After weeks of arguments and years of build-up, jurors in a US court reached a verdict in the legal battle between Apple and Samsung over smartphone and tablet patents. Jurors found that Samsung infringed on a number of Apple’s patents for mobile device hardware and software and ordered the company to pay more than $1 billion in damages. Samsung had…
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USBFever recently released a new USB hub for tablets that promises compatibility with 90% of tablets. It does so by targeting the two most popular tablet makers: Apple and Samsung. The Universal USB Hub and Card Reader has two 30-pin connectors, one that fits the iPad, one that fits Samsung Galaxy Tabs. In addition there are slots for SD /…
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A few years ago Samsung released the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7, making it the first major PC company to launch an Android tablet. Running Android 2.2, it offered a smartphone-like experience in a tablet-sized device. But with prices starting at $350, a smartphone-like experience wasn’t really enough to help the tablet compete with the Apple iPad, and over the last…
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Samsung’s next 10 inch Android tablet will cost $399.99 when the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1) goes on sale in the US on May 13th. On paper the new model looks an awful lot like the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 that was released in 2011, but the new model ships with Android 4.0 and has a starting price about $100 lower…
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The Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0) is an tablet with a 7 inch display, a 1 GHz dual core processor, and Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich software. It has the same 1024 x 600 pixel display resolution as the original Galaxy Tab, but it has a much lower starting price of just $249.99. That’s just $50 more than the price…
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Samsung has no plans to update the original 7 inch Galaxy Tab to run Google Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. But while Samsung says no, a team of independent developers say yes. For the last few months a few members of the xda-developers forum have been busy porting CyanogenMod 9 to run on the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 inch tablet….
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Samsung has announced that it will not be releasing an official Android 4.0 update for the original 7 inch Galaxy Tab or the Samsung Galaxy S, one of the most popular Android smartphones on the market. The reason? They simply don’t have the hardware to support a decent user experience. And by decent experience, I mean after Samsung loads its…
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The Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 inch Android tablet may be over a year old and ship with Android 2.2 instead of a newer version of the operating system. But it’s a pretty solid device which has a 7 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel display, GPS, a microSD card slot, front and rear cameras, and full access to the Android Market….
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The Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus is now available for pre-order from Amazon for $400 and up. The tablet features a 7 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel display — just like the original Galaxy Tab which was released in 2010. But that’s pretty much where the similarities end. The new tablet is thinner, lighter, and faster than the original, and…
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Samsung has unveiled a new 7 inch Android tablet called the Samsung Galaxy 7.0 Plus. While it might look like Samsung is just trying to be trendy, what with Amazon, ViewSonic, Acer, and Motorola bringing 7 inch tablets to market. But Samsung’s first Android tablet was actually a 7 incher. The company launched the original Galaxy Tab in the prehistoric…
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Apple’s legal battle against Samsung in Germany has grabbed a number of headlines lately. But while Apple has won several of the preliminary rounds to ban sales of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in that country, it turns out Apple’s victories may be virtually meaningless at this point. You can still buy Samsung tablets in Germany, and it looks like…
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Apple has been aggressively pushing courts across the globe to prohibit sales of Samsung smartphones and tablets. In Germany the company has succeeded in getting a preliminary injunction on Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 sales, and the new Galaxy Tab 7.7 was pulled from the IFA trade show floor just days after it was first introduced. In Australia Samsung has temporarily…
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Apple has started selling refurbished iPad 2 tablets for about $50 off of list price. Right now the cheapest model you can find in the Apple Store is the 32GB WiFi+ 3G iPad 2 for $679, but I suspect it won’t be too long before we start to see refurbished 16GB WiFi-only tablets on sale as well. Here’s a roundup…
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Samsung has all-but-confirmed that it will launch a new tablet called the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 next week. The folks at The Verge received a tip that there are some files hidden away in Samsung’s Mobile Unpacked Android app featuring logos for upcoming devices including the Tab 7.7, a new Wave smartphone running Bada OS, and another product called the…
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Samsung appears to be preparing an updated version of its 7 inch Galaxy Tab. While the company has been pushing its new 10.1 inch and upcoming 8.9 inch tablets this summer, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 inch tablet was one of the first high profile Android devices to hit the market way back in 2010. But that tablet is starting…
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