Modern smartphones let you do much more than make phone calls: You can play games, surf the web, listen to music, watch videos and run thousands of apps that let you do everything from creating artwork to monitoring your fitness. But you don’t necessarily need to sign a contract with a phone company to do […]
samsung galaxy player
Posted inFeatured, News
Samsung goes big with 5.8 inch Galaxy Player media player
Samsung’s Galaxy Player line of devices are basically what you get if you take an Android smartphone and remove the cellular capabilities. In other words, they’re portable media players, web surfers, and gaming devices designed to be used over a WiFi network. They’re kind of like Android versions of the iPod touch… but while the […]
Posted inNews
Next-gen Samsung Galaxy Player leaked?
Samsung makes some of the best-selling Android smartphones. But the company also offers a range of portable media players that run Android software. The biggest difference is that the Samsung Galaxy Player line of devices don’t make phone calls, while Samsung Galaxy smartphones do. Now the folks at SamMobile have posted details of what they […]
Posted inDeals
Deals of the Day (12-09-11)
Today’s a good day to be in the market for a portable media device. Newegg is selling iPod touch models for 10 percent off, and you can grab a Samsung Galaxy Player 5.0 far below list price from Amazon. There are also some great deals on tablets, a USB flash drive, and other mobile tech. […]
Posted inFeatured, News, Reviews
Samsung Galaxy Player 5.0 review
Remember PDAs? Before smartphones became ubiquitous, personal digital assistants such as the Palm Pilot, Handspring Visor, and Dell Axim were all the rage (with geek and/or well-organized people, anyway). But a funny thing happened when smartphones really started to take off — companies stopped making PDAs. While that’s probably because they weren’t selling very well […]
Posted inNews
Samsung Galaxy Player price falls to $189 (Update: Nope, it was just a sale)
Samsung’s Galaxy Player line of handheld Android devices is getting a price cut. When the Galaxy Player 5.0 and Galaxy Player 4.0 started shipping recently they were priced at $270 and $230 respectively. But now you can pick up the 5 inch model from Amazon for $229, or grab the 4 inch Galaxy Player 4.0 […]
Posted inNews
Samsung Galaxy Player 5.0: First look (video)
The Samsung Galaxy Player 5.0 is a portable Android device with a 5 inch, 800 x 480 pixel display, a 1 GHz processor, 512MB of RAM, and 8GB of storage. It includes Bluetooth, WiFi, and GPS wireless features, and basically does everything an Android smartphone can do — except make phone calls. It even supports […]
Posted inFeatured, News
Samsung Galaxy WiFi 3.6 is an Android handheld (not a phone)
The Samsung Galaxy WiFi 3.6 looks like a smartphone, but it’s not. Instead it’s a handheld device that runs Google Android, offers WiFi connectivity, and does just about everything an Android phone does — except for make phone calls or surf the web over 3G or 4G. It’s kind of like Apple’s iPod touch, except […]
Posted inNews
Samsung Galaxy Player 4 and 5 inch tablets coming to the US
Samsung has announced that the Samsung Galaxy Player 4″ and Galaxy Player 5″ which the company unveiled at MWC last month will be headed to this spring. These portable Android devices are smaller than the Samsung Galaxy Tab line of Android tablets, but they lack the cellular data capabilities of a Samsung Galaxy S Smartphone. […]
Posted inNews
Samsung Galaxy S WiFi 4.0 joins the family
It looks like Samsung is preparing to offer a whole family of Android powered handheld devices that don’t make phone calls. I got a chance to check out the Samsung Galaxy Player with its 3.2 inch display and Samsung Hummingbird processor at CES. Yesterday the company unveiled its big brother, the Samsung Galaxy S WiFi […]