Samsung is beginning its keynote in a few minutes, when we’re hoping it’ll hit us with an avalanche of innovative announcements. Expect new HDTVs, cameras, camcorders and a shedload of other smart new bits of kit. Click through to get minute-by-minute updates of the Samsung keynote, and keep refreshing the page to see all the hottest news as it breaks.
22:42: Ok, that’s all folks.
22:40: Now there’s a new P3 MP3 player. 0.39 inches thick. You can personalise its interface and has a Haptic touch feedback screen. Plus it’s widget enabled.
22:39: Now comes a flash based HD camcorder with 64GB of storage. It’s called the Samsung HMX-H106.
22:37: There’s also a new Blu-ray soundbar home entertainment system called the Blu-ray HT-BD8200.
22:36: And a new Blu-ray player. The BDP-P4600 “ejects a disc in a single second!”. Hurray… oh. It’s Wi-Fi ready with access to Internet services. Plus it’s a mere 1.5-inches thick.
22:34: Now there’s a 3D 22-inch gaming monitor! Looks smart.
22:33: There’s also a Samsung Luxia LED8000 with 240Hz refresh rate. Plus, it’s announcing that a lot of its high end HDTV tech will is seeping into its lower models.
22:27: “In home entertainment it’s all about delivering the perfect entertainment experience”. We agree, now show us! Ok, back to the Samsung Luxia LED TV line mentioned earlier. This is a new TV category with ‘mega contrast ratios’, just over one inch thick. This HD TV is super green. It consumes 40% less than conventional LED TVs. They’re mercury and lead free. The Luxia LED7000 is fully interactive Web TV high definition set, powered by the Yahoo widget platform. Social media TV widgets, streaming movies, and social networking. Samsung is launching a slimline wallmount that reduces the hanging gap from 2 inches to 0.6 inches.
22:25: Yes, here come the products!
22:23: There’s a video playing now, of lots of people saying what they like about gadgets and technology. This is fluff. Where’s the products? Oh, I think here come some…
22:21: The talk has moved onto how eco friendly Samsung’s electronics are becoming. Cool. More products please!
22:18: There’s now word of a new unified user interface that will go across cameras, camcorders and other Samsung products. You can customise your own menu screens on your cameras and MP3 players.
22:17: It has just unveiled a new range of Touch of Colour LCD HDTVs that look gorgeous – the screen sits on a slim crystal neck and the screens are even thinner. Samsung Luxia LED TVs are also coming.
22:15: Samsung is going to deliver full wireless HD for untethered TV connectivity.
22:14: There is also deals with Netflix and Pandora to deliver movies and music through the new Samsung TVs.
22:11: Samsung is working with Yahoo to deliver TV Widgets. The user interface is very simple. Lets you scroll through your widgets and get TV widgets from Yahoo and add others from third parties. They’re saying it’s about presenting the best of the web in a TV environment. Looks pretty slick.
22:09: Ok, we’re in (finally). This is the most crowded keynote we’ve ever been at. Samsung has just announced Internet TV with TV Widgets, much like Toshiba launched earlier.
