HP and Samsung offer setup-free printing on the Galaxy S 4, with others to follow

<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> <img alt="Samsung Galaxy S 4 top crop" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/03/engadget001es.jpg" /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;">As ubiquitous as wireless printing has become, there remains the occasional hoop to jump through for printing from mobile devices if you don't happen to have either a special app or iOS gear that supports AirPrint. HP and Samsung are teaming up to remove many of the headaches for the Galaxy S 4: when the phone launches in April, it should have setup-free WiFi printing to almost 200 HP inkjets and LaserJets, as long as any given printer is either on the same network or is otherwise accessible through direct printing. Don't expect ubiquitous support, though. Beyond being limited to the one phone, you'll have to stick to some of its preloaded apps, including the browser, contacts, email client, photo gallery, Polaris Office and S Note. It's far from a truly universal solution, then, but the two partners are at least promising zero-setup printing on both the Galaxy S III and the Galaxy Note II through firmware updates coming later in 2013. We'll take the approach if it saves time snagging an old-fashioned boarding pass or some concert tickets.</div><div class="open" dir="ltr" id="pr_box" style="text-align: left;"> <div id="pr_box_button">Hide Press Release</div><div id="pr_text"> <em><strong>HP and Samsung Launch New Mobile Print Offering</strong></em><br /> <em>PALO ALTO, CA--(Marketwire - Mar 14, 2013) - HP (HPQ) today unveiled a new print offering built within select Samsung devices to provide users an easy way to print directly to more than 180 HP network printer models across the HP inkjet and HP LaserJet portfolios.</em><br /> <em>The collaboration demonstrates HP's continued investment and leadership in the mobile printing space by satisfying a common need for today's mobile user -- on-demand, customized printing from virtually anywhere.</em><br /> <em>Different from current mobile printing apps on the market, the new embedded solution from HP and Samsung requires no setup, tools, drivers or network configurations to adjust on the phone, making mobile printing effortless and convenient. In addition, the print offering is one of the only solutions to offer sophisticated printer settings and options that include duplex printing, color, orientation and paper type. By offering these capabilities and much more, this new mobile print enablement will make printing on the go easier, saving time for the mobile worker and beyond.</em><br /> <em>Print functionality will be supported with the upcoming release of the Samsung GALAXY S 4 and will be available later this year as a firmware upgrade to the Samsung GALAXY S III and Note II, enabling built-in, wireless printing compatibility.</em><br /> <em>Users can print in two ways: by automatically connecting their Samsung mobile device and HP printer on the same local network via Wi-Fi, or by using HP technology via wireless direct print.(1)</em><br /> <em>"Customers continue to look for ways to print from their smartphones and tablets," said Stephen Nigro, senior vice president, Inkjet and Printing Solutions and Graphics Solutions Business, Printing and Personal Systems Group, HP. "This partnership with Samsung is the latest example of how HP is making it easy to print what you want from wherever you are."</em><br /> <em>The Samsung print solution is HP's latest feature for its mobile print portfolio that also includes HP ePrint.</em><br /> <em>The built-in print solution works in three simple steps: choose a document, photo or web page(2); select a printer (either on Wi-Fi or directly); and hit print. The embedded solution also offers additional, convenient print options for the user, including number of copies, paper size, orientation, paper type, color mode, double-sided printing and job completion status.</em><br /> <em>Availability and support</em><br /> <em>The print solution is compatible with nearly 200 HP printer models across the HP inkjet and HP LaserJet printer portfolios.(3)</em><br /> <em>The built-in print button will be available on many applications of the Samsung mobile devices, including: Email Client, Android Browser, Photo Gallery, Contacts, S Note and Polaris Office.</em><br /> </div></div></div>

HP and Samsung offer setup-free printing on the Galaxy S 4, with others to follow

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Samsung puts Exynos 5 Octa into production: guess who's the first customer

<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> <img alt="Samsung puts Exynos 5 Octa in mass production, no prizes for guessing where it shows up" data-src-height="340" data-src-width="620" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/03/samsung-exynos-5-octa-chip-1363365230.jpg" /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;">That Galaxy S 4 isn't going to compute tasks through sheer force of will, you know. Just a day after Samsung unveiled the smartphone as its inaugural Exynos 5 Octa device, the company has confirmed that the not-really-eight-core ARM processor should be in mass production during the second quarter of the year, or between April and June. There aren't many more details to share beyond what the company mentioned at CES, but that doesn't diminish what could be a best-of-all-worlds processor: the automatic switching between four Cortex-A15 and four Cortex-A7 cores should give it a performance edge over many of its peers while reducing power consumption by up to 70 percent. We also know that the Octa's graphics performance has largely caught up to peers versus earlier Exynos 4 designs, as Imagination Technologies has confirmed that its PowerVR SGX544MP is providing enough muscle to double 3D performance over the creaky Mali-400 in the Exynos 4 Quad. About the only mystery left is whether or not many companies beyond Samsung will get a chance at some Exynos 5 Octa silicon, although there's one or two</div><div class="open" dir="ltr" id="pr_box" style="text-align: left;"> <div id="pr_box_button">Hide Press Release</div><div id="pr_text"> <em><strong>Samsung Announces the Availability of Exynos 5 Octa for New Generation of Mobile Devices</strong></em><br /> <em>Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a world leader in advanced semiconductor solutions, announced that its new Exynos 5 Octa application processor is scheduled for mass-production in the second quarter of 2013. The Exynos 5 Octa features an unprecedented eight-core ARM® big.LITTLE™ architecture based on the Cortex-A15™ CPU, technology built for efficient handling of multitasking abilities for high-end mobile devices today.</em><br /> <em>"High processing performance based on multi-cores has become an essential factor for advanced mobile devices, and what users expect more is how long and seamlessly they can enjoy smart mobile computing experiences," said Taehoon Kim, Vice President of Marketing, System LSI Business, Device Solutions Division, Samsung Electronics, "With the new mobile platform driven by the Exynos 5 Octa processor, which heralds and fulfills such expectations, consumers will be able to experience a new level of mobile computing in a few months."</em><br /> <em>As highlighted at CES 2013, the Exynos 5 Octa is the world's first mobile application processor to implement the new concept of processing architecture, big.LITTLE™, based on the Cortex-A15™ CPU to offer optimal core use. By housing a total of eight cores to draw from-four powerful Cortex-A15™cores for processing-intense tasks along with Cortex-A7™ quad cores for lighter workloads-the Exynos 5 Octa enables mobile devices to achieve maximum performance. This approach offers up to 70 percent energy saving when performing various tasks, compared to using Cortex- A15™cores only.</em><br /> <em>The newest Exynos processor will be manufactured using Samsung's latest 28-nanometer (nm) HKMG (High-k Metal Gate) low power process and power-saving design, which increases the power efficiency of the processor by minimizing the static current leakage.</em><br /> <em>The Samsung Exynos 5 Octa enhances the powerful 3D graphics processing capabilities by more than two-times over the Exynos 4 Quad.</em><br /> <em>With today's advanced display technology transitioning toward ever higher and sharper resolutions, the Exynos 5 Octa is powerful enough to drive WQXGA (2560x1600) display, the best crystal-clear resolution currently available for mobile devices, enabling users to enjoy crisper video images on their premium smartphones and tablets.</em><br /> <em>By adopting e-MMC (embedded multimedia card) 5.0 and USB 3.0 interface for the first time in the industry, the new Exynos application processor boasts fast data transfer speed, a feature that is increasingly required to support advanced processing power on mobile devices so that users can fully experience upgraded mobile computing such as faster booting, web browsing and 3D game loading.</em><br /> <em>Samsung Exynos 5 Octa incorporates a full HD 60fps (frame per second) video hardware codec engine for 1080p video recording and play-back, an embedded 13 mega-pixel 30fps image signal processor interface for high-quality camera functionality, and 12.8GB/s memory bandwidth interface that enables Full HD Wifi display.</em><br /> </div></div></div>

Samsung puts Exynos 5 Octa into production: guess who's the first customer

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Samsung Galaxy S IV gets detailed in extensive early preview, screen examined up close

<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="Galaxy S IV gets detailed in extensive early preview, screen examined up close" data-src-height="450" data-src-width="409" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/03/galaxy-s-iv-preview.jpg" /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;">We haven't exactly been lacking for leaks of Samsung's new Galaxy S IV ahead of its launch later today, but those looking for yet more can now get their fix courtesy of an extensive preview/review of the still-unofficial phone published by <em>IT168</em>. That's the same site that's been the source of a number of those aforementioned leaks in recent days. While it's still not clear if the phone in their possession is identical to Samsung's final retail device, it certainly appears to be a well-polished version, and decidedly familiar for anyone accustomed to the Galaxy S III. The preview goes particularly in-depth on the phone's screen, even going so far as to put it under a microscope to compare it to the Galaxy S III and Note II. Hit the source link below for a closer look yourself.</div></div>

Samsung Galaxy S IV gets detailed in extensive early preview, screen examined up close

  We haven't exactly been lacking for leaks of Samsung's new Galaxy S IV ahead of its launch later today, but those looking for yet...

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Galaxy S IV dam springs another leak with floating touch and SmartPause videos

<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> <img alt="Galaxy S IV dam springs another leak with floating touch and SmartPause videos" data-src-height="340" data-src-width="620" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/03/samsung-smart-touch-3-14-13-07.jpg" /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;">Samsung's been laying on the marketing glitz for the upcoming Galaxy S IV ahead its Samsung Unpacked 2013 event later today, perhaps because there'll be few surprises at the actual show thanks to all the breaches. A pair of videos from serial leaker <i>IT168</i> have just been outed allegedly showing two new TouchWiz features from the upcoming handset: SmartPause and floating touch. The latter will display larger image thumbnails or an info box for contacts when you hover your finger over either, while SmartPause stops video from playing when you look away from it -- an eye-detection feature that had been rumored previously but never spotted in action. Naturally, this may not be the final hardware they're playing with, but you can judge for yourself after the break -- just turn down your speakers first, as the videos are a tad noisy.</div></div><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/jCAtRNiYBmI?feature=player_embedded" width="640"></iframe><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/tN7o_AhIlTM?feature=player_embedded" width="640"></iframe></div>

Galaxy S IV dam springs another leak with floating touch and SmartPause videos

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Supposed Galaxy S IV leak resurfaces in high-res pics, lists more features and specs

<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;">  <span></span><img alt="Supposed Galaxy S IV leak resurfaces in highres pics, lists more features and specs" data-src-height="413" data-src-width="620" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/03/2013031400084702503.jpg" /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"><span>What is purported to be a dual-SIM equipped engineering sample of Samsung's Galaxy S IV popped up a few days ago </span>in pictures and video<span> on a Chinese forum, and now it's back for a better look. The new pictures show off what's measured as a 1080p 4.99-inch display with an embossed home key and cross-hatch textured plastic back cover (already cracked on this unit). Engadget Chinese came through with a translation, and the specs listed on </span><em>it168</em><span> claim its Exynos 5410 is a 1.8GHz 8-core CPU unit, with </span><span>PowerVR SGX 544MP3 GPU. The i9502 weighs in at 138g and measures 7.7mm thick, packs 2GB of RAM and 16GB ROM storage with a microSD expansion slot and has a 2600mAh battery.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> Also revealed are a few more software tweaks, with the Smart Stay eye tracking that had previously been outed, plus a feature (pictured after the break) that lets users hover their fingers over the display to produce a Galaxy Note II S-Pen stylus-like effect. Check out another picture after the break or an entire slideshow past the source leak -- we're less than 24 hours away from seeing the real thing unveiled in NYC.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"><img alt="Supposed Galaxy S IV leak resurfaces in highres pics, lists more features and specs" data-src-height="413" data-src-width="620" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/03/2013031400095786450.jpg" /> </div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> <img alt="Supposed Galaxy S IV leak resurfaces in highres pics, lists more features and specs" data-src-height="413" data-src-width="620" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/03/2013031400331022387.jpg" /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><iframe width="640" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/gfzom-RdrwI?feature=player_embedded" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Supposed Galaxy S IV leak resurfaces in high-res pics, lists more features and specs

  What is purported to be a dual-SIM equipped engineering sample of Samsung's Galaxy S IV popped up a few days ago in pictures and video...

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We're liveblogging Samsung's Unpacked 2013 event tomorrow at 7PM ET!

<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="Image" data-src-height="450" data-src-width="468" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/03/be-ready-4-the-next-galaxy-teaser.jpg" /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;">It's that time of year again, when Samsung shows off the next iteration of its massively popular Galaxy smartphone. A heavy focus on the number 4 and a slew of teasers leave little doubt what we'll see, but the exact hardware and software details of how the Galaxy S IV (4?) will outdo its last effort remain shrouded in mystery. We'll be live on hand at Radio City Music Hall with the details as they happen, and Samsung is promising a live video feed here. The fireworks kick off at 7PM ET tomorrow, look below for your locally adjusted time and bookmark our liveblog and event hub pages now (relive the 2012 Galaxy S III unveiling here).</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;"> <br /><span class="event-datetime"></span></div></div>

We're liveblogging Samsung's Unpacked 2013 event tomorrow at 7PM ET!

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Samsung's latest Galaxy S IV teaser shows the outline of... a phone

<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> <img alt="Samsung's latest Galaxy S IV teaser the rough outline of what appears to be a phone" data-src-height="450" data-src-width="422" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/03/bfhlbv1ccaacpc1.jpg" /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;">Pause for your latest Galaxy S IV news break ahead of the March 14th unveiling: Samsung's Mobile US Twitter account has posted this picture showing what appears to be a smartphone (shocker!) -- that matches our existing Galaxy S III 1:1 minus the earpiece and with a slightly shifted logo FWIW -- shrouded in shadow. We'll understand if you've been overtaken by awe and need a moment, Jeremy certainly seemed impressed.</div></div>

Samsung's latest Galaxy S IV teaser shows the outline of... a phone

  Pause for your latest Galaxy S IV news break ahead of the March 14th unveiling: Samsung's Mobile US Twitter account has posted this p...

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