Saturday, July 23, 2011 at 8:02AM
Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla in Buyers Guide, Events and Launches, First Looks, Honeycomb tablets, Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, WiFI
A quick walkthrough of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 inch tablet demoed during Samsung's summer showcase in Toronto. Here are our first impressions on the device.
Exceedingly thin and light, very similar physical feel to the iPad 2 except for the mostly plastic white case
Makes most other 10.1" inch Android tablets look positively chunky
Samsung has baked in a lot of goodness such as improved camera controls and a file system viewer
Because of its thinness, size and widescreen it looks a lot smaller than it actually is
Performance is reasonably fast although not too different from the Motorola XOOM which is available now and costs $499 for the 32GB version. Same with the Acer Iconia Tab which is currently on sale for $399 for the 16GB version.
Samsung showed off 4G Data enabled version at a recent event which hints we might see one on a Canadian carrier, likely Rogers.
Accessories will include a keyboard dock that makes it look like a netbook, some sweet connectors that allow USB and SDCard input and an array of Samsung and 3rd party cases.
Expansys Canada is listing the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 (32GB) at $608.10
eBay has a number of limited edition units that were given out during Google I/O for sale ranging in asking price from $500 up.
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