We received a news release from AT&T detailing its Black Friday through Cyber Monday holiday deals.  The deals start  Thanksgiving and run over the weekend until Monday.  If you don't want to wait that long we've found some similar deals from an online retailer available as of this publication.

Online at AT&T Revolving deals:

Black Friday deals start at 9:01 PM PDT Thanksgiving night 12:01 a.m. ET with several refurbished smartphones for just 1 penny.
Saturday and Sunday, the HTC Vivid smartphone for just 1 penny and the Rugby Smart for 99 cents.

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Sprint is now selling its first 4G LTE tablet, Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1,  for $549.99 (excluding taxes and surcharges).

Features of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 include a 10.1" touchscreen Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, 1.5GHz dual-core processor, two cameras including a 3MP front camera, mobile hotspots, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi,  All Share to DLNA,  7000mAh battery, VPN security and Samsung Media Hub.

With the built-in IR Blaster, Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 can be used as a universal smart remote.

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AT&T today, announced a discount starting today of $100 of any tablet with a two-year data plan.

Tablets include:

Apple iPad 2
new Apple iPad 3rd Generation
Samsung ATIV smart PC  - you separately can get $100 off a Samsung smartphone.
Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 - you separately can get $100 off a Samsung smartphone.
Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9
 HTC Jetstream
 Pantech Element

 AT&T Tablet Data Plans :

AT&T Mobile Share: $10 to share between 1 GB and 20GB
AT&T DataConnect 250MB: $15 for 250MB.

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 AT&T will sell two Samsung tablets starting Friday: the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 for $499.99 that can be discounted by $100 discount when purchased with any Samsung Galaxy smartphone on a two-year contract. AT&T also wills start selling the Samsung ATIV smart PC.

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In some businesses you get what you pay for, according to the latest iHS estimates, some customers are paying for high profits for some tablets.  This information is good to know before you make your holiday tablet buying decisions.

According to iHS the price of what you pay for a tablet is more than just materials.  Let's look at the top tablets iHS has torn apart and estimated costs for the top best tablets around.

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IDC  published its Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker that showed a growth of close to 50% over last year's third quarter. Android surged at the expense of Apple's iPad. The top selling tablet types in Q3  were the iPad,  Samsung Galaxy Tab/Note, Kindle Fire/HD, and Nexus 7.

Samsung shipped 5.1 million tablets worldwide in 3Q12, up 115.0% from 2Q12; that's an increase of 325.0% from 3Q11, when it shipped 1.2 million tablets Samsung now holds 18.4% of the worldwide table market.

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AT&T announced the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 in time for the holidays.

This 4G LTE Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich Samsung Galaxy Tab 2. 1 offers a 10.1-inch display and premium entertainment options including Media Hub, Smart Remote and AllShare Play.  

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Most Read Top Wireless and Mobile News Stories this Week in Review:

This week has been a great week for the iPhone 5, comparisons, announcements, updates and surveys.

Here are the top best articles from WiMo News:

Readers are battling out which is better the Samsung Galaxy S 3 (III) Orange  vs iPhone 5 Apple?
The iOS 6 update has a function in that helps parents Limit Use.
We got some help from a Verizon spokeswoman to explain how to upgrade to the iPhone 5 on Verizon Wireless  and keep unlimited data or the double data deal.

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The update to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich is rolling out from Verizon Wireless. The update is rolling out in phases. Which typically to only a few users early on in the week and expanded to a larger audience from Thursday on through the weekend.

Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich adds some features such as Android Beam, Face Unlock, a new UI and improved camera (see all features and video).

In general  it's always a good idea to backup your files before you start the update and  have your Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 at least 50% charged.

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J D Power announced the findings of its first tablet study Apple ranked highest, followed by the Amazon Kindle Fire, Samsung Galaxy Tabs, Acer, Barnes and Noble and the HP TouchPad! Many of the tablets appeared in WiMo News' top coolest tablets of 2011.

Here are the latest rankings by ratings.  The Kindle Fire was only six points lower than the iPad. The new Kindle Fire HD  now ranks as the top best seller on Amazon.com. Here's how the surveyed customers ranked their tablets:

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Verizon Wireless continues to hit consumers in their pocketbooks or Google Wallets by ending subsidies for its popular products including tablets.

When the Share Everything plan was instituted in June, smartphone buyers could not keep their unlimited data plans with the share everything plan.  Now some savvy readers have noticed that Verizon is no longer subsidizing its tablet even when bought with a plan. (Read how to keep unlimited data and not get trapped by Verizon's Share Everything plan.)

Originally the 10" 16GB Droid Xyboard went for $529.99 is  now 629.99  the new Samsung Galaxy tab 7.7 is going for $549 cost $499.99 when it was released with a contract.

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