AT&T is giving free Galaxy Tab 3 on buying high-end Samsung smartphones

Are you going to treat yourself with a tablet this Halloween? You can get a free Galaxy Tab 3. Here's how. AT&T is giving free Galaxy Tab 3 to users who purchase Samsung high end smartphones: Galaxy S4, S4 Active, Note 2 and Note 3 with a two year contract. This Tab 3 will also be provided with a 2 year contract. So go to AT&T retail stores and come out with two Samsung devices. Offer exists till Jan 9, 2014.

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Apple's tablet market falls to 50.4%

The old Silicon Valley joke, which claimed that “there is no tablet market, only an iPad market,” is obviously no longer true. 

Apple‘s tablet market share has dropped to 50.4% in Q3 2012, down from 59.7% in the same period last year, IDC’s latest report reveals.

Samsung, on the other hand, has experienced huge growth, jumping from 6.5% to 18.4% in that same period. Amazon holds the third place with 9%, followed by Asus with 8.6% and Lenovo with 1.4%.

According to IDC’s numbers, Samsung shipped 5.1 million tablets worldwide in 3Q12, up 115% from 2Q12 and 325% from 3Q11.

Amazon is in good position because rapidly expanding Kindle Fire lineup has helped it double its market share quarter-over-quarter.

Apple loses UK Galaxy Tab design appeal

It seems that Samsung has got some relief in case of Suit for Galaxy Tab by Apple. 

Apple has lost its appeal in the UK regarding the High Court of Justice’s ruling that Samsung’s tablets did not infringe the iPad. The smartphone maker has now been ordered by Judge Kitchin to run a public apology stating that Samsung did not infringe its design. In an amusing twist, Reuters reports that the font size for the acknowledgement must be "no smaller than Arial 14."

Judge Colin Birss noted in July that Samsung’s tablets "were not as cool," stating that the designs didn't have "the same understated and extreme simplicity." The judge in the case also ruled that Apple would have to run advertisements on its website and in UK newspapers declaring that Samsung did not copy its designs. That motion was stayed, however, following today’s appeal.

Courtesy: The Verge

Samsung will unveil new Galaxy on May 3

Samsung has started sending out invites for the launch of the next Galaxy smartphone, which is slated for May 3 in London.The invite doesn't give any details about the upcoming device(s) — it merely says “come and meet the next Galaxy.”

However, we know that the company plans to reveal Samsung Galaxy S III, which was rumored to be launched at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, but Samsung decided to move the launch to a later date.

In any case, Samsung will have to show something truly spectacular if it wants to top the Tegra 3 powerhouses from HTC.

[Source: Mashable]

Galaxy Tab 2.0.7 coming in India

Samsung has announced at the on-going South-West Asia Regional forum that it will be launching recently announced Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 aka Tab 310 in South-West Asia including India next month. There is no word on the exact launch date or the pricing as of now.

Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 is the successor of the original Galaxy Tab and comes with features like Android 4.0, 1GHz dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM, 7-inch 1024×600 PLS LCD display, 3MP rear camera, and a VGA camera on front. Other specs include HSPA+, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 3.0, A-GPS and a 4000mAh battery. Company has stated that it will be releasing both Wi-Fi only and 3G variants in the region but we don’t think India will be getting the Wi-Fi only version.

Samsung has also revealed that it also plans to launch Galaxy Beam projector phone in South-West Asia in May. There is no word whether India will get it too.

Galaxy Tab 2 with ICS

Samsung just launched the Galaxy Tab 2, the official sequel to its original tablet, the Galaxy Tab. Whereas the original Tab was criticized for running an up-scaled phone operating system rather than one designed specifically for a tablet, the new Tab leaps forward to Android 4.0 “Ice Cream Sandwich”(ICS), the most recent Google mobile OS, designed for phones and tablets.

Galaxy Tab sports 1 GHz dual core processor with both 3G and WiFi connectivity. The Galaxy Tab 2 has a 1,024 x 600-pixel screen that measures seven inches (more screen sizes are sure to follow). It’s Samsung’s first tablet to run IceCream Sandwich. With the latest Android comes useful features like an improved interface that allows users to swipe-control apps and the ability to unlock the phone just by looking at it via Face Unlock.

You also get an OS that’s designed from the ground up to run on tablets as well as smartphones — unlike some other devices such as the Kindle Fire, which run a version of Android that was originally meant for phones. That means most functions should run smoothly and the few Android apps designed specifically for tablets will really shine.

The Galaxy Tab 2 will also become the first mobile device from Samsung to ship with its AllShare Play service. AllShare Play allows users to stream multimedia content to the tablet from their PCs, Samsung smartphones, or third-party cloud drives. The service also supports device-to-device and device-to-cloud transfers.

Samsung also says the Tab 2 has improved social abilities. Being an Android device, Google+ integration is seamless and includes the ability to start hangouts “spontaneously.” There’s also integration with Samsung’s ChatON service, which is similar to BlackBerry Messenger or iMessage, leveraging the device’s data connection to start chats of send instant messages cheaply and easily.

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