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Samsung Ativ Book 9 Plus: the new ultrabook champion has arrived

2013-06-20T18:55:53-04:00

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Samsung's dual-OS Ativ Q will no doubt dominate the headlines emanating from the company's Premiere 2013 event that just wrapped up, but for some of us the star of the show was another Windows device, the Ativ Book 9 Plus. This horribly disjointed name has been attached to a laptop the likes of which we've literally never seen before.

The 13.3-inch screen squeezes in an unprecedented 3200 x 1800 resolution, and what's dramatically more, Samsung promises it'll go for a full 12 hours of use. Compare that to Apple's newly refreshed MacBook Air, which can go for 13 hours but has to power a much tamer 1440 x 900 display. The Ativ Book 9 Plus als …

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Galaxy S4 Active hands-on: what the original should have been

2013-06-20T15:30:22-04:00

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It's not technically premiering today, having already been announced earlier in the month, but Samsung's Galaxy S4 Active is very much present at the company's Premiere 2013 event in London. The new water- and dust-resistant variant of Samsung's multimillion-selling Android flagship immediately feels more robust in the hand. It's a bit thicker and a bit taller than the original S4, but those are small tradeoffs to make for its much-improved durability.

In terms of internal specs, there's little to distinguish the S4 Active from the original Galaxy S4. Probably the biggest change is the move to an LCD panel in …

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Samsung Galaxy NX Android camera hands-on photos

2013-06-20T15:27:20-04:00

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After many rumors and even a press photo leak, Samsung revealed the Galaxy NX today at its Premiere 2013 event. The Galaxy NX is an Android-based mirrorless camera with a large sensor and interchangeable lenses. About that sensor: it's a 20.3-megapixel APS-C sensor, just like the one found in the company's high-end mirrorless cameras.

Unlike Samsung's regular cameras, the Galaxy NX runs Android 4.2.2 with Samsung's TouchWiz skin, and features a 1.6GHz quad-core processor and Wi-Fi / LTE connectivity. Samsung is also including a modified version of the interface it introduced with last year's Galaxy Camera - it's a touchscreen re-imagining of …

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Ativ Q: a first look at Samsung’s new Windows 8 and Android hybrid laptop

2013-06-20T15:11:26-04:00

Gallery Photo: Samsung Ativ Q hands-on photos

Samsung has just announced one of its latest laptops: the Ativ Q. It dual-boots Android 4.2.2 and Windows 8 in a 13.3-inch device with a super high-resolution display running at 3200 x 1800. Samsung has bundled in its S Pen stylus in a magnesium device. It looks like Acer's Aspire R7, but it's .55 inches and 2.84 pounds so it feels a lot lighter.

The Ativ Q has a unique feature that lets it switch to Android from within Windows 8. It appears to be an application that virtualizes the Android experience, with an app pinned to the Windows 8 Start Screen that launches straight into Android. It runs fullscreen, but it's not usable it you try to …

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Samsung’s Galaxy S4 will soon be available in five new colors

2013-06-20T14:30:44-04:00

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To go along with the slew of new products Samsung is announcing today, the company also took a few moments to tout its flagship Galaxy S4 smartphone. Samsung also took a moment to introduce the phone in a number of new colors, much as it did last summer for the Galaxy S III. As shown on stage, the five new colors are blue, purple, red, brown, and pink - each with an appropriately goofy adjective added on for good measure. Samsung first announced that it would be bringing new colors out last month when it trumpeted Galaxy S4 sales of 10 million, but unfortunately it didn't say when or where these new colors would be available. If last year wa …

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Samsung unveils Ativ Book 9 Plus and Ativ Book 9 Lite Windows 8 ultrabooks

2013-06-20T14:20:24-04:00

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At its Galaxy & Ativ event in London, Samsung announced new Ativ Book 9 Plus and Ativ Book 9 Lite ultrathin Windows 8 ultrabooks. The Ativ Book 9 Plus offers a 13.3-inch 3200 x 1800 qHD+ multi-touch display and is powered by Intel's Core i5 and i7 ULT Haswell processors (depending on the model), which offer a full 12 hours of battery life. It also supports up to 8GB of RAM, Intel HD Graphics 4400, a 256GB SSD, and is 13.6mm at its thickest point. That makes it thinner than Apple's MacBook Air, although we didn't think it looked significantly thinner in person. Weighing just 1.39kg, the Book 9 Plus boasts a cold boot time of less than six seco …

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Samsung’s Ativ Q is a Windows laptop and an Android tablet in one insanely high-res package

2013-06-20T14:18:30-04:00

Samsung Ativ Q

Samsung's famous for launching every type of device under the sun, but this time it's crammed them all into a single package. The company's just announced the Ativ Q, a dual-booting device that runs both Windows 8 and Android 4.2.2 inside a 13.3-inch convertible laptop package. The most impressive parts of the hardware are the insanely high-res 3200 x 1800 screen - the first use of the new display Samsung announced in May - and the flexible hinge that allows the Q to work in tablet mode, laptop mode, stand mode, and a sort of floating mode. From a hardware standpoint, it's remarkably similar to the Acer Aspire R7, though at .55 inches and 2.8 …

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Samsung announces Galaxy NX Android-powered interchangeable lens camera

2013-06-20T14:16:41-04:00

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Samsung has just announced the Galaxy NX, its latest interchangeable lens camera. The Galaxy NX is unique compared to the rest of Samsung's NX line in that it is powered by Android - much in the same way the company's Galaxy Camera and Galaxy S4 Zoom are.

The Galaxy NX looks very similar to Samsung's prior NX models, save for the giant 4.8-inch HD touchscreen display grafted to the back of it. Essentially, the NX is the love-child of a Galaxy S3 smartphone and NX20 camera - it's powered by a 1.6GHz quad-core processor, runs Android 4.2.2, and features an APS-C class 20.3-megapixel image sensor. It has full compatibility with Samsung's growi …

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Samsung unveiling new Android and Windows devices on June 20th

2013-05-27T07:30:42-04:00

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Samsung is holding an event in June to unveil new mobile devices. The London show will focus on the company's Galaxy brand, which covers its Android phones and tablets, and the newer Ativ brand, which is the unified name for its Windows Phones, as well as its Windows 8 and Windows RT laptops, tablets, and hybrids. The event will be called "Samsung Premiere 2013," and will kick off at 2PM ET (7PM BST) on June 20th. As usual, Samsung will be livestreaming the entire thing on its YouTube channel.

The event will come just one week after Apple's yearly developer conference, WWDC, which usually contains important announcements about the company's …

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