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Re: Samsung Galaxy S2 beats iPhone 4 to T3 gadget award

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Post by runjake » Tue, Oct 11, 2011, 3:24 PM UTC

Derbasti wrote: post #7

Tablet of the year: iPad 2. You don't say! I was not aware that there was much competition in the tablet space, yet. Feels lika a kind of random selection to me, though. But what did I expect.

The Xoom has been commercially available for a little over 8 months. Various Samsung Galaxy Tab models have been available for almost a year. Both have sold millions of units, the Tab reportedly well over 6 million units.

Perhaps not a random selection? Apple makes a good tablet.

Re: Samsung Galaxy S2 beats iPhone 4 to T3 gadget award

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Post by arnoldwh » Tue, Oct 11, 2011, 4:24 PM UTC

Samsung has been putting some impressive gadgets out, and they seem to finally be "getting it." What's interesting is just how large that company is and how much control they can have over each individual component...would be interesting to see seamless integration between the different divisions though (monitors, tvs, phones, etc.) Probably too bureaucratic for that to happen though.

Re: Samsung Galaxy S2 beats iPhone 4 to T3 gadget award

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Post by jonhohle » Tue, Oct 11, 2011, 5:00 PM UTC

runjake wrote: post #11

Derbasti wrote: post #7

Tablet of the year: iPad 2. You don't say! I was not aware that there was much competition in the tablet space, yet. Feels lika a kind of random selection to me, though. But what did I expect.

The Xoom has been commercially available for a little over 8 months. Various Samsung Galaxy Tab models have been available for almost a year. Both have sold millions of units, the Tab reportedly well over 6 million units. Perhaps not a random selection? Apple makes a good tablet.

Both have _shipped_ millions of units. AFAIK, no other tablet maker says how many are sold to consumers. And it's likely that HP is among the highest.