Samsung 850 EVO 250GB Unboxing

Along with the WiFi card (unboxing coming soon) and the 6600K unboxing, I also purchased a 250 GB 850 EVO (or 'Evo', really) for a mere $54. I was able to get a really good deal on a brand new one, as well!

To be fair, this is actually my first experience with an SSD. I wanted to get my hands on what most would consider to be the best brand for consumer-level SSDs at the moment. Thus, welcome to the 850 Evo.

Samsung takes big jab at iPhone 5 with newspaper ad

With the recent announcement of the iPhone 5, competitors are already getting ready to run their ads against it. Samsung has already stepped up to that plate, but this time they took a big jab at the iPhone, listing advantages and disadvantages. Of course, this is still an ad, and you can still draw your own opinions.


The Galaxy S III’s list of features is much longer than the iPhone 5, and its specs beat Apple’s latest smartphone in terms of HD resolution, talk time and RAM. It also features near-field communications (NFC) technology — not included in the iPhone 5 — which allows users to pay at checkout with a mobile phone.

Carrier Overbranding

I was reading this Engadget article earlier today, and it got me thinking. It was about the Galaxy Note II having Verizon over branding. Basically, the  phone had the Verizon logo on the home button. The article was not mainly about that, but pretty close in my opinion.