Samsung Digital Frames Double As Monitors

Samsung have two excellent digital photo frames, which have an awesome feature that allows you to use them as a secondary PC monitor. This is all done via software called UbiSync PC, which lets you display computer imagery on them via a USB connection without the use of a special video card. The 8-Inch Samsung SPF-85H LCD and 10-inch Samsung SPF-105P LCD both have 1GB of internal image storage and a memory card slot. The 8-inch version offers an 800×600 resolution, while the 10-inch features a sharp 1024×600 screen. Thanks to Technabob for the lead.

Samsung's 1.8" 120GB Glossy USB Drive

Samsung has broken through the 100GB barrier with its SpinPoint N2. Samsung are pushing the drive to Apple for use in their iPod classic and MacBook Air. Although the 120GB USB drive comes in a cool looking glossy black enclosure the size of a credit card, there isn't a name for it yet (publicly at least). The 4200-rpm USB drive is also power thrifty, drawing less than 1.4W and just 300mA from a 500mA USB port. The drive is rated at 4,200-rpm, and has a read speed of 27MB/s and a write speed of 23MB/s. The SRP of 40GB version should be around $160 with the 120GB model retailing for about $293. Put it in a gold plated case and you'll have plenty of buyers.

Samsung Announces New Cameras

Samsung have announced a number of new cameras. Their new NV100HD offers 14.7 megapixels, a 28mm Wide angle lens and can record 720p HD video. It also features a touch screen and has optical image stabilization. The new NV9 features a 5x optical zoom, 10.2 megapixel sensor and has the capability to play MP3 music files. The new Samsung L310W features a 13.6 megapixel camera and has a 28mm equivalent wide angle lens. Their S1070 compact digital camera, features a 10.2 megapixel sensor, a 3x optical zoom and a 2.7" LCD screen. The L201 is a 10.2 megapixel compact digital camera which feature Samsung's Auto Contrast Balance which will brighten dark areas in high-contrast and back-lit scenes. It can also charge batteries directly in the camera.

Samsung Announce their i900 Omnia

Samsung have announced their Windows Mobile 6.1-powered i900 Omnia. The Omnia features quad-band GSM / GPRS / EDGE support, 7.2Mbps HSDPA, a built-in accelerometer, WiFi module, USB port, FM tuner, Bluetooth with A2DP, a 3.2-inch 400 x 240 resolution display and a 5-megapixel camera (with smile detection and geotagging). Coming in 8GB and 16GB versions and further enhanced through support for MicroSD memory. Samsungs TouchWiz user interface will certainly add a little more for folks to consider making it a worthy adversary for the iPhone 3G.

Samsung Announce 256GB SSD

Solid State Drives are increasingly being looked at as the future of portable data storage, and Samsung have just raised the stakes by announcing a 256GB SSD. The NAND Flash memory based MLC 256GB SSD drive is a 2.5in SATA II drive that's only 9.5mm thick. It looks like the battle for the thinnest large capacity SSD in on. The Drive is also very fast, with a purported data read rate of up to 200MB per second, and all this whilst consuming only 0.9Watts in active mode. Samsung will start mass producing it by the end of this year.

Samsung Show OLED Laptop Concept

Samsung SDI - Sammy's display division - have shown a cool looking ultra-thin, AMOLED laptop concept. The display measures 12.1-inches and features a 1,280 x 768 resolution with infinite contrast. When combined with the apparently touch-sensitive keyboard it's definitely aimed at the more style conscious user.

Samsung Ship First 500GB Laptop Drive

Samsung Announced at CEBIT that they have officially shipped their first 500GB Laptop Drives. The 2.5in Spinpoint M6 HDD is only 9.5mm high and uses three 167GB platters. Samsung have indicated that most notebooks could be easily fitted with two of these drives, hmmm ... A 1TB laptop sounds real sweet.

Samsung Halts Consumer Product Sales in Japan

In a moved born out of frustration with the closed nature of the market in Japan, Samsung has decided to halt sales of all of its consumer product lines there. Japan is notoriously difficult to trade in due to severe restrictions and protectionism.

Samsung Prices Dual Format HD Disc Player

Samsungs BD-UP5000 'Duo HD' unit which will have Certified HD DVD and Blu-ray playback, and which will be fully 1080P compliant, has been tentatively priced at around the £800 mark. This Unit will support online extras for HD DVD and Blu-ray via an Ethernet port and can output movies at 1080p in a cinema native 24 frames per second and can scale all the way up to 60fps for faster videos. I don't need a crystal ball to guess that there will be a price war, possibly bringing the price down even more.

Samsung Announces Dual Format HD Disc Player

Samsung announce the release of a Dual Format HD Disc Player. They follow LG in what I hope is something of a positive trend in offering a player which will play both Blu-ray and HD-DVD media. The BD-UP5000 will fully support both formats including, interactivity capabilities. For more infomation read the Official Press Release.

Samsung Unveil 64GB SSD Drive

Samsungs new 1.8-inch 64GB SSD doubles the capacity of their current SLC NAND-based 32GB SSD, indications are that it's up to 60% faster too. Mass production of this 1.8-inch replacement for hard disks is expected to begin in Q2. Thanks to Engadget for this bit of news...

Samsung Shows 1080P LCDs With Triple HDMI Ports

With multiple devices now vying for the HDMI Inputs on your HDTV LCD, having those extra ports will prove a boon. Just think, You can get one of these baby's from Sammy, and plug in your HDTV Cable or Satellite box, your HD-DVD unit, and your new Blu-ray based Sony Playstation 3. Talk about spoilt for choice ... the new LCD units from Samsung are 40in, 46in and 52in and all feature 1080p native resolution screens with a high 15,000:1 contrast ratio.

Samsung Unveil A Weatherproof TV

Did I just say weatherproof, maybe they're stretching the line a bit, but the images that are appearing for this new 42" weatherproof HD-ready TV seem to suggest more water than weatherproof. The Sanyo 42LM4WPR-E, as it is called, is not even 1080p but I'm certain that it'll cost as much as one... The Set features a brightness level of 500 cd/m², and a contrast ratio of 800 to 1. Pricing and availability are yet to be announced...

Samsung Unveil Ultra Slim LCD Module

Samsung publicly demoed their new 1.29mm thin Ultra Slim LCD Module, which is primed to be used in their upcoming Ultra Edition II Mobiles. At about 0.4mm thinner than panels currently being produced, these modules will help drive the competition to new heights and thinness. Hmmm ... I wonder how flexible they are?

Samsung Debut New HDD Drives

Samsung have begun shipping their new NAND/HDD drives. These drives are purportedly five times more rugged than regular drives, and come with 128- to 256-MB NAND RAM to allow for faster start ups, faster application access and resume from sleep. The 2.5in drives come in 80GB, 120GB and 160GB capacities and should make many users happy.

Google Phone Makes An Appearance

There are several blogs and news sites posting pictures of what looks to be another cool phone, but this time from Google and Samsung. The articles are worth a read and can be found at High Contrast and Engadget.

Samsung YP-K3 - Slim Cool

I recently had a look at the Samsung YP-K3 and I was impressed by its slimline looks and easy to use interface. This music player is superb with a formfactor that is only slightly larger than that of an iPod Nano. I really like the look and feel of the unit with its cool blue LED's and it's capability to playback mp3's, WMA and OGG and Jpegs. The K3 also features a 160 x 128, 1.8-inch OLED display, FM Tuner and has up to 4GB of storage. It'll be a real contender for folks thinking about an alternative to the iPod Nano. Now, if they could only squeeze in a video capability ... for more info visit Samsung UK's K3 Product Page.

Samsung Reveal 63" Full HD Plasma With Bluetooth

Samsung revealed 3 new plasmas this week, the 63in 63P71FHD, the 50in 50Q92HD, and the 42in 42Q92HD. These new models all feature 15,000:1 contrast ratios, a 'Daylight Filter' layer which passively reduces glare and an 'Ultra Daylight Mode' which dynamically adjusts the picture during daytime viewing. With specs like these I would be thinking very seriously about using my PC with any one of these units.

Samsung Release M55 Laptop With HD DVD Burner

Samsung has added an HD DVD burner to their M55 laptop. The M55 is already offered with Blu-ray and HD DVD players. The laptop also comes equipped with a Core 2 Duo T7200 processor, 2GB of RAM, a 120GB hard drive, a GeForce 7600 graphics card with 256MB of VRAM and the mandatory 1920x1200 17-inch display. Price is around $3,200.