Smart Fridge | CoolBusinessIdeas.com

January 24, 2019January 23, 2019 ~ knjohn ~ Leave a comment

Samsung has been sticking touchscreens on fridges since 2016, adding a few new features every year. Right on cue, the company unveiled the latest Family Hub fridges at CES 2019, with the main new addition being a Family Board screen dedicated to posting photos and messages, and support for the latest version of the Bixby voice assistant.

The annual updates to the Family Hub are fairly incremental, but the basics of the smart fridge stay the same. There’s a 21.5-in touchscreen built into one door that lets users peer into the fridge without opening it, share photos and messages with the family, get news and weather updates, set reminders, play music and video, add items to a shopping list, find and follow recipes, and keep track of expiration dates.

Samsung could release three variants of the Galaxy S10 | TechCrunch

January 22, 2019 ~ knjohn ~ Leave a comment

That new leak lines up with previous leaks. As you can see on the photo, the new devices don’t have a notch. They feature a hole-punch selfie camera instead. If you’re looking for the fingerprint sensor, Samsung could choose to embed it in the screen.

Just like in previous years, in addition to the main S10, there will be a bigger version of the device — the S10+. On this photo, you can see that the bigger version has two selfie cameras instead of one.

But the S10E is a new addition to the lineup. Samsung is launching a more affordable version of the S10 at the same time as the S10. The S10E features two cameras on the back instead of three for instance. I wouldn’t be surprised if the S10E had an LCD display instead of an AMOLED display as well.

Samsung W2019 Unveiled with 6GB of RAM and Snapdragon 845 | Digital Trends

November 14, 2018November 12, 2018 ~ knjohn ~ Leave a comment

Samsung has unveiled the W2019, a high-end flip phone that is packed with flagship-level specifications such as 6GB of RAM and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 845.

Samsung announced the smartphone at a launch event in China, according to GizmoChina. The W2019 is the successor to last year’s W2018, which was powered by the Snapdragon 835.

Here’s what Samsung’s wacky folding phone looks like in action | TechCrunch

November 9, 2018November 8, 2018 ~ knjohn ~ Leave a comment

As rumored, Samsung showed off a prototype of a folding display today. Folded, it’s a smartphone. Unfolded, it’s a tablet. Neat!

Less neat: The company sort of went out of its way to not really show very much. A prototype was onstage for about 45 seconds, and it was deliberately backlit to be intensely silhouetted. They “disguised the elements of the design” to keep secret whatever secret sauce they have.

Finding that clip of the prototype folding/unfolding means digging through Samsung’s two-hour developer keynote, so we went ahead and GIF’d it up for you.

Samsung self-driving car trial in South Korea approved | BBC News

May 3, 2017May 2, 2017 ~ knjohn ~ Leave a comment

Samsung has been given permission to start testing its self-driving cars on the roads in South Korea.

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport approved Samsung’s plans to test its self-driving technology on Monday.

According to the Korea Herald, the company is using a customised Hyundai car for the tests.

Officials from the technology giant have denied the company has any intention of making cars.

Samsung’s Sleek S8 Has Curved Screen, Facial Recognition | Bloomberg

March 29, 2017 ~ knjohn ~ Leave a comment

Samsung Electronics Co. knows it needs to get its new flagship smartphone right. Apart from making sure the gadget won’t cause bodily harm, the company packed it with a plethora of new features: taller, curved screens, encrypted facial recognition, deeper display colors, system-wide voice control and the ability to turn into a desktop computer.

The Galaxy S8 comes in two sizes, a standard 5.8-inch display model and a Plus version with a 6.2-inch screen. Both are larger than the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, the lineup’s main competition until Apple Inc. rolls out its 10th-anniversary iPhone later this year. In line with smartphone trends, Samsung’s new devices feature slimmer bezels alongside the display and are curved on all four corners. Pre-orders will begin soon after the unveiling, ahead of the S8’s April 21 release. It comes in five colors: midnight black, maple gold, coral blue, arctic silver and orchid gray.

Samsung Finally Reveals Why the Galaxy Note 7 Kept Exploding | WIRED

January 23, 2017January 22, 2017 ~ knjohn ~ Leave a comment

WELL, IT WASN’T the stylus.

After months of silence following a global recall of its Galaxy Note 7 smartphone last October, Samsung disclosed its lengthy findings as to what caused the device’s batteries to overheat and catch fire. Based on the company’s own investigation and independent scientific analysis of the issues by three consulting bodies, the overheating was caused by separate problems in batteries sourced from two different suppliers.

Nemonic is like Post-It notes with IoT smarts | TechCrunch

January 4, 2017 ~ knjohn ~ Leave a comment

Mangoslab, a company spun out from Samsung’s innovation division back in June 2016, showed off its first product today. Nemonic is a $120 thermal printer that prints on sticky notes from your phone. That’s right – everyone’s favorite tool for passive-aggressively leaving notes on a colleague’s computer monitor is now weaponized with all the powers of IoT combined. Ladies and gentlemen, the future of office warfare is here.

What’s Pushing the Tech Giants to Make an $8,500 Smart Fridge? | Bloomberg

November 10, 2016 ~ knjohn ~ Leave a comment

The Note 7 isn’t the only Samsung product with problems. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is also working with the Korean company to address safety issues with its washing machines. Customers who bought certain top-load Samsung washers should use only the delicate cycle for bulky items such as sheets to reduce the risk of “impact injuries or property damage,” the CPSC warned in late September following a series of consumer complaints, including a class action contending that Samsung’s machines “explode during normal use.” The company declined to comment.

What’s bad for Samsung may be good for homegrown rival LG, which has been promoting appliances loaded with the latest technology. In September the company unveiled a fridge with a 29-inch touchscreen powered by Intel equipment and running Windows 10; an onboard computer can store recipes and send alerts about needed ingredients to a mobile app. A few weeks later, LG set up an exhibition in New York’s Rockefeller Center to show off its current slate of high-end appliances, including a Signature fridge with doors that open when you wave a foot near a floor sensor. Tap the door twice, and a glass panel goes from opaque to transparent, revealing what’s inside.

Here’s Why Samsung’s Shares Are Climbing Despite The Galaxy Note 7 Crisis | Forbes

October 11, 2016October 10, 2016 ~ knjohn ~ Leave a comment

Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 recall fiasco has become like a scene from a disaster movie – the worse it gets, the harder it is to look away.

America’s top carriers said over the weekend that they would halt sales of the phone. Note 7 replacements have reportedly been catching fire. Now Samsung itself is halting production of the phone, according to both The Wall Street Journal and Reuters.

It would appear that Samsung is in the midst of a full-blown crisis that threatens not only the Galaxy brand name, but that of Samsung itself, FORBES contributor Ewan Spence writes.

Yet you wouldn’t think that much was amiss from looking Samsung’s share price.