Black Friday/Sat. Asus Transformer Pad Deals $100 Off Blue or Black

Asus Transformer Pad

Asus Transformer PadWhen you are looking for great deals you have to read the fine print and then you will be amazed at what you'll find.  Today, scanning newspaper ads we found some great heretofore unseen deals on the Asus Transformer Pad 16GB and 32GB models.

Everybody loves a quad-core powerhouse tablet especially ones which you snap a keyboard onto and turn into a netbook for an additional $149.99.

Office Depot is taking $100 off the Asus TransformerPad TF300 in blue with 32GB of store reducing the final price to $299  Yup that's close to $300 for a ten inch tablet, a fine deal if you like a big powerhouse tablet, that's cheaper than the highly coveted Asus Transformer Prime from last year.  Sold online for in store pick-up,  the offer is only valid through 11/24/2012. Other colors are not discounted as much.

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Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 Scores High Notes @ Brussels Philharmonic

Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 Orchestra

Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 OrchestraThe Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 has been deployed in classrooms and now on music stands.  The sheet music for the Brussels Philharmonic orchestra has been replaced with Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet.

Samsung  gave each of the hundred musicians a Galaxy Note 10.1 with NeoScores software installed. Orchestra members can make their own notes  or highlight pasages with the S Pen. The Smart Stay feature keeps the screen lit while the musicians are looking at it.

The S Pen can also be used  change the sheet music and share it between members. Previously staff spent several hours a day preparing and copying sheet music, using the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 and software saves that time. It also saves on paper cost.

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Top Best Tablets iPad, Samsung Galaxy, Kindle Fire, Nexus 7 & Lenovo

IDC Tablet

IDC TabletIDC  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.  It is the first time a competitor has reached this level of share since the launch of the original iPad.

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