Study: iPad Accounts for Nearly 95 Percent of Tablet Web Traffic

For every 100 iPad impressions it serves, Chitika is serving barely more than a single ad to the leading rival. In total, 19 out of 20 ads are going to Apple’s tablet.
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Samsung’s Not Doing Well in the Tablet Market? You Don’t Say …

Here’s something you don’t see every day: An executive at a consumer electronics company admitting that one of its businesses isn’t doing so well.
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Kindle Fire Claims 14 Percent of Tablet Market

Amazon shipped 3.9 million Fire tablets in the fourth quarter — a nice start.
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Samsung Readies Galaxy Tab 2, Its First Ice Cream Sandwich Tablet

Samsung on Monday announced plans for the 7-inch Galaxy Tab 2, the company’s first tablet running Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and its first with built-in voice-calling abilities. The device is due to ship globally, starting with the United Kingdom in March.

Samsung Says Not Involved in Israeli Ad That Has Iran Upset

The Korean electronics firm says it had no part in an ad done by an Israeli cable company that shows one of its tablets blowing up an Iranian nuclear facility.
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Apple Wants Galaxy Tab 10.1N Banned, Too

Samsung’s going to have to do a lot more than simply slap a metal border on its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet if it hopes to fend off Apple’s legal challenges. The iPad maker on Tuesday asked a German court to ban sales of the Galaxy Tab 10.1N, a new version of the tablet with modifications intended to protect it from the Community Designs infringements Apple has claimed. A hearing is scheduled for Dec. 22.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1N: The “N” Stands For “Neener Neener”

Or maybe it stands for “Nothing Like an iPad, Really!”
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Samsung’s Won-Pyo Hong on Android and IP Battles With Apple

Samsung is the world’s second-largest maker of cellphones. And if Won-Pyo Hong — who heads global product strategy for the Korean giant’s mobile business — is right, it will soon be the first.
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Samsung Sees Weaker Earnings

Samsung Electronics Co. said it expects weaker third-quarter earnings, reflecting a decline in demand for its computer chips and flat panels, although brisk sales of its smartphones may help offset slower sales of other products.

Apple Sues Samsung in Japan