Samsung Galaxy Tablet is coming to market in the "Third Quarter" which is within the next 6 weeks. I know that it has been beaten to death that maybe there was something else to the Samsung Licensing Agreement last year...

I think that there is a possibility that we are involved with this product. If we are, it might make sense why we stopped further development of the next generation EVU.

Maybe one of the "Elements" is a secure content deal with all of the major studios, and it will roll out with the Samsung Galaxy Tablet. Wouldn't that be game changing!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20100816/bs_nf/74755

Samsung's Galaxy Tablet Could Challenge Apple's iPad

Specs from the new firmware, first announced by a blog named Samsung-Firmware.webs.com, indicate that the tablet will use Android 2.2 and have a 480x800 screen, front and back cameras, an ARM11 CPU running at 1.0 GHz, GPS, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. The Galaxy name relates it to the company's Galaxy S smartphone line.

Third-Party Applications?

The date on the firmware was August 2010, and the Galaxy tablet is expected to be released in the third quarter this year. According to industry rumors on the web, Vodafone UX will carry the Galaxy Tab, and the tablet itself will be unveiled in early September at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin.

The tablet was confirmed in a Wall Street Journal interview in June with a Samsung executive. The new information presents the apparent specs and release date.

Tablets are becoming, or may soon become, good friends of wireless carriers in Europe and the U.S. In part, this is because they are built on mobile operating systems, such as Apple's iOS and Google's open-source Android. The iPad, for instance, is in many ways a larger version of the iPod touch. If tablets become the dominant mode for personal and possibly business computing, carriers could become the main conveyors.

Michael Gartenberg, an analyst and partner with the Altimeter Group, said "if the rumor leaks are accurate," the Galaxy tablet's specs are impressive. A key question, he said, is the degree to which the Android-based device will have access to Google's Android Market and its growing library of applications.

Gartenberg also pointed out another factor -- whether applications for the device will be optimized for tablets in general and this Galaxy in particular. The answers to those questions could indicate whether the new product becomes a contender.

No 'Real Competitors' to iPad

"The iPad doesn't have any real competitors," Gartenberg noted, adding that the situation will "undoubtedly" change in the not-too-distant future.

The new Galaxy tablet, like other Android-based devices, will also have Adobe's Flash, the video and interactive multimedia technology that is highly popular on the web. Apple refuses to allow Flash on its mobile devices, and is trying to point developers and web sites toward HTML5 open-source technologies.

Gartenberg said he doubts Flash will be an important competitive advantage for the Galaxy, as "the lack of Flash on the iPad and iPhone doesn't seem to have affected their sales that much." He noted that two of the biggest entertainment attractions -- Farmville and Hulu.com -- are available on the iPad without Flash.