Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1

[SmogHog]

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 official: Tegra 2, Honeycomb, dual cameras (hands-on with video)

Samsung says the 10.1 will be launching in March in both Asia and Europe but it had absolutely no timing details for the US market.



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Obviously, the heart and soul of the tablet is its 1280 x 800-resolution 10.1-inch TFT display, and while it's not Super AMOLED or Super AMOLED Plus quality, it looked quite bright at a variety of angles. We'd venture to say that Samsung's using a similar panel as in the original Tab here, which is certainly a good thing. Surrounding the tablet you'll find a SIM slot, 3.5mm jack, and Samsung's proprietary charging cable. Sadly, there's no USB or HDMI ports. The rear 8 megapixel cam has a LED flash and can capture 1080p video, while the 2 megapixel lens centered on the top bezel should suffice for those Google Talk Video calls.


http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/13/samsung-galaxy-tab-10-1-official-tegra-2-honeycomb-dual-camer/

[Slowboto]

Not bad, wish it had a USB port like the Xoom does.

I'm interested to hear the price. Right now I have to admit that as much as I like the Xoom, the rumored price tag on that bad boy has greatly diminished my excitement.

[SmogHog]

Another video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0mvxdprN0w&feature=player_embedded

[acheronx1]

This looks pretty darn neat.

May have to check it out if it's exported or see when it's in the US.

[powerpack]

The Xoom $1199 might not be correct. Does $800 sound any better?

Does the Samsung come with the lock and cable?:D

[SmogHog]

The Xoom $1199 might not be correct. Does $800 sound any better?

Does the Samsung come with the lock and cable?:D

You need to add this to your home owners/renters policy.

"Your In Good Hands With...."

I believe the Asus Eee Slate EP121 tablet will be close to the same street price.

The Samsung 10.1 tablet being shown is a prototype.The final selling model probably will be somewhat different.

[Slowboto]

The Xoom $1199 might not be correct. Does $800 sound any better?

Does the Samsung come with the lock and cable?:D

Nah, I was talking about the $800 price, I know tat $1199 is not the actual price or they might as well not even bother with release. As amazing of a tablet as it might seem, at $1199 I could get a fairly decent laptop.

I think $800 is a little too steep still. $700 would be better and $600 would be the preferable price range. Maybe the wifi only one will be $700 but I'm doubting I will buy one at that price.

Yeah I still want to see the Asus one with the slide-out keyboad and how well it functions.

[SmogHog]

One Day With The New Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtqXLGPzVMk&feature=player_embedded

[SmogHog]

Samsung shows 8.9-inch Galaxy Tab plus slimmed-down 10.1-inch model

As expected, Samsung announced an 8.9-inch Galaxy Tab tablet, but also surprised observers by offering a revamped version of its previously tipped Galaxy Tab 10.1, making it lighter and thinner while downscaling the camera to three megapixels. Priced starting at approximately $470 and $500, respectively, both tablets feature Android 3.0 with a version of Samsung's TouchWiz UI layer, dual core 1GHz processors, and dual cameras.

Both the Galaxy Tab 8.9 and revamped Galaxy Tab 10.1 add to Samsung's line of popular, seven-inch Galaxy Tabs, which were updated earlier this year in a 4G version (http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Samsung-Galaxy-Tab-4G-and-4G-LTE-phone/). They are both built around a dual-core, 1GHz processor instead of the seven-inch Tab's 1GHz Samsung Hummingbird CPU, says Samsung.
An earlier Engadget report said the processor in the larger Galaxy Tabs would be the Nvidia Tegra 2 -- a good guess considering that pretty much all the other announced Android 3.0 ("Honeycomb") tablets have run on the same processor. However, in today's coverage of the event, Engadget said it could not definitively confirm (http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/22/samsung-galaxy-tab-8-9-and-new-galaxy-tab-10-1-thinner-than-the/) the Tegra 2.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 (front) and 8.9 (back)
Source: Engadget

Memory options on either tablet start at 16GB, but there are also 32GB and 64GB versions available, says Samsung. There is also an additional 32GB possible via the microSD slot, for a total of 96GB. Both tablets feature three-megapixel autofocus cameras on the back, with LED flash support, as well as front-facing two-megapixel cameras. The earlier 10.1-inch model instead offered an eight-megapixel camera, which was mostly likely shed to reduce cost, size, and weight. Video support is also identical, with 1080p playback at 30fps using MPEG4, H.263, H.264, and DivX/Vvid formats, says Samsung. Video recording at 720p is also said to be available. Common features are said to include 802.11a/b/g/n and Bluetooth, although the 10.1-inch model offers Bluetooth 2.1 support, while the 8.9-inch version offers Bluetooth 3.0. In addition, both tablets offer a USB 2.0 port, gyroscope, accelerometer, digital compass, ambient light sensor, and 3.5mm audio jack, says the company. As before, there was no mention of an HDMI port on either model. In addition, GPS does not appear to be part of the equation. Carrier support was not mentioned, but both new Galaxy Tabs are said to support HSPA+ network speeds of up to 21Mbps, suggesting a likely appearance at new merger partners T-Mobile and AT&T. The original Galaxy Tab was made available on all the major U.S. carriers, as well as on networks around the world. For the 10.1-inch tablet, a Wi-Fi-only model also appears to be planned. Both tablets offer a new version of Samsung's TouchWiz UX user interface layer on top of Honeycomb -- something that Google has previously suggested would not be necessary with the slick new operating system (see farther below). Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9The Galaxy Tab 8.9 has been rumored since earlier this month when Samsung announced today's event (http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/RBC-study-on-tablets/). Last week, Samsung released a video teaser (http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Samsung-Galaxy-Player-4-and-5/) on the tablet, suggesting an enterprise focus, and both the 8.9- and 10.1-inch tablets were seen on a Staples training document (http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Staples-tablet-lineup-leak/), tipped for arrival sometime after April.

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Galaxy Tab 8.9 showing TouchWiz UX interface
Source: Engadget

Aimed at the "mobile professional," the 8.9-inch screen offers the same 1280 x 800 resolution as the 10.1-inch model, says Samsung. The Galaxy Tab 8.9 measures 9.1 x 6.2 x 0.34 inches (230.9 x 157.8 x 8.6mm), offering the same thickness as the Galaxy Tab 10.1, says Samsung. (Both are therefore slightly thinner than the industry leading 8.8mm iPad 2.) The Galaxy Tab 8.9 is said to weigh in at just over a pound at 16.6 ounces (470 grams), and run on a 600mAh battery. Galaxy Tab 10.1, revised versionWhen the surprisingly thin and low-cost iPad 2 shipped earlier this month, a Samsung exec was quoted as saying the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 (http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Samsung-Galaxy-Tab-101/), which was announced at Mobile World Congress in February, might need to be revamped. Later Samsung said the Galaxy Tab 10.1 would remain on schedule (http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Samsung-Galaxy-Pro/), suggesting that the tablet was not in for an overhaul after all. Apparently, however, Samsung was able to quickly shrink the device without delaying the schedule, as the tablet is now said to ship on June 8.

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Galaxy Tab 10.1 (front) and 8.9 (back)
Source: Engadget

According to an Engadget, the original Galaxy Tab 10.1 design will still appear in the second quarter in Europe on Vodafone's network. That version is thicker (under a half inch) and heavier (1.3 pounds) than the revised model, but will offer an eight-megapixel rear-facing camera instead of the three-megapixel camera on the new U.S. version. The new Galaxy Tab 10.1 measures 10.1 x 6.8 x 0.34 inches (256.6 x 172.9 x 8.6mm), and weighs 20.1 ounces (595 grams), says Samsung. Its 10.1-inch screen offers 1280 x 800 resolution, says the company. Unlike the 8.9-inch model, the 10.1-inch version is said to offer surround-sound stereo speakers.

[SmogHog]

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 has been redesigned with more competitive specs and competitive pricing. Samsung has announced the official launch date and pricing details of of its long-awaited Galaxy Tab 10.1 (WiFi-only edition). The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is scheduled to first hit the Best Buy Union Square Store in NYC on June 8 and will be available throughout the nation beginning June 17 for $499 (16GB internal memory) and $599 (32GB).

http://www.mydigitallife.info/samsung-galaxy-tab-10-1-vs-ipad-2-wifi-tablets-comparison/

[SmogHog]

Samsung Bringing Galaxy Tab 10.1 Tablets To American Airlines Flights

The friendly skies are going high-tech with in-flight entertainment on American Airlines.

On Tuesday, Samsung announced a new partnership with American Airlines that will make Galaxy Tab 10.1 mobile tablets available for premium class in-flight entertainment.

The Galaxy Tab 10.1 is a WiFi-enabled tablet that Samsung bills as the thinnest large screen tablet currently available in the tablet marketplace.

The deal aims to provide premium-class in-flight entertainment, and handing out dedicated Honeycomb tablets seems like the perfect upgrade from those dusty CRT monitors that still hang from the ceilings of many planes today. The airline plans to deploy 6,000 Tab 10.1 devices on "select flights" later this year. The tablets will replace the airline's current personal entertainment device in American's premium cabins on transcontinental flights between New York's JFK and Los Angeles, JFK and San Francisco, and Miami and Los Angeles served with 767-200 and 767-300 aircraft; international flights to and from Europe and South America served with 767-300 aircraft; and transcontinental flights departing from Boston to Los Angeles served with 757 aircraft.

That's a major move, and we suspect it's saving AA a bundle. Those in-headrest screens aren't cheap, nor are the systems they ship with. It's likely that tablets are more affordable, and to the user, more flexible. Interestingly, Samsung will be added "additional memory" to the AA tablets, making them special in yet another way. It's hard to know how these will be distributed, collected, and maintained, and it's even harder to know how late-breaking movies will be kept on the device, but we're looking forward to the next leap in in-flight infotainment. Gogo, and now the Tab 10.1? Flying may just be fun again.

http://www.mobilemarketingwatch.com/american-airlines-makes-deal-with-samsung-for-in-flight-android-tablet-entertainment-16214/

[richardsharpe]

Samsung Bringing Galaxy Tab 10.1 Tablets To American Airlines Flights

The friendly skies are going high-tech with in-flight entertainment on American Airlines.

On Tuesday, Samsung announced a new partnership with American Airlines that will make Galaxy Tab 10.1 mobile tablets available for premium class in-flight entertainment.

The Galaxy Tab 10.1 is a WiFi-enabled tablet that Samsung bills as the thinnest large screen tablet currently available in the tablet marketplace.

The deal aims to provide premium-class in-flight entertainment, and handing out dedicated Honeycomb tablets seems like the perfect upgrade from those dusty CRT monitors that still hang from the ceilings of many planes today. The airline plans to deploy 6,000 Tab 10.1 devices on "select flights" later this year. The tablets will replace the airline's current personal entertainment device in American's premium cabins on transcontinental flights between New York's JFK and Los Angeles, JFK and San Francisco, and Miami and Los Angeles served with 767-200 and 767-300 aircraft; international flights to and from Europe and South America served with 767-300 aircraft; and transcontinental flights departing from Boston to Los Angeles served with 757 aircraft.

That's a major move, and we suspect it's saving AA a bundle. Those in-headrest screens aren't cheap, nor are the systems they ship with. It's likely that tablets are more affordable, and to the user, more flexible. Interestingly, Samsung will be added "additional memory" to the AA tablets, making them special in yet another way. It's hard to know how these will be distributed, collected, and maintained, and it's even harder to know how late-breaking movies will be kept on the device, but we're looking forward to the next leap in in-flight infotainment. Gogo, and now the Tab 10.1? Flying may just be fun again.

http://www.mobilemarketingwatch.com/american-airlines-makes-deal-with-samsung-for-in-flight-android-tablet-entertainment-16214/

oh boy any excuse to increase the price lol

Flying isn't what it used to be. that's for sure. cool trick buy mini liquors, since they meet requirements of 3oz or under, at $1 vs $7 for a drink.

[SmogHog]

oh boy any excuse to increase the price lol

Flying isn't what it used to be. that's for sure. cool trick buy mini liquors, since they meet requirements of 3oz or under, at $1 vs $7 for a drink.

I imagine there will be a reset to presets done after each flight lands for the units that were used during the flight.Can't be giving the next user a unit full of porn and some dummy's personal information.

This is not for the flunkies in the back sardine can called Economy Class.It's for First Class that pay a high tarrif anyway not to chew on their knees and elbowed by the person next to them.Fewer crying babies also.

I always prefer to fly Business Class,especially on longer flights.

I don't see any mention of a price increase.

Should the price of drinking on a plane be any different than in your favorite watering hole?

[richardsharpe]

I imagine there will be a reset to presets done after each flight lands for the units that were used during the flight.Can't be giving the next user a unit full of porn and some dummy's personal information.

This is not for the flunkies in the back sardine can called Economy Class.It's for First Class that pay a high tarrif anyway not to chew on their knees and elbowed by the person next to them.Fewer crying babies also.

I always prefer to fly Business Class,especially on longer flights.

I don't see any mention of a price increase.

Should the price of drinking on a plane be any different than in your favorite watering hole?

lol no kidding of course it would be for first class but that doesn't mean you won't pay for the luxury :) business is good enough. heh but if it's domestic ... blowage!

[SmogHog]

Samsung details TouchWiz UX update for Galaxy Tab 10.1, OTA rollout goes public on August 5th
DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Samsung Telecommunications America (Samsung Mobile), the No. 1 mobile phone provider in the U.S.1, announced the Samsung Galaxy Tab™ 10.1 WiFi software update including Samsung's TouchWiz® UX user interface, Adobe Flash Player 10.3 and the redesigned Samsung Media Hub service, will begin rolling out over the air to all Galaxy Tab 10.1 owners beginning Friday, August 5.

The Galaxy Tab 10.1 software update is scheduled to include the following features and services:

Samsung TouchWiz® User Interface:

The Samsung TouchWiz UX is specifically designed to work with Android™ Honeycomb 3.1 to optimize the large screen tablet user experience. The TouchWiz UX delivers superior multi-tasking and customization for an enhanced visual, fluid and intuitive mobile computing experience. TouchWiz UX features are scheduled to include:

* Live Panel: Magazine-like widget view for immediate access to weather, social updates, email, news, photo gallery, all on the home screen. The visual layout of Live Panel is completely customizable for one-touch entry into each user's most important information.
* Mini Mode Tray: One-touch access to commonly used applications-Task Manager, Calendar, World Clock, Pen Memo, Calculator, Music-which overlay in a pop-up window on display screen for powerful multi-tasking.
* Clipboard: Advanced copy & paste functionality allows Galaxy Tab 10.1 users to store photos, Web pages, YouTube links, etc., on the clipboard for easy sharing via email and social network sites.
* Indicator Quick Panel: Quickly toggle on/off Wi-Fi, notifications, sound, brightness and settings in lower right hand corner of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 display.
* Photo Editor: Rotate, crop and adjust colors on high quality digital images

Samsung Media Hub:

The Galaxy Tab 10.1 software update will introduce the evolution of Samsung's popular movie and next day TV content service, known as Media Hub. Media Hub has been redesigned with a new user interface and optimized video content for the 10.1" display for even easier downloads and higher quality viewing experience of rented or purchased content. Media Hub features thousands of new release and top-grossing titles from major Hollywood studios and leading television networks, including NBC Universal, Paramount, MTV, Warner Bros. , CBS and FOX. The new version also features Media Hub Show, which allows the user to playback Media Hub content on a TV through an HDMI cable from the Galaxy Tab 10.1 dock or adaptor. Users can register up to five devices under one account to access owned content across multiple devices without repurchase. Alternate premium video options include Android Movies, which is available to download from the Android Market.

Social Hub:

The software upgrade will also include Samsung's Social Hub service, which aggregates email, instant messaging, contacts, calendar and social network connections into an integrated experience.

Apps Preloaded:

The Galaxy Tab 10.1 software update includes preloaded applications, scheduled to include:

* Amazon Music Cloud Player: Upload your music in the cloud and access it from any device
* Amazon Kindle: Get access to about a million Kindle books
* Words with Friends: Face off against friends near and far with one of the most popular social games from Zynga

Enterprise Solutions and Services:

* Full support for Exchange ActiveSync version 14
* On device encryption
* Cisco VPN (Virtual Private Network)
* Sybase MDM (Mobile Device Management)
* Cisco WebEx mobile conference solution for meetings on the go

Samsung Kies 2.0:

Galaxy Tab 10.1 users will also gain greater file sharing capabilities through Samsung Kies 2.0 with support for both PC and Macs. Samsung Kies 2.0 includes the following user benefits:

* Better device management: PIMS and multimedia data sync, firmware upgrades with file backup and wireless connectivity via WiFi and Bluetooth
* Powerful multimedia support: Integrated library for storing mass data and complex content files
* Faster performance: quick and seamless installation of Samsung Kies 2.0 delivers immediate access to file transfer process

Swype:

This enhanced, tablet-optimized typing application includes features such as ability to re-size the keyboard, move the virtual keyboard anywhere on the screen and of course, type faster by swyping.

Mobile Printing:

Print documents and pictures wirelessly from the Galaxy Tab 10.1 to any compatible printer.

Galaxy Tab 10.1 WiFi Software Update Assistance:

In order to receive the update, users need to set up a Samsung account on their Galaxy Tab 10.1 by logging onto the following URL:

SAMSUNG (http://ars.samsung.com/customer/usa/jsp/faqs/faqs_view_us1.jsp?PAGE_GBN=faqs_search&SITE_ID=1&PG_ID=0&AT_ID=377966&PROD_SUB_ID=0&PROD_ID=2103)

Once registered, customers will be notified when the update is available for their device and will be prompted to follow simple directions to complete the process.

For help with receiving and adding the latest software updates to Samsung mobile devices, users should check out the step-by-step instructions at How Do I Receive The Latest Software Updates On My Wi-Fi GT-p7510 Galaxy 10.1 Tablet? (http://ars.samsung.com/customer/usa/jsp/faqs/faqs_view_us.jsp?SITE_ID=22&PG_ID=2&PROD_SUB_ID=2076&PROD_ID=0&AT_ID=375497) or visit Samsung Support at Samsung (http://www.samsung.com/us/support/)

1 Number one mobile phone provider in the U.S. claim for Samsung Mobile based upon reported shipment data, according to Strategy Analytics, Q1 2011 U.S. Market Share Handset Shipments Reports.

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http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/03/samsung-details-touchwiz-ux-update-for-galaxy-tab-10-1-ota-roll/

http://hothardware.com/News/Samsung-Demos-Galaxy-Tab-101-Update-and-New-Accessories/

http://www.galaxytabforums.net/forum/galaxy-tab-10-1-general-discussions/674-samsung-details-touchwiz-ux-update-galaxy-tab-10-1-ota-rollout-aug-5th.html