Once again, we are taking a look at two popular 7” Android tablets, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 and the Google Nexus 7 by ASUS. On Monday, we asked the DroidDog followers on facebook, twitter, and Google+ what they would want to see in a comparison video. So, in this part 2 of 2, I have the two tablets go head to head with shut down and startup… Read more
Today we are taking a look at two popular 7” Android tablets, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 and the Google Nexus 7 by ASUS. In this part 1 of 2, I do a tour of the device as well as introduce the operating systems. The Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 is running Ice Cream Sandwich with a TouchWiz overlay compared to Stock Jelly Bean on the Nexus 7. My… Read more
Here at DroidDog, all of our writers are usually in constant contact, using a group chat client to organize and converse among ourselves. More than a few times we have disagreed with matters, and last Friday was no exception. Dima Aryeh, one of our writers and a longtime friend of mine, felt that it was a good thing that Samsung is releasing a… Read more
Your first thought should be “Why the hell did it take 8 months? What the hell is wrong with you for being happy? Be mad!” Well, let me tell you, I was mad. I was mad for a long time. Why should I be stuck on Honeycomb 3.2, an OS that was in all fairness a beta test? It had hardware acceleration that wasn’t smooth, a new UI that was very unfinished, and… Read more
The Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus was a bit of an overlooked gem, being cheap and speedy and having a great feel in the hand. I had the pleasure of using one for a while, and the form factor and build were definitely great. Well for those of you who still have one int he UK, it’s getting the update to Ice Cream Sandwich via Samsung Kies desktop… Read more
It appears Samsung is having much better luck outside of the US when it comes to its ongoing patent war against Apple. Today, the German court upheld a previous ruling that Cupertino’s patent of “list scrolling and document translation, scaling, and rotation on a touch-screen display” was not violated by Samsung. This means the Galaxy Tab 10.1N and… Read more
So many devices have gotten Jelly Bean mere weeks after the source code has been released, and the older devices have not been forgotten. Both the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and the Galaxy Tab 8.9 have received not only AOSP builds of Jelly Bean, but also CyanogenMod 10 ROMs. This is an impressive feat, considering Ice Cream Sandwich was never released for either… Read more
After their loss earlier this month where the judge called the Galaxy Tab 10.1 “not as cool” as the iPad, it seemed that Apple lost a battle, albeit not giving Samsung a full win. Samsung couldn’t have liked receiving that kind of branding. However, that same judge just tried to make up for his (somewhat childish but humorous) actions. Judge Colin Birss… Read more
After the ban on the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Galaxy Nexus, Apple apparently sent out letters to retailers requesting that they stop selling all Galaxy Tabs and Nexuses from their inventory. The letter stated that the ban “applies not only to the named Samsung entities, but also to anyone ‘acting in concert’ with them” and that retailers should… Read more
Lately, we’ve been hearing a lot of good news from the courts of United Kingdom. Today, the high court ruled in favor of Samsung in the case vs. Apple about the design of the Galaxy Tab 10.1. In fact, the judge even said there are noticeable differences between the two devices. The Judge stated that Samsung’s designs “not as cool” as the iPad and… Read more
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