Hasta La Gadget!

Samsung today issued a slew of press releases announcing the arrival of new tablets in Sweden, Finland, Denmark, and Norway. The news, naturally, focuses on the company’s flashy Galaxy Tab 10.1, which will arrive in those countries in August. What’s really interesting here, however, is the mention of the more compact Galaxy Tab 8.9, which has been out of the spotlight as of late, reportedly due to screen problems. The issues (if there were indeed any) have apparently been resolved, and the 8.9 is set to be released in the aforementioned Nordic territories in September — either that or it’s going to take an extra month to shave an inch and change off of those remaining 10.1 models.

Elusive Galaxy Tab 8.9 hitting Nordic countries in September originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:53:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Nothing like a little software update to get the weekend started right… right? Just days after Samsung shipped the first consumer units of its Galaxy Tab 10.1 (you can find our review here), the Android 3.1 update that first struck Motorola’s Xoom is now gracing the Limited Edition models that were handed out at Google I/O 2011. We’ve confirmed here at Engadget HQ that the update is indeed percolating, with Americans needing to simply register with Samsung (select “UK” in the options list, it’s cool) and proceed to the Software Update within the Settings pane. If you’ve applied the update, let us know how things went in comments below; if you ran into any issues, give those More Coverage links a look. Either way: lucky!

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Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Limited Edition gets Android 3.1 update, that much cooler originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 10 Jun 2011 17:26:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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When we met with Samsung in late May, company representatives didn’t seem entirely sure that the company would meet the rumored June 8th ship date here in the US, but lo and behold, it’s done just that. The tablet’s launching at noon today at the Best Buy in New York City’s Union Square, and if you can’t make it up to the Big Apple, it’ll hit the rest of the nation on June 17th. But here’s the real question: is it worth making an effort to snag it on either date? The Galaxy Tab 10.1, much like its Limited Edition sibling that we reviewed last month, is ever-so-slightly thinner than the iPad 2, a slate that most sane individuals (and competitors, for that matter) would confess is the market leader today.

Naturally, everyone and their sister is gunning for Apple in this space, and Honeycomb’s the first mobile OS we’ve seen that has the potential to put any sort of damper on Cupertino’s ongoing rave. By and large, the consumer version of the Tab 10.1 is the same as the device launched at Google I/O, but there’s two key differences that we’ll focus on here: the tamed design, and the thoroughly different OS version (v3.1 here versus v3.0 before). Head on past the break for an in-depth look into both of those, but be sure to first take a gander at our Limited Edition review to wrap your noodle around the basics.

Continue reading Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 review

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 review originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 08 Jun 2011 11:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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WiFi not good enough for you? Verizon’s here to give you a bit more range. Customers will be able to pre-order an LTE-enabled version of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 starting on June 8th, but the company’s playing coy about when exactly it will ship. The “coming weeks” is the best week can get, though if that wasn’t vague enough for you the press release embedded below also says “this summer.” Those willing to sign on to a new two-year agreement are looking at $530 for the 16GB model and $630 for the 32GB. That’s a $30 premium over the WiFi edition — not counting the next two years worth of monthly data charges, of course.

[Thanks, Bedan]

Continue reading LTE Galaxy Tab 10.1 gets official on Verizon, orders start June 8

LTE Galaxy Tab 10.1 gets official on Verizon, orders start June 8 originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 02 Jun 2011 10:51:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It’s another episode of The Engadget Show, in which we keep on keepin’ on and give you a taste of what’s to come next week. That’s when the Electronics Entertainment Expo happens, and we just couldn’t keep from going all gaming for this month’s episode. It all starts when Tim and Brian take a look over some of the month’s biggest gadgets, like the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and the iCade.

Then, we take a trip down to Babycastles, the indie arcade where the gamers make the games — and the cabinets. After that, Joystiq’s Chris Grant and Justin McElroy join us on the stage to dish up just what’s coming next from Sony. NGP? Wii HD? Project Cafe? Intrigue.

It’s a gaming-heavy, genre-busting show this week that you won’t want to mis. So what are you waiting for? Watch it now! The video stream is above, or download the show in HD below!

Hosts: Tim Stevens, Brian Heater
Special guests: Syed Sulahuddin, Kunal Gupta, Chris Grant, Justin McElroy
Producer: Guy Streit
Director: Michelle Stahl
Executive Producers: Joshua Fruhlinger and Michael Rubens
Music by: Narwhalz of Sound
Visuals by: Nonhorse

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The Engadget Show – 021: Joystiq’s Chris Grant and Justin McElroy, Babycastles, gadgets, gaming originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 01 Jun 2011 16:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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