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Samsung announces a voluntary recall of the Galaxy Note7

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This morning I received info from my Verizon rep after asking if I needed to return the review unit of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 that I’ve been testing for the last week: This morning, Samsung announced a voluntary recall of the Galaxy Note7 in response to an issue with the device’s battery. Because customer

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Samsung Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge available for preorder on Feb. 23

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This Tuesday, Feb. 23 at 8 am ET, The Samsung Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge will be available for pre-order from AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, US Cellular, and Verizon. What’s new with the latest versions of the venerable S Series? Just about everything that is good with the S6’s has been improved. The S7 has the same 5.1″ display

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Samsung embraces dual curves with the new Galaxy S6 Edge

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Today in Barcelona, Spain at the 2015 Mobile World Congress convention, Samsung took the wraps off of two new Galaxy smartphones, the Galaxy S6 and the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge. These two devices feature a metal chassis, glass on the front and back, and a 5.1 inch Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 2,560

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You’ll need to solemnly swear you are up to no good if you use this Marauder’s Map case

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Fans of Harry Potter are sure to find the Marauder’s Map case of interest.  The BeanBeanCase shop at Etsy offers this case in sizes to fit: iPhone 5/5s, iPhone 5C, iPhone 4/4S, Moto X, Samsung  Note 3, Samsung Galaxy S3, S4, and S5, and even the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.  The case

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Teaching a New Dog Old Tricks – Graffiti for Android

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The other day I was perusing the Amazon App Store and noticed that Graffiti Pro for Android was available. I immediately downloaded (it’s free) and installed it on three Android devices. I’ve been mostly pleased with the results. To those of you that are not familiar with Graffiti, it’s a character recognition system that utilizes

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Kindle Fire – A Tablet for the Masses?

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So, the Amazon “Kindle Fire” tablet is now reality and I believe it will be a big seller. At $199 it is within shouting distance of that “no brainer” gadget purchase price. Best of all, for us consumers, Amazon is forcing the rest of the tablet market to prove their value and “reason for being”.

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Samsung Galaxy Note – Boldly Going Where Tablets Were Meant To Go

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Lately, most of the tablet talk has centered on HP and the TouchPad/webOS soap opera. The drama continued today when various tech news outlets reported that HP may be making as many as 1,000,000 more TouchPads to fulfill commitments with their supply-side vendors. At an estimated loss of almost $200 per unit I’ve got to

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Samsung Announces Galaxy Tab

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Samsung has released details of their Galaxy Tab Android-based tablet. The specs include: Cortex A8 1 GHz processor Android 2.2 (Froyo) 16GB/32GB memory MicroSD slot (up to 32 GB) 7-inch WSVGA (1024×600) capacitive touch screen Full HD (1080p) video player and recorder (720 x 480) @ 3ofps Video support for DivX, XviD, MPEG4, H.263, H.264 and more.

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Samsung HM3200 Bluetooth Headset Review

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For many of us, having our mobile phone grafted to our ear is more than a frequent occurrence, it’s a near constant activity.  It’s often useful to be able to multi-task while we’re gabbing, and many states now have laws prohibiting mobile phone use while driving.  Enter the hands-free headset.  There a wide range of

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Samsung adds YouTube to its Blu-ray players

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From today all new Samsung Blu-ray players will include the YouTube feature as standard and will also now support MKV file formats. Existing owners of Samsung Blu-ray players will be able to upgrade their device with both features via a firmware update from Samsung.com. Customers can simply update their Samsung Blu-ray player by visiting Samsung.com,

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