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Samsung sells a million Galaxy Tabs, ups 2010 estimates 50%

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Re: Samsung sells a million Galaxy Tabs, ups 2010 estimates 50%

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Samsung claims 7 hours battery life compared to 10 hours for the iPad, but it seems satisfactory in the reviews. Not sure if it will last one whole day without charging, especially if you used to watch movies on a road trip, for example. Any experience with the battery life?

Re: Samsung sells a million Galaxy Tabs, ups 2010 estimates 50%

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post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

it's != its The parent comment quotes an original source with two examples of this error, but you are not obligated to repeat it. :-)

Compare "Samsung has confirmed that it is [the number of] devices sold [that the number refers to]." with "Samsung has confirmed that its [Samsung's] devices have sold in quantity." I think the snake was right. :)

Good Lord, I'm mortified, and apologize to the snake and to everyone else. It looks like my anti-it's zealotry has finally crossed the line.

Face <-- egg

Re: Samsung sells a million Galaxy Tabs, ups 2010 estimates 50%

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The most informative comment on the original article was this: "Maybe, but I bet they are talking about units shipped or sold into chain, not sold retail. As assistant manager of an electronics outlet store, I see 30+ iPads leave the store every day, sometimes more, and we are often sending people away to wait for the next shipment. This is a city of only 300,000 and we are not the only seller. We've had the Galaxy P…

That's just an anecdote, not data. Samsung has confirmed that it's devices sold, not shipped.

I apologize for my previous flippant grammar-Nazi comment. I was on thin ice as it was, but that I was also wrong—that is inexcusable!
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