My New(ish) Watch: Samsung Gear S2

I've had my Samsung Gear S2 for almost a year now (connected to my Samsung Galaxy S6). I love it!

With Samsung's recent Second Gear S2 Value Pack, it's like having a new watch! And with it's lower price as compared to the Gear S3, it's still in the running.

It alerts me to incoming messages, upcoming appointments and important dates, helps me navigate, and shows weather info. It reminds me to get up and move if I've been inactive too long and even shows me stretches to do while sitting. It counts my steps and keeps track of my exercise. Oh... and it displays the time and date, too, with a myriad of watch faces. My current watch face (and obsession) is displayed at right.

It's a little bulky but I've gotten used to its size.

Do you have a smart watch? Tell me about it. :)

Mobile World Congress 2009: Samsung GT-S1100 Watch Phone Concept

You know my weakness for watch phones.

Not to be outdone by LG, Samsung showed its decade-long history with watch phones and introduced its newest concept: the Samsung GT-S1100. According to Engadget the watch phone features a full touchscreen, Bluetooth, and a speakerphone.

American Toy with a Korean Heart: Samsung AT&T HomeManager

Samsung developed the HomeManager system for AT&T in the USA . Simply put, this solution is a set of a wireless router, cordless phone, and a PMP all from Samsung. The PMP allows access to the Yellow pages, weather, news channels, visual mail, and syncs with some AT&T phones...

[AT&T HomeManager via akihabara]

Blurring the Lines: Samsung Digimax i80

I mentioned the Samsung Digimax i100 in a previous post. This is the Samsung i80. It features a 3-inch intelligent widescreen LCD screen, an 8.1 megapixel camera, unique slide open style design, face detection, 14 scene modes, 3x optical zoom, self portrait, high sensitivity ISO 3200, PMP functionality (allowing you to watch videos as well as capture them), mp3 player, digital voice recorder, and text file reader.

The Samsung i80 is avaliable in silver, black and a gloriously retro inspired gold.

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Blurring the Lines: Samsung Digimax i100

The Samsung Digimax i100 combines camera and multimedia (PMP) functionalities in a highly compact design. The camera features a 10.2 megapixel camera with dual image stabilisation, intelligent face detection, 3x optical zoom, fast ISO3200, 256MB internal memory, and SD/SDHC/MMC card slot. It also offers mp3 playback.

The i100 comes complete with an electronic World Tour Guide offering images and explanations of famous attractions in 2,600 areas, in no less than 30 countries. What a neat idea.

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"Green" Cellphones: Samsung W510 and F268

Samsung announced two new cellphones - the W510 and the F268 - at the World IT Show in Seoul. Instead of touting performance specifications however, the company is concentrating on the reduced environmental damage of their cellphones.

The W510 (left) is said to be Samsung's first built with "bioplastic," eschewing synthetic materials for those extracted from corn. The phone is further said to have been built without heavy metals such as mercury or cadmium, and use a water-soluble coating. It will ship later this month to Korea.

The F268 is made predominantly out of traditional plastics, but neither it nor any of its accessories are made with PVC or brominated flame retardants (BFRs). Apple's use of these in the original iPhone was sharply criticized by groups such as Greenpeace. The F268 comes with a charging alarm, which will indicate when a phone is fully charged so that owners do not waste power. It will ship later this month to China.

[Electronista]

More Camera Than Phone: Samsung Inner Zoom

Samsung Electronics launched its Inner Zoom phone (model: SCH-W480) in Korea. The Inner Zoom adopts the design and functionality of a digital camera.

It features a 5-megapixel CCD camera module with a 3x optical inner zoom lens and a 4x digital zoom lens, and supports auto-focus and face detection functions.

Other features included 7.2 Mbps HSDPA, WCDMA/GSM global roaming, mp3 playback, Bluetooth and 8GB of external memory.

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Sneak Preview: Samsung i900

The Chinese site PCOnline got their hands on the Samsung i900 handset. The i900 features a 3.5-inch 240 x 400 pixel TFT touchscreen, 3.5G HSDPA connectivity, built-in GPS, 5-megapixel autofocus camera,
front camera for video calls, FM radio, TV-out, 16GB of memory, microSDHC card slot, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi b/g. It runs Windows Mobile 6.1 Pro operating system and measures 4.41 x 2.2 x 0.51 inches. Pretty impressive.

[UnwiredView via Engadget]

For Urban Business Professionals: Samsung i200

Samsung Electronics announced the launch of the i200 smartphone. The compact bar-type cellphone features a 2.3-inch 320 x 240 pixel TFT screen, HSDPA 3.6 Mbps data communications, a 2-megapixel camera, and a music player. The i200 runs Windows Mobile 6.1. Users can operate MS Office programs such as Excel, Word, Powerpoint, and Outlook. The phone offers HTML format email, easy editing (cut, copy and paste), and unified email and SMS/MMS management. Automatic pop-ups notify users when they get email.

[akihabara]

Taking Fashion to a Ridiculous Level: Samsung SGH-G600 Belle

Is the cellphone market so dominated by men that cellphone manufacturers have to resort to silly marketing gimmicks to get women to buy their products? The Samsung SGH-G600 Belle comes in a pretty shade of mauve, and included in the box are three bottles of nail polish, one of which is in the same exclusive color as the phone. Okaaay... but as a woman I want to know how the phone stacks up to the competition.

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Wireless Broadband PMP: Samsung SWT-W100K

Samsung announced the Samsung SWT-W100K WiBro PMP in Korea. The SWT-W100K features a 4.3-inch 800x480 pixel TFT touchscreen, 8GB memory, GPS module, a 2 megapixel auto-focus camera, a microphone, Bluetooth connectivity, DMB and DMB PIP (Picture In Picture), and WiBro. It supports WMA audio; and MP4, XviD, WMV, and H.264 video.

Check out the video:

[Akihabara via gmp3]

Your Music Your Way: Samsung P2 vs iPod touch

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The Samsung P2 offers a number of impressive features, including a couple of extras not found in its popular rival, the iPod touch. Here's how they compare (click on the table to view full size).



[Sympatico MSN, Samsung]

Here Come the Clones: Samsung K3 vs Shenzhen Triple Gold T4

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Can you tell the difference? I can't. The Shenzhen Triple Gold’s T4 looks a lot like the Samsung K3. This comparison chart shows how alike they really are:


[PMP Today]

More Than a Camera: Samsung i8

Wow. The Samsung i8 blurs the line between camera and portable media player (pmp). It features an 8 megapixel camera with 3x digital zoom, 2.7" LCD display with auto-brightness technology, Samsung Digital Image Stabilization, Face Detection, Auto Red Eye Fix and Multi-Slide Show.

As a pmp it features MP3 and WAV audio playback, support for MPEG, AVI, MOV, WMV and ASF files, a 2.5mm headphone port, an external speaker with SRS 3D acoustic technology, and a World Tour Guide function.

It comes in blue, white and pink and will be available in February.

A more detailed description can be found at CES 2008.

[Source: Ubergizmo]