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A  new court document that was shown on Monday this week sheds a new light into our previous report regarding Best Buy customers returning units of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 for mistaking them to be an iPad. The court document used in the Apple versus Samsung trial, points out to a survey conducted by Samsung last year that examined the reasons why Best Buy customers have returned some units of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet.

Contrary to our previous report, the data gathered from the survey reveals a different story. Out of the 30 Best Buy stores surveyed by Samsung across New York, Los Angeles and Florida, the data showed that 25 percent of the returns were due to malfunctioning hardware while only 9 percent of the customers actually exchanged a Galaxy Tab 10.1 for an iPad 2.

The malfunctioning hardware reportedly included poor Wi-Fi performance, system freezes, and touch screen problems. The survey also revealed that the rest of the returned units are due to some issues with Android as well as the tablet’s selection of apps. Apple is now using the data from the survey to convince the court and the jury that Samsung copied its Galaxy Tab design from the iPad. Stay tuned for more updates.

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If you are one who does not want to move with the popular tide, then surely you would have bookmarked Negri Electronics on your browser, as this seems to be the one stop shop of choice for folks who want nothing but extremely difficult to source for tablets. Having said that, here we are with the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 that is already available for pre-order over at Negri Electronics, coming in a shade of white (and unlocked, of course), where you will also have 16GB of internal memory to fill up with your favorite e-books, movies and MP3 files.

The asking price is definitely not cheap – we are talking about a rather insane $750 here, but at least you know that the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 will ship with a 1.4GHz quad-core Exynos processor, 16GB of internal memory, a rather generous 10.1-inch touchscreen display at 1,280 x 800 pixels, and a quadband 21Mbps HSPA 1900/1800/900/850 radio, according to Negri Electronics’ site. The shipping date has been listed as August 3rd, although we would want to take this particular date down with a healthy dose of salt as it sounds too good to be true.

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Apple granted stay on posting notice over Samsung’s Galaxy Tab, U.K. Judge says Samsung’s Galaxy Tab doesn’t infringe Apple’s iPad,

If you’ve been following the Apple vs. Samsung case even casually, you’re probably aware that today marked the start of the patent trial in the US District Court for the Northern District of California, with Judge Lucy Koh presiding. And while the proceedings themselves won’t necessarily justify an Olympics-level play-by-play, several interesting bits are sure to come to light. Today’s nugget relates to Samsung’s tablet roadmap, revealing that a Retina-like tablet may be in the works. The P10, as it’s been labeled internally, packs a 2,560 x 1,600-pixel, 11.8-inch display, along with WiFi and LTE connectivity. Details are thin beyond that, and it’s still possible that Samsung may not have a high-res tablet for us this year — though with the company’s mysterious New York City event coming up in two weeks, followed by IFA later in the month, there are plenty of opportunities in August alone for such an official reveal.

Philip Palermo contributed to this report.

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Samsung Retina-like 11.8-inch tablet in the works according to court docs originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 30 Jul 2012 20:25:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Last week, a UK court found that Samsung’s range of Galaxy Tabs didn’t infringe on the design of the iPad. As a result of the verdict, Apple was ordered by the court to advertise the fact on its website for a period of six months, and also run advertisements in newspapers. The company naturally appealed the verdict, and yesterday was granted a stay on the ruling. Apple has managed to escape advertising the lack of infringement, although it’s a temporary delay until the trial is played out in court in the coming months.

The full appeal for the verdict is set to for October, with Apple arguing against the free advertising it would provide for Samsung. Apple sought a ban on the Galaxy Tab 7.7, Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Galaxy Tab 8.9, but a UK judge ruled that all three tablets had recognizable differences from the iPad. Around 50 pieces of prior art were referenced during the ruling, indicating that even Apple’s design wasn’t totally original, and that the inspiration for tablet designs has been drawn from multiple sources over the years.

The stay on the ruling doesn’t mean Apple has completely escaped the adverts, however. If the outcome of the appeal in October sees Apple failing to make a convincing argument, then they’ll most likely have to follow through and absolve Samsung of any guilt on its website and in several newspapers and magazines. Still, there’s plenty of time for the company to gets its ducks in a row and make a compelling case.

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Apple’s pride can stay intact for at least a little while longer: the company successfully won a stay on a UK ruling that would have it post notices clearing Samsung’s name in the wake of the two tech giants’ patent dispute in the country. Apple now won’t have to face any kind of public flogging unless it loses an appeal on the non-infringement verdict, which is due to be heard in October. Not surprisingly, the iPad creator doesn’t want its own site to become a billboard promoting someone else’s work. The decision makes Samsung’s victory that much more bittersweet — along with losing that instant satisfaction from a humbled Apple, it still has to accept a verdict that claims the Galaxy Tab supposedly isn’t cool enough to have been an imitation.

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Apple wins stay on having to post ‘Samsung did not copy’ notice originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 26 Jul 2012 16:59:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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