Recently, the Samsung App store has gained some serious momentum, which is evident from the fact that consumers have now downloaded applications from the marketplace more than 10 million times. The Samsung marketplace had reached the one million download mark in even less than a year (268 days) last year, and soon it reached double that number in January, 2011. Much of the success can be credited to the ever-increasing collection of various apps which they have on board the marketplace for the Samsung HDTV users to download from. The number of available applications stands at roughly 900 at this time.
This year’s “Free the TV Challenge”, organized by Samsung is sure to add more remarkable applications to their repertoire. The focus of this year’s challenge as set by Samsung for the aspiring developers is to create applications that will work across multiple platforms and OS like Android and iOS in addition to the Samsung HDTVs of course. The theme is termed “converged apps” and it should see programs that work across tablets, smartphones and HDTVs in such a way that will enable the user to access the Smart TV with his other gadgets. According to Samsung, as told to CNET, more and more people are willing to use their TV apps and connect to the internet through their TVs, which shows growth in the Smart TV sector.
The Free the TV Challenge 2011 started yesterday as Samsung has started to accept the entries from developers all around and the entries will close on November 29th. The voting and the decision making will start from December 2nd and will end on December 16th, with the winner announced on January 13th. The prizes include prize money of $100,000, along with a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 inch with 32 GB in-built memory and a 65-inch Samsung LED D8000 television for the winner. The winning application will be marked as recommended by Samsung on the marketplace for two months. The first and second runners up will not go empty handed either because they will each receive a 55-inch Samsung LED D8000 and a Galaxy Tab 10.1 inch in addition to the $75,000 and $50,000 prize money respectively.
Samsung Electronics has launched the thinnest full HD 3D LCD TV. Samsung Premium Series 3D LED HDTV 9000 is the union between the high-class design and leading technology, providing high quality entertainment experience.
Samsung 9000 full HDTV TVs series have a thickness of 7.98 millimeters and two integrated tuners, is – according to the manufacturer – the thinnest in the world. The company also launched the first remote control with touch screen “Touch Control”, for 9000 users.
Samsung LED 9000
To create The LED 9000 Series, Samsung designers have used the most important innovations in the domain of TV design, making a stainless steel structure to make an extremely thin profile of the TV. The TV frame integrates a tuner, speakers, a translucent foot and a self-sliding touchpad. The 9000 Series comes equipped with four HDMI ports and an USB 2.0 port to play various multimedia files from your flash drive or external USB hard disk. The devices have WiFi connectivity, media streamer compatible with DNLA, or Samsung Apps and many other functions.
The 9000 Series is accompanied by a color touch screen remote, showing live feeds of a channel while the user follows another post, or running a movie on Blu-ray or DVD player. The remote is as functional as a Smartphone, ensuring ease and speed when browsing the content. The remote has a headphone jack connection and Display Twin mode, which allows simultaneous monitoring of television programs and movies on Blu-ray. The remote includes the AllShare function, the screen can be converted into a QWERTY keyboard and the Wi-Fi (2.4 GHz) and infrared technologies controls the TV and the STB and AV devices with buttons on the screen.
Samsung 9000 series has Clear Motion Rate, the new standard of clarity of movement based on the measurement of the resolution of a moving scene. Its 3D processor, the first in its class, is optimized and compatible with all 3D formats but also the Blu-ray 3D full resolution standard. The technology can be applied to convert 2D to 3D content from any source: TV, games and DVDs – all in real time. When the TV is not in 3D mode, the user can return to full HD image with the touch of a button. In addition, Samsung 3D technology provides images with a full Color spectrum for an amazing experience.
The Internet TV function allows users to download from the Samsung Apps portal, that is still growing, its favorite content and watch it directly on the screen. Samsung Apps gives users a wide selection of content such as YouTube, USA Today or AccuWeather.
For sharing multimedia content between devices, the AllShare function is allowing users to transfer wireless photos, movies and music from computers, phones and digital cameras directly on the TV screen. With the help of ConnectShare Movie users can connect via the USB port a storage media (external hard drive, digital camera, flash memory) for quick access to movies, music, playlists or pictures with the remote control.
The 9000 series is the greener full HD GTV series that Samsung has released so far.
