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Today at CTIA Samsung unveiled their two latest tablets,
the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 and 10.1. To start with let’s take a look
at the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 which features a 1GHz dual core
processor and Android 3.0 Honeycomb. The operating system
is slightly customized with Samsung’s TouchWiz interface
which changes some of the styling along with a new Mini Apps Tray
and additional widgets. As the name implies it features an
8.9 inch display with a resolution of 1280x800 which is quite
impressive for the size. You’ll also find a 3 megapixel rear facing camera
with autofocus and flash as well as a front facing 2 megapixel camera.
The tablet will ship in 16 and 32GB capacities for $469 and $569
respectively making them very competitive, especially when
you consider that they both have MicroSD card slots for expansion.
Next we have the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 which has been
slightly redesigned from the version announced last month.
It features the same processor from the 8.9 as well as
Honeycomb and the same pair of cameras. Where it differs is with the
larger 10.1 inch screen which also has a resolution of 1280x800.
You’ll pay a slight premium at $499 and $599 for 16 and 32GB
models however that’s still quite reasonable. Both tablets are also
8.6mm thin making the Galaxy Tab line even thinner than the iPad 2.
So that’s it. Personally I’m very impressed with what Samsung announced,
as both models of the Galaxy Tab are competitively priced and
offer very impressive features and thinness. While pricing for the 3G
models wasn’t announced you can expect to see both
of these tablets available this Summer.