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Samsung may have been trying to catch up to sales of Apple’s iPad…but I think it held its own by selling 200 million of its Android tablet.

Question is will all those Galaxy Tab owners be getting an update to either Gingerbread or Honeycomb? (Answer: probably not…but it’d so awesome)

Press Release below:
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SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Yonhap) — Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s second-largest maker of mobile phones, said Wednesday that it has sold more than 2 million units of the Galaxy Tab tablet computer within three months of its global debut.

   Samsung achieved the sales figure this week as the company sells the 7-inch, Android-running tablet through some 200 mobile carriers in 94 countries, the company said.

   About 500,000 units of the Galaxy Tab were shipped to Europe while 350,000 tablets were sold in North America and another 330,000 units in Asia.

   The company launched the tablet in October to play catch-up with the iPad. Apple Inc. said last week that it sold 7.33 million iPads in the October-December period.
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So T-Mobile is bringing back its Sidekick line…you remember the sidekick. It was, for most of us, our first phone with “real internet”. (I think the browser on the Sidekick is actually better than the BlackBerry…) T-mobile is looking to strengthen the Sidekick line by having it on Android (and made by Samsung) instead of the propietry Danger OS (which is now owned by Microsoft).

I have a few questions:
1. Will people feel comfortable buying a Sidekick after what happened in 2009? If you don’t remember its when the Sidekick servers crashing causing people with Sidekicks to lose all their data and making their phones very cool looking paper weights.
2. Who is the Sidekick going to be marketed towards? T-Mobile’s consumer brand is the MyTouch. The G series (G1, G2, G-slate) is the higher end series.
3. Would YOU buy a Sidekick? (Why or why not)

http://www.tmonews.com/2011/01/sidekick-4g-in-the-wild/

Samsung Sold 600,000 Tabs…but there’s no Newspaper

Its Thanksgiving Week!!!…which also means it’s Black Friday Week…which also means the holiday shopping experience is upon us. #Fact: I don’t really like shopping. #DoubleFact: I REALLY don’t like shopping when I can’t find a parking spot and the stores are packed. But that’s days are not here yet (although they will be soon), what is here however is some insightful stories about technology…so let’s get to the tech.

 - Netflix changes its pricing structure and introduces a $7.99 streaming only plan. Now the streaming only Netflix is the same price as Hulu Plus, but the price to get DVD rentals has increased.

 - The news on the street is that Steve Jobs and Rupert Murdoch are working on a iPad only newspaper. Cool, but what would that look like. TechCrunch has some ideas...

 - The New York Times has an article about being young and growing up with technology. The always-connected generation is seeming always-distracted. Ironic?

 - Saw this article at the beginning of the weekend about finding the killer apps on android. After reading this…I have some disagree fragments…but I pretty much agree.

 - Didn’t realize that the Samsung Galaxy Tab has sold more than 600,000 units, maybe this will help to create some killer apps on Android.

^Typical Monday…^

We’ve made it to Friday. Good job everyone. The weekend is here, it’s payday for some, and wishing it was payday for others. I’m feeling pretty good today…except that I’m wishing I played the Falcons defense last night. Oh well I hope that won’t lead my team to another L.But enough Fantasy Football talk…there’s some tech news today. So let’s get to the tech…

Facebook is making a “Gmail Killer”? I believe that this is possible but I’m not sure how successful it’ll be. My Facebook inbox for messages is basically overrun with useless Events & invites. If a Facebook mail client is more of the same then it’ll get no play.   [ Facebook is Making a “Gmail Killer” ]

Google, if you’re going to get Google TV out of stores & into the hands of consumers then we (as the consumers) are going to need you to play ball with the tv networks. Having Fox block Google TV before the holiday buying season isn’t a good look.   [ Fox blocks Google TV ]

Microsoft bought Danger, who had developed the super successful Sidekick operating system. Microsoft had Danger work on a new operating system that was supposed to be like the Microsoft version of the Sidekick operating system. The Kin is born. The Kin have a very expensive ad campaign and is released on Verizon. The Kin is on sale for about 6 weeks before Verizon kills it off. End of story, right? Wrong. Apparently, based on a leaked Verizon roadmap the Kin is coming back to life, back to reality.  Is this an old roadmap? Have they updated the Kin? Is Verizon doing away with the required expensive data plans which probably killed the Kin?   [ Confirmed Kin One and Kin Two Returning to Verizon ]

Is an Android Market overhaul on the horizon? I definitely hope so because the Android Market is lacking compared to compeitors, and I’m not just talking about the Apple App Store either. It’s even easier to find apps on Windows Marketplace compared to Google’s Android Market (and Windows Marketpalce has only been out for a week!)   [ Android Overhaul of Market ]

Oh and before I forget…I said I was going to stop talking about the Samsung Nexus 2 until I get some more confirmation on it. Well you no longer have to worry about me talking about it. It’s not real. But the Samsung Nexus S is!!! It’s real. It’s going to have Gingerbread (Android 2.3) and supposedly it’s coming to T-mobile. YES!!!

{ A Thought On…Google }

I remember when Google was the cool, laid-back company. If Google was to be compared to a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, it would’ve been Michelangelo. The party dude…always doing wild and crazy things, but well liked. Or maybe Google would’ve been Donatello since they’re so smart. Never-the-less, the times have changed and now Google is acting more like Raphael. Getting into fights with everyone, being all mad all the time. It doesn’t suit you Google…it doesn’t suit you at all. And with those words…have an awesome weekend everyone.