While surely the question has been settled by now for the one who originally asked, new and authoritative opinion has appeared that might be of interest to others making a similar decision.
A UK Judge has ruled that Samsung tablets do not infringe Apple's patents on tablet design, citing in his decision that the "Apple products are cool" and the Samsung products are "so uncool" that there cannot have been an infringement. (paraphrased slightly?)
Go HERE for the news report. The report has a link to the entire (~40 pages?) judgement if anyone's that interested.