May 8, 2012

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Galaxy Tab 10.1 beats iPad in outdoor contrast ratio test

According to a study by DisplayMate.com, the Galaxy Tab 10.1 outperforms the new iPad (iPad 3), iPad 2, Kindle Fire, and Motorola Xoom when it comes to outdoor contrast. The Galaxy Tab 10.1 scored a 57, iPad 2 scored 47, Kindle Fire scored 24, and the Xoom scored 20. For some reason the iPad 3 was not given a score, but was said to be better than the iPad 2 and “just behind” the Galaxy Tab 10.1.

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May 8, 2012

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ZooGue Stylus Review

ZooGue recently gave away 50,000 of their $14.99 styli for free to anybody willing to pay the modest $3.99 shipping price. I took advantage of this offer and thought I might as well share my thoughts on the stylus.

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May 8, 2012

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Samsung is promoting app development for its tablets with $4,080,000 contest

Samsung is holding a contest dubbed Smart App Challenge to promote application development for both the Galaxy Tab and the Galaxy Note line. There will be 80 winners – 60 Samsung Apps Super Apps and 20 apps which feature creative ways to use the S-Pen stylus for the Galaxy Note. The 60 Samsung Apps Super Apps will be broken up into top 30 games and top 30 non-games. They will be chosen by users by the number of downloads. The 20 S-Pen apps will be chosen by a panel. The cash prizes for both range from $30,000 to $200,000 USD. On top of the cash prize, Samsung potentially could advertise the winning applications on TV and other media to promote their tablets.

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