OSNews: http://www.osnews.com/story/25428/Samsung_Apple_s_Lawsuits_Made_Galaxy_Tab_Household_Name Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2013, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Thu, 23 May 2013 15:02:58 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif OSNews.com http://www.osnews.com Meh http://www.osnews.com/thread?500130 http://www.osnews.com/thread?500130 In the US at least (not sure about rest of the world), the Transformer Prime is about to make the Galaxy Tab (and all other current Android tablets on the market) look like last gen tech. It's very thin and light like the Tab, but has a quad core CPU, and is not infected with the Touchwiz bloatware, and Asus releases OS updates very quickly, unlike Samsung. The Prime will probably be the first tablet to get ice cream sandwich.Edited 2011-12-14 23:29 UTC Wed, 14 Dec 2011 23:28:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (WorknMan) Comments How they come up with this gem http://www.osnews.com/thread?500133 http://www.osnews.com/thread?500133 Although this makes great fodder, pretty much impossible to quantitatively say that the two are directly correlated to the extent it is being suggested. Thu, 15 Dec 2011 01:19:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Headrush) Comments RE: Meh http://www.osnews.com/thread?500137 http://www.osnews.com/thread?500137 first "good" tablet.

http://www.pdfdevices.com/first-tablet-with-android-ice-cream-sandw... Thu, 15 Dec 2011 03:05:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (stabbyjones) Comments RE: How they come up with this gem http://www.osnews.com/thread?500143 http://www.osnews.com/thread?500143 I don't think many people are aware of the lawsuit stuff and the ones that do already know what's on the tablet market.

Customers look at advertising, prices and offers. Most won't even read any reviews and buy a tablet because it looks nice and it was an offer. And as the Tab looks and smells like an iPad those customers probably think they bought a Samsung iPad.

Only 2 weeks ago this guy at work asked me what to buy. I told him to get an iPad. Then he got a call from his wife who was at the store to get an iPad, but she had bought some weird brand tablet. The sales guy had told her it was basically the same as an iPad and they were giving them away at a lower price. Thu, 15 Dec 2011 06:00:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (MOS6510) Comments Do you even read the articles you post? WTF?!?!? http://www.osnews.com/thread?500145 http://www.osnews.com/thread?500145 " Foad Fadaghi, telecommunications analyst with Telsyte, said while the coverage of the case highlighted the plight of iPad competitors, he did not believe that awareness would directly translate to sales.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/tablets/apple-made-galaxy-tab-a-..."

WTF? Thom do better. We used to respect you man, but now... Thu, 15 Dec 2011 06:45:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (jackeebleu) Comments RE: Do you even read the articles you post? WTF?!?!? http://www.osnews.com/thread?500146 http://www.osnews.com/thread?500146
" Foad Fadaghi, telecommunications analyst with Telsyte, said while the coverage of the case highlighted the plight of iPad competitors, he did not believe that awareness would directly translate to sales.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/tablets/apple-made-galaxy-tab-a-..."

WTF? Thom do better. We used to respect you man, but now...


...? Thu, 15 Dec 2011 07:18:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom_Holwerda) Comments RE: Meh http://www.osnews.com/thread?500148 http://www.osnews.com/thread?500148
In the US at least (not sure about rest of the world), the Transformer Prime is about to make the Galaxy Tab (and all other current Android tablets on the market) look like last gen tech. It's very thin and light like the Tab, but has a quad core CPU, and is not infected with the Touchwiz bloatware, and Asus releases OS updates very quickly, unlike Samsung. The Prime will probably be the first tablet to get ice cream sandwich.


The Transformer Prime looks pretty meh. Hoping something better will come along or the next gen will be decent. Thu, 15 Dec 2011 07:35:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (0brad0) Comments Well good! http://www.osnews.com/thread?500149 http://www.osnews.com/thread?500149 To top it off and I mean it, if I was in charge of Sammy, I'd setup a short exchange program and offer a free Galaxy Tab 10.1 for everyone that's willing to give up their iPad purchased in the last 6 months while the ban lasted or even give away (literally) free Galaxy Tabs! (It's been done before with the $2 Galaxy SII deal which is pretty much free). LOL Apple would go nuts ;) Edited 2011-12-15 09:04 UTC Thu, 15 Dec 2011 08:50:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (OSGuy) Comments Samsungs other adds http://www.osnews.com/thread?500154 http://www.osnews.com/thread?500154 Yes these two companies seem at total war now.
Samsung's new phone related adds against Apple is reported by yougov to have some effect.
The adds target the coolness factor.
It's strange seeing this adds where companies is directly attacking the competition.
In my country comparative advertising is not permitted.
Wished it was!

Samsungs campaign
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/is-samsungs-apple-fanboy-bashing...

Nokia's campaign
http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/12/13/nokia.persuades.self.... Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:37:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (fran) Comments That old adage of any publicity… http://www.osnews.com/thread?500158 http://www.osnews.com/thread?500158 is good because it increases awareness is at work here, I suppose.

That aside, Samsung is covering all bases by offering smartphones and tablets in various sizes, while Apple has just two sizes, the iPod Touch/iPhone and the iPad. Shouldn't Apple be concerned that it doesn't have direct competitors to tablets that fall in the middle? There's a group of people who are in Goldilock's predicament where the iPod is too small and the iPad is too big. Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:57:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (RavinRay) Comments RE: Well good! http://www.osnews.com/thread?500159 http://www.osnews.com/thread?500159 I'd offer a $50 trade-in for any iPad or iPhone on a new Samsung phone or tablet and call it "cash for clunkers".Edited 2011-12-15 12:00 UTC Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:59:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (unclefester) Comments RE: That old adage of any publicity� http://www.osnews.com/thread?500160 http://www.osnews.com/thread?500160 Yes, size matters. I really, really want a Galaxy Note. I wrote to Santa begging to put one under the tree. If not I hope global warming fcks up his palace. Thu, 15 Dec 2011 12:25:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (fran) Comments Comment by AnythingButVista http://www.osnews.com/thread?500163 http://www.osnews.com/thread?500163 I can't tell if Apple's lawsuits will increase marketshare for Samsung but it has increased mindshare. The Galaxy Tab is the only Android tablet many people outside the tech geeks circles will know by name. Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:12:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (AnythingButVista) Comments RE: Meh http://www.osnews.com/thread?500164 http://www.osnews.com/thread?500164 Got myself the first gen of eee pad transformer ( I have been looking at the prime and the zenbook with envy since). I could say I'm very satisfied. But raw proccessing power is not everything (As Apple has proved). Plus this Tablet processing power race make me think of soundcards, processor, graphic cards, these are time when buying an android tablet make it obsolete already (it's a good thing they are already running linux, in a way). Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:21:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (dvhh) Comments RE[2]: +1 http://www.osnews.com/thread?500169 http://www.osnews.com/thread?500169 I have "moderated" you recently so I can't vote for you today. This will have to do. (; Thu, 15 Dec 2011 14:35:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (glarepate) Comments Editorial http://www.osnews.com/thread?500179 http://www.osnews.com/thread?500179 Can we just assume that all news articles by this author are actually editorials before wasting our time reading them? Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:53:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (concurrentcoder) Comments RE: Editorial http://www.osnews.com/thread?500180 http://www.osnews.com/thread?500180
Can we just assume that all news articles by this author are actually editorials before wasting our time reading them?


Since it's been this way for almost three years, and since we announced as such very specifically late December 2008 - yes. Since I write 98% of OSNews' content, I'm a little surprised you're, uhm, surprised, but alas. Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:01:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom_Holwerda) Comments RE: Meh http://www.osnews.com/thread?500190 http://www.osnews.com/thread?500190 i don't really understand how touchwiz is bloated. Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:05:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (broken_symlink) Comments Apple is now ho hum http://www.osnews.com/thread?500249 http://www.osnews.com/thread?500249 I have been looking for a new phone recently. I've noticed how incredibly dated the iPhone/iPad design now seems. It is just another one of many similar black and chrome minimalist designs.

In fact the only really interesting looking phone IMHO is the (red or blue) Nokia N9.Edited 2011-12-16 04:36 UTC Fri, 16 Dec 2011 04:33:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (unclefester) Comments RE: Apple is now ho hum http://www.osnews.com/thread?500264 http://www.osnews.com/thread?500264 Why don't you buy a children's slate? You seemed so hyped up about it recently. Fri, 16 Dec 2011 07:43:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (MOS6510) Comments RE: Apple is now ho hum http://www.osnews.com/thread?500280 http://www.osnews.com/thread?500280 I agree, faced with a corporate choice of iPhone or Blackberry, i went naturally for the newer thing (had been using a Blackberry for 3+ years) but the iPhone does feel dated and also dysfunctional; it's often slow to respond and certain interface elements are just plain wrong ('search' so close to 'add new contact' tab in contacts to make it difficult to use; auto-complete being available in some areas but not others; in German getting words with auto-complete that are annoyingly incorrect - try typing the frequent adjective 'gut' (good) plus 'e' for female nouns without getting 'Güte', the noun for 'Kindness' repeatedly offered - I am sure there must be numerous other examples). Almost beginning to think it is just the cool factor that you are buying (into). Fri, 16 Dec 2011 09:16:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (orfanum) Comments RE[2]: Apple is now ho hum http://www.osnews.com/thread?500292 http://www.osnews.com/thread?500292 I had one when I was five years old. The novelty has gone. Fri, 16 Dec 2011 11:53:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (unclefester) Comments RE[2]: Apple is now ho hum http://www.osnews.com/thread?500294 http://www.osnews.com/thread?500294 All the current smartphones are bulky with lousy battery life.

I may even resurrect my old 2007 vintage Nokia candy bar - half the size, half the weight and twice the battery life of a smartphone. It has survived being dropped quite a few times and has even had an accidental trip through the washing machine undamaged. Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:12:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (unclefester) Comments RE: Well good! http://www.osnews.com/thread?500301 http://www.osnews.com/thread?500301
To top it off and I mean it, if I was in charge of Sammy, I'd setup a short exchange program and offer a free Galaxy Tab 10.1 for everyone that's willing to give up their iPad purchased in the last 6 months while the ban lasted or even give away (literally) free Galaxy Tabs! (It's been done before with the $2 Galaxy SII deal which is pretty much free). LOL Apple would go nuts ;)



Much like Mercedes would go mad if Honda offered a free Honda car for every Mercedes handed to them? They would go mad with laughter. Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:16:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Tony Swash) Comments RE[2]: Well good! http://www.osnews.com/thread?500333 http://www.osnews.com/thread?500333
Much like Mercedes would go mad if Honda offered a free Honda car for every Mercedes handed to them? They would go mad with laughter.

This analogy is not accurate. An Apple product is not like a luxury car (nor like a race car).

An Apple product is more analogous to the current VW Beetle: a cute, retro, oversimplified look that appeals to feminine/fashion leanings; and overpriced for what you are getting under the hood.Edited 2011-12-16 18:08 UTC Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:08:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (tupp) Comments RE[3]: Apple is now ho hum http://www.osnews.com/thread?500446 http://www.osnews.com/thread?500446 I was about to post a long reply endorsing your view about the current crop of smartphones when my iPhone battery died on me. Says it all, really. Sun, 18 Dec 2011 01:36:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (orfanum) Comments RE[4]: Apple is now ho hum http://www.osnews.com/thread?500458 http://www.osnews.com/thread?500458 I've thought about the perfect phone:

- Sun, 18 Dec 2011 07:59:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (unclefester) Comments RE[2]: How they come up with this gem http://www.osnews.com/thread?500904 http://www.osnews.com/thread?500904 You contradict yourself. Somebody didn't just "look at advertising, prices and offers", somebody asked you (with inevitable response, but that's beside the point), somebody also asked a shop clerk. And at the very least, you and that clerk follow the market a little more closely than "ads, etc.", probably in part also thanks to the recent court circus. Wed, 21 Dec 2011 23:45:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (zima) Comments RE[3]: Well good! http://www.osnews.com/thread?500906 http://www.osnews.com/thread?500906 Hey, maybe he meant some beat Mercedes truck, bus or van (the real products of Daimler AG, passenger cars are just a side business) and Honda NSX? (that's how this car was known to most of the world)
;) Wed, 21 Dec 2011 23:52:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (zima) Comments