Samsung’s new tablet against Apple’s iPad
Seoul, South Korea: Samsung Electronics Co unveiled a new tablet on Thursday in its latest attempt to chip away at the market dominance of Apple’s iPad, hoping the enlarged version of its popular phone-cum-tablet Note will resonate with consumers.
Apple accused Samsung of copying the design and some features of its iPad and iPhone, launched the Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet in the United States, Britain and South Korea on Thursday, just weeks before it is expected to unveil a revamped version of the original 5.3-inch Note smartphone later this month.Besides being slightly larger than the 9.7-inch iPad, the10.1-inch Samsung model has other differentiating factors including a stylus-based note taking and sketching function and screen split feature that allows users simultaneously to use two different apps side-by-side.Samsung hopes the enlarged version of the original Galaxy Note, which has sold over 10 million units since its October launch, can help it narrow the gap with Apple in tablet markets, where it remains a distant second to Apple.
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