Samsung plans to Android system for the future of the Tablet PC

President of Samsung's mobile communications division, said JK Shin, Samsung tablet device will be used after the Google Android software. "We will produce the Tablet PC in the future, continue to cooperate with the Android. "
Samsung and Apple iPad plate competition at the same time, once had its own mobile phone software development Bada, and and the Android system constitutes competition. But the Samsung phone to use Android, after the success of the system, and its hope that the Tablet PC can replicate this success.

Samsung also said, and will not give up Bada software, but will focus on Android, especially for the Tablet PC market growing, "we will consider Bada Once we have a market demand of its own software, but now we Without this plan. "Younghee Lee, Samsung vice president of sales and marketing, said.

JKShin also said that as the Tablet PC market is fierce, on the Galaxy Tab Samsung recently cut prices to attract customers, he hinted that the future may continue to cut prices.

And other than Tablet PC manufacturers, Samsung is the early adoption of Android system, which launched last October on a 7-inch Galaxy Tab and iPad competition. This summer, Samsung will launch 8.9-inch and 10.1-inch two new models of Galaxy Tab, both of which will run the latest version of the Android system, Honeycomb. One 10.1-inch version will be launched in June, priced at 499-599 U.S. dollars.

Samsung wants its Tablet PC shipments to rise five times this year, 750 million units. According to market data provider IHS iSuppli predicted in April this year, Apple iPad shipments of approximately 39.7 million units.

Many other brands also use flat Android system, including LG Electronics, Motorola, ZTE and HTC.

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