Live Blog: Samsung Galaxy Tab Launch

Samsung will launch its tablet device from midtown Manhattan. TheStreet brings you the action from the showroom floor.

Author:
Scott Moritz
Publish date:
Sep 16, 2010 6:44 PM EDT

NEW YORK (

) --Late Thursday evening, at a posh midtown Manhattan gala, Samsung is expected to launch its Galaxy Tab device, a thin tablet computer aimed squarely at

Apple's

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iPad

While catching the iPad will be a huge feat for any computer maker -- research firm iSuppli said the iPad will account for 74.1% of global tablet shipments this year, a number not expected to drop much in 2011 -- Samsung's Galaxy Tab ushers in a new era of potentially daunting iPad competitors, many of which will be powered by

Google's

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