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Bad news for Tab owners

Hopefully the following article is misinformed (I do also have a Tab)
http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/03/honeycomb-to-require-dual-core-processor-initially-tablet-only/
Otherwise we'll have to wait for devs to port Honeycomb to our tabs. Which may very well not happen since few of them have SGTs (and given the news flow they may very well pass it...) plus our hardware may be too limited (Underpowered processor, too small screen resolution) and we may very well want to pass on honeycomb too (If it's only for tabs and not for phones, forget about phone functionalities...)
Anyway let's just hope this is not true (Would hate to have to dump my tab only after 3 months of use...)

It's not like SGT becomes somehow inferior just because there's a new version of Android. It is a great device as it is.

All the more reason for me to justify picking up a Tab 2 when it is released
I love my tab as it is, and I see that there are already improvements to be made through updates to FroYo, so I am not really worried because I am satisfied even with my stock tab now.

Same here - I bought an unactivated vzw tab, and it just does everything I need. If there's a Tab 2 with Honeycomb, I'll look at it, but with my other android devices, the dev community seems to produce better functionality than the vendors do, and I can hopefully skip all the vendor-installed crap with a clean image when that time arrives.

R.I.P.
These are really bad news for us owners.
Maybe I'll switch to iOS devices then. They're running so much smoother compared to android 2.X devices...
We won't see how good the tab with its powervr 540 graphics would perform with proper hardwareacceleration honeycomb will provide.

And that, ladies and gentlemen is why we're all here on XDA......

The way things are looking, unless Google is planning on HC being a tablet only OS, there will be a basic HC OS for phones and an extra feature set that's unlocked for tablets with dual core procs and 1280 X 720 screens. What may happen is that the 7" tablet will essentially be an oversized phone with XDA hacking it so you can use the tablet features on the 7" tablets.
As a Galaxy Tab owner I'm not really that butthurt by this because I can envision having a camera phone and 7" tablet as mobile devices and a wifi only 12" tablet for home use. If the HC tablet features truly require a larger screen, then I'm content with a 7" tablet that more of a mobile device.
I am a big fan of the 16:9 screen dimension. Better for movies and better for mutli-pane implementation.

The worry I have is this will just cut the spread of SGT buyers. If we end up with a device not very popular and with a small customer/devs base you can forget about any dream of good custom roms or app developments
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HTC is rumored to be releasing a 7" tablet, and the SGT has sold millions in a short amount of time. Unlike the iPhone, there was no carrier based reason to purchase the SGT over the iPad, but people did, in large part due to the form factor. I suspect that the 7" tab will not go away.

LOL, Any body want to sell their antiquated Galaxy Tab?
I've been looking to get one on AT&T or T-Mo... a trade for a mint 16GB iPhone4 perhaps???

FUD
There are no mins for Gingerbread, and IF there are any for Honeycomb, the community devs will pull apart what is a good update for the GTab and cook it up.
Honestly if you are worried, start a fund to get a tab into more dev hands...

lets not forget these are claims and have not been officialy confirmed by Google themselves yet... we still have hope. i don't think Samsung will just abandon us like this. they will probably be expecting to release their next sucessor to the tab in september. honeycomb will come out before then, and hopefully the update will be pushed out to us. the gtab was made in mind to be upgradable to Honeycomb. much like the HD2 was made to be upgradable to WP7... but that never happened.
only time will tell if we get the update.

lets not forget these are claims and have not been officialy confirmed by Google themselves yet... we still have hope. i don't think Samsung will just abandon us like this. they will probably be expecting to release their next sucessor to the tab in september. honeycomb will come out before then, and hopefully the update will be pushed out to us. the gtab was made in mind to be upgradable to Honeycomb. much like the HD2 was made to be upgradable to WP7... but that never happened.
only time will tell if we get the update.

Eh...it's only bad news if you don't like your Tab the way it is now. So it's not bad news for me, it's just more news.

What is bad is how all of a sudden there are so many deals for people to get these Galaxy Tabs. That had dramaticly reduced the cost. My guess that are getting rid of invintory. And it seems this is going on before CES. Just my view

What deals? That $100 Verizon price drop? Good luck finding a Verizon store that will sell one for $500 no-contract, it's a rumor and not official, at least not yet.
The T-Mobile $349 on a 2-year? That's not a price reduction, it's a little lubrication for the contract buttsecks. The Best Buy and Amazon sales? Short term holiday traffic generators. The UK/Euro price drops? Those were adjustments to bring the device in line with US pricing once the North American Tabs were released.
Lets not forget economy of scale, the more they make and sell, the cheaper each individual unit becomes to produce, and they can (and often do) lower prices over the life of a product to reflect this.
As for Honeycomb, Asus just announced a 7" Honeycomb tablet with 1024x600 resolution, so that part of the specs rumor is busted right away.
And any way you slice it, we're looking at March at the very least for a Honeycomb tablet explosion*. That's six months after the Tab launched. That's six months of awesome Tab usage before you should start to get the urge to replace it.
The alternative would have been to do without for six months. Life is too short for holding out for the next best thing...buying the best thing you can now is almost always a better bet.
*The Motorola tablet may launch before then, but frankly, I don't give a DAMN about the Motorola tablet, because it's a 10" device and I don't want one of those.

Croak said:
The alternative would have been to do without for six months. Life is too short for holding out for the next best thing...buying the best thing you can now is almost always a better bet.
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i am with u but u need money to burn

Croak said:
The alternative would have been to do without for six months. Life is too short for holding out for the next best thing...buying the best thing you can now is almost always a better bet.
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No truer words have been spoken.
You can play the waiting game forever. By the time the Honeycomb tablets are finally in the wild, the next generation tablet hardware / software will already be announced. At some point you just got to buy.
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I just got a tablet running Samsung S5PV210 and I do hope it would be upgrade to honeycomb. The tablet run Android 2.2 OS currently, and its hardware specs. as following on the site where I picked up.
I'm going to contact with the vendor and ask for certain upgrade info.

Croak said:
As for Honeycomb, Asus just announced a 7" Honeycomb tablet with 1024x600 resolution, so that part of the specs rumor is busted right away.
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I also believe that one of the announced Asus tablets with Honeycomb also has a 1Ghz snapdragon so that busts the Dual Core requirement too.

Who else is slightly disappointed no new Samsung Tegra3 tablet was announced?

I was hoping that Samsung would at least announce their next 10.1" tablet at CES. That would've given me a reason to not keep the Prime, or wait for the Prime HD.

Just because they didn't announce it doesn't mean they're not working on it.
Secondly all these Crapple lawsuits may have Sammy keeping their lips sealed tight for the time being on what can and can't they release.
W/ that said the new Tegra 3 Asus 7" for $240 USD looks damn nice.

I have no doubt they're probably working on their next 10.1 tablet, but still, some word would've been nice.
And yes, I'm definitely getting two of the Memos. One for traveling and one for my sis. I think this Tegra3 tablet stole the Asus show (assuming it will be out soon and prices won't change).

Samsung went gangbusters this past 1/4. They have a lot going on with Android and it is only getting better. Why do you think they hire people like cyanogen?

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Samsung went gangbusters this past 1/4. They have a lot going on with Android and it is only getting better. Why do you think they hire people like cyanogen?
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True... S2, Gnex, Note, GT7.7, 8.9 (Did 7.0+ come out this quarter also?)
They've been busy for sure. I agree with the OP it would have been nice to see somthing, but I have no doubt Sammy has a few tricks up their sleeve. Wonder which Samsung tab will get ICS first?
Hopefully the 7.0+ or 10.1. But with that said I think the 8.9 needs it most. Honeycomb runs worst on it from what I've seen.
It will also be interesting to see the Ipad junior as I have no doubt Apple will be pushing their 8" line soon. 8" tabs just seem to be perfect for me.

The truth is, Samsung released a lot of new stuff this quarter, and their showing at CES was impressive. The thing is, it focused mainly on other applications, (TVs, Washers, Dryers, and services.) Samsung has been making massive waves with its other devices, but they never want to scuttle sales of the ones currently on the market. Samsung is undoubtedly working on a Tegra 3 tablet, but they're probably going to wait on releasing it for a few reasons;
1. Releases at CES often tend to get buried in the insanity of it all. It's a trade show, so everyone is showing off their latest and greatest, and it's hard to grab everyone's attention and hold on to it. This is necessary to create anticipation for a device. You only need to look at Samsung's releases of the Nexus S, Galaxy Tabs, and the Galaxy Nexus to realize that they always manage to generate excitement by making sure their device is released at a time when people can pay attention.
2. Samsung doesn't always make it to the market first, but when they do arrive, they tend to dominate. The Galaxy Tab 10.1 wasn't the first Tegra 2 device or the first Honeycomb tablet, in fact it was the 4th to the market. This delay allowed them to avoid some of the quality issues that plagued the other tablets. It also allowed them to release a tablet that managed to become the acknowledged benchmark for Android tablets. I'm sure the Tegra 3 variant of the Tabs will be just as showstopping.
3. It has only been 6 months since the release of the 10.1 If they were to unveil a tablet now, it would destroy the sales of the current line of devices, even though the release of the production model of the Samsung Tegra 3 device would possibly be a few months away.
4. Samsung, being a device manufacturer, may be working on shoehorning more impressive technologies into their next-gen Galaxy Tab. If the 7.7 is any indication of their direction, we may be seeing a 10.1 with one of their awesome new Super OLED screens that they have been using in their new TVs.
I guess what I'm trying to say is, be patient, (as hard as it may be for all of us.) Samsung rarely disappoints when it comes to product releases, and I'm sure their "favorite child" Galaxy Tab series will be getting something amazing in the coming months.

They probably didin't announce at ICS for two reasons:
1) To avoid getting lost in all the clutter.
2) They have the resources to hold their own mega-event. I'm guessing they'll wait until right before or right after the iPad3 launch event.
All the tablet announcements at CES were pretty lame. Especially compared to the leaked specs of the 11.6. Based on that, Samsung's next-gen tab is the only legitimate competitor to the iPad3. The question for me isn't when it's going to be announced, but when it's going to be released. Hopefully they’re following Apple’s playbook and will have it available shortly after it’s announced.

I'm assuming they're waiting to unveil their tabs/phones at MWC (2/27) since that's dedicated to mobile. Can't wait to see what they've got.

Big disappointment was no announcement of ics...
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Big disappointment was no announcement of ics...
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It is a big disappointment that they did not announce something they have ALREADY announced?
Confused.

Like they have announced elsewhere on tiny twitter or something. People like me don't follow micro blogging so no way on earth would I have known. A vague announcement of sometime in the first half... yeah that's a lot info to mark on my calendar.
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Id actually prefer if they didn't release any new tablets for awhile because then they'll support us longer. When samsung releases the next galaxy tab line, our support will probably be over kind of like the galaxy tab (original) was when this came out or galaxy s when the s II came out.
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I hope they release their next tablet with their own processor... I'm over anything Tegra based.

I personally think samsung havent made any announcement regarding any tegra 3 replacement of SGT is because they probably wanted to use their own Exynos chipset. And I hope to god that this is the case. Coming out with a Tegra 3 device will just make Samsung unable to differentiate from their other competitor. As well as they get to push their own technology rather then depend on Nvidia

I'm betting they will show it MWC. It is rumored to have an Exynos. Forgot where i read it but at this point its just speculation.

My only disappointment comes from XDA being used as a sounding board for whining. How pointless.

Looking forward to a Tegra 3 ICS Samsung tablet.
Will be selling my iPad 1 soon in anticipation. I have been suitably impressed by a recent Nexus S purchase (first Samsung phone) and really want to go Sammy/Android for my next tablet.
Cheers.

It won't be Teg3. Since 3.2 was released with support for non-Teg processors, Samsung hasn't used one. The 8.9 LTE is Qualcomm and the 7+ is Exynos.
Here's an online article from Know your Mobile...
The 11.6-inch Galaxy Tab, according to reports, will launch on Android 4.0 and feature a truly staggering 2560x1600 resolution display, which well and truly kicks Apple’s Retina Display out of the park. Other notable spec, according to BGR, is the device’s ultra-powerful dual-core Exynos 5250 CPU that is reportedly clocked at 2GHz.
We’ve also heard talk of Android Beam – Google’s version of Apple’s AirPlay – coming as standard, as well as a novel wireless docking mode for gaming on HD TV sets. All in all this sounds like one impressive slate – we look forward to seeing it (either at CES 2012 next week or at MWC 2012 in February).

11.6 inch.....drool!
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The current line was introduced between CES and MWC 2011. So if there's going to be a new line then expect it to be at or around the MWC date.

Do you really think Samsung will announce the next version of the Note @ MWC?

Seems a bit soon to me, but in absence of the SGS3 announcement at MWC I keep seeing rumours about the appearance of something called the Note S, which apparently is an upgraded model of the Note. I cannot see the logic of this, I mean what is there other than maybe a bigger battery that requires an upgrade to be produced so soon?

No way will they announce an upgraded Note at MWC. The gs3 is far ahead of any note upgrade.
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Zamboney said:
No way will they announce an upgraded Note at MWC. The gs3 is far ahead of any note upgrade.
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Well I agree. But I wonder why there seem to be so many of these rumours about it. Only the other week I saw one along the lines that it would be Samsung's big announcement now at MWC.

http://www.sammobile.com/2012/02/08/samsung-will-not-show-anything-at-mwc-2012/ have fun

No credible leaks have come forward so don't hold your breath
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Samsung has become a very rich and greedy. His only care about earnings and soulless marketing.

I think at mwc, Samsung will not reveal any high end phones. apparently there is no Samsung keynote this year? At best they might announce a new tablet.

Samsung plays MWC low-key: No press conference planned
"Samsung has confirmed that not only will the company’s much-anticipated Galaxy S III not be making its debut at Mobile World Congress this month, but that the Korean firm has no press conference planned at the Barcelona show whatsoever. Despite high-profile and expensive launches in previous years, Samsung is playing the 2012 show low-key it confirmed to PCMag, though new products are expected to be revealed."

Pink note and vibrate can't be turned off. And styles is now a spent holder and has a build in vibrator for your "calls". S pen is pink too and on the button is a big ;-) so you can configured vibration to slow and fast.
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With a version just now coming to the USA and Canada... announcing a 2nd Generation would seem to hurt those sales.
Besides, the international model is still very new.
One thing is for sure; I'm a Note user for life. I look fwd to Generation 2.

Hi all, newbie here.
Thread resurrection.
Any new info on next version of Galaxy Note or Galaxy S3?
I have an iphone4 and am tired of the small screen.
I'm considering the Note, Galaxy S3 and Lumia 900.
I have tons of apps for my iphone, but use them mostly on my ipad3.
The Lumia 900 is available, cheap and seems to be a very good phone.
I'm in awe of Note screen but don't want to get it if the new one will be available in 6 months.
I'm intrigued by android as I've always been a geek and like screwing around with things.

New phone, new phone..... I love that feeling. Saying that, I still get it often with this beast.
I doubt they'll announce a note successor until the fall. I reckon this announcement will be the s3, which will probably be similar to GNexus but quad core, and no doubt trounce the htc one x.... Too soon? Sorry.
If you're interested in win phone, I'm using launcher 7 which imitates it perfectly and adds features too, so if you want limited hardware, go for it, but android keeps your options open. And the tech in you will no doubt be dissapointed with win phone.
Also worth consideration, they're working on a full ubuntu server that runs when docked... On Android of course, so things really are heading towards laptop replacement. It's exciting. The note is awesome! I reckon the s3 will be tasty too, but I can't move away from this screen
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even if they release new Note , honestly I am not gonna upgrade unless.
1. MUCH better display, like no more pentile and no more color banding
2. MUCH more battery efficient display and processor
3. better volume rocker/power button placement
4. no more hardware buttons
5. smaller or even none screen bezel
to me, Note is pretty much perfect (in ICS), if they only release a new note with faster or quad processor. Honestly I will not be interested. (which many manufacture intend to do as an "upgrade".

Sgs 3 may 3 anaounced
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Samsung will unveil the next Galaxy Phone - May 3
http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/16/samsung-will-unveil-the-next-galaxy-phone-may-3rd-in-london/

Galaxy Tab 2????

REALLY??!!! SERIOUSLY????!!! How many tablets does Sammy think they need to through out at the public to get that they aren't going to sell until they lower prices, not specs! End rant.

Lower prices? The 10.1 is $50 cheaper than the iPad and the 8.9 is $100 cheaper...
I think they are currently priced just about right...

Wish they lowered the prices on the older tabs significantly.
Means we can root em and flash our own builds for a reasonable price

they are just making fools of the peoples who took tabs recently ....i got my first tab SGT p1000 first then few months later this 10.1 came up i took that traded for my p1000 now this 7.7 got infrared and can do calls too..god they gonna make me trade my 10.1 too

i agree, i think this is the only problem with android, we are being flooded with devices at them moment, hopefully it will slow down and we can see some more quality devices come out... pricing for samsungs tabs though are great i think, leave the lower market to other companies, I want a powerful device in my hands.

Yeah but they just need to take a break for a moment
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yogeshmha said:
they are just making fools of the peoples who took tabs recently ....i got my first tab SGT p1000 first then few months later this 10.1 came up i took that traded for my p1000 now this 7.7 got infrared and can do calls too..god they gonna make me trade my 10.1 too
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Hold up though... The Galaxy Tab 2 is 7.7", dual core, 1ghz ram etc etc... right?
I bought mine a few weeks ago and did so because I read the new Galaxy Tab would be 7.7". I definitely wanted the 10" form factor. I love my Tab but don't want to be a fool (not that kind anyway)! Now I'm second guessing purchase

yogeshmha said:
they are just making fools of the peoples who took tabs recently ....i got my first tab SGT p1000 first then few months later this 10.1 came up i took that traded for my p1000 now this 7.7 got infrared and can do calls too..god they gonna make me trade my 10.1 too
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This is exactly what I mean! Sammy has now released like 5 new tablets with same basic hardware of their old tablets.. Tegra 3 is ready and being used by Asus already! I like Samsung's hardware the best, but I'm just sick of seeing *New tablets with underwhelming, old hardware in them.. I know that price is def a factor, but manufacturing 20 different tablets is expensive.. if they had 3 form factors/models it would save money for them, and then us!

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Tegra 3 is ready and being used by Asus already!
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Nvidia's on record saying they've lost Samsung as a customer and now consider them a competitor. So, don't hold your breath for Teg3. Teg3 is actually two old-gen A9 chips glommed together. Samsung's Exynos 5250 is in sampling making it the first A15 chip on the market when it’s supposed to release in Q2. Raw HP isn't the real issue with mobile devices. It's GPU bandwidth. A15 chips will be more powerful than Teg3 and have 5x the graphics b/w. I think a lot of manufacturers are intentionally skipping Teg3 and moving directly to A15 chips (from Samsung, TI, and Qualcomm) which are easier to fabricate and potentially less expensive. The Prime’s having a ton of issues where different devices behave differently when updates are rolled out. It’s too early to say its Teg3 but it’s a potential candidate for the problems.

Meh, I like choice. I don't see the point of complaining about it; unless you're an early adopter, you'll always be a step behind. Here' my suggestion for you: stop worrying about having the newest snazziest gear and enjoy what you do have. It's not a race.

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Meh, I like choice. I don't see the point of complaining about it; unless you're an early adopter, you'll always be a step behind. Here' my suggestion for you: stop worrying about having the newest snazziest gear and enjoy what you do have. It's not a race.
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It's not abt race its just we buy a thing today and tomorrow they come up with the improvised one unfair u know
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It's not abt race its just we buy a thing today and tomorrow they come up with the improvised one unfair u know
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"Unfair" would suggest they owe you some duty of not producing new models. Have you really thought this through? "We buy a thing today, and tomorrow they come up with the improv[ed] one." If this is unfair, how long do they have to wait? Do you realize that they released this tablet in May of 2011, 9 months ago, right? You also realize that the successor does not yet exist, right? This is the same complaint I've heard about technology for the last 20 years. I still don't get it.

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Nvidia's on record saying they've lost Samsung as a customer and now consider them a competitor. So, don't hold your breath for Teg3. Teg3 is actually two old-gen A9 chips glommed together. Samsung's Exynos 5250 is in sampling making it the first A15 chip on the market when it’s supposed to release in Q2. Raw HP isn't the real issue with mobile devices. It's GPU bandwidth. A15 chips will be more powerful than Teg3 and have 5x the graphics b/w. I think a lot of manufacturers are intentionally skipping Teg3 and moving directly to A15 chips (from Samsung, TI, and Qualcomm) which are easier to fabricate and potentially less expensive. The Prime’s having a ton of issues where different devices behave differently when updates are rolled out. It’s too early to say its Teg3 but it’s a potential candidate for the problems.
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BUT there is ALWAYS something better around the corner. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. Nuff said. I agree Samsungs SOC will be better, but will it be too late? Look at Windows Phone 7, its great, but 3-4 years too late..

My main point..
Is Samsung going to seriously produce 20 different models of tablets? I understand it being nice to have 'choices', but Samsung has enough work keeping past models firmware relevant, let alone producing 20 new version/sizes every few months, there is no way they can properly support that many.. I wouldn't think twice is they made actually changes to new models like vastly improved batteries, or more memory etc.

I've been saying for many years that if you buy an electronic device, it will be obsolete BEFORE you make it out of the front door of the store. You might make it back home if you buy the most expensive model of whatever. It's just the way of high tech devices these days. We consumers have only helped them by replacing perfectly functional devices just for the lasted and greatest one. Even if the new one has twice the speed or memory, do you need it?
Probably not. Yet we continue to demand, and purchase, which is just encouragement for them to continue. I honestly think its only gonna get worse. It's really our fault as consumers always wanting more and better; NOW.
When I was growing up electronics were durable goods. You bought a TV and you kept it until it quit working. Now we buy a new one because of widget xyz is better on the new model. I'm guilty of this myself also, just not as much as I used to be. Even though I have more money to spend these days.
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"Unfair" would suggest they owe you some duty of not producing new models. Have you really thought this through? "We buy a thing today, and tomorrow they come up with the improv[ed] one." If this is unfair, how long do they have to wait? Do you realize that they released this tablet in May of 2011, 9 months ago, right? You also realize that the successor does not yet exist, right? This is the same complaint I've heard about technology for the last 20 years. I still don't get it.
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It seems u got loads of money in ur bank! If it's overloading send me i will bug new tab every day
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It seems u got loads of money in ur bank! If it's overloading send me i will bug new tab every day
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So you can encourage the manufacturers to do more of what you're b!tching about more? :what:
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It seems u got loads of money in ur bank! If it's overloading send me i will bug new tab every day
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That's ridiculous. If you knew me you'd know what a silly thing to say that is. But beyond that, my statement is exactly the opposite: I'm saying "be happy with what you have, not unhappy about what you don't have." See if you can figure out the difference between gadget lust and gadget envy.

Didn't mean any offense if it was taken that way. Just good natured hard time I was intending.
Sometimes hard to relay sarcasm in a post.
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OP puts Galaxy Tab 2 in the title, then complains about how many tablets are coming out from Samsung? I mean, if you put Galaxy Note 10.1 in the title, that would make some sense, but the Galaxy Tab 2 is apparently the direct successor of the original Galaxy Tab that came out in 2010 and it's not even out yet. Who knows when it comes out.

Samsung gets an F for MWC

Highly disappointed with the Samsung offerings from MWC..
A Galaxy Tab 2 that's almost identical to our current Tab
The Galaxy Note Tab did not impress me
The Galaxy Tab 11.6 was a no show..
Also, no Galaxy Note phone on Sprint..
I'd have to give Samsung an F grade for MWC...

The Note 10.1 was pretty impressive - if it doesn't have that ****ty closed-source-driver AR6000 wifi chip the Tab 7 Plus has I'm going to get it.
1.0 GHz to 1.4 GHz may not seem like much at first - but remember you're going (I'm fairly certain) from Tegra2 to Exynos. There's only one quadcore CPU on the market, and it's a Tegra. Nvidia is always the first to up their core count, but they typically deliver poor performance per core.
For example, the old Samsung Hummingbird could beat Tegra2 in many workloads despite being only single-core. (Infuse 4G utterly smoked the Atrix.)
Tab 2 10.1 was epic fail

I get the feeling they're not done with this year's announcements yet. There's no way they're going to leave the ipad 3 on its throne for long.

PookiePrancer said:
I get the feeling they're not done with this year's announcements yet. There's no way they're going to leave the ipad 3 on its throne for long.
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If the 11.6 packs the specs its rumored to have, it will smoke the iPad3.. I really hope the 11.6 comes soon as I have been drooling over it since it was 1st rumored..

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I get the feeling they're not done with this year's announcements yet. There's no way they're going to leave the ipad 3 on its throne for long.
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It's already been announced that some of their "big" announcements (like the SGS3) will be separate.
However, announcing two tabs at MWC doesn't leave much room for non-MWC announcements.

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The Note 10.1 was pretty impressive - if it doesn't have that ****ty closed-source-driver AR6000 wifi chip the Tab 7 Plus has I'm going to get it.
1.0 GHz to 1.4 GHz may not seem like much at first - but remember you're going (I'm fairly certain) from Tegra2 to Exynos. There's only one quadcore CPU on the market, and it's a Tegra. Nvidia is always the first to up their core count, but they typically deliver poor performance per core.
For example, the old Samsung Hummingbird could beat Tegra2 in many workloads despite being only single-core. (Infuse 4G utterly smoked the Atrix.)
Tab 2 10.1 was epic fail
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I think it's too early to say what 2012's going to look like for Samsung’s tablets. Here's a quote from an interview...
"One reason for any confusion might be the multiple versions of the Galaxy Tab that have been released in the last year - from the original Galaxy Tab 10.1 to the Galaxy Tab 8.9 to the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus. Packingham said that Samsung was basically experimenting with what worked best. "2011 was the big introductory year for Samsung on the tablet side," he said. But "I think we've kind of reached a point where we understand what the market looks like, and we're now optimizing the tablet portfolio to go after the segments where we can be successful."
So if you think about it, the Tab 2 (7 and 10) replace their original equivalents and are probably going to be Samsung's low-end devices. The Note 10.1 is a specialty device that I'm guessing they'll also push hard via their commercial division. The 7 Plus could end up being replaced by a Note 7. The AMOLED 7.7 is kind of its own unique beast. The 8.9, if it doesn't get a "2" version, I'd imagine will fade in to the sunset. And the upcoming 11.6 is going to be a high-end monster (and probably priced that way) to take on the iPad3. Hopefully, based on their "optimizing" their portfolio, it'll start to make more sense later in the year.

I think Samsung has something up their sleeves and MWC is only showing what they have currently built and going to sell in the meantime. I doubt Samsung is going to let Crapple beat them with their Rumored and I quote Rumored specs on the Ipad3. Most people don't even know what the Ipad3 has in fact if it even has a higher pixel count. The rumor also says they might do away with the mechanical home button, umm.... capacitive like the rest if not most android phones how passe. Anyways getting back to Samsung I honestly think they are keeping things under wraps simply because Crapple is waiting to find something to sue about again.

( •_•) 10.1 showed up instead of 11.6? Guess they forgot to...
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BarryH_GEG said:
the upcoming 11.6 is going to be a high-end monster (and probably priced that way) to take on the iPad3.
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As long as it priced the same as the iPad 3 they should not have a problem.. If it's priced higher, then most normal consumers will opt for the iPad 3..

In response to entropy512s comment about there being only one quadcore out
What about the quadcore in the HTC one x
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Entropy512 said:
It's already been announced that some of their "big" announcements (like the SGS3) will be separate.
However, announcing two tabs at MWC doesn't leave much room for non-MWC announcements.
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Remember the galaxy tab last year. They announced it then when the ipad came out they rereleased it
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Don't know why anyone would expect much from Samsung once they pulled out of having their own press conference. I was way more interested in other companies at MWC once Samsung announced that.

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raqball said:
Highly disappointed with the Samsung offerings from MWC..
A Galaxy Tab 2 that's almost identical to our current Tab
The Galaxy Note Tab did not impress me
The Galaxy Tab 11.6 was a no show..
Also, no Galaxy Note phone on Sprint..
I'd have to give Samsung an F grade for MWC...
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The way look at it is: Samsung needs to change their game plan because they have so mnay prodcts out there it has become impossie for consumers to differntiate one from the other and make a desicion to buy one of the Tablets!
I think each line of Tablets should have something unique to offer and with each release they should improve specs as well as provide some new and attractive feature which makes it better than the previous release .................... But alas, samsung's prodect frenzy is not only hurting their own business but also samsung tablet/phone users who have to wait months before Samsung can push ot an update but then it already time for another version of Android release!
Samsung can make good products but its about time they should sober up and invest time and money into specific product lines which would be benficial to both them and us users.

They have their own event scheduled for March 9
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Don't worry I'm sure Samsung will copy the new iPad in a few months. They already preordered a few to get started on the R&D.

alex2792 said:
Don't worry I'm sure Samsung will copy the new iPad in a few months. They already preordered a few to get started on the R&D.
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I have ZERO interest in the iPad... Now the rumored 11.6? Bring on that iPad smoker Samsung and my cash shall belong to you...

raqball said:
I have ZERO interest in the iPad... Now the rumored 11.6? Bring on that iPad smoker Samsung and my cash shall belong to you...
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Why stop at 11.6 go straight to the 50.1 Galaxy Tab Note.

alex2792 said:
Why stop at 11.6 go straight to the 50.1 Galaxy Tab Note.
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Do you have anything meaningful to add or are you just trolling for Apple?