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Skip the Activation Message on the Sprint Galaxy Tab with this Quick Hack

By Dylan Bailey
on 19 Jan, 2011

If you have a Sprint Galaxy Tab, then you know the activation message every boot up can be quite the annoyance. There are many ways to get rid of it on the other carrier's devices but, for some reason, these all do not work too well with the Sprint device. Well leave it to the smart developers at XDA to find a way past this message.

Samsung Galaxy Tab VCAM Winner Announced

By Dylan Bailey
on 18 Jan, 2011

Samsung has been known for their Galaxy Tab contests asking for user created ads and personal expression since its release last year. One of these contests, the VCAM (Viewer Created Ad Message) Campaign, has been a success receiving many user-submitted videos, and now Samsung has officially selected the winner.

Galaxy Tab Included in US Cellular Android Valentines Day 2 for 1 Deals

By Chris Burns
on 12 Jan, 2011

Bigtime sale hooray! Your mailbox will be filled very soon with good tidings of US Cellular goodness in the form of a big fat sale of two-for-one phones basically all across the board. Now through February 17th is how long this sale works, and it includes the following phones buy one get one free after some sort of rebate for each: Galaxy Tab (take a [peek here] to see how the Galaxy Tab is going on sale more than likely everywhere,) HTC Desire, LG Optimus U (which you can see a review for [right over here] by yours truly,) LG Apex, and Samsung Acclaim. It's a totally lovely and in-love lineup.

Samsung Announces 4G LTE Equipped Galaxy Tab & Smartphone at CES 2011

By Evan Selleck
on 6 Jan, 2011

There had been talk of Samsung bringing a 4G LTE-enabled device to Verizon before too long, and today at the Verizon press conference at the Consumer Electronics Show, Samsung took some time to announce not only that rumored device, but also a Galaxy Tab that will be able to access Verizon's faster network.

Honeycomb Hardware Requirements False

By Sam Koutroulakis
on 5 Jan, 2011

Well it turns out that Honeycomb may not require a dual-core processor after all. Dan Morrill, a developer on the Android team, says that Android 3.0 Honeycomb does not have any hardware requirements and that the rumors were completely false.

Verizon’s Galaxy Tab Now $499 With $60 in Movie Rentals

By Dylan Bailey
on 1 Jan, 2011

Great news to everyone who waited to buy the Galaxy Tab until the new year, Verizon has just officially dropped the price of the tablet to $499. Verizon has just started switching out displays in store that will reflect the new pricing.

LG U+ Selling 1000 Galaxy Tab Devices Per Day

By Dylan Bailey
on 29 Dec, 2010

The Galaxy Tab has been released to the world, and it seems sales have been very impressive for LG U+. They have now released first week sales numbers, and they are averaging to over 1000 units a day.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 and LG Optimus Pad coming at CES 2011?

By Shane McGlaun
on 28 Dec, 2010

If you are a big fan of the Samsung Galaxy Tab, either you will like this news or it may make you mad. Korea Times reports that the second generation Galaxy Tab may be debuting at CES next week. The only people that will make angry are the folks that have only recently purchased the original Galaxy Tab and are now faced with the prospect of a new tablet with better performance hitting the market.

New Samsung Galaxy Tab Firmware Might Block Hacks

By Dylan Bailey
on 27 Dec, 2010

Reports claim that Samsung may soon roll out a new firmware update for the Galaxy Tab that will block all jailbreaks, roots and other custom firmware. The new JM6 A, C, and D builds are all planned to prevent unauthorized firmware from running.

Android tablets to grab 39% of market by 2012

By Shane McGlaun
on 20 Dec, 2010

The tablet market today is dominated by the Apple iPad. The number of alternatives to the iPad is growing though with new offerings running Android landing all the time. One of the more popular alternatives to the iPad is the Galaxy Tab.