Samsung Series 5 550 Chromebook review

Verdict:

More powerful hardware and a new edition of Chrome OS that lets you work offline make this the best Chromebook yet

Price when reviewed: £361

Supplier: http://www.micom.co.uk

The latest Samsung Chrome OS laptop, the Series 5 500, seriously ups its game when it comes to the hardware specification, with the Atom processor of its predecessor replaced by a dual core 1.3GHz Celeron 867 and its 2GB of memory upgraded to 4GB. The hard disk is still a 16GB SSD, which means that the laptop boots almost instantly. The extra processor power means that apps reported as running slowly on previous Chomebooks, such as Angry Birds, run smoothly.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 review

Verdict: The Tab 2 is well made and has an impressive screen - but unless you want 3G, the Nexus is a better buy

Price when reviewed: £193

Supplier: http://www.amazon.co.uk

While Apple was happily ruling the roost with its 10in iPad, Samsung was doing something different with its 7in tablets, starting off with the Samsung Galaxy Tab at the end of 2010. With a few models released since then and a proper tablet version of Android available, the Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 really should be Samsung's chance to shine. Unfortunately for Samsung, Google has come along with its own competitor, the super-cheap and very powerful Google Nexus 7.

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Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 price and availability

Samsung has announced that its new Galaxy Note 10.1 will be available in both the UK and US today, Thursday, August 16th. That's almost five months since we first saw it back at MWC in March.

The listed prices for the device are as follows: The Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet with 16GB and Wi-Fi is £414 (inc VAT). The price for the Galaxy Note 10.1 with 16GB, Wi-Fi plus 3G is £509. That makes it fractionally more expensive than the equivalent iPad, a tough place to be in the tablet market.

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Samsung to invest $4 billion in Austin plants

Samsung Electronics co. will spend $4 billion renovating its plant in the U.S. to increase production of advanced chips used in smartphones and tablet computers.

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