Online Music War: Samsung Vs Apple

It's unknown whether Samsung will launch the Music Hub on its latest tablet, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, in Australia due to an ongoing battle in the Federal Court in Sydney. Apple claims Samsung's tablet "slavishly" copied its iPad and is seeking an injunction to prevent it from going on sale in Australia.

While both parties wait for the judge presiding over the case to make a judgment on the injunction, expected this week, Samsung has agreed to hold off on selling the device. So as to whether the Music Hub makes it onto that tablet is still unknown.

From January 1 all new and existing Samsung Galaxy smartphone and Galaxy Tab customers will receive a one month free trial mobile level subscription to test out the service.

First impressions of a beta version of the software on a Samsung Galaxy S II smartphone by this reporter indicated it was still very buggy. However a spokesman for the company said bugs shouldn't be expected on October 17, when it launched officially.