Technology is an ocean of knowledge and it has really changed human civilization in many form. In the begining when TV was first discovered no was able to believe his own eyes. But now with advancement of technology, we are now able to see picture which are made up of LEDs. And in the field of doing so one of the fortunner is Samsung.
Recently Samsung has unveiled its 6 & 7 series LED TVs in the market. It is very clear to say that it is one of the finest technology so far unveiled by samsung. Samsung ushered a new era of flat panel TVs in India by announcing the launch of its new line up of LED High Definition TVs in the Indian market. Though is has unveiled series 6 & 7 having 40" and 46" screen sizes but it promised to have series 8 having 55" screen. Some of the unique features are Mega picture clarity Razor slimness and stylish design.
As compared to old picture tubes leds produce darker black that appears deep in to eye. The result is it gring great clarity to the picture and thus provide a beautiful experience for the users. The size of the TVs are so slim that no one will be able to imagine its thickness. It can be easily be placed at any place and thus break free from the conventional limits of integrating a television into a room. Energy consumption in the samsung LED TVs are also less as compared to HDTVs but reatin the same picture quality level thus no doubt that it is one of the eco friendly device from Samsung.
So if you are thinking to have a new TV in your home this the right choice you have in your hand. Go ahead and enjoy

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world leader in advanced memory technology, announced today that it has made a significant advancement in the push for higher volume memory chips by developing the world's first four gigabit (Gb) DDR3 DRAM chip, using 50 nanometer (nm) process technology.

With more and more data centers seeking a reduction in the number of servers they use, the development of low-power 4Gb DDR3 has become critical in reducing data center costs, improving server time management and increasing overall efficiency.

For the new generation of "green" servers, the 4Gb DDR3's high density combined with its lower level of power consumption will not only provide a reduction in electricity bills, but also a cutback in installment fees, maintenance fees and repair fees involving power suppliers and heat-emitting equipment.

"We have leveraged our strength in innovation to develop the first 4Gb DDR3, in leading the industry to higher DRAM densities," said Kevin Lee, vice president, technical marketing, Samsung Semiconductor, Inc. "By designing our 4Gb DDR3 using state-of-the-art 50-nm class technology, weour 4Gb DDR3 using state-of-the-art 50-nm class technology, we are setting the stage for what ultimately will result in significant cost-savings, for servers and for the overall computing market," he added.

The 4Gb DDR3 can be produced in 16 gigabyte (GB) registered dual in-line memory modules (RDIMM) for servers, as well as 8GB unbuffered DIMM (UDIMM) for workstations and desktop PCs, and 8GB small outline DIMM (SODIMM) for laptops. By applying dual-die package technology, this new device can deliver modules of up to 32GB - offering twice as much capacity as memory modules based on the previous highest chip density of 2Gb.

Designed to be low-powered, the 4Gb DDR3 DRAM operates at 1.35 volts (V), therein improving its throughput by 20 percent over a 1.5V DDR3. Its maximum speed is 1.6 gigabits per second (Gbps).

In 16GB module configurations, 4Gb DDR3 can consume 40 percent less power than 2Gb DDR3 because of its higher density and because it uses only half the DRAM (32 vs. 64 chips).

With an aggressive conversion to 50nm-class production for higher density DDR3, Samsung intends to remain the clear leader in high-volume/high-performance DRAM.

In September 2008, Samsung announced its development of the world's first 50 nm-class 2Gb DDR3 DRAM. Now, just five months after, it has established the industry's broadest line-up of high-performance DDR3 products using 50 nm-class process technology (4Gb, 2Gb, 1Gb).

As forecasts have the amount of memory per server doubling every two years, the development of high-density DRAM is expected to keep pace, expanding to other applications such as notebooks and desktop PCs.

According to the International Data Corporation (IDC), a market research and analysis firm, the worldwide DDR3 DRAM market will account for 29 percent of the total DRAM market in 2009 and 75 percent in 2011. In addition, IDC estimates that 2Gb-or-higher DDR3 DRAM will make up three percent of the total DRAM market in 2009 and 33 percent in 2011 (units in bits).

Samsung has begun mass producing 256 gigabyte (GB) solid state drives for use in notebooks and desktop PCs, featuring double the performance of Samsung's currently available 64GB and 128GB models.

The new 256GB SSD combine sequential read rates of 220MB/s with sequential write rates of 200MB/s. This sharply narrows the performance gap between read and write operations to only 10 percent, compared to a read-write speed difference of between 20 and 70 percent for other SSDs. In addition, erase cycles are a rapid 100GBs per minute, allowing the entire drive to be re-written much faster, when needed.

Getting our exceptionally high performing 256GB SSD in a notebook is analogous to having a 15,000rpm drive, without all of its size, noise, power and heating drawbacks," said Jim Elliott, vice president, memory marketing, Samsung Semiconductor, Inc.The Samsung 256GB SSD expedites data transfer when large multimedia files are simultaneously read and stored. It can store 25 high-definition movies in just 21 minutes, a significant advancement over a 7200rpm hard disk drive (HDD), which takes about 70 minutes. Furthermore, the 256GB SSD launches applications 10 times faster than the fastest 7200rpm notebook HDD.The 256GB SSD?s performance can be attributed to a new, optimized, single platform design consisting of a chip controller, NAND flash and special drive firmware all developed by Samsung. This single platform is designed to easily adapt to Samsung?s 40nm class NAND flash memory.

Also offering a high degree of energy efficiency, the new drive consumes 1.1 watts of power versus two or more watts for a comparable HDD. The high operating speed of the 256GB SSD translates into longer periods in either stand-by or idle mode resulting in up to 40 minutes of extended operation on a single battery charge.

Similar in weight to a 128GB SSD (81 grams), the 2.5-inch multi-level cell (MLC) 256GB SSD retains the standard 9.5 millimeter (mm) drive thickness.

Samsung's 256GB SSD is also available with optional proprietary encryption programming that provides full disk encryption, a key feature for many corporate users.

The most important factors in any display solution designed especially for digital signage applications are its size and its brightness, ensuring the fact that the images will be clearly visible even in bright sunshine. However, none of the models currently available on the market will be able to compete against Samsung's latest development, a 70-inch panel touted by its manufacturer to be the world's brightest, with a light output of 2000 nits.

According to the company's statement, this digital information display (DID) is one-third brighter than the previous model and has been designed to optimally accommodate the wide range of lighting conditions affecting outdoor displays. Besides providing around 4 times the brightness of most consumer-grade HDTVs, the device also sports a brightness-control option, which actually allows operators to "dim it down" during nighttime.Moreover, by using local dimming LED technology, the DID LCD panel manages to keep power consumption as low as possible by adjusting picture brightness in very precise "localized" increments, thereby avoiding having to brighten areas that don’t require it.

One of the main advantages provided by this local dimming technology is related to the contrast ratio, which achieves a very impressive value, of 200,000:1. Other features worth mentioning are the Full-HD (1080p) screen resolution with 16.7 million colors, plus some very good viewing angles, namely 178 degrees on both horizontal and vertical directions.

The panel weighs 80 kilograms, is 1630mm (millimeters) wide by 952mm high by 129.6mm deep, and can be used in either portrait or landscape format, thus making it pretty versatile. Unfortunately, no pricing details have been provided, but Samsung claims that the first samples of this "super-bright" display will be available by the year's end, with mass production most likely scheduled to start at some point in early 2009.

The need for healthy holiday sales in a bear market, competitive pressure from movie download services, and media speculation about the future success of the Blu-ray format itself has resulted in falling Blu-ray player prices across a range of current and older models, according to ABI Research.

Tier 2 players and older models (6-9 months) are now widely available under $200. Amazon is offering a Samsung model bundled with four discs for that price. Holiday season prices may be in the $150-200 range. All of this runs counter to many of the industry?s original market forecasts and expectations.

"Blu-ray vendors and dealers are starting to realize that for Blu-ray to become the next DVD, they need to lower player prices in order to generate interest and build volumes," comments ABI Research principal analyst Steve Wilson."They are also getting more competition than they expected from download alternatives such as Xbox 360 and the Roku Netflix player, TiVo and Amazon. However downloads provide an opportunity as well as a threat: both LG and Samsung have concluded agreements with Netflix that allow some of their players to download movies and TV shows straight from Netflix. The more the Blu-ray players adopt these download capabilities, the better they will be able to differentiate themselves from standard DVD players."

Despite the low proces, Blu-ray sales are also expected to suffer in the fourth quarter, thanks to the shaky economy. Generally, economy dictates the level of investment companies will put into development and marketing, and perceptions of economic health are a critical factor in consumer purchase decisions. And the current economic slowdown could mean that consumers would be cautious in their spendings in the upcoming holiday season and especially for pricey Blu-ray players and discs.

Samsung Mobile today strengthened its multimedia phone portfolio by launching its ultimate mobile entertainer, the 8 megapixel camera phone, Samsung INNOV8, in the Indian market.
"Samsung Innov8 is made for users who want to enjoy the best possible multimedia entertainment with their mobile phone. With the 8-megapixel camera, pre-embedded 3D games, high speed data connections and much more, users can experience the true benefits of mobile entertainment", said Sunil Dutt, Country Head, Samsung Mobile.Recognized as Samsung's first ever 8-megapixel camera phone, Samsung Innov8 uses the latest in imaging applications such as smile shot, blink shot and face recognition. Users can enjoy personalizing and editing their photos, videos and music with Movie Maker and Story Board applications. The handset also acts as a digital photo frame, allowing users to display their favorite images on its 2.8 inch, 16M color LCD.

The 32GB memory (16GB Internal and 16GB MicroSD Card) provides sufficient content storage. It also supports a wide range of video player formats including DivX, WMV, Real Player and MPEG4 and the AV experience is enhanced with Samsung's DNSe 2.0 audio engine. The Innov8 is being launched preloaded with two Aamir Khan movies.The Samsung Innov8 is priced at Rs. 45,999.

Samsung announces two new music mobile phones, namely Samsung BEATb aka M3510 and Samsung BEATs aka M3200. Both the new phones have been launched under ‘The BEAT Edition’ line to let the music lovers rock on the tunes.

The slider BEATs and candy bar BEATb comes equipped with Digital Natural Sound engine (DNSe) that produces a 3D sound and deep bass quality, Auto EQ function. It also includes the ability to record and send tunes to Shazam server.

Both the mobile phones sport Motion Play feature that allows users to control music by few simple motions such as tapping, shaking and flipping. Alternatively, the handsets also come with physical music control keys for easy operations.Shinning in unique and vivid accent colors, both the phones sport 2 megapixel camera, stereo Bluetooth, FM radio and full 3.5mm headphone jack.

The BEATs handset also packs in an amplifier by B&O ICEpower and a stereo speaker for superior sound quality.

The Samsung BEATb handset is schedule to make its presence in the market by later this month, while the Samsung BEATs phone follows in October. There is no mention about the pricing.

Samsung has entered the netbook market with the launch of its latest computing device, dubbed NC10. This stylish netbook maintains incredible functionality in its small size form factor.

Available in three different colors such as white, classic Samsung piano black and a unique metallic blue color, the ultra-compact laptop weighs 1.33 kg and is said to be one of the world’s lightest 10.2-inch netbooks.

Powered by Intel Atom processor, the NC10 sports a stunning WSVGA display that delivers a resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels and supports SuperBright Non-Gloss LED. It runs on the Microsoft Windows XP Home operating system and comes in either 80 GB or 160GB hard disk.Other features of the Samsung NC10 netbook include 3 in 1 multi-memory card reader, VGA connection, mic in, headphone out, 3 x USB ports and 6 cell battery to provide up to 8 hours of operation. In context to connectivity, the latest netbook offers Atheros 802.11b.g wireless LAN for fast Internet access, a 10/100 Ethernet LAN and optional Bluetooth 2.0+EDR.

Dinesh Chand, Product Manager for Notebooks at Samsung Electronics UK, mentioned, “We have been looking at the netbook market for some time to see where we could really add value for consumers. Through our extensive R&D network, we have gained a true insight into consumers’ frustrations with these products, such as small keyboards and short battery life, which has been very valuable and has allowed us to develop a product we feel fits our customers needs. Small and light, with the power and functionality for mobile working and web browsing, the NC10 delivers a true online experience from the palm of your hand.”

Moreover, the NC10 has the ability to withstand the stress and strain of the daily usage while commuting due to an integrated ultra durable Protect-o-Edge casing. Besides, the latest Samsung NC10 is believed to be anti-bacterial, thanks to the company’s innovative Silver Nano Technology that promises to offer a more hygienic personal computing environment.

Samsung’s NC10 netbook is slated to hit the Uk market by October 2008 for a suggested retail price of £329 (approx. Rs. 27,590).

When 2008 started, everyone hoped to see a conclusion of the next-generation DVD format war between Toshiba's HD DVD and Sony's Blu-ray. In the end, Blu-ray has officially won this "battle," with Toshiba admitting defeat and moving on to other segments of the CE market. However, this victory might be relatively short-lived (compared to the lifespan of the DVD format, for example), at least according to what a Samsung manager has to say.



Thus, in an interview for the Pocket-lint website, Andy Griffiths, director of consumer electronics at Samsung UK, stated that the format backed by Sony "has 5 years left," then adding that he "certainly wouldn't give it 10." Nevertheless, the format will most likely enjoy a huge level of success over the course of 2008 and the next 2-3 years, before its possible rivals emerge. Moreover, Samsung seems to be taking a pretty big slice of this pie, the company's standalone players enjoying a considerable level of success.Unfortunately, the Samsung representative doesn't point out any technologies as a possible Blu-ray replacement, and it's quite difficult to place a bet on just what the respective tech will be, especially since there are so many to choose from: flash memory, cloud-like computing environments, holographic storage... who knows, sky's the limit.



OK, so all in all, this might be just the personal opinion of Mr. Griffiths. However, since he's a top-executive of one of the world's largest consumer electronics manufacturers, he might actually be on to something.



Actually, if this prediction turns out to be right, we might witness a very strange situation: the parallel death of both last-gen (DVD) and next-gen (Blu-ray) optical discs, since the DVD will most likely still be around in 5 years. Yes, folks, the future's a very interesting one...

Samsung is attempting to answer the question of how low can you go while doing the solid state limbo. The semiconductor company this week said it has begun sampling low-density, higher-performance solid state drives (SSDs) measuring just 30 percent the size of 2.5-inch SSDs. Samsung also says they're highly cost-efficient to manufacture, which should help the technology continue to penetrate the mainstream market."We've refined our manufacturing techniques and redesigned our low-density SSDs to get what the low-priced PC market is looking for in the way of improved cost, performance, and availability," said Jim Elliot, VP of memory marking.

Available in 8GB, 16GB, and 32GB flavors, the new multi-level cell SSDs will use the same SATA II controller found on Samsung's recently introduced MLC-based 128GB SSD. The company says the 32GB SSD will read data at 90MB/s and write at 70MB/s, while the 16GB will sport read and write times of 90MB/s and 45MB/s. Bringing up the rear, the 8GB model will also read at 90MB, but write at 25MB/s.

Mass production will start in September 2008. And mass consumption? That question remains to be answered.

The Serenata features a pebble like design so much so that if it weren't for its shiny metal it would easily camouflage itself. Most people for sure will hold it the wrong way the first time. Even though I knew it, it took me a while before I could get the phone out of my pocket and hold it right.
What makes it so difficult is the positioning of the screen. The screen is down and a click wheel placed above. It's a very bold design step for which many will criticize the phone. More on that later in the review.

The face of the phone first sees an all-metal large click wheel with a button in the center and four buttons on the click wheel. The left and right clicks are the calling keys while the top is a Clear/Delete button and down is the back button. The screen below has touch buttons, one in each corner and depending on application; even the center is a touch button. While the top left corner is dedicated to Music the top right corner brings up extra options depending on which menu you are in.The phone doesn't have any buttons placed on the sides, just one connector at the bottom of the phone to charge, connect headphones or dock it. The connector has a sliding dust cover to prevent particles from entering into the circuitry of the phone.

This is good considering that this phone is going to be kept standing while being used as an audio player most of the time. There is no camera in the back or front, just a stainless steel piece featuring a brushed metal finish to keep the phone standing when its loudspeaker is pulled out.

Yea, just like in the Samsung i450 mobile phone or the Samsung YP-K2 MP3 player, which have a speaker that slides out. The Serenata has a large loudspeaker. With this design you can have the phone sitting on a table by itself or on a dock and playing the tunes loaded into its internal memory. To insert the SIM card or change the battery you have to open the flip stand and slide up the speaker before you're able to open the battery compartment.

The phone has a very good build quality. High quality rubberized plastics are used for the edges and the back of the phone, except for the flip stand. The face of the phone also features a lot of the same metal seen for the stand.

LG has announced yet another touch screen handset that could be their next iKiller. The KC910 will be going up against the other 8 megapixel camera phones out there like Samsung’s INNOV8 and of course SE’s C905 both of which happen to be sliders unlike the 910 which is simply a touch screen handset.It has a 3-inch TFT touch screen with a 240 x 400 pixel resolution and 256k colors. Aside from the 8MP auto-focus camera that uses Schneider-Kreuznach optics and has a Xenon flash, it’s able to record video with VGA (30fps) and QVGA (120fps) quality. The camera also uses a geo-tagging feature that works in tandem with its onboard GPS receiver. With regards to connectivity the handset supports Wi-fi, 3G with HSDPA, Bluetooth with A2DP support and of course USB connectivity as well.

The KC910 also has a lot to offer in the media department with a preloaded codec that supports Xvid and DivX video playback and Dolby sound for music. Other features also include microSD support for external memory and a TV out feature. Reports also state that unlike the other 8MP camera phones I mentioned, this one will be thinner considering it doesn’t have a keypad.
The LG KC910 is an upgrade to the KU990 Viewty. Although no official price has been announced the handset should be in stores by October.

Samsung today launched its touchscreen mobile phone in the Indian market. Called the F480 a.k.a TouchWiz, the phone sports full touch navigation features.

The phone houses a 5-megapixel autofocus camera with LED Flash. It features the "auto smile shot" as seen in some newer Samsung digicams. Samsung TouchWiz also comes equipped with face detection, image stabilizer, CMOS video lens, and Wide Dynamic Range (WDR) - features usually found in the more advanced digital cameras.The 'drag and drop' technology allows widgets to be selected from the left panel of the screen and dropped anywhere on the home screen. Since the widgets include widely used applications like clock, calendar, alarms, Music Player, FM, Games and Profiles, this practically allows the user to set hotkeys on the touch menu for all these functions.

For connectivity, the Samsung TouchWiz features GPRS, EDGE, 3G, HSDPA (7.2mbps) networks and functions on GSM 900/1800/1900, and WCDMA 2100 bands. The phone is equipped with 240MB of internal memory, which can be expanded up to 8GB via the microSD memory card slot.

Samsung's TouchWiz is housed a metal body casing and luxurious leather cover. For its stylish looks and features, this phone will cost you Rs 20,990.

You can treasure your valuable emotions with Samsung’s new digital photo frames, SPF-86P and its premium V series which includes SPF-86V and SPF-105V. These high end digital frames are optimum to store and cherish those loved moments.

The Samsung digital frames ensure an excellent display of images by reproducing true colors. You can conveniently store your special memories in style.The SPF-86V and SPF-105V feature a glossy wooden frame and 1 GB of memory. These frames support WiFi and RSS. They can automatically grab photos through an RSS feed from a website.

The Samsung SPF-86P features an 8-inch frame which boasts about its 800×600 fine-resolution with 200cd/m2 of brightness and 400:1 contrast ratio. This elegant photo frame equips an mp3 player and speakers.

The Samsung SPF-86P frame comes in brown color and is embedded with 1 GB memory. It also offers provision for SD/MMC/MS memory cards. Without worrying about the extra space, you can now add numerous images everyday to the SPF-86P frame.

There has been no word on pricing and availability.