Are you in the market for a new Android tablet and want to find the best deal possible? The 7-inch version of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 just happens to be on sale for $50 off, bringing the price down to a mere $199.00.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 comes with a 7-inch multitouch display (1024 x 600) and is powered by Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich out of the box. You get 8GB of internal storage, but unlike the Google Nexus 7 (which sells for the same price), the Galaxy Tab 2 has a microSD expansion slot for up to 32GB of additional storage.

Also, while the Nexus 7 only has a front-facing camera, the Galaxy Tab 2 has a 3-megapixel rear-facing camera too. Rounding out the specs are the 1GHz dual core processor and 1GB of RAM. Samsung is also throwing in a free one-year subscription to Dropbox with 50GB of cloud storage. Yes, the Google Nexus 7 is hugely popular and for good reason, but the Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 offers several advantages too. It’s no slouch for sure.

Pick up the Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 8GB Wi-Fi Android ICS Tablet on Amazon.com for $199. That includes free super saver shipping.

Update: The Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1-Inch, Wi-Fi) has just gone on sale for $350, $50 off as well.

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This is good for a couple of reasons. The more obvious is that your viewing experience will no longer be obstructed by all your greasy fingerprints, so you don’t need to whip out that buffing cloth every few minutes. The second is that it might be good for touchscreen security passwords, especially when it comes to the “pattern” lockscreen on Android devices. It ain’t perfect, but it’s something.

To be fair, 3M isn’t saying that these screen protectors prevent fingerprint smudges completely. Instead, as the name implies, the fingerprints fade away on their own over time, so you may still see more a few smudges. In any case, the scratch-resistant screen protectors retail for $24.95 and should ship in a number of sizes.

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The Samsung and Apple patent war has certainly had some interesting ups and downs so far, with recent events including the extension of the Galaxy Tab 7.7 ban in Germany and other parts of the EU and, in contrast, a decision in the UK that requires Apple to post notifications online and in newspapers stating that the Galaxy Tab line didn’t copy Apple. As you can tell, the battle is not only heated but the results of the legal war vary considerably depending on where they are fighting at in this globally-reaching dispute.

Regardless of whether you feel that Apple’s stance against Samsung is right or wrong, it seems that a new damning piece of evidence has now reached Apple’s hands. A set of documents have leaked out that Apple plans to use in court, in which Google warned Samsung that the design for the Galaxy Tab and  Galaxy Tab 10.1 were too similar and even famous designers apparently cautioned Samsung that the Galaxy S looked too much like the iPhone because of its shape and overall design elements. Apple hopes to use these internal memos to help prove that Samsung intentionally designed their products to look as close to the iPhone and iPad as they possibly could. It’ll be interesting to see what a Judge makes of all this. Supposedly, according to All Things D, Samsung has soon internal design presentations from 2006 that show a UI very similar to that in the iPhone and might use that as part of the argument, or even that Samsung may make mention of how many of Apple’s designs even seem to mimic early Sony designs.

It’s hard to say where the next chapter in this war will lead, but it’s clear that we have yet to see anything yet and a rocky road of legal proceedings still lie ahead.

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It seems that Samsung Electronics is partnering up with Kia Motors to equip the new vehicle K9 with the Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1. The two companies intend to provide a special edition of the Tab for those that pre-order the soon to be released K9 sedan by June.

Essentially, the Tab will play a role that allows it to be used as a quick guide to the vehicle’s functions and, presumably, will integrate into features such as the multimedia component of the new vehicle model. This synergy between mobile devices, like the tab, and today’s automobiles is clearly just the beginning of a wider trend. It is only a matter of time before every car that comes out has extended features and guides provided through syncing up your favorite tablet device, I’d wager. This joint synergy between smart cars and smart devices like tablets will likely also bleed into improved interfaces in the car of the future.

It’s interesting to see Samsung and Kia working together, and I’m sure this is just the beginning of big things to come.

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Even though we’re fairly certain that Samsung won’t be unveiling the Samsung Galaxy S III (S3) at Mobile World Congress, it looks like the AMOLED-touting crew may have another surprise for us, and their calling it the Galaxy Note 10.1.

Are you a touch confused? You should be. I went hands on with the 5.3-inch Galaxy Note at CES earlier this year and I’ve also reviewed the Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet (photo above) as well. If we base our predictions solely on the naming scheme, the assumption then would be that the Galaxy Note 10.1 is a tablet device, but it’ll make use of the same S Pen as the existing Galaxy Note.

The Galaxy Note 10.1 is mentioned in the documentation for Samsung Developer Day at MWC 2012, as well as the S Pen SDK, the current Galaxy Note, the Wave 3, and the Wave Y. Should we then assume that, moving forward, anything with the “Note” moniker will do the capacitive stylus thing, whereas a Galaxy “Tab” would be a more conventional tablet? Or are the lines blurring between the two? Samsung certainly isn’t ruling out the extension of the S Pen to other products and the Galaxy Note 10.1 could represent the first addition to the family.

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US Cellular has finally joined the 4G LTE Bandwagon, launching its own service. While many of us have been expecting this for a while, it was a bit unclear which 4G LTE phones would be the first to hit the company’s new network.

The suspense is over, it seems that it will be the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 4G LTE tablet next month, and shortly after the Samsung Galaxy S Aviator 4G LTE smartphone.

We all know of the Galaxy Tab by this point and expect little surprises with the US Cellular version, but the Aviator is something new, or so it seems. At first glance it strongly resembles the Droid Charge. What we do know is that it will offer a 4.3-inch WVGA super AMOLED Plus display, run Android 2.3.6, have a 8MP rear camera, a front-facing camera, and an HDMI port.

For now this is all we know, but go ahead and take a look at the US Cellular press release below to hear it straight from the horses mouth.

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tesy of the front-facing camera, and perhaps even some voice controls “in certain circumstances.”

Here’s the official quote, regarding the pen and its interface:

I think a pen interface continues to make a lot of sense across a number of screen sizes, like the larger is more obvious of those. That’s about as specific as I can be without announcing a product.

While the S Pen is likely to make its way into the new Galaxy Tab, the size of the Tab has yet to be determined.

While we don’t know a lot it seems that at the very least the pen and possible some other interesting goodies will soon be making their way to a next-gen Galaxy Tab.

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I use a Galaxy S Captivate as my primary smartphone these days and I’m reasonably happy with it. That said, it’d be awesome to feel like I got a brand new phone by introducing Android 4.0 to the mix. Samsung originally said they weren’t going to try and port it over, but it couldn’t be a hardware issue since the Nexus S (with mostly the same guts as the SGS) is getting ICS. Apparently, TouchWiz could be bloating up the device so that it can’t handle the newer version of Android.

Presumaby, the same issue must be affecting the port of Ice Cream Sandwich to the original 7-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab. That shipped with Android 2.2 Froyo last year. The assumption is the elimination (or shrinkage) of TouchWiz would enable ICS to get onto both devices a little more easiliy. Samsung isn’t guaranteeing an ICS port to the SGS and Gtab, so you might have more luck waiting for an unofficial port via the folks at XDA or elsewhere on the web.

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Although some Tab users are reporting that the installation went smoothly enough and WIFI isn’t a problem, others say that when they’ve contacted Samsung they are advised to send it in for repair. Hopefully Samsung will have an easier fix out in the next day or two. If this update is negatively affecting enough users and sending it in is the only way to fix it, you can guarantee this could hurt Samsung’s tablet reputation a great deal.

If you own a Tab and were going to update, just make sure you proceed with caution. For those of us that can’t live without our tablets even for a day or two it is probably best to skip this update until a patch for the installation has arrived on scene.

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It was originally stated that this version of Sammy’s Honeycomb tablet would be available until November 13, but it seems that it is available for purchase through Amazon, as as well as other larger retailers across the nation. Yes, this only represents a little more than a week, but it means you can give yourself an early Christmas present right now.

As a quick refresher, you get Android 3.2 Honeycomb, a 1.2GHz dual core processor, either 16GB or 32GB of internal storage, a microSD expansion slot, a 2MP front camera, and a 3MP rear camera. This is all on par with the rest of the current Galaxy Tab range, which also includes options with 8.9-inch and soon 7.7-inch displays too. The 16GB and 32GB of the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus carry an MSRP of $399 and $499, respectively.

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