You probably heard about VR (Virtual Reailty) headsets, it sent you to a different virtual world, until now it has no practical use in our daily lives but this is about to change. According to a confirmed report by Engadget, Samsung is working on its own VR headset and that it will be announced some time this year.

Samsung's headset is said to work with its Galaxy range of products. The current prototypes, already in use by some developers, are working off current flagship devices, such as the Galaxy S5, but the final version will work only with next generation Samsung devices due to additional power demands.

The headset will feature OLED displays, with quality better or on par with the Oculus Rift. There is no word on whether it will have wired or wireless connectivity with your Samsung device. The device is being made specifically for games, although it remains to be seen how current Android games will work with something like this. Samsung didn't have any comments on this reports, So Let's wait and see what Samsung is up to.

 

 

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The Samsung Galaxy S brand became one of the Most selling Android Smartphone Brand in the world since 2010, every Galaxy S smartphone breaks a new record in sales. In the Photo below we shows you the Evolution of Samsung Galaxy S in the last 4 years 2010-2014. (Click on the Photo to Show Original Size)

 

Samsung Galaxy S

First phone with Android 2.1 Eclair to hit the market. Packed a 800 x 480 display with a 233ppi pixel density. First Android smartphone certified for Divx HD. Sold more than 24 Million device.

 

Samsung Galaxy S II

Launched with Android 2.3 Gingerbread. First phone to support Full HD video playback. Packed a 800 x 480 display with a 218ppi pixel density. Sold more than 28 Million, 5 Million of those in the first 85 days of its launch.

 

 

Samsung Galaxy S III

Launched with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. First phone with Samsung SmartStay, SmartCall and S-Voice. Packed a 1280 x 720 display with 306ppi pixel density. Sold more than 50 Million device, 20 Million of those in the first 85 days of its launch.

 

Samsung Galaxy S4

Launched with Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean. First Samsung smartphone to pack an Exynos Octa-core chipset and 2 GB RAM. Packed a FUll HD 1920 x 1080 display with 441ppi pixel density. Sold more than 60 Million device in 155 Countries.

 

 

Samsung Galaxy S5

Launched with Android 4.4 KitKat. First Samsung smartphone with a Hear-rate sensor and fingerprint scanner. Launched April,11th 2014 and still selling well. Check Full Galaxy S5 Specifications HERE.

 

Today, Apple Corp. and Samsung Electronics told a court in California that they had failed to reach a settlement in their patent dispute, again, suggesting that a deal akin to that between Google and Apple may not be on the cards anytime soon. The war is still in continue.

In a joint filing late Monday, the two companies blamed each other for the failure of the talks initiated on May 5 by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, San Jose Division.

The feuding companies have recently agreed to begin talks to settle patent disputes out of court, The Korea Times reported Monday, citing people directly involved in the matter.

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Smartwatches are getting a popular in the consumers tech-market. If you own a Smartwatch, its probably a Samsung Gear... Why ?  Because that's what the latest market research shows. Samsung is currently the TOP in the world of wearables.

 

 

Lately, Samsung shipped out 500K smartwatches in Q1,2014 and its already sold 1 Million smart-watches back in 2013. Samsung currently controls more than 71% of the smart watches market with its new series of wearable products including Samsung Gear 2, Gear 2 Neo, Galaxy Gear and Galaxy Gear Neo.

However, this doesn't mean that competition isn't on the horizon. LG's G Watch will be released at the end of May, and Motorola, HTC, and Asus are all going to jump into the Smartwatch game soon as well.

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Samsung Galaxy S5 is already IP67 certified, However, Samsung hasn't given up the plans of releasing a more element-resistant Active version. The tougher version of the company's flagship, Samsung Galaxy S5 Active, isn't official just yet, but the traces of the smartphone are all over the place.

Today, a leaked case designed for the Galaxy S5 Active reveals a few interesting details about the design of the upcoming smartphone. It appears that the Galaxy S5 Active will stay closer to the design of its predecessor, rather than take after the Galaxy S5.

However, in terms of performance, the Galaxy S5 Active is expected to be a perfect match for the Galaxy S5 flagship. The upcoming rugged smartphone has been confirmed to pack a Snapdragon 801 chipset complete with 2GB of RAM. The Active and the regular Galaxy S5 units are also said to have identical cameras 16 megapixels at the back and 2 megapixels at the front.

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