If money is no issue, then Lenovo’s X1 Carbon Touch (above) is an ideal slim and light companion for all your work trips. But if you can’t bear to part with S$2,999 for the expensive laptop, there are affordable – yet fast – ultrabooks that make for great machines on the go.

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It was the device that Android geeks had been dreaming of. A phone stuffed with all the best hardware, run on a clean, fast interface that does away with any bloatware.

When Google unveiled plans to sell a version of Samsung’s popular Galaxy S4 with its stock Android interface on Wednesday, many Android fans must have got their credit cards out ready to spend. The bigger question, though, is whether this is the start of a trend – a good one.

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The Samsung Galaxy S4 is one great phone when it comes to hardware like its 5-inch Super AMOLED screen. Yet, by packing in a whole of features – including some crapware – the Korean phone maker may make you pull your hair out in frustration at times.

How do you get get a “clean” Android interface, without all the clunky bells and whistles? Here are some suggestions. …

Unlike smartphones and laptops, TVs are expected to last a long, long time before they have to be upgraded. But with smart televisions shipping with quad-core chips and Internet connectivity, the future may demand that we buy a new TV every two years just to keep up.

Thankfully, Samsung is thinking out of the “box”. …

The much-anticipated Samsung Galaxy S4 is finally going on sale in Singapore on April 27. Without an operator contract, it will go for S$998, roughly the price of main rivals like the HTC One and Sony Xperia Z.

For many phone enthusiasts looking to buy the next big thing, the past couple of months have been spent comparing the features and usability of all three top-end smartphones.

Still can’t decide? Fret not. We have a quick guide to help you pick from the three most desirable phones out there.  …

Samsung, the biggest smartphone player, shipped a whopping 213 million smartphones in 2012, commanding nearly 30 percent of the global smartphone market. From October through December last year, it sold an impressive 720,000 phones per day.

The Korean electronics giant looks set to maintain its reign as the king of the hill, with the launch of the Galaxy S4 with LTE in Singapore. Available from April 27, the widely anticipated smartphone with 16GB of internal storage will retail for S$998 without a contract.

How did Samsung become one of the largest players in the smartphone market, beating competitors like HTC, Sony and LG despite its late foray into the Android market in 2009?
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Samsung NX300

Samsung has packed in the features in its new flagship NX camera aimed at the prosumer market. The new NX300, shipping in Singapore now, can be fitted with a 45mm 2D/3D lens that claims to be the first one-lens 3D system capable of capturing both still images and full HD movies in 3D. …

Like many critics, I’ve been cool to the unveiling of Samsung’s new Galaxy S4 last month, after rivals such as HTC had raised the competition a notch.

Getting my hands on it, however, gives me another perspective. Actually, the much-awaited flagship in the Galaxy line doesn’t feel as flimsy as its predecessor.

Yes, it’s plastic – or polycarbonate, as the Samsung folks in Singapore insist – but it doesn’t feel that cheap. …

Well, it’s better late than never.

Samsung finally released an Android Jellybean update for the original Galaxy Note smartphone yesterday in Singapore, bringing with it a number of new features offered on its current generation of phones.

The software update, available to users over the air or via a PC connection using its Kies software, can also be obtained at the Korean phone maker’s stores in Singapore. …

Samsung Series 7 Chronos

Folks who like Samsung’s slim laptops can look to more from the Korean electronics firm, after it introduced two new additions to its Series 7 lineup and upgraded its Series 9 notebooks with a full HD screen. All new models are in the shops in Singapore this week. …