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Nexus 11 tablet specs hit the web ahead of Google I/O

Posted April 30, 2013, 1:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Mobile Computing
Google may be preparing to unveil a larger Nexus tablet in the coming weeks if the most recent rumors pan out. The latest from the rumor mill suggests Google will showcase a Nexus 11 tablet at the company’s upcoming I/O…
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Samsung intends to double their tablet sales this year

Posted February 28, 2013, 9:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Mobile Computing, Industry News
Almost exactly one year to the day, Samsung product strategy executive Hankil Yoon told reporters during a media roundtable meeting at Mobile World Congress that his company wasn’t doing very well in the tablet market.
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Samsung adds iPhone 5 to patent lawsuit, Galaxy Tab 10.1 ban lifted

Posted October 2, 2012, 2:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Apple, Mobile Computing
As promised last month, Samsung has filed a motion against Apple claiming the iPhone 5 infringes on several patents owned by the South Korean company. Cupertino’s latest handset will be added to a pending lawsuit against previous iPhone, iPad and…
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Apple and Samsung US sales figures unearthed in court documents

Posted August 10, 2012, 12:05 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News, Apple
More news continues to flow from the Apple vs. Samsung trial as Cupertino seeks a $2.5 billion judgment against the Korean tech giant over claims that they copied the design of the iPhone and iPad when developing some of their…
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Apple wins EU-wide sales ban of Galaxy Tab 7.7 in German court

Posted July 24, 2012, 12:30 PM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in Apple, Mobile Computing
Samsung has lost the latest round of patent wars against Apple after a German appeals court ruled this morning that the Galaxy Tab 7.7 tablet infringes on the iPad's design, banning it from sale in the EU. The Dusseldorf Higher Court rejected Apple's complaints regarding...
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Apple ordered to post "Samsung didn't copy iPad" notice on its UK website

Posted July 19, 2012, 9:00 AM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in Apple, The Web
Apple’s legal campaign against Samsung backfired spectacularly yesterday, according to a report by Bloomberg, after being ordered to place a public a notice on its UK site and in several national newspapers alerting people to the High Court ruling on…
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Samsung wins UK High Court battle for being less "cool" than the iPad

Posted July 10, 2012, 11:30 AM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in Apple, Industry News
Apple has been dealt yet another blow in its worldwide courtroom saga with Samsung, after the High Court in London ruled Samsung was not infringing Apple's iPad design because the Galaxy Tab 10 tablet wasn't as "cool" looking as the…
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Samsung fails to lift U.S. sales ban on Galaxy Tab 10.1

Posted July 3, 2012, 1:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News, Apple
Samsung’s attempt to lift a ban on the sale of their Galaxy Tab 10.1 in America fell short on Monday as US District Judge Lucy Koh declined the South Korean giant’s request. The rejection comes ahead of a planned patent…
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Apple, Samsung to attend mediation in a bid to resolve patent war

Posted April 18, 2012, 9:30 AM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in Apple, Industry News
It appears there could be a potential settlement in the wings after representatives from Apple and Samsung were ordered (PDF) by Judge Lucy Koh of the San Jose District Court to meet in the next 90 days to discuss and…
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Apple loses preliminary injunction against Galaxy Tab 10.1N

Posted February 9, 2012, 6:30 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Industry News, Mobile Computing
Dismissing Apple's attempted injunctions, a Duesseldorf court has cleared the modified Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1N for sale in Germany. The decision comes after several rulings against Samsung in a series of bitter patent suits. Apple succeeded in blocking the original…
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Galaxy Tab 10.1 ban upheld in Germany, Tab 8.9 added to injunction

Posted January 31, 2012, 5:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, Mobile Computing
Today, a German court upheld a preliminary injunction which prevents the sale of Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Germany. Fortunately for Samsung, the first two patent claims were dismissed; however, this did not change the court's original, overall decision. The…
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Rumor: Samsung to launch Galaxy Tab 11.6 tablet in February

Posted December 9, 2011, 12:30 PM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in Industry News, Mobile Computing
It's been an interesting year for Samsung, marked by ongoing court battles worldwide with Apple over similarities in its Galaxy range of smartphones and tablets to iPhone and iPad products. The South Korean firm even had to revise its Galaxy…
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Samsung victorious, tablet ban finally lifted in Australia

Posted December 9, 2011, 10:30 AM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in Apple, Industry News
Apple lost its final appeal today against the lifting of an injunction put in place in Australia by Justice Bennett. Samsung had appealed the October ruling before the country's Federal Court of Appeals, which unanimously agreed to lift the sales injunction…
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Australian High Court reinstates Galaxy Tab ban for 7 days

Posted December 2, 2011, 10:00 AM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in Mobile Computing, Apple
Samsung scored a rare victory on Wednesday as it managed to overturn an injunction preventing the sale of Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablets in Australia. The Federal Court of Appeals unanimously ruled in favor of lifting the injunction after it became…
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Samsung tweaks Galaxy Tab 10.1 design to beat German ban

Posted November 18, 2011, 8:30 AM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in Industry News, Mobile Computing
Samsung is getting ready to launch a modified version of its Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Germany after it had its original version banned by German courts in September. The refreshed model features a more pronounced silver bezel, the speakers have…
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Samsung wants to ban iPhone sales in Australia, hearing set for March

Posted November 15, 2011, 2:00 PM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in Apple, Industry News
Samsung Electronics has won an early trial on its claim that the iPhone and iPad 2 devices being sold in Australia infringe on its patents relating to 3G wireless communications. The South-Korean technology giant is furiously fighting multiple lawsuits with…
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GameStop preinstalls free games on existing Android tablets

Posted November 2, 2011, 4:30 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Mobile Computing, Gaming
Continuing with plans to create its own mobile gaming platform, GameStop has begun selling tablets with games preinstalled. Based on previous announcements, most people expected the company to launch its own tablet, but that doesn't seem to be the case.…
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Tablets of 2011: What to Look For (Holiday update)

Posted October 26, 2011, 11:25 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in TechSpot, Mobile Computing
Up until now the tablet market has been pretty much Apple's lonely playground. But while the company is not likely to lose its throne anytime soon, its dominance could face some challenges ahead with the arrival of Amazon's $199 Kindle Fire and the introduction of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.

We've compiled a comparative table with what we consider are the hottest tablets either currently available or announced so far. You should know that specs only paint part of the picture, so we've also included metascores from our Product Finder engine and review links to help you dig deeper and narrow down your next purchase.
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Apple must show patents valid in Samsung case, says judge

Posted October 14, 2011, 4:00 PM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in Apple, Industry News
In the latest courtroom fight between Apple and Samsung, US District Judge Lucy Koh has said that Galaxy tablets have indeed copied Apple's iPad, but added that Apple has a problem establishing the validity of its patents. The company is…
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Apple wins temporary ban of Samsung tablets in Australia

Posted October 13, 2011, 2:00 PM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in Apple
Apple has secured a temporary ban on the sale of Samsung tablets in Australia after launching legal action against the Korean company for allegedly copying the iPad too closely. In the federal court of New South Wales, Justice Annabelle Bennett…
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Samsung lures potential Aussie iPhone 4S buyers with $2 Galaxy S II

Posted October 12, 2011, 1:02 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Mobile Computing
Samsung has taken their ongoing court battle with Apple to the streets, literally. The Korean tech conglomerate has installed a pop-up store just meters away from an Apple store in Sydney, Australia in hopes of luring potential iPhone 4S customers…
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Apple urged to hand over iPad sales figures in Galaxy Tab suit

Posted September 7, 2011, 12:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Apple, Mobile Computing
Federal Court Judge Annabelle Bennett has said that Apple should consider handing over UK and US sales figures on the iPad and iPad 2 if they hope to have any chance of achieving a ban on Samsung’s Galaxy Tab in…
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Samsung launches Galaxy Note and Galaxy Tab devices

Posted September 1, 2011, 12:00 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Mobile Computing, Hardware With Video
Samsung's legal hurdles with Apple are not slowing them down, it seems. Following the introduction of its popular Galaxy S II handset in the U.S., the Korean giant has announced a couple more Android devices in the form of a…
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Samsung: Stanley Kubrick invented the tablet in "2001: A Space Odyssey"

Posted August 24, 2011, 2:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Hardware, Mobile Computing With Video
In one of the more interesting turn of events in the ongoing Apple versus Samsung patent infringement battle, Samsung’s defense team has introduced what they consider prior art that could have been used to inspire the design of the iPad.…
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Neowin: Galaxy Tab 10.1 with Verizon LTE review

Posted August 8, 2011, 9:30 AM by Steven Parker | Filed in Hardware
The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is a new tablet into a busy market. Will it stand out in its own way to make it a compelling choice or will it blend into the crowd to never be heard from again?
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