Amazon and Samsung are running away with the battle for Android tablet market share

Given that there are approximately a gazillion Android-based tablets on the market, you'd expect the Android hardware market for tablets would be massively fragmented. Think again.

Santa likes Android? iPad web traffic share drops 7.1% after Christmas

Looks like Santa likes green robots with colorful googly eyes.

Mobile shoppers: iPad (yes), iPhone (yes), Android (no)

iPhones and iPads may be losing ground to Android-based smartphones and tablets, but iPad is still king of online content. And online sales.

Apple finally posts new Samsung apology — ending needless drama

Of all the silliness in Apple and Samsung's international legal spats, the drama surrounding a court-ordered apology that Apple had to make on its U.K. site ranks among the most shameless.

Apple posts court-ordered ‘Samsung didn’t copy iPad’ note (in confusing legalese)

After losing a UK court appeal last week, Apple today posted a note on its UK site saying that Samsung didn't copy the iPad's design with its Galaxy Tab tablets.

Galaxies still colliding as Samsung adds iPhone 5 to infringement suit, gets Tab ban lifted

They said they were going to do it. Now they've done it.

Apple, Samsung infringed on each other’s patents, says South Korea court

While we’re still waiting on the jury’s response to the Apple v. Samsung case in San Jose, a South Korean court has issued its own verdict, which finds that both companies infringed on the other’s patents.

Apple wins Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 ban in Europe, loses appeal for Tab 10.1N

Apple won a split-decision in a German court against Samsung’s Galaxy tablets. The Dusseldorf Higher Regional Court banned Samsung’s smaller Galaxy Tab 7.7 in all EU countries, but the iPad maker lost an appeal to block sales of the Korean …

UK judge says Samsung’s Galaxy Tab “not as cool” as iPad, doesn’t infringe design

When is being uncool cool? For Samsung, it’s when it gets you out of a potentially nasty legal battle with Apple.

U.K. Judge Colin Birss ruled today that Samsung’s Galaxy Tab Android tablets don’t infringe on the iPad because they’re …

Sorry, Samsung: Judge turns down appeal on Galaxy Nexus ban

More bad news for Samsung. The company asked courts to delay a ban on sales of its Galaxy Nexus phone, but it was denied the extra time today.

According to All Things D, U.S. District Court Judge Lucy Koh, who …

Samsung crashes the iPad HD party, files another suit against Apple in S. Korea

Samsung, with some purposeful timing right before the iPad HD launch event today, announced it has filed another lawsuit against Apple in a South Korean court over the iPhone 4S and iPad 2.

The Korean company filed suit against Apple …

New Adobe stats show encouraging signs of life for tablet magazines

Magazines on tablets, dismissed by some as a last-ditch effort to save a dying print product, are gaining steam, according to new stats released by Adobe. Tablet-magazine readers are engaged, have long attention spans, and most importantly, actually pay for …

Apple looking to douse Kindle Fire with 8-inch iPad

Apple is in the process of testing a smaller version of its iPad tablet, a product that could help it steal away market share from smaller tablets like the Kindle Fire and Samsung Galaxy Tab, according to a report by …

Samsung debuts 7-inch Galaxy Tab 2 with tasty Ice Cream Sandwich

Samsung has unveiled the successor to its first 7-inch Android tablet, but this time the device will run the latest feature-rich version of Android, Ice Cream Sandwich.

The Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0) will be one of the first tablets available …

Kindle Fire leads Android in taking a bite out of iPad market share

Good sales of Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablet led to significant gains for Google’s Android operating system in tablet market share during the fourth quarter of 2011, according to new data from mobile analytics firm Flurry.

Flurry, which purports to measure …

65% of tablet buyers want the iPad, 22% want Kindle Fire, says survey

Amazon’s cheap Kindle Fire is indeed chipping away at the iPad’s dominance among potential tablet buyers — at least, according to one survey.

65 percent of people who said they’re interested in buying a tablet are planning to get Apple’s …

Samsung tries to block iPhone 4S sales in Australia, Japan

After declaring its intention to block sales of the iPhone 4S in parts of Europe two weeks ago, Samsung now wants to stop sales of the hyped device in Australia and Japan as well, the company said today.

Apple and …

US judge: Samsung infringes on Apple patents, but Apple must prove patents valid

A U.S. judge has declared that Samsung infringes on Apple’s patents with its Galaxy smartphones and tablets, but also said that Apple has to prove the validity of its patents, Reuters reports.

The news is a half-win for Apple. If …

Hands on with just-announced T-Mobile Springboard tablet

Chinese mobile manufacturer Huawei on Tuesday announced its 7-inch Springboard for T-Mobile, a new Android tablet that will compete with other 7-inch tablets such as the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 and the red-hot Amazon Kindle Fire.

Android tablets have failed …

Samsung aims to block iPhone 4S sales in Italy, France

Samsung plans to file patent infringement claims against Apple’s new iPhone 4S and stop it from being sold in France and Italy, the company said today. The move shows Samsung is willing to fight back hard against Apple’s lawsuits.

“The …