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Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 announced, looks eerily familiar

Posted April 29, 2013, 4:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, Mobile Computing
Samsung today announced its upcoming Galaxy Tab 3, the company's next iteration of Galaxy Tab devices. According to Samsung, the tablet will be equipped with a seven-inch screen, much like its predecessor; however, the device will feature a thinner bezel…
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Rugged Samsung Galaxy S4, Galaxy tablets to arrive this summer

Posted April 26, 2013, 4:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, Mobile Computing
Ruggedized variants of Samsung's Galaxy S4 and Galaxy-family of tablets are set to arrive this summer, claims an anonymous source in contact with the Wall Street Journal. The contact claims a seven-inch and 10.1-inch tablet will hit the market first…
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Samsung unveils Honeycomb-based Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus

Posted September 30, 2011, 11:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Hardware, Mobile Computing
Samsung added another tablet to their lineup today in the form of the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus. As the name suggests, Samsung’s latest Galaxy Tab features a 7-inch PLS (Super Plane to Line Switching) display operating at 1024 x 600…
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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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4G Galaxy Tab 10.1 ships today, major update in August

Posted July 28, 2011, 10:00 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Mobile Computing, Software
Samsung has announced that the LTE version of its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet will be available from Verizon starting today. The 16GB model will sell for $530 with a two-year contract while the 32GB variant will retail for $630 under…
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Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 rooted

Posted June 20, 2011, 3:30 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Hardware
Over the weekend, a user by the name of shep211 has been working hard to root the newly released Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. Last night, he succeeded and posted his results on the XDA Developers forum. Not only has he…
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Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 now available in the US

Posted June 17, 2011, 11:00 AM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Hardware With Video
Samsung has released the WiFi-only version of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the US. The WiFi version of the 10.1 has actually been available since June 8, 2011, though only in NYC. Now it's available nationwide: you can get it…
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American Airlines to offer Samsung Galaxy Tab to premium customers

Posted June 14, 2011, 7:00 AM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Hardware
Samsung Mobile has announced that American Airlines will offer the Galaxy Tab 10.1 for premium class in-flight entertainment. American Airlines plans to deploy 6,000 of the new devices onboard select flights beginning later this year. Samsung plans to customize the…
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Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Review

Posted June 13, 2011, 5:19 AM by Michael Oryl | Filed in TechSpot, Mobile Computing Breaking News With Video
The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, in its current form, was born out of a response to Apple's sleek and thin iPad 2 tablet. The original Galaxy Tab 10.1, which hadn't reached market yet, just couldn't compete, so Samsung went back the drawing board and turned out this beauty of a tablet in record time. And this one can compete.

Although its hardware is lust worthy, there still aren't very many tablet-specific Android apps, and those that exist are not that easy to find in the Android Market. Nevertheless, the Galaxy Tab 10.1 is still a desirable piece of kit.
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Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 to ship with Android 3.1

Posted May 25, 2011, 11:04 AM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Hardware
The Galaxy Tab 10.1 will be shipping with Android 3.1 (codenamed Honeycomb) out-of-the-box, meaning you won't have to deal with the hassle of upgrading the OS yourself. The Galaxy Tab 8.9, which still doesn't have a release date, will likely…
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Samsung starts rolling out Android 2.3 for Galaxy Tab, Galaxy S

Posted May 16, 2011, 1:00 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Hardware
Samsung has announced that the Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) upgrade to its Galaxy S, Galaxy Tab, and Galaxy Ace/Gio/Fit/mini devices has begun to roll out on Kies, the company's device management software. The upgrade will start with the Galaxy S in…
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Samsung: Galaxy Tab 10.1, Galaxy Tab 8.9 coming this summer

Posted March 22, 2011, 2:23 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Hardware
Samsung has officially announced two additions to its family of Galaxy Tabs: the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and the Galaxy Tab 8.9. The WiFi version of the 10.1 will arrive on June 8, 2011 in 16GB ($500) and 32GB ($600) flavors…
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Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 gets a 12-minute video

Posted March 14, 2011, 1:05 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Hardware With Video
The first video of the Samsung's latest and greatest, titled "One day with The New Samsung GALAXY Tab 10.1," has been posted on YouTube. It's 12 minutes of hands-on footage, and is brought to you courtesy of Android HD. Again,…
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Samsung: Galaxy Tab 10.1 on schedule, iPad 2 changes nothing

Posted March 7, 2011, 1:47 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Hardware, Industry News
Last week, Samsung's mobile division VP Lee Don-Joo was quoted as saying that the company would have to rethink its pricing strategy and "will have to improve the parts that are inadequate" after Apple announced its iPad 2. This in…
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Samsung may rethink Galaxy Tab 2 pricing due to iPad 2

Posted March 4, 2011, 10:30 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Hardware, Mobile Computing
Samsung's mobile division VP Lee Don-Joo says its company will have to rethink their pricing strategy now that Apple announced its second-generation iPad. Speaking to the Korean Yonhap news agency, the executive supposedly admitted that Samsung "will have to improve…
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Rumor: Samsung Galaxy Tab series to get 8.9-inch model

Posted February 23, 2011, 10:00 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Mobile Computing
Samsung is reportedly looking to expand its Galaxy Tab lineup with an 8.9-inch model during the first half of this year. Joining its 7- and 10.1-inch siblings, we imagine that the new model would include a dual-core chip and run…
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Samsung unveils Galaxy Tab 10.1, Galaxy S II

Posted February 13, 2011, 3:30 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Hardware, Mobile Computing
At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Samsung unveiled two new Android devices: the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, running Android 3.0 (codenamed Honeycomb), and the Samsung Galaxy S II, running Android 2.3 (codenamed Gingerbread). The two have been leaked over…
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Samsung: actually, Galaxy Tab's return rate is below 2%

Posted February 3, 2011, 12:33 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Hardware
Samsung has responded to reports that the Galaxy Tab return rate is as high as 15 percent. The electronics giant has completely denied the number, saying that it is actually much lower, according to the Korean blog Samsung Tomorrow:
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Samsung Galaxy Tab has a 15% return rate, iPad at only 2%

Posted February 2, 2011, 1:31 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Hardware
Update: Samsung has denied that the return rate is 15 percent, saying that it is actually below 2 percent. The original story is below.
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Samsung sells 2 million Galaxy Tab units in three months

Posted January 28, 2011, 11:15 AM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Hardware
Samsung has sold 2 million units of its Galaxy Tab device worldwide. Since its October debut in Europe, the device has become available through some 200 mobile carriers in 94 countries. Europe saw about shipped 500,000 units, North America sold…
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Motorola teases Android 3.0, criticizes iPad and Galaxy Tab

Posted December 20, 2010, 1:10 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Hardware, Software With Video
Motorola has posted a new teaser video titled Tablet Evolution for its CES 2011 announcements. The video shows how far tablets have come over the last few millennia, and then makes sure to attack the two companies with the currently…
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Samsung to sell luxury Galaxy Tab for $1,000

Posted December 14, 2010, 10:19 AM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Hardware
Samsung is planning to unveil a luxury Galaxy Tab model that comes with a leather case and Bluetooth headset, and will set you back €749 or about $1,000. First shown off at Millionaire Fair, a European expo that shows off…
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Samsung Galaxy Tab sells 600,000 units in a month

Posted November 22, 2010, 3:58 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Mobile Computing
Samsung has sold 600,000 units of its Galaxy Tab device worldwide, according to The Korea Herald. Since its launch on November 14, the device has amassed 30,000 unit sales alone in Korea, with the remaining devices being sold in 30…
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Galaxy Tab costs $205 in parts, Samsung to sell 1 million units

Posted November 5, 2010, 5:23 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Mobile Computing, Hardware
The Samsung Galaxy Tab has a Bill of Materials (BOM) of $205.22, compared to the $264.27 for a 16GB 3G iPad, according to iSuppli. When the $9.35 manufacturing cost of the Galaxy Tab is added in, the combined materials and…
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T-Mobile: Samsung Galaxy Tab out on November 10 for $400+

Posted October 27, 2010, 12:46 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Mobile Computing
T-Mobile, the fourth biggest US mobile service, plans to sell the Samsung Galaxy Tab for $400 as of November 10, making it available one day before Verizon and four days before Sprint. The initial subsidized price tag means higher overall…
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