well... it says Samsung, and SSD, so it's either a commercial for a new Samsung laptop with an SSD, or for Samsung SSD's in general.

the quality of the video was so poor it took me a moment to realize that they were spelling out Samsung with the lights.


so...where is OAG on the crazy/hot meter?

I quite like it... but as advertising, other than being for Samsung, I'm lost as to what the product is.

And I'm not going to search because I don't care.

So a bit of a fail.

They're just copying Samsung...

Really? It is meant to represent what the OIS does.


Do the hamburgers you get at <Insert Awful Food Here> look like what they did on your TV?

I mean I expect sony/apple/samsung etc to all do the same thing.

The idea is to illustrate the concept.

Phones don't shoot footage usable in ANY real commercial setting.

>> ^direpickle:

>> ^Deano:
I've read a few takes on the trial that say this is all good news for Samsung. If you accept that they copied then it's just cost them $1bn to become second in the market. And they're appealing that in any case. Their marketing budget alone is $3bn.
Meanwhile Microsoft "innovated" with Windows Phone and they're nowhere. Look where Palm and Nokia are. Following in Apple's footsteps was the smartest move.
And yes, do a bleeding decent Picard voice!

$1B, and what could turn into a permanent injunction against sales of some of its top-of-the-line products. That's a killer. Won't know until December, though.
Well, it's mostly last-generation stuff. But I imagine they still sell Galaxy S2s.


It's not going to kill Samsung or fundamentally hurt them in any way. And they'll be appealing this for years. I'd understand if the Galaxy S3 was affected but it's not.
I know I'd prefer to be in Samsung's position rather than say RIM.

>> ^Deano:

I've read a few takes on the trial that say this is all good news for Samsung. If you accept that they copied then it's just cost them $1bn to become second in the market. And they're appealing that in any case. Their marketing budget alone is $3bn.
Meanwhile Microsoft "innovated" with Windows Phone and they're nowhere. Look where Palm and Nokia are. Following in Apple's footsteps was the smartest move.
And yes, do a bleeding decent Picard voice!


$1B, and what could turn into a permanent injunction against sales of some of its top-of-the-line products. That's a killer. Won't know until December, though.

Well, it's mostly last-generation stuff. But I imagine they still sell Galaxy S2s.

I've read a few takes on the trial that say this is all good news for Samsung. If you accept that they copied then it's just cost them $1bn to become second in the market. And they're appealing that in any case. Their *marketing* budget alone is $3bn.

Meanwhile Microsoft "innovated" with Windows Phone and they're nowhere. Look where Palm and Nokia are. Following in Apple's footsteps was the smartest move.

And yes, do a bleeding decent Picard voice!

unblocked link:

http://teamcoco.com/video/samsung-denies-apples-charges-copying

If only more consumer electronics had female names and could be bought from stores with dorky (apologies to any Wallace's out there) male names.

"Honey, I'm just popping down to Neville's to pick up the latest Samsung Agnes!"

One day travelling on the train to work.
"Wow, what's that you have there?"
"This is the latest tablet from HP, it's called the...Deidre, I got a great deal down at Nigel"

I guess my point was missed, FWIW I'm not a luddite who doesn't see any value in handheld technology. I've been through about 6 iPods now and have come to rely on them, for music and for advancing my Spanish and Portuguese through podcasts.

My problem is with the techno-dweebs I know who get excited over any technology advancement. As long as it's newer, faster, shinier, smaller, with better audio/video/storage/bandwidth, etc, than last quarter's model I'm supposed to be impressed when they wave it around and rattle off its specs. Then they use it to look up Brady Bunch trivia or some such garbage.

The smug sense of "I have more computing power in my hand than the Apollo astronauts had" yet they can't construct a fucking correct sentence on their own if their lives depended on it. But I digress. >> ^Quboid:

I wouldn't have thought there'd be so many Luddites on the sift.
@ulysses1904, yes, your non-existent example of exaggerated uselessness is indeed useless. Something useful? How about checking prices and product reviews while in the shop? I can browse my local video store and if I see an interesting movie, I pull out my phone, load the IMDB app, take a picture of the BluRay case and learn all about it.
When I was in Italy a few months ago, I had language trouble when ordering food on one occasion - I pulled out my phone, typed my order into Google Translate and handed the phone to the waitress. That day, the human race was closer to having a Babel Fish than we have been in thousands of years of human development - but hey, it's just a gizmo, right? Who cares?
In fact, come to think of it, even your example isn't useless - that birther nonsense wouldn't have lasted long if everyone with a smartphone could have done that while watching Obama's inauguration.
@CheshireSmile, if that's all you need then fine, although I'm guessing your friends have rubbish keyboards on their phones. I don't need much, but I want loads and why not? If I'm waiting for a plane or something, I like to be able to web browse, check Facebook and Twitter, play games, whatever.
My Samsung Galaxy S 2 probably would not survive falling out the window of a moving car, however this has yet to cause me any distress - just out of interest, how often does your phone fall out of a moving car?

I wouldn't have thought there'd be so many Luddites on the sift.

@ulysses1904, yes, your non-existent example of exaggerated uselessness is indeed useless. Something useful? How about checking prices and product reviews while in the shop? I can browse my local video store and if I see an interesting movie, I pull out my phone, load the IMDB app, take a picture of the BluRay case and learn all about it.

When I was in Italy a few months ago, I had language trouble when ordering food on one occasion - I pulled out my phone, typed my order into Google Translate and handed the phone to the waitress. That day, the human race was closer to having a Babel Fish than we have been in thousands of years of human development - but hey, it's just a gizmo, right? Who cares?

In fact, come to think of it, even your example isn't useless - that birther nonsense wouldn't have lasted long if everyone with a smartphone could have done that while watching Obama's inauguration.

@CheshireSmile, if that's all you need then fine, although I'm guessing your friends have rubbish keyboards on their phones. I don't need much, but I want loads and why not? If I'm waiting for a plane or something, I like to be able to web browse, check Facebook and Twitter, play games, whatever.

My Samsung Galaxy S 2 probably would not survive falling out the window of a moving car, however this has yet to cause me any distress - just out of interest, how often does your phone fall out of a moving car?

History will sort it out for you. 100 years from now everyone will remember the iPad is just a rehashed Microsoft Surface, and the iPhone is just a Samsung Galaxy with a small screen.

>> ^notarobot:

Nokia has produced a phone to be the envy of every Apple and Samsung product on the market. I know nothing of the "Symbian" OS vs. other popular mobile OSs, but it looks incredible. Too bad it will never set foot on NorthAm soil.


No, Nokia has produced a phone with a camera that appears to be pretty good. The camera is about 5% of my smart phone usage (if that). And having previously owned a few symbian phones, you could not drag me back to that platform.

Yeah I could really care less about what OS it has as long as it is fairly functional. Giving up "apps" to have this camera is something I think alot of people would do. Oh well...hopefully MS doesn't overlook this opprotunity and gets a Windows Phone version to the US asap.>> ^notarobot:

Nokia has produced a phone to be the envy of every Apple and Samsung product on the market. I know nothing of the "Symbian" OS vs. other popular mobile OSs, but it looks incredible. Too bad it will never set foot on NorthAm soil.