next to Samsung's Galaxy Mega

Posted 04/11/2013 at 11:38am | by Paul Lilly

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Samsung's Galaxy Mega stretches the boundaries of phablet design.

You better have big pockets if you have any notion of treating Samsung's Galaxy Mega device as a smartphone. It's actually a phablet -- a phone and tablet hybrid -- though even in that category, the Galaxy Mega stands out because of its massive 6.3-inch HD display. That's not a typo; the Galaxy Mega's display is 6.3 inches, or just over half-an-inch smaller than a Nexus 7 or Kindle Fire HD.

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More pixels than you can shake a MacBook Pro at.

Google music streaming service, Gmail improvements, and Galaxy S4 becomes next Nexus phone?

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