Samsung and Epic Games teamed up for the Galaxy Note 9 ($230 at Target) release to gift Samsung customers with a custom Galaxy Skin. With the Note 9 now available, along with the Galaxy Skin, those who play Fortnite surely want to up their look. The skin itself is pretty sweet. Your character is covered …
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Are you a professional working with large multimedia files? Or an impatient amateur willing to pay money for time? Behold Samsung’s latest storage gadget, the X5 portable external solid state drive. Boasting boosted Thunderbolt 3 connectivity, the company says the X5 can achieve read speeds up to 2,800 megabytes per second (MBps). That’s up to 5.2 times faster than SATA …
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The great smartwatch showdown is underway, and one of the most stylish Google WearOS smartwatches is getting a big set of fitness updates. The Skagen Falster 2, arriving Sept. 12 — possibly the same day as Apple’s next Watch unveiling — does look more promising than the good-looking but bare-bones first-generation Falster watch from earlier this year. The Falster 2 …
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Congratulations! Your Galaxy Note 9‘s top-shelf specs take it to another level beyond any other Android phone, including Samsung’s own Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus. The Note 9 has a huge 4,000mAh battery and a minimum of 128GB of storage. There’s an excellent dual camera, a vibrant 6.4-inch screen and a cutting-edge Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor. On top of that, …
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The Samsung Galaxy Note 9 is slightly larger than the Note 8, so it’s an uncomfortable fit into the company’s Gear VR headset. And you don’t want your new $1,000 phone to be uncomfortable. So Samsung will provide you with a free adapter (which we knew was coming) — but you’ve got to call, like in the olden days. At …
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The Galaxy Note series’ big battery is back and better than ever in the Galaxy Note 9, as iFixit’s teardown of the new phone shows. Yeah, the 4,000-mAh spec tells you that it’s probably pretty large — typical phone batteries run between 2,500 and 3,500 mAh in comparison — but according to iFixit, its 15.4Wh capacity blows past the preflammatory …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. One of the most anticipated smartphone throwdowns of the year — the 2018 iPhones and the Google Pixel 3 — will be about far more than just phones. It will go to the root of the competition between Apple’s iOS 12 software and Google’s Android …
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Samsung’s Galaxy Note 9 ($230 at Target) is one amazing piece of kit. Outside of using the S Pen for all sorts of remote things now, the camera on the Note 9 is worth taking some time to get an idea of just what it can and can’t do. Hint: It can do a lot. From taking long slow-motion videos, …
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Samsung‘s assistant Bixby can do a wide range of tasks on your phone. Once you’ve learned the basics, here are 15 additional tricks that will help you get the most out of your assistant. Now playing: Watch this: 5 tips for getting started with Bixby Voice 2:52 Add quick commands Don’t want to memorize long strings of commands? You can …
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Break open your piggy banks, cheeps. This might be the TV deal you’ve been saving for. Ending Sunday, World Wide Stereo has the Samsung UN55LS003 4K UHD smart TV (aka “The Frame”) for $1,397 shipped with promo code FLASH. That’s at least $200 lower than you’ll find it elsewhere — and $600 less than when it debuted last year. See …
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