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Kobo Aura HD ereader hands-on

IFA 2013

Chris Davies, Apr 19th 2013 Discuss [0]

Is there room in the market still for e-paper ereaders? Kobo says yes, and has the consumer research to prove it and the new model, the Kobo Aura HD, it claims will fit the bill. A survey of 10,000 of the company's existing users found that 90-percent plan to buy a new, dedicated ereader sometime in the next twelve months, Kobo says; 36-percent apparently have both a tablet and an ereader, and 53-percent use their ereader every day. We caught up with Kobo to take a look. Read The Full Story

Samsung: Bigger and smaller Ultra HD sets incoming at IFA 2013

IFA 2013

Chris Davies, Apr 19th 2013 Discuss [0]

Samsung may have only just put its S-Series Ultra HD TVs on sale recently, but the company isn't slowing down, revealing it has new models - big and small - due in September. Presenting at the pre-IFA Global Press Conference, Samsung confirmed that it has larger and smaller versions of its UHD S9000 sets running at 4K resolution for IFA 2013 later this year. Read The Full Story

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Samsung’s Galaxy Camera stars in… Galaxy Camera sample shots

IFA 2012

Chris Davies, Sep 3rd 2012 Discuss [0]

Prepare to get that meta feeling: when we caught up with Samsung for some post-unveil Galaxy Camera play, we thought what better to make the subject of our sample shot gallery than the Android camera itself. So, two Galaxy Cameras in hand (and with a couple of Galaxy Note II units along for the ride) we set out to put the Android snapper through its paces. Read on for sample photos and video of the Galaxy Camera in action. Read The Full Story

Samsung spills Windows 8 concepts

IFA 2012

Chris Davies, Sep 3rd 2012 Discuss [0]

"No form-factor left untested" may well be Samsung's unofficial motto for Windows 8, with the company bringing a raft of prototype notebooks and tablets to IFA, Alongside the Dual-Display Notebook were four alternative concepts that played with sliding, swiveling, slate and other designs, as Samsung took a suck-it-and-see approach to Windows tableteering. Read The Full Story

Samsung Dual-Display Notebook concept hands-on

IFA 2012

Chris Davies, Sep 3rd 2012 Discuss [0]

Samsung's Windows 8 line-up at IFA wasn't limited to just the ATIV range; the company also had some interesting concepts to show, of which the most usable was a Dual-Display Notebook. Resembling one of Samsung's slick Windows ultrabooks from face-on, close the notebook's lid and there was a second display to be found, turning the machine into a slate-format tablet. Read The Full Story

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IFA 2012: Note II, 4K TV, Windows wobbles and more

IFA 2012

Chris Davies, Sep 2nd 2012 Discuss [0]

4K TV, Windows tableteering, segment straddling smartphones, and cross-company sniping: another year, another IFA. We've seen the show coalesce around a few key themes before, and 2012 proved no different, as manufacturers took a suck-it-and-see strategy to try to cash in on holiday hardware sales. As always, the specter of Apple loomed heavy, despite the Cupertino firm's resolute absence. Read on for the highlights of IFA 2012. Read The Full Story

Samsung Galaxy Note II accessories get colorful showing at IFA

IFA 2012

Chris Burns, Sep 1st 2012 Discuss [0]

If you thought the fabulous accessory lineup that came with the Samsung Galaxy S III was about to stop with the smartphone, you were wrong. There's a whole load of Galaxy Note II covers, protectors, and pens you can grab for the next-generation Galaxy Note phablet, and they're being shown off this week in Berlin at IFA 2012. This set of accessories pretty much replicates what's already available for the Galaxy S III, but a couple more colors have been introduced - and of course they've got an spot so the S-Pen can exit the machine. Read The Full Story

Samsung Galaxy S III at IFA offers Jelly Bean and hands-on

IFA 2012

Chris Burns, Sep 1st 2012 Discuss [0]

This week we got a quick hands-on with the Vodafone Samsung Galaxy S III LTE at IFA 2012 running the next generation of Google software: Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. This operating system upgrade has not yet been released for the Samsung Galaxy S III anywhere else in the world, but Samsung has promised that it will be out "very soon." We also got a Speed Test result for those of you wanting to see how fast the Vodafone LTE network can be in Germany. Read The Full Story