Samsung has officially launched its "YOUM" brand for flexible AMOLED displays, ahead of the bendable panels showing up in commercial hardware later this year. Registered as a trademark complete with a bendy YOUM logo in mid-March, and detailed on the new Samsung Mobile Display site, YOUM promises to be thinner and lighter than traditional AMOLED and LCD-TFT screens, as well as being "unbreakable."

 

 

 

 

 

Samsung YOUM Technology

 

That is down to the differences in the sandwich of layers that make up a YOUM flexible display. An LCD screen would usually have six, two of which would be glass; an OLED panel would have four, again two of which would be glass.

 

 

 

 

It is that glass which makes the screens more vulnerable to damage, and indeed stops them from flexing or folding. In contrast, Samsung YOUM panels use film-based encapsulation ("encap") and TFT layers, rather than glass substrates, which make them more resilient to damage along with allowing more flexibility in device design.

 

 

 

Samsung YOUM Smartphones

 

 

 

 

Samsung has previously shown off foldable devices as well as various flexible prototypes, and has suggested that as well as gadgets which literally bend, it could also use the YOUM AMOLED technology to create wraparound displays that could cover two or more surfaces. That way, your phone could have a regular front screen that continues around to the side.

 

 

 

We know that Samsung delayed the launch of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0) and the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1), but Samsung decided to release them by the ned of this Month in the UK, before the duo released to the other markets.

 

 

Samsung spokesman blamed the delay on the need to make Android 4.0 run more smoothly on each tablet.

 

 

 

 

Office Depot is apparently able to see the future. Earlier on Friday, the tablets section on the office supply retailer website showed the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1) priced at $399.99 for the 8GB model. There was no way that the model could have been checked out and paid for and by later in the day the tablet had been removed completely from the site.

 

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Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1) Specifications

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Samsung has announced that they have started mass producing UHS-1 (Ultra-High Speed-1) microSD cards that are desgnied to match today high-end LTE smartphones and tablets. Samsung says the mass production of the 16GB card began late last month and the card adheres to the specifications laid by the SD Association.

The 16GB memory card uses 20nm-class 64GB chip with toggle DDR 2.0 support and an advanced Samsung controller. As for the speeds, the UHS-1 microSD card can achieve a sequential read speed of up to 80MB/s, which is about 4 times faster than the current breed of microSD cards.

Samsung has confirmed to release these high capacity UHS-1 microSD cards later this year, But we currently have no information about the price of these mermory cards.

 

 

 

RootzWiki have managed to get their hands on the official Android 4.0.3 ROM for the Samsung Galaxy Note. They tested the ROM and other than a few minor issues found it to be stable enough for everyday use. Here is the ICS for Galaxy Note Change-log:

• Face Unlock is fully functional

• LTE connections are solid and up to speed

• Phone calls work great both ways

• Audio quality Improved

• Stereo Bluetooth is fully functional

• MMS is fully functional

• GPS is fully functional

• Google Talk and Video Chat work

• Google Voice is fully functional

• Task Manager is smooth and transitions are quick

• Downloaded Flash video and in-browser video works flawlessly

• Chrome auto-sync is fully functional

This ROM was supposed to be for the AT&T version of the Galaxy Note but it works on all Galaxy Note devices, For those of you who are used to using the Samsung tools in the Gingerbread Galaxy Note, here are a few changes that out tester has noticed:

• Samsung Planner is now Calendar

• New Calendar widgets include Month, Mini Task, Three Day Task, Mini Today, Agenda, Task, and Mini Agenda

• There is a new Samsung Memo widget

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The device has that hefty 5.3 inch Super AMOLED display with resolution of 800 x 1280 and pixel density of 285 ppi. The device carry a dual-core 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor with 1GB of RAM on board. The 8MP camera on back captures video in 1080p at 30 fps. A 2MP front facing shooter takes self portraits and enables video chat. Also its good to mention that the SPen is included and there is LTE connectivity.

Today, Samsung confirmed that the launch of the new Galaxy Tab 2 tablets will be delayed. Both the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0) and Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1) will be released in the UK towards the end of April, with other markets expected to follow suit soon after.

 

 

 

Details as to what exactly is causing the delay were not given, but a company spokesperson said that Samsung and Google still need some time to make the Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich platform run smoothly on both devices. However, you can rest assured that the slates will launch with ICS out of the box.

 

 

Samsung revealed some of its 2012 "SMART" HDTVs would include a built in camera and mic to enable a feature it calls Smart Interaction, which is just a brand name for voice and gesture control. The company showed it at the CES booth and we was squeezed between all of those 55-inch OLEDs, I you look at the demo below you will found it mirrored the suddenly common Kinect functionality we have become accustomed to closely.

Samsung setup has a keyword that activates it "Hi TV" and like the recently upgraded Xbox 360 dashboard, there has been a lot of work done to make sure it recognizes many real words. A key difference from the Kinect however, is that Samsung has also developed a Bluetooth-connected IR blaster that can sit in front of your cable box and extend the control to other devices that way. As you can see on the DEMO Below that the control was generally tight and responsive, however it still lacks truly natural communication and the test volunteer had some trouble turning the TV off. Check out the video after the break and see if a future of talking to the TV is for you we will be on the couch with our remotes.

 

 

 

 

The Price of the Samsung 2012 SMART HDTV will start at $799 Up to $3,999 for the 65-inch version. but the official market prices is not yet confirmed.

Samsung is finally delivering the long waited Value Pack Update for the original Galaxy S. The VPU came with many Ice cream sandwhich features, including Face unlock, but this time samsung modify something to make it more secured.

Blink to Unlock!

 

It turns out, the face unlock is actually better than the one present in the stock Android ICS (Galaxy Nexus), which is easy to bypass with a photo. Samsung team responsible for the value pack heard those concerns and made this unlock option more secure. The solution is very clever in its simplicity the user has to blink before the phone would unlock. And that is not something a photo can do.

 

However, This technique can be bypassed with a video which is much harder to get.

 

 

Unlike what Apple said, Users love big devices with Huge display, It is like a tiny tablet in your pocket, This been proved as the strong demand for the Samsung Galaxy Note which set a New record as 5 Million handsets have been SOLD till Now in a very short period (around 5 Months). Even if Samsung already breaks that record back in 2011 with the Galaxy S II.

 

 

Samsung is also planning to Update the Galaxy Note to Android ICS 4.0.3 with a special Premiuim suite that includes many exclusive features to the Galaxy note users.

 

 

 

This proves that you are no longer stupid when you walk with a big phone. Samsung sold 5 Million Galaxy Notes in 5 months!

CONGRATUALTIONS SAMSUNG!

 

Apple and Samsung have met in court MANY times over designs, patents and more over the past few years. Among Apple numerous complaints was the repeated allegation that Samsung smartphones and tablets are copycat devices that stole numerous elements from the iPhone and iPad designs. While similarities between rival gadgets are sometimes bound to appear from time to time Apple own iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S feature a design that is quite familiar the Samsung executive responsible for the Galaxy S II design has finally spoken out in response to claims that the device is an iPhone clone.

"I have made thousands of sketches and hundreds of prototype products (for the Galaxy), Does that mean I was putting on a mock show for so long, pretending to be designing?" Samsung vice president of design Lee Minhyouk told Reuters in an interview.

Lee takes Apple copycat accusations personally and is offended by the claims.

"As a designer, there is an issue of dignity, The Galaxy is original from the beginning, and I am the one who made it. It is a totally different product with a different design language and different technology infused."