Watch Samsung’s IFA 2015 press event here!
Samsung presumably has spilled the beans on its new Galaxy Note phones already. And it has a new smartwatch. And a new tablet. But there’s a hall full of baying tech journalists. We’re sure Samsung has more to tell us. You can watch it all go down right here. The show starts here in an hour at 11AM CEST here in Berlin, which translates to an early bird 5AM ET. Get your Nespresso or Keurig pod at the ready, because it’s Samsung and it likely has a few things to talk about. You’ll be able to watch on UStream or Samsung’s YouTube channel.
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You can now pick up a Galaxy Tab S2 9.7 from Sprint for $648
We previously reported that the Galaxy Tab S2 9.7 would be heading to Sprint this month and now the slate is available to purchase from the carrier. The device is up for grabs in either Black or White colorways and has a price tag of $648 off-contract or for 24 equal monthly payments of $27 on the operator’s Easy Pay Plan.
In terms of specifications, the Galaxy Tab S2 features a 9.7-inch QXGA Super AMOLED display, a 64-bit Exynos 5433 octa-core processor with four cores running at 1.9GHz and the other four at 1.3GHz, 3GB of LPDDR3 RAM, 32GB internal storage (expandable up to 128GB via microSD), an 8MP rear-facing camera and a 5,870mAh battery.
The slate runs the latest build of Android 5.1 Lollipop straight out of the box, skinned with Samsung’s TouchWiz custom user interface. It also comes pre-loaded with the South Korean company’s Galaxy Gifts application, which provides customers with exclusive access to a plethora of premium applications and services, including three months of Evernote Premium, 6 free months of Endomondo Premium and much, much more.
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Samsung announces SLEEPsense, a device to monitor sleep and control home appliances
We have sleep monitors that we wear around our wrist, forehead or chest. They have the ability to measure our quality of sleep and generate reports for us when we awaken.
Samsung on the other hand, has the SLEEPsense sleep sensor they just announced at IFA. It is a small and flat sensor you place under your mattress to track sleep, movement and sleep patterns.
Where the SLEEPsense goes one step further is having the ability to control other devices around the home through the “Internet of Things(IoT).” As a refresher, the IoT are objects like air conditioners, refrigerators, and other physical devices that are connected to a network and can be controlled through sensors and commands.
This is super cool because not only can SLEEPsense monitor your sleep, but it can help you stay asleep by turning on your air conditioner if it decides the house is too hot for optimal sleeping conditions. It can also turn off your TV if it senses that you have dozed off so that the noise and light doesn’t wake you up later in the night. Now if it could get your neighbor’s dog to shut up I bet everyone would buy one. Nonetheless, controlling your devices around the home to help you stay asleep is quite an accomplishment.
The Samsung SLEEPsense has also been approved by the FDA for tracking vital signs and they have built in heart rate monitoring and breathing rates. I could see scenarios where this would be great for monitoring babies for SIDS or people with diseases such as emphysema, or sleep apnea.
According to Sammyhub the SLEEPsense will be released to South Korea first with other countries to follow. I would the US would be on the list since it was approved by the FDA.
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Report: Samsung’s Galaxy Note 5 will launch in India on September 7th
It would seem that all the fervor over last week’s discovery of an Indian-based test ROM was not a flash in the pan. According to SamMobile, the Samsung Galaxy Note 5 will be launching in India on September 7th. Precise details are currently unknown as far as price and availability goes, but the report claims that a launch event will be held in New Delhi.
Samsung’s decision to release the Note 5 in another market is both a surprise, and perhaps a preface for what (might) come to pass: Many had assumed that the latest in the S-Pen equipped phablet line would see a very limited release for 2015, a sad fact that includes the denial of sale to all of Europe, at least officially: customers can import the international device at a higher cost.
While it’s unlikely Samsung will have a sudden change of heart and sell the Note 5 in Europe this year, the addition of another territory for sale is definitely a step in the right direction.
The Galaxy Note 5 is the latest installment in the venerable Note series, that which essentially created the entire phablet genre. It packs a 5.7-inch sAMOLED QHD (2560×1440) display, an Exynos 7420 SoC (4x 2.1GHz Cortex-A57, 4x 1.5GHz Cortex-A53), Mali-T760 MP8 for graphics, 4GB of RAM, and storage options of either 32GB or 64GB. Also included is a 16MP rear, 5MP front camera assortment, 3000mAh battery, Category 6 LTE support, a fingerprint sensor and both Qi & PMA wireless charging support.
Samsung’s Galaxy Tab S2 making its way to Sprint on September 3rd
Samsung’s newest high-end tablet, the Galaxy Tab S2, is coming to Sprint on Thursday, September 3rd. It will be available in select stores and online for $648 without a two-year contract, or for $548 with a service agreement. You can also choose to go the Sprint Easy Pay route, which will let well-qualified buyers purchase the tablet for $0 down and $27 per month for 24 months.
If you need a refresher, the Galaxy Tab S2 features a 9.7-inch Super AMOLED display with 2048 x 1536 resolution, an Exynos 5433 octa-core processor, 3GB of RAM, 32GB of on-board storage and microSD expansion up to 128GB. It also sports a big 5870mAh battery, an 8MP rear-facing camera, a 2.1MP front-facer and runs Android 5.1 Lollipop.
See also: Impressions: The Galaxy Tab S2 is a curious “top tier” tablet
In case you aren’t keen on purchasing a 4G LTE-capable tablet, Samsung recently opened up pre-orders for the Wi-Fi variant. The 8.0-inch tablet will cost you $399.99 with 32GB on-board storage, while the 9.7-inch model will cost you $100 more with the same storage.
Samsung’s Milk Music adding college football and basketball
Samsung smartphone and tablet owners who enjoy major college sports will probably like a new addition coming to the free Milk Music app they get on their devices. Starting this Thursday, September 3rd, Samsung is adding a new genre for sports that initially will offer college football and men’s college basketball live streams.
For the upcoming football season, Samsung Milk Music will carry over 900 games, including some conference championship games, that will span 122 universities. The list of participating universities has not been announced, but that is a fairly sizeable number and should cover most of the major schools and conferences. When the college basketball season tips off, Milk Music will carry over 3,000 games from 137 schools.
In the future, Milk Music plans to add both home and away team feeds as audio choices for different games. Milk Music also plans to add sports talk content via the CBS Radio National Sports Talk line-up. Samsung makes no mention of games being subject to blackout restrictions.
You can read the full press release below and if you are a college football fan with Milk Music, check out the app later this week to see what games are available to listen to.
Samsung Milk Music Expands to Live College Sports Broadcasts
Newest genre on the app’s dial gives users access to more than 4,000 NCAA football and basketball games during the 2015-2016 seasons
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIF., Sept. 1, 2015 – Are you ready for some college football? Just in time for NCAA football season, Samsung Electronics America today announced that the Samsung Milk Music service will launch a Sports genre on the app’s dial, offering consumers the opportunity to listen to live streams of their favorite college football and men’s basketball teams no matter where they are. The sports stations will live stream games directly in the Samsung Milk Music app, giving fans access to more college football and basketball games than any other streaming music service. Samsung Milk Music is the only service to pair a high volume of schools and content with a full feature set for sports listeners.
Beginning with the start of college football on Thursday, September 3, Samsung Milk Music will live stream more than 900 college football games and conference championships from 122 universities. Once college basketball season kicks off later this fall, Samsung Milk Music will broadcast more than 3,000 games from 137 teams.
“We are thrilled to expand Samsung Milk Music to include college sports broadcasts, a terrific addition, delivering entertaining content to fit our consumers’ lifestyles,” said John Pleasants, executive vice president, Samsung Media Solutions Center America. “Complementing the radio listening experience, our consumers have the flexibility to enjoy their favorite team’s games, no matter where they are, on the device they love and use every day.”
Additional Features Coming Soon
Samsung Milk Music will soon launch home game and away game audio feeds, giving fans access to the broadcast feed of their choice, so fans never feel too far from their college team. In addition, Samsung Milk Music will add sports talk content to the Sports genre from CBS Radio National Sports Talk shows.
All games and sports talk radio will be accessible via the Sports genre on the dial. Live stream content will appear on the dial once the pre-show has begun, including real-time score updates, until the post-show has been completed. Additionally, the Sports Guide, which is located via the main menu, will be updated daily, listing all of the day’s available games and final game score listings.
About Samsung Milk Music
Launched in March 2014, Samsung Milk Music is a streaming radio service that’s an instant and fun way to discover and play the streaming entertainment that you want to hear. In addition to the college football and men’s basketball live streams and sports talk content, Samsung Milk Music currently has a music catalog of more than 200 genre-based and curated stations and a catalog of 13M songs. Samsung Milk Music sports content is available on the following Samsung Galaxy devices: Galaxy Note 5, Galaxy S 6 edge+, Galaxy S 6, Galaxy S 6 edge, Galaxy Note 4, Galaxy Note Edge, Galaxy S 5, Galaxy Note 3, Galaxy S 4, Galaxy S 4 mini, Galaxy Note II, Galaxy S III, Galaxy Mega, Galaxy S III mini, Galaxy Tab S, Tab S Pro, Note Pro 12.2, Galaxy Note 8.0, Galaxy Note 10.1, Note 10.1 (2014 Edition), Galaxy Tab 4 family, and the Galaxy Tab 3 family.
About Samsung Electronics America, Inc.
Headquartered in Ridgefield Park, NJ, Samsung Electronics America, Inc. (SEA), is a recognized innovation leader in consumer electronics design and technology. A wholly owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., SEA delivers a broad range of digital consumer electronics, mobile products and wearables, wireless infrastructure, IT and home appliance products. Samsung is the market leader for HDTVs in the U.S and one of America’s fastest growing home appliance brands. To discover more, please visit http://www.samsung.com.
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Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 9.7 goes on sale through Sprint on September 3rd
Sprint has announced they will start selling their 4G LTE capable version of the Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 9.7 on Thursday, September 3rd. The tablet will be available online, through Telesales, or in Sprint retail locations. Buyers can opt for one of three payment methods for the Galaxy Tab S2 9.7 including the Sprint Easy Pay program with payments as low as $27 per month with zero down, on a two-year service agreement for $548, or full-retail with no contract for $648. Along with the up-front cost of the device, buyers will have to select a Sprint data plan starting at $10 per month for 100MB of data and going up or add the device to a Sprint Family Share Pack for a $10 per month access charge.
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Sprint to carry Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 on September 3
Sprint on Tuesday confirmed that it, too, will soon offer the Samsung Galaxy Tab S2. Arriving later this week (September 3), the 9.7-inch tablet can be purchased in a number of ways.
With an all-in, no-contract price tag of $648, the tablet can be paired with a two-year service agreement for $548. Customers who qualify for Sprint’s Easy Pay can spread payments out for 24 monthly payments of $27 each.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 runs Android 5.1 Lollipop and features a 9.7-inch 2048 x 1536 pixel resolution display. Powered by a Samsung Exynos 5433 octa-core (quad 1.9GHz + quad 1.3GHz) application processor, the tablet packs 32GB internal storage.
In terms of camera, the Tab S2 has an 8-megapixel F1.9 rear shooter with a 2.1-megapixel sensor around front. Additional hardware includes a 5870mAh battery, microSD expansion, and Wi-Fi (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac).
The Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 can be activated on a tablet data plan from Sprint: 100MB for $10; 1GB for $15; 3GB for $35; 6GB for $50: 12GB for $80; and 30GB for $110.
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Samsung to launch curated news app for its Galaxy phones
European digital publisher Axel Springer and Korean electronics manufacturer Samsung have announced a new strategic partnership that will see the two companies develop new digital media services for European customers. The first product to come out of this partnership is a news aggregation platform designed for Samsung customers.
The news aggregation service will be known as UPDAY, which will be making its debut in Germany and Poland in just a couple of day’s time, ahead of a roll out to other European markets next year. The service will feature ‘Need to Know’ information selected by a local market editorial team and ‘Want to Know’ information which will be generated automatically by an algorithm that is tailored to customers’ individual interests. It is not clearly exactly how much control Axel Springer will be exerting over the content delivered to users.
There don’t appear to be any plans to release the app on anything other than Galaxy handsets, so UPDAY will be an exclusive application for Samsung customers.
The early beta version of UPDAY will arrive on the Google Play Store and at Samsung’s GALAXY Apps service on Thursday September 3rd for users living in the supported countries.
Samsung’s creating its own curated news app for Galaxy devices
Apple isn’t the only one developing an exclusive news service for its mobile customers. Samsung has announced a partnership with Axel Springer, a publisher of European newspapers including Die Welt, Bild and Fakt, to develop a news platform called “UPDAY.” It’ll be exclusive to Samsung Galaxy devices, and a beta version is set to land in the Google Play store this Thursday. What isn’t clear, however, is how much content, if any, Axel Springer will be producing exclusively for the service. UPDAY is being pitched as an “aggregated news content platform,” with stories selected both algorithmically and by a local team of news editors. Initially, the app will be restricted to Galaxy device owners in Germany and Poland — the countries where Axel Springer is dominant — before rolling out to “other European markets” early next year. If it’s successful, or Samsung thinks it has potential, there’s every chance it’ll be launched further afield in the future.
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