Samsung has just pushed out the Galaxy Tab 10.1’s first major update since the device arrived in retail channels last month. Still based on Android 3.1 (“honeycomb”), the upgraded OS integrates several new apps and features, and implements numerous UI theme and functional enhancements and tweaks.
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We learned in May that Amazon.com had dropped the price of Logitech’s Google TV system (aka the Logitech Revue) 33 percent, to $199. Now, Logitech says it’s dropping the Revue’s price to $99.
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[Updated Aug 25, 2012] — This comprehensive screenshot tour is part of DeviceGuru’s in-depth Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 review, which pits the 10-inch Samsung tablet against Apple’s iconic iPads. The tour includes more than 200 screenshots showcasing the Galaxy Tab 10.1’s user interface, homescreens, settings, apps, and more, and has been updated to showcase various aspects of the tablet’s mid-2012 firmware upgrade to Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich).
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According to Gartner’s latest market data, end-user sales of smartphones grew 85 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2011. Google’s Android platform led the pack with a whopping 400 percent increase.
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Roma De, from Netflix’s product team, has announced that the company has released an Android Netflix app, which he says eventually will support a “large majority” of Android phones. Five devices, four from HTC and one from Samsung, are initially supported.
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