ReadWriteBody is an ongoing series where ReadWrite covers networked fitness and the quantified self.The Samsung Galaxy Gear, designed with fitness tracking in mind, has prompted a frenzy of enthusiasm among app developers.But the Gear's announcement isn't the end of what ReadWrite has dubbed the "arm race"—the battle among computing devices for space on...
Samsung has made its play for our wrists, and it's a doozy. Its showy unveiling of the $299 Galaxy Gear was clearly designed to position the smartwatch as a hot lifestyle gadget. The company showed off a slew of Gear features that work from the start—taking photos, speech commands, counting its user's...
Samsung's first ever developer conference in the United States is open for registration.After a vague announcement announcement that it would be holding a developer conference in July, Samsung today announced registration for the conference and details as to what developers can expect in San Francisco at the end of October....
Bloomberg reports that Samsung will indeed announce its own smartwatch, the Galaxy Gear, at a press event on September 4.Not that smartwatches are anything new—see Pebble and Sony. And the rumor of a Samsung device has been going on for months. But if the wire service's two anonymous sources are...
Samsung have plans to release a Tizen smartphone in October within five countries which include Japan , Russia , France , United States and China. Selected telecom operators are to roll out the Tizen device , each of whom are Tizen Association members. The selected operators include NTT DoCoMo of Japan...
The battle ground for the mobile OS is not just on the old smartphone or even tablets but also includes other areas tat can include the embedded space. The MeeGo OS that came before Tizen set its sights on SmartPhones, Tablets, IVI (Car), TV and Netbooks. Unfortunately these dreams...
A Samsung smartwatch is likely in the works and it is coming to a Galaxy near you.In a patent filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Samsung details a smartwatch concept it appears to be calling "Galaxy Gear." According to the patent, the device is a watch or a...
There have been some rumblings surrounding what Samsung's Intentions are with Tizen following the Tweet from Eldar Murtazin about them abandoning the OS for another Android based OS. We had Intel confirm that they had honourable intentions with Tizen followed by Samsung. Now we have some information via the...
Samsung is nothing if not intriguing. It battles everybody in the gadget industry on all fronts including Apple, Microsoft, Nokia and, yes, even Google. So, it comes only as a mild surprise that Samsung today announced that it will hold its very own developers conference in San Francisco come October.Apple...
Samsung has won another victory in its long-running patent war with Apple. A new judgement bars Apple from importing certain last-generation iPads and iPhones to the United States. The win, however, is unlikely to amount to much more than a moral victory - while serving to highlight how meaningless these courtroom...
Ubitus Inc., a leading provider of cloud gaming technology solutions, today announced that it has received an investment of more than $ 15 million in cash from Samsung Venture Investment Corporation (Samsung Ventures) for the development of cloud gaming technology to the next level. Since cloud gaming spreads first...
Samsung has released its Q1 2013 earnings and as expected the company is still on a roll. Operating profits are 8.78 trillion won as predicted, while net profit is up to 7.15 trillion won ($6.4 billion), up sharply from the same quarter last year when its net profit...
Your smartphone should not be a source of stress. With its new Galaxy S4, it seems Samsung may not have gotten the memo. It seems that every feature Samsung could possibly dream up ended up in the Galaxy S4. The company pushes the envelope with technologies and features that keep the...
Earlier this year, Samsung Electronics promoting existing printer business to a new business division under the consumer electronics segment and announced that they would strengthen the printer business. Whenever Samsung decided to "strengthen" one of his businesses, they will develop an innovative and different products for later would...
When you think of open source, you probably think of Linux, engines such as the WebKit browser engine and the Java language and virtual machine, and open source software such as LibreOffice, Firefox, Apache HTTP server, Git, Asterisk, and MySQL. You may not think of appliances, TVs, and cameras --...
Here's one for you: how is it that some of the smartest, richest, market-savviest companies on the planet - allegedly - can't seem to figure out how to name their products in a way that isn't strikingly confusing?The "new iPad" is not to be confused with the iPad 2. The...
Best buy are soon to dedicate a store section to showcase Samsung tablets , PC's and smartphones. The first sections are to be located only in high-traffic BestBuy locations in time for the release Samsung's Galaxy s4 and there are even plans for stores within stores. Displays will feature...
Samsung can teach us a lot of lessons. Sometimes, you just need to change everything you are doing. In 1995, Samsung chairman Lee Kun Hee piled 2,000 inoperable cellphones on the pavement at the company’s manufacturing plant in Gumi, South Korea. He then burnt them all to the ground. What was...
Based on the analysis of the firmware used, the latest Samsung Smart Camera NX300 turns using the operating system (OS) Tizen. Samsung intentionally did not disclose the fact that appealing to the public, where they have tried pushing Tizen to be used in products other than smartphones. Although...
The race for dominance in wearable gadgets is on. To the surprise of no one, the same players that rule the smartphone market are trying to be the leaders of this market as well.According to a report from Bloomberg, Samsung has been readying a smartwatch to release to market for...
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