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Samsung Galaxy 8.9 Hands On: Is 8.9 Inches of Tablet the Sweet Spot?

Remember the Galaxy Tab 10.1? We called it the best Android Tablet yet, and it still is. This is basically that, but 1.2 inches smaller. https://gizmodo.com/samsung-galaxy-tab-human-outside-android-inside-5806426 On the software side, the 10.1 and the 8.9 are indistinguishable. They’re both running Android Honeycomb 3.1 with Samsung’s super-special tablet-version of their TouchWiz UI. Handling this puppy, it…

Tech News Brent Rose Sep 26

Scarlet Nights, T-Mo Tabs, and Other Stories We Didn’t Post

So much news passes before our collective eyes every day that we couldn’t possibly cover it all. Mostly because much of it isn’t worth covering! But here are a some borderline tidbits we passed on, just in case. New RED Scarlet Announcement Coming November 3rd Announcements about announcements are the like a pile of mylar…

Gadgets Brian Barrett Sep 21

Apple Wins Round Two Against Galaxy Tab in German Courts

Rule against the Galaxy Tab for patent infringement once, shame on you. Rule against the Galaxy Tab for patent infringement twice, well, that’s when maybe Samsung’s screwed for real. In Germany, at least. According to a recent tweet from the Germany press, the Düsseldorf Regional Court (say it out loud, feel the joy flow throw…

Tech News Brian Barrett Sep 9

Best Buy’s Slipping a Galaxy Tab in Your Pocket When You Buy a Samsung TV

Perhaps HP could learn a trick from Samsung’s generosity, and shift piles of TouchPads by bundling them with computer purchases. Running a week from this Sunday, a 10.1-inch Galaxy Tab will be free when a 46-inch 3DTV’s bought for $1,5000. [WSJ] https://gizmodo.com/ten-ways-hp-can-get-rid-of-unsold-touchpad-tablets-5832460

Gadgets Kat Hannaford Aug 19

Apple Presents Misleading Evidence in German Case Against Samsung

Apple filed an infringement complaint against Samsung and won an injunction that halted European sales of the Galaxy Tab 10.1. Unfortunately for Apple, the images of the Samsung Galaxy Tab it submitted to the German court were inaccurate. https://gizmodo.com/apple-blocks-galaxy-tab-10-1-sales-in-the-whole-eu-5829152 Online publication Webwereld.nl poured through the legal filing and discovered the images of the Galaxy Tab…

Tech News Kelly Aug 16

Your Galaxy Tab Will Feel Like a 747 with Logitech’s New Keyboard Case

Logitech is taking the kindness they did for the iPad a little while ago and passing it on to the Galaxy Tab 10.1. Their new keyboard case coddles your Tab just like the iPad version did. And it’s just as massive. https://gizmodo.com/logitech-ipad-2-keyboard-case-makes-your-lies-about-wor-5793205 This number is made out of aircraft-grade aluminum, giving your Tab that tank-like…

Gadgets Kwame Opam Aug 10

Apple Blocks Galaxy Tab 10.1 Sales in the Whole EU

Apple’s been granted a preliminary injunction to stop sales of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 across the entire European Union on the basis of patent infringement. The ban excludes the Netherlands, where Apple has a separate lawsuit pending due to differences in patent law. Samsung and Apple have been entangled in their lawyered-up nerd fight since…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Aug 9

The iPad 2’s Real Secret Weapon: Efficiency

According to a teardown analysis performed by iSuppli, the iPad and iPad 2 compete and often best other tablets while using only half the memory as their rivals. The report argues that Apple’s control over design and hardware results in greater efficiency. As the table above shows, iSuppli had the first and second generation iPads…

Tech News Kwame Opam Aug 2

Samsung Can’t Sell the Galaxy Tab in Australia Because of Apple

Apple has won an agreement that prohibits Samsung from selling the Galaxy Tab in Australia. Samsung has stopped advertising the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and won’t sell the device in Australia…for now at least. It’s another courtroom battle in the recent war between the two companies about patent infringements. Apple alleges that Samsung’s Galaxy 10.1 tablet…

Tech News Casey Chan Aug 1

The Best Tablet Display: iPad 2 Just Got Dethroned

Dr. Raymond Soneira of DisplayMate Technologies separates the best smartphone, tablet, HDTV, and multimedia displays from the worst with his Display Technology Shoot-Out series. And his newly crowned tablet champion might just surprise you: Introduction Tablets are essentially large portable displays—handheld screens designed for conveniently viewing content and images anywhere you want while untethered. For…

Tech News Dr. Raymond Soneira - DisplayMate Jul 26

Samsung’s 10.1-Inch Galaxy Tab Will Hit Verizon This Thursday

Samsung’s larger Android-running Galaxy Tab is going on sale at Verizon this Thursday, both in-store and online. https://gizmodo.com/samsung-galaxy-tab-10-1-killed-and-reborn-as-worlds-thi-5784427

Gadgets Kat Hannaford Jul 26

Your Android Tablet Just Got Better: What’s New in Android 3.2

Android 3.2 is an unexpected little update, especially with Ice Cream Sandwich coming later this year. But good on Google for making its less-than-amazing Android tablets a little bit better all the time until that major new hotness happens. https://gizmodo.com/what-is-androids-ice-cream-sandwich-5800358 So! Here’s what’s new and better in Android 3.2, which is already rolling out to…

Tech News Kwame Opam Jul 12

Android 3.2 Will Bring Real Honeycomb Goodness to 7-inch Tablets

Huawei has just launched their brand new 7-inch MediaPad, and it’s running the new Android 3.2. It won’t be the only one; the new Honeycomb will bring on real Android amenities to a whole range of tablets jonesing for some love. Huawei’s tablet, which you can expect in the coming weeks, comes with a 1.2Ghz…

Tech News Kwame Opam Jun 20

A Samsung Galaxy Tab For American Airlines’ First-Class Bourgeoisie

Not only is American Airlines offering in-flight streaming on passengers’ devices, they’re also stocking the first class cabin with 6,000 10-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab tablets in total. https://gizmodo.com/american-airlines-to-offer-in-flight-streaming-to-your-5798288 Only 757 routes between LA and NY, SF and NY, LA and Miami, and Boston and LA will receive them, plus a few Euro and South American…

Gadgets Kat Hannaford Jun 15

Samsung Demands To See the iPhone 5 and iPad 3 In Court

The legal slugfest between partners-turned-competitors Apple and Samsung continues: Samsung has demanded that Apple release the iPhone 4S/5 and iPad 3 to their lawyers as part of a discovery process to determine if there was any infringement on Apple’s part. https://gizmodo.com/samsung-follows-through-on-apple-lawsuit-threat-5794785 This comes days after Apple demanded that Samsung hand over the Droid Charge, Infuse…

Tech News Kwame Opam May 28

Samsung Galaxy Tab: Human Outside, Android Inside

If you’re not a nerd, you shouldn’t buy an Android tablet. Not yet. This one is just like those, except it’s first the one to at least feel like a tablet for real people. https://gizmodo.com/the-first-android-tablet-built-for-humans-5800628 LIKE Thinner and lighter than an iPad 2, by a gram and a millimeter (or two). This is a Big…

Reviews Matt Buchanan May 27

The First Android Tablet Built for Humans

The Galaxy Tab 10.1 is amazing in two ways. https://gizmodo.com/samsung-galaxy-tab-10-1-killed-and-reborn-as-worlds-thi-5784427 It’s the first tablet that’s as immaterial as the iPad 2, in form and weight and feel. (In fact, it is slightly more so, by a gram and a millimeter.) That’s amazing. What’s more amazing, maybe, is the fact that it’s amazing. It’s not quite…

Tech News Matt Buchanan May 10

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Killed and Reborn As World’s Thinnest Tablet with 8.9-Inch Little Brother

Joining the original 7-inch Tab, Samsung’s today added an 8.9-inch Galaxy Tab and a slimmed-down 10.1-inch model that’s been radically altered since we first saw it last month at MWC. And you know what? Both are thinner than the iPad 2. The 10.1-inch tablet was sent off to fat camp between its initial announcement over…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Mar 22

Will the Wi-Fi Galaxy Tab Only Cost $400?

It may still only be 7-inches and running Android 2.2, but the wi-fi only version of the Galaxy Tab is rumored to hit stores on April 4 for $400, making it cheaper than the iPad by $100. [DroidLife via Phandroid]

Tech News Adrian Covert Mar 11

So Does Samsung Think Its 10-Inch Galaxy Tab Is Adequate Now?

Last week, a Samsung executive was reported as saying that his company’s 10-inch Galaxy Tab was “inadequate” in the face of iPad 2. Not surprisingly, Samsung has walked that statement back, saying that the tablet will be released on schedule. What to think! Well, this, probably: that while the Galaxy Tab’s got guts that arguably…

Gadgets Brian Barrett Mar 7

Samsung Galaxy 8.9 Hands On: Is 8.9 Inches of Tablet the Sweet Spot?

Scarlet Nights, T-Mo Tabs, and Other Stories We Didn’t Post

Apple Wins Round Two Against Galaxy Tab in German Courts

Best Buy’s Slipping a Galaxy Tab in Your Pocket When You Buy a Samsung TV

Apple Presents Misleading Evidence in German Case Against Samsung

Your Galaxy Tab Will Feel Like a 747 with Logitech’s New Keyboard Case

Apple Blocks Galaxy Tab 10.1 Sales in the Whole EU

The iPad 2’s Real Secret Weapon: Efficiency

Samsung Can’t Sell the Galaxy Tab in Australia Because of Apple

The Best Tablet Display: iPad 2 Just Got Dethroned

Samsung’s 10.1-Inch Galaxy Tab Will Hit Verizon This Thursday

Your Android Tablet Just Got Better: What’s New in Android 3.2

Android 3.2 Will Bring Real Honeycomb Goodness to 7-inch Tablets

A Samsung Galaxy Tab For American Airlines’ First-Class Bourgeoisie

Samsung Demands To See the iPhone 5 and iPad 3 In Court

Samsung Galaxy Tab: Human Outside, Android Inside

The First Android Tablet Built for Humans

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Killed and Reborn As World’s Thinnest Tablet with 8.9-Inch Little Brother

Will the Wi-Fi Galaxy Tab Only Cost $400?

So Does Samsung Think Its 10-Inch Galaxy Tab Is Adequate Now?

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