Samsung can’t sell the Galaxy 7.7 tablet in Germany

Samsung Electronics, one of the largest electronic manufacturers in the world, stopped in Germany the promoting of its new Galaxy 7.7 tablet just revealed at IFA Berlin on September 1, the largest electronics show in the world, after Apple won a new order to block sales of Galaxy tablets, writes Bloomberg news agency.

“Samsung will respect the court decision”, said James Chung, a spokesman for Samsung. “We believe that this severely limits consumer choice in Germany”, he added.

According to company officials, Samsung will continue to use all available options, including legal action to protect its intellectual property rights.

The dispute between the two companies competing on the smartphone market takes place in at least five countries, including South Korea, Japan, Germany and Britain.

Apple sued Samsung in April, claiming that its Galaxy devices have copied design technologies and models used by Apple to create the iPad tablet and iPhone smartphones. The case against Samsung is added to the process patent against infringement on Android devices, such as the ones made by Motorola Mobility Holdings and HTC, as Google Android OS is now gaining market share.

The move of Apple raises the stakes for Google, which has accused his rivals for their partnership to buy thousands of patents at the Nortel auction where Google lost ground, accusing them that they were trying to hinder the popular Google Android operating system.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 released at IFA Berlin technology show, has presented a new generation of displays, the Super Amoled technology with a WXGA resolution of 1280×800 pixels. The tablet is running Google Android operating system HoneyComb 3.2. Under the 7.7 inch display, the Galaxy 7.7 has a 1.4 GHz dual core processor with the ability to play full HD video content at 1,080p. The tablet comes in four versions – 8 GB, 16 GB, 32 GB and 64 GB – and has a 2 megapixel camera in front and a 3-megapixel in the back. Galaxy Tab 7.7 is only 7.89 mm thick and weighs 335 g, and also has a slot for an SD card which can expand the memory up to 32GB.

Tablet PC sales worldwide this year will reach 53.5 million units in the request for iPhone and devices equipped with Google’s Android operating system, according to estimates made by the research company International Data Corporation.


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