Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 may be far from becoming the much-awaited 'iPad killer', as many tech experts would assert, but Apple left nothing to chances when the tech titan recently successfully blocked the device's commercial release in a number of countries, including Australia.

Notwithstanding the court injunction, the closest iPad rival saw the light of the day in the country and according to the Sydney Morning Herald, a retail outfit known as dMAVO is boldly selling Samsung's flagship tablet computer to anyone willing to anyone willing to own the sleek gadget despite vehement protests from the American firm.

And judging from the paper's report, dMAVO appears to be too happy in defying the wishes not only of the courts, which ordered Samsung Electronics to refrain from releasing the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and other related products pending the resolution of numerous cases, but also of the mighty Cupertino, California-based company.

In an interview with SMH, dMAVO managing director Wojtek Czarnocki had allowed that he was equally concerned with what the courts and Apple would do regarding his company's decisions to move ahead with the tablet computer sale in spite the injunction against Samsung issued by the courts.

"Was Apple just bluffing or do they really want to play the cat and mouse game? We're up for it," Czarnocki was quoted by SMH as saying in an obvious gesture of mustering enough courage to stand up against Apple while at the same time wishing that the tech firm would actually leave the retailer alone.

That proposition could prove too remote for now as according to The Register on Wednesday, Apple has sent notice that dMAVO may be haled to court if it elects to continue selling Samsung's product.

Still, Czarnocki remains optimistic that his company may enjoy some form of breathing space, at least until after November 25 and by which time an Australian court will hear Samsung appeal for the injunction against its tablet computers to be lifted.

He admitted that selling Samsung tablet in the country brings in good business for dMAVO, which has manoeuvred to ship the product from outside of Australia to get around the ban, as he crosses his finger that, maybe, Apple will not lift a finger before that day.

"Our servers were almost collapsing on a number of occasions," Czarnocki told The Register as he revealed of the brisk business that dMAVO currently enjoys, courtesy of Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1.

At the same time, the dMAVO exec is hopeful that Apple will not interfere "now that the appeal to the full bench is listed for 25 November, (the company) would have to convince the court that a hearing against us is needed before that date."

In the event Apple would move in against dMAVO prior to its court date with Samsung, the small retailer, Czarnocki stressed, would be "amazed, though not unprepared," to defend its right to sell Samsung's tablet computer, which analysts said has gained considerable sales boost despite its inaccessibility to the local market.

To some, the surge serves as a form of rebellion for many who frown on Apple's seeming arrogance in unfairly neutralising a worthy competitor in Samsung, which for now helplessly witness its product being reduced into a contraband.