Apple’s iPad commands 1% of all web traffic after just one year
Recent statistics from analytics firm Net Applications’ NetMarketShare report show the iPad has continued to grow worldwide since its launch in early 2010. The tablet recently broke the 1 percent mark in worldwide browsing and accounts for 2 percent of browsing in the U.S.
The report showed the iPad to have “53 times the usage share of its nearest competitor,” the Android-based Samsung Galaxy Tab throughout May. Apple’s tablet also dwarfed the third-placed Motorola Xoom tablet’s share of global web browsing with a share 76 times greater. In addition when compared to the Research in Motion’s Blackberry PlayBook, the iPad has roughly 306 times the usage.
In the U.S. mobile browser market, the iPad takes a solid 25.5 percent, only trailing Android (31.6 percent) and the iPhone (35.2 percent). However, when iPhone and iPad data are combined, they take over 60.7 percent of U.S. mobile browsing, a figure almost double that of Android. Blackberry came in at 6.9 percent, while Symbian, Windows Mobile and webOS are left far behind, accounting for less than 0.5 percent.
Samsung Expands Ties to Android on Tablets
Samsung, which competes with Apple Inc.’s dominant iPad in the tablet sector, has long been developing its own mobile phone software, Bada, and those phones have competed with smartphones using Google’s Android software. But Android has already given Samsung’s smartphone business a shot in the arm, and the company is looking to replicate that success in tablets.
While Samsung—which makes everything from memory chips and phones to flatscreen TVs and home appliances—is the world’s second-largest cellphone maker by shipments behind Nokia Corp., it still trails Apple’s iPhone and iPad in smartphones and tablets. Like many other competitors, it was caught off guard by the success of Cupertino, Calif.-based Apple’s iPad when it was launched in early 2010. Compared with other manufacturers, though, Samsung was one of the first few to embrace Android in tablets, launching the 7-inch Galaxy Tab in October to rival the iPad.
Samsung will launch new versions of the Galaxy Tab this summer in two other sizes, an 8.9-inch and a 10.1-inch model, both running the latest version of Android, known as Honeycomb. The 10.1-inch Galaxy Tab, which launch in June for $499 to $599.
“We’ll continue to work with Android on future tablets,” J.K. Shin said in an interview at Samsung’s headquarters in Suwon, South of Seoul.
Mr. Shin’s comments come as Samsung is embroiled in a lawsuit with Apple, a major competitor but also the major customer of Samsung’s component business. Apple this year filed a lawsuit alleging Samsung copied the look and feel of its popular iPhone smartphones and iPad tablet. Samsung countersued, alleging that Apple violated patents covering Samsung’s cellphone transmission technologies. The company filed suits in the U.S., South Korea, Japan and Germany.
Report: Samsung in denial about overweight Galaxy Tab
When it comes to new electronic items, nothing is more convincing than holding an actual device in your hands. The feel, the vibe, it’s all part of the buying experience for most.
But what if you can’t get your hands on the product before purchase? Well, then of course you default to online reviews about the thing written by trustworthy journalists.
Well, Samsung decided to bypass that whole trustworthy journalist thing and just hire actors to talk about how great the new Samsung Galaxy Tab really is.
At a press conference at CTIA in Orlando, the folks at Samsung announced the new 10.1″ Galaxy Tab; a device thinner than the iPad with the same starting price of $499.
At that very press event, the folks at Samsung had the thing locked up in a glass case.
Perhaps it’s because the prototype 10.1″ inch advertised to be smaller than the iPad 2 is actually slightly thicker than the iPad 2.
Samsung Galaxy Player expected to debut at CES
It looks like Samsung will release the Galaxy Player, Android’s answer to the iPod touch.
Samsung plans to introduce an iPod touch rival at CES next week, Samsung Hub claims. Insiders are saying that the media player will be modeled after the Galaxy S smartphone, without the phone function of course, and run Android OS 2.2 Froyo. Like the later-generation iPod touch, the device will feature front- and rear-facing cameras and come in 8, 16, and 32 GB options.
Samsung is wise to manufacture a player that is almost identical to its Galaxy S phones. The iPod touch is an iPhone replica sans cellular connection which has easily bested competitors like the Zune. Samsung is taking a note out of Apple’s playbook and will use a similar formula.
Samsung Focus Owners told by AT&T to wait for “certified” microSD cards (key: random access speed) Instead of Using Cards Available Now
A statement has been put out by AT&T lets all customers know that Windows Phone 7 devices require a “certified high-speed microSD card” in order to work optimally. Specifically the Samsung Focus right now is expandable with microSD cards is warned about in the AT&T statement, them then noting the fact that “Certified for Windows Phone 7″ is not yet marked on any microSD cards on the market. Updates came into Engadget after this new initially broke letting us know that microSD card compatibility with Windows Phone 7 devices isn’t just based on speed class – other factors including the number of random read/write operations play a role, too.
Review: Samsung Galaxy Tab
The Samsung Galaxy Tab may just be the first real challenger to Apple’s iPad tablet.
Even though it may be touted as a touchscreen computer, it’s actually a phone too – that is if you put a SIM card in it that allows phone calls – something the iPad can’t currently do.
The Galaxy Tab also has the ability to send MMS and SMS messages, as it runs the latest Google Android operating system, which now runs on many smartphones.
However, having used it for the last few weeks, I don’t know whether it could become a replacement for my mobile phone.
Samsung Galaxy Tab: T-Mobile Price and Release Date
Following on from our previous article which informed you about a confirmed price and date for the MyTouch 4G on T-Mobile, we now have a confirmed price and date for the T-Mobile version of the Samsung Galaxy Tab.
As reported from BGR, the price has now been confirmed to be $399, which is what was first rumored in one of our previous reports here. That price has now been set though, and it is subject to a two-year agreement.
What you might not be aware of though, is that the T-Mobile version will also benefit from their newly established HSPA+ network, which promises 4G speeds of up to 21Mbps.
Samsung Galaxy Tab(let) to go mainstream?
With other big names like Motorola and HTC still at least a few months away from announcements, Samsung may be the first big name to market with a Google Android tablet.
Samsung is expected to officially reveal their Android tablet on September 3rd at the IFA conference in Berlin. Gadget geeks are waiting with baited breath on any news of a first tier manufacturer who dares take on Apple’s iPad with an Android device.
Judging by the strong reaction to the cheap Augen Kmart Android device, it seems like there might be some pent up demand for an Android tablet, especially at lower prices than the iPad, which fetches anywhere from $500-$830 in the US.
Samsung Galaxy Tab Android Tablet Coming Soon
Earlier this year Samsung unveiled plans for an Android-based Galaxy tablet PC to launch by the end of the year. New details are emerging now, and it appears that Samsung may launch the device in a few weeks at the IFA 2010 consumer electronics show in Berlin.
The initial details released on the Samsung tablet concept hinted that it might have specifications and functionality capable of offering an iPad alternative. The early information suggested that the tablet would have a 7-inch Super AMOLED display with Samsung’s proprietary TouchWiz UI, a 1.2GHz A8 processor, 16Gb of internal memory–expandable to 48Gb, and run the latest Android 2.2 OS–a.k.a. “Froyo”.
The team at Samsung Firmware have gotten their hands on a firmware update which confirms some of the early predictions, and reveals more details about the upcoming tablet. According to Samsung Firmware, the Galaxy Tab will run Android 2.2, and it does have an ARM processor, but it is supposedly the slower and less powerful processor found in its Galaxy S smartphone siblings.
In addition, Samsung Firmware was able to determine from the firmware update that the Galaxy Tab will have a display resolution of 480×800, GPS functionality, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and rear and front facing cameras. The details also reveal that the Galaxy Tab will run JavaScript 1.5 and Adobe Flash Player.
Samsung responds to Steve Jobs and iPhone 4 press conference
At last week’s Apple press conference regarding the iPhone 4 antenna issues, CEO Steve Jobs called out another of other competitors. Most of them have responded already, and now Samsung is joining the fray.
Samsung specifically points towards design comparisons of the iPhone 4 and the Omnia 2, both of which have out-of-the-ordinary antenna placements.
Here’s the statement from Samsung spokesperson Shin Young-joon, as published in the The Korea Herald:
The antenna is located at the bottom of the Omnia 2 phone, while iPhone’s antenna is on the lower left side of the device. Our design keeps the distance between a hand and an antenna.
We have fully conducted field tests before the rollout of smartphones. Reception problems have not happened so far, and there is no room for such problems to happen in the future.