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Google Just Teased a Pixel Tablet, and It Runs Android

After its failed Pixel Slate tablet, Google tries again with Android.

Samsung Galaxy Book 2 Pro: We Tested Samsung’s New Ultralight Laptops

The Korean manufacturer closes the circle of its ecosystem with more fluid communication between its Windows and Android devices.

Samsung’s New Android Tablet Could Be a Solid Alternative to the Cheap iPad

The mid-range Galaxy Tab A8 arrives in January 2022.

Samsung’s Latest Tablet Is Really Damn Thin

When Samsung released the Galaxy Tab S4, I liked its blend of sleek design, long battery life, and Android-based OS supported by Samsung’s Dex desktop software. But its steep price and outdated specs made it impossible to love. That might change with the new Galaxy Tab S5e. Samsung streamlined its flagship tablet to create a…

What Could Samsung Do to Make the Next Galaxy Tab More Exciting?

After launching last year at MWC 2017, Samsung’s current flagship tablet, the Galaxy Tab S3, is starting to feel a little outdated. So naturally, rumors have begun leaking out about Samsung’s upcoming refresh, with the most recent leaks even showing off purported renders of the Tab S4’s final design. Based on what’s been leaked so…

The Best Tablet Display Isn’t On an iPad

The key element for a great tablet has always been a truly innovative and top performing display, and the best leading edge tablets have always flaunted their beautiful high tech displays. But Tablet displays are more challenging to produce because their large screens are three to four times the size of a smartphone. Up until…

The Galaxy Note 10.1 and Galaxy Tab 2 are finally getting an upgrade to 4.1 Jelly Bean. Welcome to the present.

If you really want a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, you can buy it now because Judge Koh dissolved the sales ban.

The Galaxy Tab 10.1 Gets a Shot at Going on Sale Again

Thanks to the Apple vs. Samsung patent war, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 has been off the market here in the States due to an injunction awarded a month ahead of the big showdown. Now, a U.S. appeals court has ruled that it’s time to reconsider that ban. https://gizmodo.com/apple-draws-blood-with-us-galaxy-tab-injunction-5921664 When the jury decided the Apple…

Samsung Says the Galaxy Tab 10.1 Project Began Months Before the iPad

Jin Soo Kim, a Samsung industrial designer, was called to the stand today by Samsung at Apple and Samsung’s court battle and revealed this: the Galaxy Tab 10.1 project couldn’t have ripped off the iPad because the Tab 10.1 project began in October 2009 (while the iPad was announced on January 27, 2010). Kim even…

Samsung Exec Finds “Fighting Over Rectangles” Unreasonable

There are many, many accusations being tossed back and forth between Apple and Samsung. There have been for months, there will continue to be. But perhaps none of them has perfectly distilled the fight that the two megacorps are having quite like Samsung’s Chief Product Officer Kevin Packingham did in an interview today with Wired.…

Judge Orders Apple to Post a Notice Saying Samsung Didn’t Copy the iPad on Apple’s Own Website

The UK judge that ruled that Samsung didn’t copy the iPad because the Galaxy tab was “not as cool” as the iPad has now ordered Apple to take back its accusations against Samsung by publicly saying Samsung did not copy the iPad’s design on the Apple website and various magazines and newspapers. https://gizmodo.com/judge-rules-galaxy-tab-not-as-cool-as-ipad-legally-s-5924382 That is…

Judge Rules Galaxy Tab “Not as Cool” as iPad, Legally Speaking

Samsung mustn’t know whether to celebrate or not. A UK judge has ruled that the Galaxy Tab doesn’t infringe Apple’s registered design, in large part because it’s “not as cool” as the iPad. Ouch. Speaking in court this morning, Bloomberg reports, Judge Colin Birss explained that the Galaxy tablets “do not have the same understated…

Apple Draws Blood With US Galaxy Tab Injunction

The legal scuffling between Apple and Samsung had almost gotten boring; cases have been either summarily dismissed or been decided in far-flung parts of the globe. But last night, the hammer finally fell on Samsung here at home: no more Galaxy Tab 10.1s can be sold in the US, by court order. The preliminary injunction…

Samsung Galaxy Tab 2: A Little Better, a Little Cheaper

You probably need a cheat sheet to keep track of all of Samsung’s tablets: the Galaxy Tab 7, the 10.1, the 8.9, the 7.0 Plus, the 7.7, and did I hear a niner in there? And now there’s the Galaxy Tab 2, with two models (7.0 and 10.1) that are very slightly improved, but not…

The Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab Are Not Getting Ice Cream Sandwich

Earlier this week, Samsung named the devices that were due to get Ice Cream Sandwich in early 2012. They’ve now confirmed that the Galaxy S and 7-inch Galaxy Tab definitely aren’t in line for the update. https://gizmodo.com/ice-cream-sandwich-coming-to-more-galaxy-devices-early-5869616 According to Samsung’s announcement, the phone and tablet lack sufficient RAM and ROM to run the new OS…

BGR: Samsung’s Making a Giant-Sized Retina Screen Galaxy Tab

So this one landed on our desk with a big ol’ thud of a HUH? BGR is reporting that, according to a trusted source, Samsung is making a 11.6-inch, 2560 x 1600 resolution Galaxy Tab that will be announced next February. You’re going to need a bigger—actually—just use that humongous tablet as the boat. The…

Samsung Wins Its Appeal—Galaxy Tabs Are Back on Sale in Australia

Score one for Samsung! It just registered a major victory in its cantankerous dispute with Apple over the Galaxy Tab. An Australian court has overturned its October injunction against the devices for violating Apple’s touchscreen technology after a quick redesign by Samsung. Tabs will be back on store shelves Friday at 4pm, local. [BBC News]…

Samsung Will Force Jonny Ive to Defend Apple’s Copycat Claims

Apple is engaged in a very public lawsuit with Samsung, alleging that Samsung has gone too far in mimicking their product designs. Now Samsung is putting Apple’s design guru Jonny Ive on the stand to explain all the ways they’ve supposedly infringed on patents. According to EdibleApple, Ive will be joined by three other Apple…

Samsung’s Galaxy Tablets Infringe On Apple’s Patents Says US Judge

A US judge agreed with Apple’s claim that Samsung’s Galaxy tablets infringe on their iPad-related patents. According to Reuters, this comment was made as part of an injunction request by Apple. District Judge Lucy Koh stopped short of granting Apple an injunction that bans the sale of the Galaxy tablet in the US. She believed…