You might say the day is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workday, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This is the Daily Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at the top headlines for the past 24 hours — all handpicked by the editors here at the site. Click on through the break, and enjoy.
Even as the secret of Samsung’s Galaxy S IV has been handed off to some teenager, the @evleaks Twitter account (which has been reliable in the past) just posted a supposed pic of and specs for the phone. Along with what’s clearly a rendering and potentially just a placeholder image of the phone, the specs list a Super AMOLED Full HD screen of unknown size, 16GB/32GB/64GB storage options with 2GB of RAM, a 13MP camera and Android 4.2 OS. A second image shows the same mockup lined up with previous Galaxy phones apparently confirming its status as the largest one yet, although that’s not surprising given recent trends. Of course, given what we know about the lengths Samsung went to protect the design of the Galaxy S III (multiple designs, hand-delivered prototypes), you’ll forgive us for reserving judgement until the real thing is shown off on March 14th.
Update: We’ve been informed that both renders are from e-tailer Expansys, which adds yet another dusting of salt to the reliability of these specs. The listing also throws in that rumored eye-based scrolling feature. Jeremy is in big trouble.
Update 2: Now evleaks has deleted the original tweets — anyone else ready for 9 more days like this?
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Source: evleaks (Twitter) (1), (2), Expansys
You might say the day is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workday, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This is the Daily Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at the top headlines for the past 24 hours — all handpicked by the editors here at the site. Click on through the break, and enjoy.
One of the Galaxy S III’s most vaunted features was Smart Stay: when it was active, the smartphone’s display would stay awake as long as its owner did. A reported Samsung insider’s tip to the New York Times claims the Galaxy S IV will take that intelligent use of the camera one step further with eye-based scrolling. Theoretically, readers will never have to put finger to glass when scrolling downwards; the phone can tell when they’re looking at the bottom of the page and move to the next section on its own. The hands-off scrolling is supposedly part of a strategy where the software ultimately matters more than the hardware. Chief product officer Kevin Packingham wouldn’t confirm anything for the newspaper when asked, although he didn’t feel the hardware will take a back seat. Either way, consider us intrigued — as long as the software is real, and works in practice. We’ll know the full story in several days.
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Source: New York Times
At least one person knows exactly what the much-hyped Galaxy S IV looks like: Samsung’s “secret messenger” Jeremy. In a video posted to Facebook, Samsung plugs its upcoming Unpacked 2013 event where we’re sure to see the new flagship, and inspires envy by letting young’un Jeremy have a quick peek. If the end of the clip is anything to go by, he’s probably had a quick hands-on with it, too. It’s only 10 days until we get a look at it ourselves, but the video does leave us wondering whether it was the S IV in that suitcase in Pulp Fiction all along. Check out the vid for yourself after the break.
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Source: Samsung (Facebook)
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So, what are you up to on March 14th? If your idea of a good time is seeing a new smartphone unveiled, Samsung’s arranging just such a party at Times Square in New York for the upcoming Galaxy S IV, according to a recent tweet. We’d guess that revelers will get to watch a livestream of the recently announced Samsung Unpacked 2013 shindig for the new handset on the block’s famous big screens, while the event itself happens at Radio City Music hall. There’s no other details other than the @timessquare Twitter handle, but if you’re not in the big apple, you’ll be able to catch it right here instead, of course.
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Via: Sammy Hub
Source: Samsung Mobile (Twitter)
We doubt this will significantly dampen rumors of a Samsung Galaxy S IV announcement in March of next year, but any optimists who were expecting an official confirmation six months in advance won’t be getting one. Our grasp of Korean isn’t the best, but here’s a tweet from the company’s official Korean account indicating rumors of a Galaxy S successor simply aren’t true. Of course, with the kinds of sales the line has seen to date it seems like a reasonable assumption that Samsung will keep cranking them out as long as the courts will let it for the foreseeable future, so it’s certainly more a question of when, than if. Throw in the fact that the original Galaxy S was announced in March, the Galaxy S II in February, and the Galaxy S III in May — and the when narrows down appreciably.
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