While Samsung took a big hit following the Michael Bay debacle, there's more to the story that.

Reports say that the Korean.tech.giant.is trying to ditch Google. Partly, it does make sense because it would give Samsung a more progressive platform to compete with Apple ions.

It looks like Samsung was OK with Android while competing for market share in the smart phone and tablet space. Now it seems the new release of the "Magazine UX" interface adapted for Samsung's Galaxy Tab Pro and Galaxy Note tablets with a form factor in 8, 10,12-inch) signals a deviation from Google's Android.

With the new UI, Samsung cleverly hides Google's app store and apps under a pile of new home screens, designed to look like a lovechild between Windows Phone and Flipboard. Instead of looking at a home screen of icons, you browse a grid of giant square and rectangular widgets that you can reside and reform at your whimsy. You can still access your list of apps, but Samsung relegates them to a separate, ugly one-off home screen that you can customize.

Tech trend watchers say that Samsung is making attempts to make like Apple bit it needs to lose the extra baggage in the Android design.

The problem for Samsung users is that you would only be using Samsung apps. The interface is also linked to widgets and to its App Store, email client, and Samsung services but Google apps would not be supported. Users would have to search for Google Play Store.

There are practically no apps from Google' play that can run on the new Samsung interface.

What's really weird is that even Samsung apps will not be able to run on the new interface. Maybe Samsung is trying to make a new start and fix all its bugs.

Analysts say in the long run Samsung can run on its own OS Tizen or Boxee, without making a visible switch.

Both the finger friendly Galaxy Note and the stylus based Galaxy Note leaked on twitter based @evleaks.