Samsung commits to new Android security update process to fast track patching vulnerabilities
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The mini super computers in our pockets have become more than our life line of communication to our friends, families, work and social media. They have become our way to control our house, keep tabs on our kids, express ourselves in photo and video, pay bills and so much more. With Android devices being many people’s primary means of computing, it also means that they are a target for hackers to hijack your device, steal your information and run a muck. The most recent ‘scare’ was a called Android Stagefright. To the best of my understanding, Stagefright was a bug that would give control of your device over to a would be criminal by way of a simple MMS. While Google immediately got to work fixing the bug and sent out security updates to its manufacturing partners, we all know how long it can take from them, and the carriers, to get around to pushing the patch out.
Seems security updates and patches are things that us end users need more frequently than every couple of months, or when ever the next bit software update is finally available. Samsung is jumping on the threats much quicker than before and are looking to fast track those important security patches.
“With the recent security issues, we have been rethinking the approach to getting security updates to our devices in a more timely manner. Since software is constantly exploited in new ways, developing a fast response process to deliver security patches to our devices is critical to keep them protected. We believe that this new process will vastly improve the security of our devices and will aim to provide the best mobile experience possible for our users.” said Dong Jin Koh, Executive Vice President and Head of Mobile Research and Development Office, IT & Mobile Communications at Samsung Electronics.
Samsung is already in talks with its carrier partners around the globe to make sure their devices get the security updates as quickly as possible. We should hear about which devices on which carrier are pushing the updates and when relatively soon.
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Samsung teases three new devices for their Unpacked event
Samsung’s Unpacked event is nearly upon us and the Android world is gearing up to see what the company unveils at their press event in New York on August 13. We already know that the Samsung Galaxy Note 5 and the Galaxy S6 Edge+ will make an appearance, but there might be another device gearing up to be released.
The teaser comes from none other than Samsung themselves and the image is accompanied by a countdown timer to the event. The image depicts three devices stacked on top of each other. We already know two of them, so what’s the third?
This mysterious third device is on the bottom, underneath the Note 5 and S6 Edge+ and is clearly bigger than the two phablet devices. It is most probably the 8-inch version of the recently announced Samsung Galaxy Tab S2, but that bezel doesn’t look like anything we’ve seen in the press images so far.
One thing is for sure, we’ll find out next week!
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The top 14 portable audio gadgets you can buy right now
We love our tunes and we’re guessing that most of you do too. If you’re in the market for some portable audio gear or summer’s been so great that you’ve inflicted serious damage on your current devices, we’ve got a fresh list of some of the best items out there. Samsung’s Level On Wireless headphones are surprisingly comfy and sound great, while UE’s affordable new Roll Bluetooth speaker doesn’t disappoint. There’s plenty more, so check out the gallery below for a rundown of what’s new in portable audio or swing by our complete buyer’s guide for a full listing of gadgets in every category.Slideshow-291499
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Ultra HD Blu-ray will have 4K discs here in time for the holidays
After locking down a name, logo and spec, the Blu-ray Disc Association has announced it’s just about ready to start licensing the Ultra HD Blu-ray technology. The group anticipates we’ll hear about products for the 2015 holiday season (and naturally is revealing this right after Western Digital’s 4K movie ready hard drive appeared). Coming around just about nine years after the first Blu-ray players arrived, this upgrade is about more than just high-res 4K (3,840 x 2,160) video — it also includes support for high dynamic range (HDR), high framerate (HFR) and a “digital bridge” feature that should give viewers more ways to store and play their movies, even while keeping the disc on the shelf.
In a talk recently posted on The Digital Bits, BDA exec Victor Matsuda talked a bit about the digital bridge, explaining that it allows for two features on movies: copy or export. With copy, an exact replica of the movie from the disc can be stored on an “authorized” media drive, while export pushes over a lower quality version, intended for mobile devices. The exact implementation of these features will be up to device makers, so we’ll have to wait and see how they work out in practice, but hopefully they’ll be simpler than the redemption code/account creation slog that we’ve experienced with digital copies through iTunes, Ultraviolet and Disney Movies Anywhere.
As far as HDR and HFR, there are a few answers there also. According to Matsuda, every Ultra HD Blu-ray disc will support a standard form of HDR (SMPTE ST2084), which should allow for better colors, more contrast, etc. They can also support two proprietary standards pushed by Dolby and Philips, so it will be interesting to see how well each works with UHD TVs from manufacturers that have chosen to implement various forms of the tech. As far as high frame rate, Ultra HD Blu-ray can do up to 60fps, which should make things interesting, but as Bill Hunt learned in the interview, it does not have a standard for using HFR, HDR, 3D and 4K all at once. While that could end up disappointing James Cameron — depending on what he has planned for the Avatar sequels — we hope there’s enough room for the next gen of Blu-ray to be a worthy follow-up.
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Samsung to launch a mystery device along with Galaxy S6 Edge Plus and Note 5
As it turns out, Samsung will unveil three devices instead of two at its much anticipated press event in New York on August 13. Earlier it was believed that only Samsung Galaxy Note 5 and the Galaxy S6 Edge Plus would be be launched at the Big Apple event. But a new teaser posted on Samsung’s website clearly shows that the company is launching three big mobile gadgets next week.
Accompanied by a countdown timer, the teaser shows the silhouettes of three different sized devices stacked atop one another. It is easy to recognize the Galaxy S6 Edge Plus thanks to its curvy edges, while the S pen popping out of a groove on top of the second handset unmistakably makes it the Galaxy Note 5. Then there is a big mysterious device at the bottom of the pile, which appears to have ducked every leak attempt.
The teaser comes with a cryptic slogan, “The big things are coming. We were the first to make them BIG. Now we’re making BIG even BETTER.” There are chances that the biggest device depicted in the teaser might be a tablet, and if the recent announcement of the Galaxy Tab S2 is not merely coincidental, it is quite likely that the mysterious device is a variant of the aforementioned slate.
Although it could be an 8-inch Galaxy Tab S2, the metal frame present at the bottom makes it look quite different from the earlier press images of the slate. Whatever the case may be, it won’t take long before the mystery gets resolved for good at Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2015.
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Samsung Philippines teases Samsung tablet to be announced at the Samsung Unpacked event
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Samsung has already done a great job so far teasing the announcement of two of its major devices, the Samsung Galaxy Note 5 and the Galaxy S6 Edge+. While the only other device we were expecting to be announced was the Samsung Gear A smartwatch, a new teaser from Samsung Philippines suggests there is a Samsung tablet to be announced at the Samsung Unpacked event booked for August 13th. In a shadowy teaser accompanied by the caption “We were the first to make them BIG. Now we’re making BIG even BETTER,” what is clearly the outline of the Galaxy S6 Edge+ and S-Pen toting Galaxy Note 5 is accompanied by the presence of a larger device at the bottom of the pile. The site also features a countdown, which is counting down towards the August 13th event.
The most likely candidate to fit the bill of this tablet is the Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 – although the device has been officially announced, it hasn’t been verbalized just which regions the device is going to, something Samsung is no doubt going to clarify at the Unpacked event.
Are you excited for the Samsung Unpacked event on August 13th? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
Source: Samsung Philippines via SamMobile
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Check out this stunning Edge smartwatch concept
Samsung’s Galaxy S6 Edge smartphone is a rather nice looking piece of tech and it is quite possible that Samsung may bring its cutting edge display technology to its range of smartwatches too, at some point in the future. Until then, we can gawk at this awesome looking Edge smartwatch concept, which was put together by designers at Maform.
The watch concept features the same curved sides as Samsung’s smartphone design, and the increased display real estate may actually prove very useful. I can imagine that housing apps and navigation at the sides of the watch might also be a quicker way to get around.
The designers also envisioned the smartwatch with a simple clip mechanism on the back, allowing for a quick change of watch straps and the ability to pin the watch’s main body onto other items, such as a charger or onto your lapel, should you so desire.
Sadly, Samsung doesn’t appear to be working on a watch design like this. The next upcoming smartwatch from the company, the Gear A, is said to be a round design, more like the LG Watch Urbane or the Moto 360. The Gear A is expected to launch alongside the Galaxy Note 5 and S6 Edge Plus at Samsung’s Unpacked event on August 13th, or, failing that, at IFA in September.
What do you think about this Edge smartwatch concept?
Samsung teases Note 5, Galaxy S6 Edge Plus, and what could be an Edge tablet
Every Samsung Unpacked event is preceded by a litany of teasers, and the one scheduled for next week in New York is no exception.
Samsung has already kicked off the teaser campaign for the Note 5 and Galaxy S6 Edge Plus, but a countdown page that the company put up on its Philippines site reveals there may be a third device coming on August 13.
From top to bottom, the silhouettes in the teaser appear to be belonging to the Galaxy S6 Edge Plus, the Galaxy Note 5, and a mystery device that looks like an 8-inch tablet.
Samsung just launched the new Galaxy Tab S2 series, and while Samsung may feel the need to show off the new tablets at next week’s event, the device in the teaser is different. It features a metallic frame similar to the Galaxy S6, as opposed to the painted frame of the Tab S2 8.0.
More than that, tweaking the brightness of the image reveals what appears to be a slight curvature on the left side of the tablet. Is Samsung preparing an Edge tablet? We can only speculate for now, but that would make a lot of sense.
The Galaxy S6 Edge has been very successful, and that reportedly caused an initial shortage, as Samsung hadn’t expected the device to sell that well. But Samsung recently said that it solved the production issues holding back S6 Edge production, and the release of a larger variant featuring the same dual-curve design is proof that Samsung is confident both in the Edge concept and in its ability to keep up with demand. The next logical step is to expand the idea to tablets (and potentially other devices) – indeed, Samsung is known for transferring design elements from its flagship phones to its tablets and even laptops, like it did with the textured backs of the Galaxy Note 4 and Galaxy S5.
See also: Samsung Galaxy Note 5 rumor roundup (updated 8/5)
An Edge tablet would stick out from the glut of more or less interchangeable Android tablets, giving Samsung some much-needed differentiation in the competition with Apple and rapacious Chinese upstarts like Xiaomi.
We also have to note that Samsung is again keen to remind us that it created the large phone category, just like it did last year when Apple finally caved to market demand for a large iPhone.
Finally, the teaser lacks something as well: there’s no hint at the Gear A smartwatch that has been rumored to arrive this fall. Is Samsung saving the Gear A for later or is it simply a case of reading too much into a teaser image? We’ll find out in seven days.
What do you think? Is an Edge tablet coming? Would you be interested in such a device?
Samsung and LG now make up for 78% of all USA Android sales
Apple’s iOS sales continue to drop in the USA as a couple Android manufacturers take control over the market. Yes, you heard that right – a couple. We say this because Samsung is no longer the only big Android player in the USA; in fact, their numbers have been dropping. On the other hand, “Life is Good” for LG, which has been growing by massive proportions.
According to the latest sales data from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, the USA market is not as varied as Europe’s and Asia’s. Two Android manufacturers rule here (Samsung and LG), owning about 78% of all Android mobile sales during Q2 of 2015.
This may not be a huge accomplishment for Samsung, but it is for the other Korean phone maker. LG’s sales have doubled… again. Today also marks a special milestone in LG’s road, as they managed to get more first-time smartphone buyers than Samsung.
“While the Android ecosystem in Europe and China continues to offer several brands to choose from, Android in the U.S. is undergoing its strongest consolidation yet, with Samsung and LG now accounting for 78% of all Android sales. LG is the real success story of the quarter. Not only did it double its share of the U.S. smartphone market once again, but it was also able, for the first time, to acquire more first-time smartphone buyers than Samsung.” -Carolina Milanesi, chief of research at Kantar Worldpanel ComTech
Obviously, the report will seem like great news for LG, Samsung and Android fans in the USA, but we have to step back and look at what’s going on in our market. We have a duopoly going on in the Android ecosystem, at least in the USA. Choice doesn’t look so varied once you look at other major markets. Manufacturers like Apple, Huawei and Meizu have been growing elsewhere. In fact, Meizu grew a stunning 700% when compared to Q2 of 2014!
Of course, Meizu, Xiaomi, Huawei and OnePlus are only brands you will see in Asia for now (at least at larger scales), but they are coming, guys. We have put together a neat list of up-and-coming manufacturers that we believe will change our world once (and if) they enter the US market. We need a change, as well as more variety, and I believe it’s coming from these Asian “small timers”. Would you agree?
Samsung Smart TVs get a new payment system, card details can be transferred from smartphones
Samsung has created a simplified payment system for its Smart TV devices. This will be great news for millions of customers who purchase content from the no. 1 smart TV manufacturer. The new payment service is said to support “major credit cards, debit cards, PayPal and other mobile billing options”.
What it supports is not the highlight, though. The manufacturer is more excited to showcase how easy it is to use this new payment system. After the initial registration set-up has been completed, it usually takes only 3 steps for the user to complete a transaction. Simply choose the item you want to buy, press the “Pay Now” button and enter your PIN number. You are done!
We know what you are thinking, though. Yes, Samsung’s Smart TVs don’t run Android, they run Tizen – so why are we talking about this? For starters, we know many of our readers still love Samsung televisions. Furthermore, this new payment method also takes advantage of a neat feature many Android users will be able to take advantage of.
Those who use a Samsung mobile device can transfer their Samsung account information and registered payment methods to their Samsung Smart TV units, making it even easier to take get everything set up. It makes the process of buying content and accessing in-app purchases within games (which is also a new addition to the experience) much easier.
In addition, Samsung promises tight security. PayPal users can expect the same level of privacy they have with other devices, and Samsung’s secure on-screen keyboard will keep your passwords and input data safe from falling in the wrong hands.
More details on availability are to come, so Samsung urges us to stay tuned. You know we will be keeping an open eye on the Korean manufacturer, so stick around!
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