Samsung has announced its latest Android tablet called the Galaxy View aimed at bringing a new entertainment experience.

 

Last month, Samsung posted teasers for the Galaxy View tablet and although the company tried to keep things under wraps, the device's images managed to leak a couple of weeks ago. Now, the 18.4-inch tablet has been officially announced by the company.

Google wants to make its six-week-old mobile payments service sticky, but to do so it has to find ways to incentivise users back into the app time and again, rather than using a competing offering — or simply reverting to more traditional methods such as credit card or cash.

 

Android Pay, launched in early September in the U.S. to take on Apple Pay, will soon include new loyalty programs for brands like Coca-Cola. That’s according to comments made by Google’s SVP of ads and commerce, Sridhar Ramaswamy, at the Money20/20 event in Las Vegas on Monday (via Re/code).

The concept of the “embedded SIM,” “eSIM” or “Virtual SIM” card for mobile devices has been around for a few years now, but it is still new, since even the terminology is not yet well defined. Apple filed the initial patent for its version, the “Virtual SIM” or “Apple SIM,” back in 2011 and has been building on the design ever since.

 

The idea behind an eSIM is that it is embedded as a chip within the device hardware rather than being a removable card. This allows users to avoid locking themselves into a plan with a single operator, or to switch operators without having to unlock or buy a new device. The long-term idea is to create an industry standard eSIM, which will bring added convenience, cost-savings, and security to consumers and organizations using mobile devices.

It hasn't officially launched yet, but Microsoft's new Surface Pro 4 tablet is already proving a big hit with business customers. Indeed, before the Pro 4 has even gone on sale - it remains available only for pre-order - the new high-end Windows 10 device has already attracted considerable interest from corporate clients.

Three weeks ago, Google formally launched Android 6.0 Marshmallow, the latest version of its phenomenally popular operating system. It also unveiled two new handsets, 'hero' devices intended to showcase the new OS at its best: the 5.7-inch Nexus 6P, and the 5.2-inch Nexus 5X.