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Samsung wants developers to spruce up Android apps for their Galaxy Tab

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Fri 30 Jul, 5:25 by: Blake Stimac

Samsung's Android Tablet, Galaxy TabSamsung is really taking the world by storm with their Galaxy S line. An international version, plus four US variants, an upcoming Android media player, and their much wanted Android tablet, dubbed the Samsung Galaxy Tab. Recently Samsung has gone to developers and asked them to fix up their apps to run perfectly on their upcoming Android tablet. If you had any doubt that Samsung was going full steam ahead with Android, this move by the Korean smartphone maker should make the intentions abundantly clear.

Samsung contacted the Plex6 team about their Magic 8 Ball application, since it apparently wasn’t rendering properly on the 7 inch display of  the Tab:

Dear Plex6 Team, We would like to preface this email with Samsung’s enthusiasm to give Mobile device users enhanced “Application” experiences. Samsung Electronics is committed to making Mobile and Tablet PC spaces comfortable and enjoyable ones and your support for this would be highly appreciated by Samsung Electronics. It has come to our attention that your application [Magic 8-Ball] submitted in the Android Market returns following error(s) when operated on our soon to be released Samsung Android Tablet PC. Please find the error(s) occurred on Samsung Android Tablet PC below. Application does not properly display on Samsung Android Tablet 7”inch screen (600X1024/WSVGA) and draws a black background around the application due to Compatibility-Mode display. … Please modify and adjust your application so that it would support the best possible display on the Samsung Android Tablet device screen (600X1024/WSVGA). This will ensure your application to provide a consistent environment across all devices and that you can deploy to any new devices that offer different screens in the future. ** Samsung Electronics is focused on strengthening its Android device line-up, therefore, our mutual efforts on each application will be beneficial for both parties.

Samsung is looking to make sure that their Galaxy Tab is just a great as their Galaxy S lineup, and by taking these steps, they are well on their way. Now they just have about 69,999 applications to go! I’m really considering this tablet, because it seems like the Adam will never come out at this point. I like the size, and the TouchWiz UI is tolerable. Now if we could just get some hard specs on the thing, I’d be a happy camper.

[Via: Phandroid]

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