San Antonio — The Progressive Retailers Organization was at the Westin La Cantera Hill Coun
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A Sony web video previewing its upcoming tablet.
In this video, we test The Motorola Xoom, Samsung Galaxy and the iPad 2 to see which of these devices survives a waist high drop.
RESULTS:
iPad 2: Suffers brutal screen damage.
Motorola Xoom: Falls flat and hard since it's heavier. Suffers brutal damage in line with the iPad 2
Samsung Galaxy: Survives drop with minimal screen damage. Smaller, lighter, and less surface area.
P.S. We don't cover intentional damage like you see in the video.
TWICE Executive Editor Greg Tarr hosted a panel during the Connected TV and 3D event. The panelists were Kris Brown, VP worldwide high definition marketing, Warner Home Video; Bryan Burns, VP strategic business development ESPN; Steven Corda, CP business development, North America, SES World Skies; Steve Koenig, director of industry analysis, CEA; Dan Schinasi, senior marketing manager, HDTV product planning, Samsung.
Sean Bratches, Disney & ESPN executive VP, sales and marketing
Tim Baxter, president, consumer business division, Samsung
Ronald Sanders, president of the Digital Entertainment Group and Warner Home Video.
We bought two brand-new iPad 2s and equipped one with Apple's smart cover and one without. We did some drop tests from waist and shoulder height to see if Apple's smart cover can protects your iPad. Watch the video to see what happens.
WAIST-HIGH DROP
Smart cover iPad survives. Uncovered iPad suffers brutal damage.
SHOULDER-HIGH DROP
Smart cover iPad breaks a bit -- some cuts across the screen and breaks around the edges. The magnetic cover slipped off from the fall.
GOLF-CLUB SMASH
No survivors.
P.S. We don't cover intentional damage like you see in the video.
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