Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Looks A Winner
By: Barry Welford
Mobile or portable devices are clearly the future of the computing world. Although iPhones and iPads have up till now been the market’s darlings, albeit at premium prices, Android is now coming up strongly. An example of this is a tablet put out by Samsung that may well take the lead. According to TechRadar, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is without doubt one of the best tablets yet to hit the shelves.
The outstanding Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Honeycomb tablet is lighter and a hair thinner than the Apple iPad 2, and has a smaller footprint than either the Motorola Xoom or the Acer Iconia Tab A500, which are heavier and bulkier than most tablets. The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is a major contender.
If you check out the specs, you will be even more impressed.
That 10″ wide screen just invites you to get involved. The iPad has already prepared the market place for devices like this and the Galaxy Tab may well be the major beneficiary.
The only impediment on the road may be the patent conflicts that are already ongoing between Apple and Android / Samsung. The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 has again been delayed in Australia by the courts. However this is only temporary. Note also that the full Federal Court of Australia seemed to have found Apple’s objections to the tablet sales somewhat lacking.
The full court found that Justice Annabelle Bennett did not adequately assess the strength of Apple’s patent claims when she allowed a ban to go into effect last month.
“In our view, her decision was clearly wrong and should be set aside,” the full court wrote.
Now in the US, the headlines are that Judge rejects Apple bid to halt Galaxy sales.
U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, California stated that Apple would likely prove Samsung infringed one of its tablet patents. However, Apple had not shown that it was likely to overcome Samsung’s challenges to the patent’s validity. Apple must demonstrate both infringement and validity to succeed in its lawsuit.
Global tablet sales are expected to explode to more than 50 million in 2011. Apple, which has sold more than 30 million iPads so far, is expected to continue to dominate the market in the near term. With the entry of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, we may be about to see a shift.
