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Samsung on the run
September 4, 2011: 6:27 AM ETThe world's No. 1 maker of Android devices is feeling the heat on two fronts
Hasty cover-up at Samsung's Berlin booth. Source: AndroidPit
Samsung suffered a pair of setbacks last week, although whether they are substantive or superficial remains to be seen. One called into question its impressive sales figures, the other its legal right to sell devices that bear such a striking resemblance to Apple's (AAPL) iPhones and iPads.
- Shipments vs. Sales. Samsung made headlines last year when it announced in December that it had shipped 1 million units of its 7-inch Galaxy Tab -- a figure that Steve Jobs publicly challenged, joking that most of those 1 million Tabs were probably still sitting on the shelf. Jobs may have struck closer to home than he realized, if a report in Friday's Guardian is to be believed. According to Andrew Barrow, an executive at Lenovo, Samsung sold only 20,000 Galaxy Tabs in 2010 -- just 2% of the 1 million it shipped. That's an astonishing low number that 's getting a lot of play in the tech press. But it cannot be considered definitive because it comes from one of Samsung fiercest competitors.
- Patent wars. FOSS Patents' Florian Mueller reported Saturday that on the second day of a major electronics trade show in Berlin Samsung was forced to remove from its booth both its new 7.7-inch Galaxy Tabs and the promotional material that accompanied them. It even scraped off the product's name where it appeared below the samples. The incident -- which played out in front of tech journalists from around the world -- stemmed from one of the many patent suits Apple has filed against Samsung, accusing it of "slavishly" copying Apple's intellectual property. Last month a regional court in Dusseldorf issued a preliminary ruling in Apple's favor, banning the sale of the 10-inch Galaxy Tab in Europe. According to Mueller, the court has issued a second injunction extending the ban to cover the new 7.7-inch model.
Samsung may yet prevail -- or reach a settlement -- in its court battles with Apple. And it may yet release credible sales figures that distinguish between shipments to distributors and sales to customers. Until then, its PR representatives are in a tough spot. Below: Mueller's translation of a video interview AndroidPit's Fabien Roehlinger conducted with the press spokeswoman of Samsung's German subsidiary.
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Apple's iPad rules the Web
Tablets are becoming increasingly visible on the Internet. 96.8% of them are iPads
On Sunday we reported on a Net Applications' survey for June that found Apple (AAPL) devices were responsible for more than 60% of U.S.-based mobile Web browsing -- 35.2% of it on iPhones and 25.5% on iPads. See here.
Today we want to drill a little deeper into Net Applications' tablet data.
In their report for May they found that MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Jul 4, 2011 12:32 PM ETPosted in: Android, Apple, BlackBerry, Galaxy Tab, iOS, iPad, iPhone, Net Applications, Tablets, web browser -
Android grabs 22% tablet share - not!
Reports that Apple's iPad lost a big chunk of its market turn out to be premature
[CORRECTION: Samsung's Lee Young-hee was misquoted in the transcript cited by the Wall Street Journal. A tape recording of her remarks show that she was describing the Galaxy Tab's sell out as "quite smooth" not "quite small."]
Judging from Monday morning's tech headlines, Apple's (AAPL) iPad must have got clobbered last quarter.
VentureBeat: "Android steals tablet market MORE Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Jan 31, 2011 2:58 PM ET -
Today in Tech: Yahoo layoffs today, Verizon iPhone, Windows 8
A curated selection of the day's most newsworthy tech stories from all over the Web.
Seems TechCrunch's report late last week regarding early Yahoo layoffs may have been premature and inaccurate. (See below.) According to All Things D, the layoffs at the Internet company actually start today, with many, but not necessarily all, of the 650 to 700 cuts coming from Yahoo's product division. (AllThingsD)
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Dec 14, 2010 6:00 AM ET
Microsoft may announce several tablet PCs from MOREPosted in: All Things Digital, Amazon, Apple, ereader, Financial, Galaxy Tab, Gawker, Google, iPad, iPhone, Kindle, MacDailyNews, Microsoft, Mobile, Tablet, TechCrunch, Yahoo, YouTube -
How much is an iPad worth?
A couple hundred dollars less than Apple charges, according to a new consumer survey
This one is a little hard to follow, so you might want to mute your TV for a minute.
Gene Munster's team at Piper Jaffray recently ran a small survey of 65 consumers who don't presently own tablet computers.
They were shown a pair of competing devices -- a $629 Apple's (AAPL) iPad 3G and a $599 Samsung Galaxy MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Dec 2, 2010 7:49 AM ETPosted in: AAPL, Android, Apple, Galaxy Tab, Gene Munster, Google, iPad, Piper Jaffray, Samsung, Tablets -
Samsung Galaxy Tab review: Don't call it an iPad competitor
I've come to enjoy the company of the 7-inch Android tablet over the course of the last week but where does it fit in the big picture?
I received my Samsung Galaxy Tab review unit last week and have had it with me ever since. In that time, I've come to one conclusion: This is anything but an iPad.
At half the size and weight with half the screen size of an MORE
Seth Weintraub - Nov 11, 2010 4:00 PM ET -
T-Mobile beats Verizon to Galaxy Tab launch
T-Mobile announced that it would sell Samsung's Galaxy Tab on November 10th, starting at $399 with a data plan.
T-Mobile announced this morning that it will be the first U.S. carrier to carry the Samsung Galaxy Tab in the U.S., unless AT&T (T) announces an earlier ship date in the next week or so.
The November 10th ship date beats rival Verizon (VZ) by a day.
T-Mobile will sell the Tab for $399 MORE
Seth Weintraub - Oct 27, 2010 1:12 PM ET -
Samsung Galaxy Tab 'It's Go Time' ad hits the airwaves
The new ad touts the device's portability and power but its pocket-ability is questionable.
You'll need some pretty big pockets and the ability to stand up for long periods of time to pocket the Samsung Galaxy Tab. But that doesn't mean that Samsung won't tout the device's ability to go where no iPad will go.
Samsung CSO Omar Khan demonstrated it handily going into his "off the rack" suit jacket pocket easily MORE
Seth Weintraub - Sep 20, 2010 9:49 AM ET -
Today in Tech: News around the Web
A round-up of the companies, deals, and trends that made headlines.
Every day, the Fortune staff spends hours poring over tech stories, posts, and reviews from all over the Web to keep tabs on the companies that matter. We've assembled the morning's most newsworthy bits below.
Former HP (HPQ) CEO Mark Hurd made his first public comments as Oracle (ORCL) co-president to discuss the company's huge growth opportunities. Oracle's first-quarter revenue rose MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Sep 17, 2010 7:27 AM ETPosted in: AT&T, Diaspora, Financial, Foursquare, Galaxy Tab, Google, Greenpeace, HP, LG, LivingSocial, Mark Hurd, McDonald's, Mobile, Motorola, Nokia, Research in Motion, RIM, Samsung, T-Mobile, Tablets, Verizon, VMware -
Samsung Galaxy Tab(let) is coming to Verizon
The seven-inch tablet due to be unveiled later this week was found in Verizon's inventory management system, meaning that it is likely to land on the carrier's lineup soon.
BGR got their hands on a picture of Verizon's inventory (right) which seems to show two different SKUs of the Android-powered Galaxy tablet.
That means there is an incredibly high probability that Verizon (VZ) will be carrying the Galaxy Tab within the next month or MORE
Seth Weintraub - Aug 30, 2010 9:44 PM ET
