Samsung goes big with Windows 8-powered Ativ line

Samsung unveiled the Samsung Ativ Tab 3 at an event in London on Thursday.

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The Ativ name may be silly, but Samsung Electronics is betting heavily on it as the namesake for anything related to Windows.

In a showcase Thursday that featured a slew of products, Samsung’s Ativ line played a central role. Ativ has become the umbrella brand that includes laptops, tablets, all-in-ones, and smartphones, and some of the devices were on display.

Samsung is hoping history repeats itself with Ativ. It previously poured its resources into developing the Galaxy brand for anything associated with Android, and its flagship Galaxy S line of smartphones is a smash hit, with the Galaxy name extending into multiple lines of successful phones and tablets.

Samsung debuts tons of new goodies in London (pictures)

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Masterpiece’s ‘Breathless’ To Bring ‘Smash’ And ‘Downton Abbey’ Stars Together

NEW YORK — “Masterpiece” is prescribing a new drama set in a London hospital in the early 1960s.

The series, “Breathless,” will put medical practice at the brink of the tumultuous `60s. Set in a busy gynecology unit, it inhabits a world where abortion is illegal and the new contraceptive pill is only available to married women.

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Samsung unveils the ATIV One 5 Style, a Windows 8 AIO with Galaxy design

Samsung unveils the ATIV One 5 Style, a Windows 8 AIO with Galaxy design

Portables aren’t the only ATIV devices Samsung has in store today: Samsung’s DJ Lee unveiled the ATIV One 5 Style this afternoon, an all-in-one PC with a slim 4.5mm metal frame and a Galaxy-style white bezel. From what we’ve seen so far, it’s clearly a Windows 8 PC, and it’s all screen (of the touch variety). Samsung European PC business director Patrick Povel calls it, “The perfect home entertainment device.”

But you’ve already seen the ATIV One 5, you wanna know what’s inside it — we’ve just learned a load more about its specs. The ATIV One 5 features an AMD A6 quad-core processor (which also handles graphics duties), and has 4GB of RAM. The 21.5-inch display has a 1920 x 1080 resolution — we’re still not sure what type of screen that is, sadly, but we’ve asked. The ATIV One 5 Style arrives in the UK “later this year” for an unknown price.

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Samsung Has a Mutant Windows 8-Android Convertible Tablet

Samsung Has a Mutant Windows 8-Android Convertible Tablet

At Samsung’s event in London today, they took the lid off of two new Windows 8 tablets. One is very normal. The other is very weird. We’re pretty excited about the weird one.

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Samsung announces ATIV Q: a Windows / Android hybrid with a 3,200 x 1,800 display

At its Premiere event in London today, Samsung unveiled the ATIV Q, a hybrid that can run both Android and Windows 8. On-stage, Executive Vice President DJ Lee said the “versatile and adaptable” device can switch between four positions: tablet, typing, stand and writing. The Q sports a 13.3-inch display with a 3,200 x 1,800 (qHD+) resolution (that works out to 275 ppi). Samsung says the panel is optimized for use in bright sunlight, and viewing angles are wide, at 178 degrees. There’s also an S Pen on board to take advantage of that spacious screen, which Galaxy Note fans will certainly appreciate.

Apart from the high-res display, the standout feature is the device’s dual-OS support. To switch between Android Jelly Bean and Windows, you simply have to press the Start button (no reboot required), and you can pin Android apps to the Windows screen and vice versa. Under the hood is a Core i5 Haswell processor which Samsung rates for up to nine hours of battery life. All this comes in a magnesium body that’s plenty portable: it weighs just 1.29kg (2.84 pounds) and measures just 13.9mm (0.5 inch). No pricing info was announced at the event in London, but we know the ATIV Q will launch in the UK later this year. For now, check out our hands-on.

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Samsung intros ATIV Book 9 Plus flagship Ultrabook, ATIV Book 9 Lite

Samsung intros ATIV Book 9 Plus flagship Ultrabook, ATIV Book 9 Lite

We haven’t heard much about Samsung’s Series 9 Ultrabooks for a while, barring a resolution bump late last year. Today, though, the company announced the follow-on to that product. Two follow-on products, actually. The company just introduced the ATIV Book 9 Plus, a 13-inch flagship laptop that appears to be the direct replacement to the old Series 9. In addition, the company announced the ATIV Book 9 Lite, another 13-inch ultraportable that doesn’t quite rise to the level of flagship status.

Starting with the Plus, it steps up to Haswell processors (Core i5 and i7), as well as a 3,200 x 1,800 touchscreen. Sammy also made improvements to the old Series 9’s backlit keyboard and trackpad. (Think: the sort of excellent touchpad found on the recent ATIV Book 7). The new display, meanwhile, is coated in Gorilla Glass and has a 72 percent color gamut. The Plus offers two hinge positions — one at about 105 degrees and another all the way down to 180 degrees. Additionally, the company’s opted for OCR bonding this time around, which should offer an improved touch experience, say company reps. With the touchscreen, the weight is up to 1.39kg (3.06 pounds) — definitely not the lightest 13-inch touchscreen Ultrabook we’ve seen, but still plenty portable. As for battery life, you’re looking at 12 hours, according to Samsung. And given the performance of some other Haswell machines we’ve already had a chance to test, we’re inclined to believe it.

Meanwhile, the ATIV Book 9 Lite has up to 256GB of solid-state storage and an unnamed quad-core processor clocked at 1.4GHz (it’s an AMD chip, we hear). As a slightly lower-end device, it has a 1,366 x 768 display, and also comes in a more playful gamut of colors, including white, red and the usual black. Battery life is rated at 8.5 hours, compared with 12 for the Plus. Likewise, you get 4GB of RAM, versus eight gigs on the flagship model. Also, it will be available in both touch and non-touch versions, with the non-touch model weighing in at 1.44kg (3.17 pounds) and the touch one tipping the scales at 1.58kg (3.48 pounds). The Book 9 Plus and Lite will launch globally in Q3, but in the meantime we’ve got a hands-on post on ready for your perusal.

Mat Smith contributed to this report.

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Samsung ATIV Book 9 Plus is the company’s new flagship Ultrabook

STUB Samsung ATIV Book 9 Plus is the company's new flagship Ultrabook

We haven’t heard much about Samsung’s Series 9 Ultrabooks for a while, barring a resolution bump late last year. Today, though, the company announced the follow-on to that product, the ATIV Book 9 Plus.

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John Boehner On Debt Ceiling: ‘We’re Going To Have A Negotiation’

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said Thursday that he would negotiate a debt-ceiling increase with spending cuts, potentially setting up another fight with President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats.

“Well, you know, I could say the sun’s not going to come up tomorrow, but guess what? It is. So the president can say,
‘I’m not going to negotiate on the debt limit.’ Get over it,” he told CNBC, in an interview scheduled to air later Thursday. “We’re spending more money than what we’re bringing in. We have to deal with this problem. And if we’re going to raise the debt limit then we’ve got to do something about what’s causing us to spend more money than what we bring in.”

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Super Mario Level Skulls, Your Princess is in Another Brain Cavity

If you think that playing video games for too long makes your head hurt, just imagine how these guys feel. In fact, these awesome skulls should be used as a gamer PSA. “This is your brain on Super Mario Bros.” Well, if they were human skulls. They may have been human at one time until addiction to the game mutated them to look more like Bowser’s skull.

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Artist Tobias Wüstefeld from Germany sculpted these skulls which have partial levels from Super Mario Bros. on them. This is what it looks like to be addicted to Nintendo games for sure. Koopas and Goombas crawling around in your skull. Never a moment’s peace.

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They will be exhibited at the We Love 8Bit Art Show this September in Berlin.

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Samsung Premiere 2013 liveblog!

Samsung’s got big news for its Galaxy and ATIV ranges, and we’ve already seen teasers that point towards new laptops, cameras and hybrids. Join us here at 2pm ET — we’ll be liveblogging it all from London!

June 20, 2013 2:00:00 PM EST

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