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iPad2 Beats Competition on Size, Price
(A P) - South K orean giant one-third the thickness of its prede­ Don-Joo, executive vice president
tors, while the cheapest iPad 2 costs scrambling to bring their own tab­
Samsung Electronics admits it faces cessor (about one-third of an inch) of the Korean firm's mobile division.
$499.
let com puters to m arket since
a tough challenge to compete with and also thinner than Samsung's "Apple made it very thin."
Sam sung has not announced Apple introduced the iPad last
Apple’s new slimmer and cheaper latest Galaxy gadget.
Apple is also winning on price so pricing for its new 10.1-inch tablet. year.
iPad.
"We will have to improve the far.
Samsung has sold two million
Overall sales of tablets, which
The iPad 2 unveiled last week is parts that are inadequate," saod Lee
Samsung's original seven-inch Galaxy Tabs since October 2010 can be used to surf the Web, read
screen Galaxy Tab was priced at while Apple sold 15 million iPads in
electronic books, watch videos and
nearly $900 if bought without a two- April-December.
more, are forecast to hit 55 million
year contract from mobile opera­
Rival m anufacturers have been this year.
The iPad 2 with a Smart Cover is shown area after the launch of
the tablet computer during an Apple event last week in San
Francisco.
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System triggered
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TriMet has begun testing a sys­
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sional obligation to operate safely,
be alert and scan the intersection
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Part of the evaluation includes
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