Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/08/04/samsung_galaxy_8_9_arrives_next_week/
Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 due next week
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Posted in Tablets, 4th August 2011 11:50 GMT
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With Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 launched today in select stores and reviewed here [1], attention has shifted to its smaller 8.9in brother, which could be in our hands as early as next week.
We didn't anticipate the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 [2] so soon after Samsung insisted it wouldn't arrive until "later this year". If the Amazon storefront of German distributor Atelco Computer AG is to be believed [3], the release date has been brought forward to 12 August, with the company offering the 3G version on pre-order for £605.
We've reached out for official confirmation from Samsung and will update accordingly.
Meanwhile the slightly larger Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 [4] has rolled exclusively onto Dixons' shelves, with PC World and Curries both offering the 16GB Wi-Fi only version for £399, [5] also offering customers a 32GB model for £479 and a 64GB one for £559.
The Galaxy Tab 10.1 runs Android 3.1 Honeycomb on a 1GHz dual-core Nvidia Tegra 2 chip. It has 2.4GHz and 5GHz 802.11n Wi-Fi on board, Bluetooth 3.0, and front- and rear-facing cameras with 2m and 3mp pixels, respectively.
A next-gen 7in Galaxy Tab is also expected in September [6]. ®
Links
- http://www.reghardware.com/2011/08/04/review_samsung_galaxy_tab_10_1_android_tablet/
- http://www.reghardware.com/2011/06/24/samsung_galaxy_tab_10_date/
- http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-Galaxy-Tab-8-9-white/dp/B0051UHIMM/ref=pd_sim_sbs_computers_5
- http://www.reghardware.com/2011/07/25/pc_world_currys_samsung_galaxy_tab/
- http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/samsung-galaxy-tab-10-1-p7500-wifi-16gb-black-10983417-pdt.html
- http://www.reghardware.com/2011/06/17/next_gen_samsung_7in_galaxy_tab_to_launch_september/