Samsung finally yields to court and loses to patent infringement lawsuit filed by Apple

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Samsung lost out on a long ongoing lawsuit filed against them by Apple. Samsung was initially summoned by court to produce the requested documentation during the discovery process. But the company failed to respond in accordance to court orders and didn’t submit the necessary documents within the specified timeframe. The court had then summoned them twice and yet they failed to handover the documents after another two court orders. Now … [Read more...]

Samsung releases list of smartphones and tabs receiving ICS upgrade by US carriers

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Samsung uploaded a list on Tuesday which specified which Samsung devices offered by US carriers will eventually get an Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade. Some tablets and smartphones that already the Korean company had already said will receive the upgrade were confirmed by the list. However, Samsung continues to exempt the Galaxy S smartphone and the first Galaxy Tab from the upgrade. Also, T-Mobile USA will not get the upgrade for any … [Read more...]

Virgin Australia starts testing Galaxy Tabs on its flight

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Virgin Australia is planning to offer Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 to passengers who travel in business class, for in-flight entertainment. It has already started testing the Android devices, with all business class flyers getting to use the test tablets this week. Virgin chose Android tablets over Apple iPads for its wireless in-flight entertainment system this year, and settled on Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablets as the devices to be offered to … [Read more...]

Sprint adds Samsung Galaxy Nexus for a subscription fee of $200 a year

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Sprint, as expected, has added to their lineup, the global flagship Android ICS phone, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. If you have been a loyal Sprint subscriber and have become fond of the android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) then this is surely a very good news for you. This scheme is available for $199.99 with a two-year contract. However, this isn't very different from the last year’s Verizon Nexus model, which received a 4.5 star rating on … [Read more...]

Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 better or Kindle Fire?

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With Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 is capable enough to compete with the Kindle fire with its price, performance and size, but the big question still remains the same. Will the Tab 2 7.0 match the Kindle fire on what it does best? Lets have a look at the specs of both the tabs. Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich OS 2G Network GSM 850/900/1800/1900 3G Network HSDPA … [Read more...]

Production of Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 halted to add quad-core processor

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Production of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 has been halted. The reason is not any sort of technical glitch, but to add the quad-core processor to it. An informant from the inside Samsung has not given any huge details, but the brief we got, indicates that the production of GT-P 5100 known as the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 has been halted to upgrade it with a quad-core CPU. If this information is true then the aforementioned Tablet will have the Samsung … [Read more...]

Samsung reveals launch window and retail prices of Galaxy Tab and Note for SA

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Very soon the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 and all new Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 Android tablet is going to be launched in South Africa. The launch is going to happen during the Q2 of this year. The 7-inch Galaxy Tab 2 will be one of the devices launched by the company in SA. But Samsung has not yet revealed the price tag attached to them. Though the Galaxy Note 10.1 could sell for somewhere around R8,849 in SA. The Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 was … [Read more...]

Pressure on Apple by the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2

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Refurbished Samsung Tablet series is pressurising Apple’s iPad with its genuine attributes and low starting price of $250. The tablet had been showcased in the Mobile World Congress earlier this year in February in Barcelona. This series includes Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 and Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 which has put up a strong competition to Amazon’s Kindle Fire in comparison to the Apple iPad. Galaxy tab 2 7.0 runs on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and … [Read more...]

Samsung Series 7 slate

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The Samsung series 7 slate has recently been released in Asia. The tablet is much larger than its contemporaries and has 11.6 inch screen. It comes with a black bezel and a plastic back and reminds you of Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. This has more ports than any other slate. You have a USB port, HDMI port, microSD slot as well as SIM card slots. The slate features the powerful icore5 processor. It comes with an in-built 2 GB RAM. It supports … [Read more...]

Samsung Galaxy Tab 2.7.0 is being offered in the US with a slashed price

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Samsung has a vast portfolio as far as the presence of a large number of tablets in the market from the Korean giant is concerned. Two years ago it launched the first ever Galaxy tab which had a 7-inch display and ran on Android Froyo. Since then we have seen Samsung offer Galaxy Tab10.1, Tab 8.9, tab 7.7, Tab Plus 7.0 and the Galaxy Note and now a new tab is being offered which is a slate named Galaxy Tab 2 7.0. This comes after the Galaxy … [Read more...]

Samsung Announces Launch Date for Samsung Galaxy Tab 2

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Korean electronics giant and Apple’s biggest rival, Samsung Electronics has officially released the pricing information and the release date for the US-launch of its much-awaited Galaxy Tab 2 tablet. The Galaxy Tab 2 7 is available for pre-order with a price tag of $249.99. It is scheduled to start shipping from April 22. The Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 will be available for pre-order from May 4 with a price tag of $399.99. Both tablets have some … [Read more...]

Samsung looks at ways to give Apple competition

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Apple's biggest rival in markets, the Samsung Electronics Co, is going to introduce a feature in its tablets that will allow them to be used as universal remotes for the entertainment centre. In a bid to challenge Apple’s iPads, Samsung has been trying a lot of gimmicks like introducing expandable storage space in Galaxy Tab 2, which comes in two sizes- the 7-inch version at $250 that will be on sale from April 22 and the 10-inch version at a … [Read more...]

U.S. Cellular offers Samsung Galaxy S Aviator 4G LTE

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4G LTE is growing in popularity with each passing day and the latest debutante sporting 4G LTE connectivity is the Samsung Galaxy S Aviator that is expected to be released by U.S. Cellular. The Galaxy S Aviator a.k.a the Droid Charge will be the first smartphone on the 4G LTE network of the carrier. According to Edward Perez, vice president, sales and marketing operations, U.S. Cellular, the browse and talk function and the faster download … [Read more...]

Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 at $399 onwards, launch date unknown

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Office equipment supplier Office Depot has today revealed the pricing of the much-awaited 10.1 inch Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 Although it still has not been released for sale, it has been attractively priced at $399. Despite it being just the 8GB model, there aren’t many 10.1 inch tablets out there that come with a below-$400 price tag. The much-awaited tablet has a resolution of 1280×800, 1GB RAM, and packs in a TI OMAP 4430 chipset. In … [Read more...]

iPad Mini & iPhone 5 to take on Samsung Galaxy S3 & Samsung Galaxy Note?

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There have been several reports recently, stating that Apple is developing a scaled-down variant of the iPad. A 7.85-inch iPad mini prototype with identical 1024 x 768 resolutions like the iPad 1 and iPad 2 is supposedly being tested in Apple's Cupertino labs. The resolution and 7.85-inch form factor comes to approximately 163 pixels/ inch, implying a net increase in sharpness against the older versions of the iPad without the requiring apps to … [Read more...]