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The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is to get its release on T-Mobile (ETR:DTE) soon. Samsung (SEO:005930) (LON:SMSN) is braving Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) injunction request to bring the "4G" Honeycomb tablet to the U.S., with Android 3.2 In IT Blogwatch, bloggers hope for some iPad competition, finally.
Your humble blogwatcher curated these bloggy bits for your entertainment. Not to mention: Proof that Spanish politicians sometimes lie...
John Ribeiro reports:
T-Mobile didn't say how much the tablet will cost...but did say the Galaxy Tab 10.1...will be available "in time for the holidays."
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Apple petitioned the U.S. District Court...in July for a preliminary injunction prohibiting Samsung...from selling, offering to sell, or importing...products including the Galaxy S 4G and the Galaxy Tab 10.1...claiming these products infringed its patents.
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T-Mobile earlier submitted to the court that the timing of an injunction...would unnecessarily harm T-Mobile and thousands of U.S. consumers.
Stephen Shankland adds:
[It has] 4G networking abilities...[and] will come with the newest version of Google's..."Honeycomb" incarnation of the Android operating system, version 3.2. ... Samsung's 10.1-inch tablet first debuted months ago, but without 4G.
Waddya mean by "4G"? Quentyn Kennemer adds specs:
Look forward to HSPA+ connectivity alongside a 10.1 inch display, a 1GHz dual-core Tegra 2 processor, 1GB of RAM.
And Chuong Nguyen compares:
[It's] similar to Verizons Galaxy Tab 10.1 with 4G LTE, but T-Mobiles version eschews...LTE...for the carriers 4G HSPA+. ... [P]re-loaded on the Galaxy Tab 10.1 [are]: T-Mobile TV, Qello, Samsung Media Hub, Asphalt 6: Adrenaline HD demo, SIM City Deluxe demo, Blio eReader and Zinio.
But Matthew Miller's not hugely impressed:
[A]fter using a WiFi Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 for the past week I am still not sold on [Honeycomb] that I still believe has several areas for improvement.
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[It's] very thin and light...much more of a home tablet than something you want to be out and about with. ... [It's] targeted as a super web browsing and media consumption device.
Meanwhile, T-Mobile also announced a 7" tablet, but it's not Samsung's, as Dakota Torres 'splains:
[T]he T-Mobile Springboard...is completely new. The Springboard...sports a 7-inch HD display, a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor, 16GB of internal storage, Adobe Flash...5 megapixel camera in the rear...1.3 megapixel camera in the front, support for T-Mobiles 4G HSPA+ network, and Honeycomb 3.2.
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The Springboard is rumored to have a $199.99 price tag, making it the cheapest Honeycomb tablet on contract. [It] will likely compete with the Amazon Kindle Fire, which...does not include cellular network connectivity.
