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iSuppli: Samsung Galaxy Tab packs $205 in materials, $215 to manufacture

Here’s a head-scratcher: analytics company iSuppli has completed its analysis of Samsung’s GT-P1000Galaxy Tab, and, according to their report, the device contains $205.22 worth of components and costs roughly $214.57 to manufacture. The Galaxy Tab has received some serious criticism for its less-than-competitive price-point ($599 in the U.S.) when compared with Apple’s 3G iPad ($629); iSuppli estimates that the 16GB 3G iPad contains $264.27 worth of components. The Tab’s most expensive bits are its 7-inch display and NAND Flash memory which cost $57 and $51 respectively. If iSuppli’s estimates are accurate, it would seem as though Samsung voluntarily put the Galaxy Tab at the higher end of the price-point spectrum. read more [...]

Viewsonic’s Tegra 2 tablet on sale now at Sears for $379

Earlier today I was downplaying Viewsonic’s Viewpad offerings for their lack of processing power and outdated OS, but I failed to mention the display maker’s other new Android product – the Viewsonic 10″ G-Tablet. This device features the latest Android 2.2, a 10.1 inch TFT LCD (1024×600), NVIDIA’s dual-core 1 GHz Tegra 2 processor, 512 MB RAM, 16 GB of storage, a single USB host port, and a 1.3 megapixel web camera. Read More [...]

10+ New Features in Apple iOS 4.2

Apple’s new iOS is in Beta mode and you can bet there’s a bunch of little tics and tacs in the workings that’re noteworthy. This is a unification sort of release, bringing the iPad up to snuff, including such treasures found up until now only on the iPhone. Features such as multitasking, unified email inbox, Game Center, and folders. If you’ve got an iPod Touch like me, you’ve noticed the Game Center peeking at you above behind and around your games for a little while now. Read More [...]

Michael Dell Thinks WP7 Development to be Easier Than Android

A critical element to the success of Windows Phone 7 is third party applications. So far the number of apps in the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace is a bit slim, but most of the key apps are there. Microsoft went to great lengths to make sure that they created a development environment conducive to making developers happy. Windows Phone 7 apps can be written in XNA and Silverlight, existing development platforms for which endless documentation has already been produced. Read More [...]

Android-based Archos 43 PMP now shipping for $250

In a bid to grab a little of that "respect" we keep hearing so much about, Archos has just started shipping its downright seductive 4.3-inch Archos 43. Boasting Android underneath, an HDMI output and inbuilt WiFi, this $249.99 portable media player has just about everything any on-the-go media lover could want. Though, we will say... that 16GB of storage could afford to be expanded. Good thing there's a microSD slot, huh? Hit the source link if you're interested in experiencing that whole "Add To Cart" phenomenon. Read More [...]