Friday, June 21, 2013

Samsung ATIV: a tablet, two ultrabooks and all-in-one coming - Clubic

its Galaxy & ATIV conference, Samsung revealed some of the contents: one concerning the Galaxy family, Galaxy NX apart. However, any remaining learn about ATIV products. In addition to

ATIV Q which we mentioned earlier in the day, Samsung has introduced this Thursday no less than five new members family dedicated to operating systems from Microsoft, Windows 8, Windows Phone 8 and Windows RT.

Taking the traditional design of the tablets of the brand, the three ATIV Tab Windows 8 becomes the thinnest tablet market, as it measures only 8.2 mm thick. The 10.1-inch screen, this tablet appears on 1366 by 768 pixels and weighs only 550 grams.

The image ATIV Smart PC Pro brand, ATIV Tab 3 is a tablet Windows 8 so it loads an x86 processor, namely an Intel Atom Z2760. There are the traditional 2 GB of RAM, while storage, limited to 64 GB, expandable via micro SD slot which comes with this tablet.

Samsung ATIV Tab 3
Samsung ATIV Tab 3


A micro-SD slot that takes place among a connector instead provided for a Windows 8 tablet, since ATIV Tab 3 also has a micro-USB 2.0 port and a micro-HDMI port. The equipment is completed by a 5 megapixel camera on the back, a 720p webcam on the front, while Samsung has combined its S Pen to this new tablet.

Stylus that you use can be with the Office suite 2013 is supplied with the ATIV Tab 3. Among the suite, there is also Note 2.0 S, and Side Sync application, we talked this morning about the ATIV Q.

The ATIV Tab 3 is announced with a range 10 hours. It will mainly be sold with a shell / keyboard priced at 699 euros. Its availability is scheduled for August.


The ATIV Q is not the only ultrabook unveiled at the conference. Samsung has indeed found a successor to the Series 9 with ATIV Book 9 Plus. With a design and a design in all respects similar to its predecessor (especially in aluminum frame), this Book 9 ATIV More changes still from the Series 9.

Its components, while First, since the new Haswell ultrabook features a low voltage processor (Core i5 or Core i7), the HD 4400 Intel charging display. Depending on the configuration, you can have 8 GB of RAM and a 256 GB SSD SSD A swift enough to allow, according to Samsung, a start in 5.9 seconds, and from sleep in less than a second (0.9, specifically). PCI-Express? Impossible to say for now.

 Samsung ATIV More Book 9

Side connection, this ATIV Book 9 Plus offers two USB 3.0 ports, a micro-HDMI output and a second mini-VGA, so an adapter can extend the device connectivity (Wi-Fi 802.11n, Bluetooth 4.0) to an Ethernet port. An SD card reader and port security, absent from the Series 9 are finally complete the equipment.

If the components evolve so smoothly, it is the side of the 13.3-inch screen must be load the most important difference with the Series 9: The Book 9 ATIV More embarks indeed the same slab qHD +, a definition of 3200 by 1800 pixels, the ATIV Q.

slab which is also touch and covered with a protective Gorilla Glass 2. Hence the slight increase in the weight of the Samsung ultrabook (1.39 kg instead of 1.18 kg). The slab of ATIV Book 9 Plus for particularity to switch to 180 °. And just like the Acer Aspire S7 ultrabook from Samsung has a mechanism that blocks the slab at an angle of between 105 and 110 ° to compensate finger pressure at a touch use.

Samsung ATIV More Book 9
Samsung ATIV More Book 9


Components and screen are not the only elements updated by Samsung’s new ultrabook is particularly thin (13.6 mm), the automaker reworked the keyboard to provide a comfortable typing improved. Note in passing that the device has a backlight.

Capable, according to Samsung, a battery life of 12 hours, the ATIV Book 9 Plus is clearly hunt on the lands of the recent Mac Book Air, we test this day. Just as ATIV Q, this new ultrabook embarks SideSync the application. It will be available in the third quarter of this year to a little over € 1000, we said Samsung.


Who says ATIV Book 9 More … said ATIV Book 9 Lite. In fact, Samsung has planned to design an ultra-thin laptop near the top-end model, but offered at a much lower price: the ATIV Book 9 Lite will be available mid-July for less than 700 euros

To achieve this award. Samsung has made many sacrifices. Even if the laptop is thin and light (16.3 mm, 1.44 kg), it is bulkier than its cousin. Forgot + qHD screen and impressive definition: we are right here at good old HD panel (1366 x 768)

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Samsung ATIV Book 9 Lite
Samsung ATIV Book 9 Lite


This screen is not touch by default, but an option (a fee) is available. Also note that this choice will involve an additional thickness (17.4 mm) and increased weight (1.58 kg).

Connectivity, there is a USB 3.0 and a second USB 2.0 port, a micro HDMI output and another mini-VGA, Ethernet adapter and a card reader 3-in-1.

With 4 GB of RAM and an SSD with a capacity may rise up to 256 GB, this ATIV Book 9 Lite is equipped with a processor signed by Samsung, but provided by AMD: it is actually a Kabini to 4 cores clocked at 1.4 GHz. Samsung finally announced a range of 8.5 hours to this ultraportable.


Last part of this ATIV family, One Style 5 is an all-in-one 21.5 inches. His screen that displays 1920 by 1080 pixels, does not have the definition of qHD + Q ATIV and ATIV Book 9 Plus.

Side components, we find again an AMD quad-core processor (ie a next-generation A6), 4 GB of RAM, and a traditional storage (hard drive) up to 1TB

The connection of this ATIV One Style 5 consists of four USB ports (including two USB 3.0 compatible), a memory card reader 3-in-1, an HDMI output, but also an entry using this connection. Interest? Have a media hub remote which you can plug various devices, with the ability, for example, capture audio-video feed on this all-in-one.

Samsung ATIV One Style 5
Samsung ATIV One Style 5


Also note the presence of a 2.2 audio system that allows especially to listen to the music of their smartphone via a Bluetooth connection. The services in this area are rather convincing, and even quite amazing given the delicacy of this all-in-one.

Indeed, deep in the chassis, this computer does not exceed 20.5 mm, while than its edges, the thickness is limited to 4.5 mm. A PC that is clearly compete with Apple’s iMac. It remains to know the price and availability of making this all-in-one.


With the last 3 mentioned products (ATIV Book 9 and More Lite ATIV One Style 5), Samsung launches its Home Sync Lite, a personal cloud solution, as he likes to define Samsung.

Builder said he thought those who are reluctant to send their data in the cloud and has designed a system to share between a PC “server” (necessarily always on) and other devices orbiting.

Photos or documents on on a tablet or a smartphone brand are automatically copied to the PC, either via Wi-Fi, 3G or LTE. A connection that also provides access to content, regardless of where you are.

It is possible to configure up to five users on the server, each of which can Cumulative 6 Samsung devices. The application has purposes for rights management settings, allowing a targeted file sharing.

Available from the end of July, this application will come later on the other devices in the family ATIV via an update software update.

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