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Did Apple get Galaxy Tab 10.1 banned because it was better than the iPad?

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DaniWeb; By Davey Winder
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Is the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 the best tablet device yet? Could it be better than the iPad 2 even? Apple would seem to think so, given the length it has gone to in order to prevent Samsung from selling it in Europe. DaniWeb has got hold of the device at the centre of the court battle and can reveal the smaller, lighter, thinner truth...

DaniWeb recently reported how Apple had won a ban on the sale of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet in Europe and even published the rather generic-looking design drawings at the heart of the case. Now a Düsseldorf regional court judge, Johanna Brueckner-Hoffmann, has heard the Samsung appeal against the ban and concluded that the Galaxy Tab 10.1 gives a "clear impression of similarity" to the iPad: the result being that the ban has been upheld. Before the Galaxy Tab 10.1 ban came into effect, a number of units were available for sale in the UK and we managed to get our hands on one to see what all the fuss was actually about...

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when all else fails, SUE!
or sew, as the case may be

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