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This isn't just a new Samsung TV app, it's an M&S app
Marks & Sparks hits your Smart telly 2 February 2012 9:25 GMT TweetGet ready to get posh shopping on your telly boxes Samsung fans, a Marks & Spencer app is landing on Sammy's Smart TV platform.
But when we say "get ready" that's all we mean, because there's no shopping option just yet - it's just "a snapshot...
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APP OF THE DAY: Rightmove review (Samsung TVs)
Buy a house on your telly box 25 November 2011 18:00 GMT TweetIt's the 8th most popular website in the UK, has listings for over 20,000 agents and developers from Land's End to John O' Groats and is the only place where you can take a look around someone's house uninvited without them getting all worked up and...
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Upgraded Samsung Apps service coming for Wave and Galaxy handsets
Plus 30 free games 20 September 2011 14:20 GMT TweetSamsung has improved its Samsung Apps service and is rolling it out to handsets imminently. The Bada 2.0 sporting Wave range will be the first to receive the enhancements, while Galaxy device users will see the update hit before the end of 2011.
The...
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Samsung Teletext Holidays app takes us back to the 90s
The rain in Spain... 28 July 2011 14:23 GMT TweetIn 1992 Pocket-lint and Mrs Pocket-lint had a week in the Algarve, 4-star, half-board, flights with BA and all transfers and taxes included for just £4.50 after booking with Teletext Holidays.
And whilst that story is not actually true, it...
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APP OF THE DAY: BBC News review (Samsung TV)
The news hits your connected TV 17 June 2011 18:00 GMT TweetYou may have read earlier on Pocket-lint how the BBC News app has hit the "fourth screen" - i.e. the TV - with the launch of the service on Samsung connected TVs (with more manufacturers to come on board in the future).
Well, if you haven't...
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Samsung Smart TV hits 2 million mark
Connected TV platform growing in popularity 17 June 2011 16:11 GMT TweetIt's been a good day for Samsung Smart TV. Not only has the BBC announced the arrival of its news app for the Samsung connected TV platform, figures have been published stating that it has passed 2 million in terms of sales.
Given that the...
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Samsung adds 3D VOD app to Smart TV lineup
Free 3D content for your telly-box 16 May 2011 0:01 GMT TweetBack in March Pocket-lint told you how Samsung had rolled out a 3D video-on-demand app in its homeland, Korea, and now it's Britain's turn to get in on the 3D app fun.
The new app - Explore 3D - will run on D8000, D7000, D6500, D6100, D6900...
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Samsung Apps adds new payment options
Phone bill and PAYG options added 4 May 2011 15:33 GMT TweetSamsung has revealed that its TV and Bada mobile users will now be able to charge their app purchases to their phone bill, or mobile phone balance.
Look, we know it's not the most exciting announcement in the world, but the platform recently...
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Samsung Apps hits 100 million downloads
In just 10 months....Bada bing! 24 March 2011 16:28 GMT TweetSamsung has announced that its Bada app offerings have been downloaded an incredible 100 million times in the 10 months in which the service has been live.
Samsung Apps launched with the original Bada handset - the Samsung Wave GT-S8500 - back...
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Samsung goes live with 3D VOD service
In Korea, with global plans afoot 16 March 2011 11:31 GMT TweetBack in January at CES 2011, Samsung announced a partnership with DreamWorks that would see "a new streaming 3D Video-On-Demand (VOD) service that would make DreamWorks Animation content - trailers and promotions in both 3D and 2D- available for...
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Gameloft developing for Samsung Smart TVs - Virgin Media's TiVo next?
EXCLUSIVE: Senior VP reveals all to Pocket-lint 17 February 2011 15:37 GMT TweetDigital gaming publisher Gameloft is soon to announce a partnership with Samsung to supply titles for the company's Smart TV range of sets. The games will be able to be played through the compatible connected televisions, without the need for a console...
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Samsung hints at its plans for IFA 2010
And there's not likely to be many kit announcements 13 August 2010 16:11 GMT TweetSamsung has exclusively told Pocket-lint about its plans for the forthcoming IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin, Germany from 3 September.
Usually manufacturers are tight-lipped on what might be unveiled during the convention, however,...
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Samsung Apps to work across different devices - confirmed
TV, mobile, and, yes, tablet applications to converge 12 August 2010 15:36 GMT TweetBack in January, at CES Las Vegas, Samsung hinted that it was seeking to converge its application store across all of its connected devices, including TVs and mobile phones. However, its Internet@TV service and mobile app store are currently separate;...
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EXCLUSIVE: Samsung's Internet@TV could become serious rival to Pay TV operators
"We are talking to all major content providers in the UK". 12 August 2010 13:24 GMT TweetThis year has been a doozy for new display technologies, with headline acts Freeview HD and 3D TV getting their fair share of the limelight. Indeed, 3D is still a buzzword that bristles with electrical charge every time it's mentioned in print, online...