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Galaxy Tab Flash: an Embarrassment of Riches

, Nov 12th 2010 Discuss [66]

With the first stages of the US launch this past week, and European model reviews in the weeks before, the Samsung Galaxy Tab‘s Flash performance has been well raked over. Flash support has taken center stage as one of the key differentiators between Apple’s iPad and Android-based tablets, with Steve Jobs making no disguise of his dislike of the technology and several reviewers flagging up its spotty performance in their coverage of the new Samsung slate. It’s enough for Silicon Alley Insider (without actually having used the Galaxy Tab) to describe Flash as “an embarrassing disaster” for Google slates. Problem is, it’s a naive stance when an integral part of the Android proposition is flexibility.

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SlashGear Morning Wrap-up: November 11 2010

, Nov 11th 2010 Discuss [0]

Welcome to your very first edition of the SlashGear Morning Wrap-up, made to cover all those massive amounts of updates and releases our peeps in earlier timezones publish before most of the USA is even awake! Inside today's edition, you'll find a teardown of the lovely Boxee, a hands-on look at the Wall Street Journal app for Android tablets, a legal fight between Motorola and Microsoft, and a possible update for Apple users to iOS 4.2, plus much much more! Read The Full Story

Wall Street Journal for Android tablets hands-on

, Nov 11th 2010 Discuss [0]

The Wall Street Journal's app for Android-based tablets has hit the Android Market, and we've been testing it out on the Samsung Galaxy Tab. Exclusively for large-screen devices, rather than Android smartphones, the WSJ app has been tweaked to suit the real-estate a 7-inch slate like the Galaxy Tab offers; it's a free download with limited access to certain daily articles with a basic registration, or full access for $3.99 per week. Check out our first impressions after the cut. Read The Full Story

AT&T’s Galaxy Tab arriving November 21 for $650?

, Nov 11th 2010 Discuss [0]

Leaked pricing details for the AT&T Samsung Galaxy Tab have emerged, suggesting that the carrier will actually be asking more for the 7-inch Android tablet than they do for the entry-level 3G-enabled iPad. Engadget's tipster sent in shots of what's believed to be an internal training guide for AT&T staff, which suggest the Galaxy Tab will be $649.99 contract-free. Read The Full Story

Verizon’s Samsung Galaxy Tab up for $600 order

, Nov 11th 2010 Discuss [0]

Another day, another place to buy the Samsung Galaxy Tab, and if you prefer CDMA to GSM then Verizon has the 7-inch slate for you. Priced at $599.99 with either no data contract, a month-to-month agreement or the full two years, the Verizon Galaxy Tab joins T-Mobile's version from yesterday with a data-only 3G connection, Android 2.2 Froyo and a 1024 x 600 display. Read The Full Story

Brave Samsung Galaxy Tab owner tests Gorilla Glass with air-pistol [Video]

, Nov 10th 2010 Discuss [5]

Gorilla Glass is tough stuff, but if you want more evidence than just a press release then how about someone shooting a Samsung Galaxy Tab at around a meter-range with a CO2 powered air pistol? The shot - carried out by one Gorilla-confident YouTuber metafonic - is certainly sufficient to smash regular glass, but three steel pellets fail to produce even a scratch on the Galaxy Tab's display. Read The Full Story

Samsung Galaxy Tab hits T-Mobile with free messaging

, Nov 10th 2010 Discuss [2]

T-Mobile USA has become the first US carrier to launch the Samsung Galaxy Tab, with the 7-inch Froyo slate priced at $399.99 with a new, two-year data plan or $599.99 plan-free. Two data packages are on offer - $24.99 for 200MB or $39.99 for 5GB - but each comes with unlimited text, picture and video messaging from the slate. Read The Full Story

Samsung 10.1-inch Galaxy Tab mock-up uses super-slim LCD

, Nov 10th 2010 Discuss [0]

Samsung seems determined to stir up some tablet controversy discussion in Japan this week; after showing what looks like a prototype Galaxy Tab using a 7-inch Super AMOLED panel, the company has now wheeled out a 10.1-inch tablet mock-up using their new super-thin LCD. The 10.1-inch LCD measures a mere 1.8mm thick, thanks to a new manufacturing process using a resin substrate. Read The Full Story

Samsung’s 7-inch Super AMOLED gets Galaxy Tab style outing

, Nov 10th 2010 Discuss [3]

As promised, Samsung Display brought along their new 7-inch Super AMOLED panel to FPD International in Japan this week, and they slotted it inside a Galaxy Tab style prototype as well. Although initially tipped at WXVGA 1200 x 600 resolution, according to Samsung's press release the display actually runs at the same WSVGA 1024 x 600 as the existing LCD TFT screen in the first-gen Galaxy Tab. Read The Full Story

Samsung “confident” of one million Galaxy Tab sales in 2010

, Nov 4th 2010 Discuss [5]

Samsung mobile division chief JK Shin has outlined the company's sales ambitions for the Samsung Galaxy Tab, telling reporters at the Korean launch that Samsung expect to sell one million of the Android slates by the end of 2010. The estimate falls well short of Apple's sales success with the iPad, where one million of the iOS tablets were shipped in the first 28 days. Read The Full Story

Samsung upbeat on Gingerbread & Honeycomb updates for Galaxy Tab

, Nov 3rd 2010 Discuss [2]

Promising news from Samsung this week, as the company's Indian arm apparently used the launch of the Galaxy Tab there to say that updates to not only Android Gingerbread but Honeycomb were on the roadmap.  The confirmation seems to be more a statement of intent than a solid promise right now, though, despite what executives told Samsung Hub at the launch. Read The Full Story

Samsung 7-inch Super AMOLED could hit Galaxy Tab in mid-2011

, Nov 3rd 2010 Discuss [3]

A 7-inch Galaxy Tab with a Super AMOLED display could well be on the cards in early 2011, with the news that Samsung Mobile Display are planning production of a 1200 x 600 resolution Super AMOLED screen in mid-2011.  The new panel will get its first public outing this month at the FPD-International trade show in Japan, with a 5.5 gen plant kicking off production midway through next year. Read The Full Story
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