Hands On With Samsung?s Galaxy S III: Innovative Features, Vanilla Design

The Samsung Galaxy S III has plenty of power and cool features, but lacks exterior style to match.

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Samsung SCX-4835FR

The Samsung SCX-4835FR ($450 street) is the sort of unexciting monochrome laser MFP that does its job well enough, but without offering anything to make it stand out from the crowd. Like some other Samsung MFPs I've reviewed recently, including, for example, the Samsung SCX-4729FD ($250 street, 3 stars), it's slower than you'd expect from the engine rating, which is 33 pages per minute (ppm) in this case. However, it offers all the features most offices need. As long as you're not overly concerned with speed, that's enough to make it worth considering.

Aimed at the range from micro to mid-size offices, but most appropriate for micro to small offices or workgroups because of its slow speed, the SCX-4835FR ?is too big to share a desk with comfortably, at 17.6 by 18.5 by 17.2 (HWD) inches. On the other hand, it's small enough to find room for easily even in a micro office, and its Ethernet connection makes it easy to share on a network.

As you would probably expect for an office MFP, the SCX-4835FR can print and fax from, as well as scan to a PC, even over a network, and it works as a standalone copier and fax machine. In addition, it can both scan to and print from a USB memory key, and it includes a 50-page automatic document feeder (ADF) to complement the letter size flatbed, and let you scan legal-size pages. The ADF also duplexes (scans one side of the page, then turns it over to scan the other) making it easy to scan stacks of paper printed on both sides of the page.

The printer's paper handling is good enough to count as a plus, with a 250-sheet paper tray, a 50-sheet multipurpose tray for easy printing on different types of paper, and a built-in duplexer for printing on both sides of the page. For most micro and small offices this should translate to both ample capacity and welcome flexibility. For those who need more, Samsung sells an optional 520-sheet tray ($200 street) to boost the paper capacity to a total of 820 sheets.

Setup and Speed
For my tests, I installed the SCX-4835FR driver and software on a Windows Vista system, and connected the printer directly to the network. Installation was standard fare.

The printer was a lot slower than you'd expect from the 33 ppm engine speed?which should be close to the speed you'll see when printing a text file without any graphics or photos. I timed it on our business applications suite (using QualityLogic's hardware and software for timing) at an effective 3.3 ppm.

For comparison, the SCX-4729FD , rated at 29 ppm, came in at 8.2 ppm, and the Editors' Choice Brother MFC-8480DN ($400 street, 4 stars), rated at 32 ppm, managed an effective 10.6 ppm. That makes the SCX-4835FR slow for the price and slow for the engine rating.

Output Quality
I wish I could report that the printer makes up for its slow speed with dazzling output quality. Unfortunately, however, the quality is a bit below par across the board. The good news is that even below-par text for a mono laser is more than good enough for most business needs. It's not suitable for serious desktop publishing, but for anything less demanding than that, you shouldn't have a problem with it unless you have an unusual need for small fonts.

Graphics and photo quality are both at the bottom of a tight range where the vast majority of mono laser MFPs fall. Graphics are easily good enough for any internal business need. Depending on your level of perfectionism, you may or may not consider them good enough for PowerPoint handouts or other material going to potential clients or customers. Photo quality is good enough to print recognizable photos from Web pages or the like. Whether you?d consider them suitable for, say, a client newsletter, will depend on how critical an eye you have.

All told, the Samsung SCX-4835FR offers the right set of features for most small offices, including such conveniences as the ADF and the ability to scan to and print from a USB key. It's slow, but not intolerably slow, and although the output quality isn't stellar, it's good enough for most business use. The only real issue is that it costs a lot for what it delivers. The Brother MFC-8480DN , or even Samsung's own SCX-4729FD offer better value?aka more bang per buck. But if you don't mind the price, or can find the Samsung SCX-4835FR for a sufficiently low price, it's otherwise a perfectly reasonably choice.

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Maroon 5's 'Payphone' Video: Go Behind The Scenes Now!

'We decided to not play by the rules,' Adam Levine says of the band's upcoming clip, which features Wiz Khalifa.
By James Montgomery, with reporting by Kara Warner

Maroon 5's Adam Levine
Photo: MTV News

When it came time to think up a treatment for "Payphone," the first single off Maroon 5's upcoming Overexposed album, frontman Adam Levine knew exactly what he wanted ... he also knew there would be some occupational hazards involved in getting his way.

"The video is this crazy thing; it's about a bank robber, it was actually an idea that I had, and Sam Bayer, who's a brilliant director is doing it," he told MTV News on the "Payphone" set. "I work at a bank and I wear these glasses that are really a bit creepy and maybe make me look like a child molester. It's a real go-for-it, swing-for-the-fences video, I get brave and I steal a gun from one of the guys and try to be a bad-ass, which is weird, because I'm not a badass."

And from his mind to an actual bank vault in Los Angeles, the "Payphone" video is shaping up to be a pretty epic clip ... not to mention everything Levine imagined.

"I love to write video treatments; I would actually professionally write treatments. I don't even want to direct anything. I just love coming up with outlandish, fun things that I've always wanted to do," he said. "I don't think they'll be able to play it on MTV actually, because there's guns in it. Maybe they'll have to blur the guns out. But we decided to kind of not play by the rules, as far as the typical video goes; I'm sick of seeing just a band playing a song in a video, I think it's fun to try to do something far more different."

Of course, doing something different also means lining up none other than Wiz Khalifa to guest on the track, especially since, on Overexposed Levine said the band maintained a strict "no guests" approach (especially given the success of the Christina-Aguilera-guesting hit "Moves Like Jagger"). Though, with the song completed and the video shot, Levine says he's glad the band bent the rules to get Khalifa.

"Wiz is an amazing dude, and he's just the future. He's already so huge, but he hasn't really done many big pop records, actually, so just the idea that he'd be interested in doing it was enough to get him involved. It was too good to pass up," he said. "He's a wonderful guy, he's so creative and so quick ... watching him in the studio, he was just so in it, within 30 minutes he had this incredible verse and he'd already knocked it out. That dude is really prolific and really talented."

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Kris Jenner Slams, Promotes Tabloid Label of "Monster Mom"

Kris Jenner is simply incensed that a new tabloid cover screams that the Kardashian sisters are all DITCHING THEIR MONSTER MOM. Just how enraged is the family matriarch over this claim?

She's posted a photo of the cover in question on her personal website. That won't drive sales or mask the obvious relationship Kris has with In Touch Weekly or anything!

The story alleges that Jenner threw a party in NYC late last month in order to celebrate the clan's $40 million deal with E!, but Khloe left early, Kim skipped the event and Kris "started a fight with [Kourtney] about how she was raising her son... Kourtney was telling her to mind her own business. She said Khloé was right about how controlling Kris is.”

Blah, blah, blah. The details aren't exactly vital, considering they were conjured up by both the magazine and the Kardashians. But in case you need to be reminded about how tight-knit mother and daughters are:

"I never threw a party anywhere on April 22nd," Jenner blogged today. "I have an amazing relationship and I feel like the luckiest mom in the world to spend such quality time with all my kids and my grandson! We are truly blessed!!!"

No they aren't. Not by any God we choose to believe in.

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Pop artist who created LOVE sued for renouncing artwork

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Nokia City Lens arrives for trials on Lumia devices, augments your reality (video)

Nokia's rolling more of its experimental Symbian projects out to its Windows Phone hardware and City Lens is the latest to arrive in its immaculately-kept Beta Labs. Not to be confused with existing efforts, it throws together an augmented reality interface to give you a better overview of the best places to eat in town, and those tourist hotspots you simply must see. It'll then connect with your current location (which can be shared with your your contacts) and even offer up directions if you're in need. The app remains in testing for now, but you can help Nokia out by donning your labcoat and registering for its Beta Labs at the source below.

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Augmented reality sandbox lets you change the course of rivers, won't get you wet

Ask in any kid, playing in the sandbox is fun enough on its own, but too much moisture will turn your grainy playground into a lumpy mess. Researchers at UC Davis have cooked up one solution: an augmented reality sandbox. Much like last year's SandyStation, the project uses a Kinect sensor in conjunction with a digital projector and a bit of software to overlay topographical data and simulated water over a traditional -- and dry -- sandbox. The end result is an augmented environment that can be used to teach geographic, geologic and hydrological concepts. The team hopes the project will help them develop hands-on exhibits for science museums, teaching visitors about contour lines, watersheds, catchment areas and more. Check out the video above for a full demo, or scope out the source below for the technical nitty-gritty.

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