iPad 2 Live: Steve Jobs Takes A Swing At Samsung

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At the iPad 2 launch event in San Francisco, Steve Jobs started with some facts and figures that makes Apple look good. He didn’t miss a chance to take a swing at Android and the mobs of Android tablets out there. But, did he get the wrong quote? On stage, Jobs showed a slide with a quote where Lee Young-hee said that sales to consumers were disappointing – but Jobs may have gotten the mistranslated version of the quote.

Here’s the quote the Steve showed on stage on his slide:

As you heard, our sell-in was quite aggressive … around two million. In terms of sell-out, we believe it was quite small.

That’s from Samsung VP Lee Young-hee. Certainly makes it looks like the Galaxy Tab isn’t selling too well. Why would a Samsung executive say that publicly? We questioned this in the TFTS bullpen where we’re covering the iPad 2 event live. Finally, I looked it up and found out that after that Lee quote become reposted all over tech blogs, Samsung corrected it, saying that it was a mistranslation of the Korean quote. Here’s what Samsung says is the real quote:

As you heard, our sell-in was quite aggressive … around two million. In terms of sell-out, we believe it was quite smooth.

What do you think? Did Apple and Steve knowingly take the wrong quote in order to embarrass Samsung? I reviewed the Samsung Galaxy Tab for this site, and found it to be an awesome little 7-inch tablet.

What do you think about Steve using the first version of the quote? Unfair? Just business? Tell us what you think in the comments.