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10-31-2013, 06:53 AM
It’s no longer enough just to be constantly connected to the cloud. These days you must also be constantly connected to a slew of different devices. When I’m using my laptop, I’m also monitoring my phone. When I’m on my phone, I still like to view websites on my laptop. Websites are more full-featured on a PC, but many apps are more full-featured on a phone.
Samsung thinks it has a solution for my conundrum: Buy a laptop built by a company best known for making phones. Samsung’s Ativ Book 9 Lite is essentially a laptop for your phone. Let me explain. The Ativ Book 9 Lite is a thin-and-light laptop with a custom-designed (http://www.pcworld.com/article/2044381/samsung-is-taking-pre-orders-on-its-ativ-book-9-lite.html) quad-core AMD CPU, a solid-state drive, 4GB of DDR3/1600 memory, and a glossy touchscreen. But its real draw is its ability to connect (somewhat) seamlessly with your Samsung Galaxy device. The Ativ Book 9 Lite comes with Samsung’s SideSync (http://www.samsung.com/global/ativ/sidesync/) and HomeSync (http://www.samsung.com/global/ativ/homesynclite/) built in, so you can be constantly connected to both your laptop and your phone.
http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2013/09/1253814_1160-100055362-large.jpg (http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2013/09/1253814_1160-100055362-orig.jpg)ROBERT CARDINIf you don't own one of Samsung's Galaxy products, there's no strong reason to recommend the Ativ Book 9 Lite over other, less-expensive notebooks. The Ativ Book 9 Lite is far from the shiniest, sexiest, most powerful ultrathin laptop on the market, but if you own a Samsung smartphone or tablet, it does offer one advantage over its competitors: Samsung’s SideSync phone-syncing program.
SideSync lets you connect your Samsung Galaxy–branded phone to your laptop in some pretty impressive ways. With SideSync, you can use your phone as a miniature second screen and control the phone using the laptop’s mouse and keyboard. You can compose text messages, open apps, and search Web pages in a mobile browser without ever picking up your phone.
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Samsung thinks it has a solution for my conundrum: Buy a laptop built by a company best known for making phones. Samsung’s Ativ Book 9 Lite is essentially a laptop for your phone. Let me explain. The Ativ Book 9 Lite is a thin-and-light laptop with a custom-designed (http://www.pcworld.com/article/2044381/samsung-is-taking-pre-orders-on-its-ativ-book-9-lite.html) quad-core AMD CPU, a solid-state drive, 4GB of DDR3/1600 memory, and a glossy touchscreen. But its real draw is its ability to connect (somewhat) seamlessly with your Samsung Galaxy device. The Ativ Book 9 Lite comes with Samsung’s SideSync (http://www.samsung.com/global/ativ/sidesync/) and HomeSync (http://www.samsung.com/global/ativ/homesynclite/) built in, so you can be constantly connected to both your laptop and your phone.
http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2013/09/1253814_1160-100055362-large.jpg (http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2013/09/1253814_1160-100055362-orig.jpg)ROBERT CARDINIf you don't own one of Samsung's Galaxy products, there's no strong reason to recommend the Ativ Book 9 Lite over other, less-expensive notebooks. The Ativ Book 9 Lite is far from the shiniest, sexiest, most powerful ultrathin laptop on the market, but if you own a Samsung smartphone or tablet, it does offer one advantage over its competitors: Samsung’s SideSync phone-syncing program.
SideSync lets you connect your Samsung Galaxy–branded phone to your laptop in some pretty impressive ways. With SideSync, you can use your phone as a miniature second screen and control the phone using the laptop’s mouse and keyboard. You can compose text messages, open apps, and search Web pages in a mobile browser without ever picking up your phone.
To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here (http://cdmagurus.com/article/2059204/samsung-ativ-book-9-lite-review-its-like-a-laptop-for-your-galaxy-phone.html#jump)
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