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Samsung shows third-gen Galaxy Tab

Ice Cream Sandwich tablet incoming

Samsung has outed the Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0), its parenthesis packing new tablet fresh for Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.

As the number in brackets will have told you, the first Tab 2 - presumably there's a Tab 2 (10.1) on the way - has a 7in screen, this one with a 1024 x 600 resolution.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0) Android 4.0 tabletSamsung Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0) Android 4.0 tablet

The 194 x 122 x 11mm tablet also packs a 1GHz dual-core processor, 2.4GHz 802.11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 3.0, 3Mp camera, 0.3Mp webcam, 1GB of memory, and 16, 32 or 64GB of Flash storage.

There'll be Wi-Fi only versions, and others with 21Mbps HSPA+ quad-band 3G connectivity on board too.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0) Android 4.0 tablet

Weighing in at a mere 344g, the Tab 2 has a 4000mAh battery on board.

There's no word yet as to when the Tab 2 will ship, how much it'll cost when it does, or how quickly Apple will get its lawsuit in afterwards. ®

Don't you mean Ce Cream Sandwch?

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Thick Borders

It's so you can hold it.

You hold a phone with your fingers touching the sides but when you hold a tablet with one hand your palm or thumb has to rest on the face of the screen a little. This would register as a touch and keep messing with the software so you need a bezel to hold it.

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"There's no word yet as to when the Tab 2 will ship, how much it'll cost when it does, or how quickly Apple will get its lawsuit in afterwards."

Love it. Sign of the times.

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It will fail commercially then, like the original, like the Xoom, the HTC Flyer, and like the endless list of other Android tablets. I'll pick up a SD cardless Kindle Fire for well under £200 and lament at Samsungs stupidity whilst wishing the bloody thing had an expansion slot.

Nobody in their right mind should be paying £300+ for a 7 inch tablet, even if it is a "premium" product.

(Am talking about the wifi only model btw)

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Why the thick borders still?

Would be stylish and innovative if they could reduce the size of the screen borders. The S2's borders are 1/4 (or less) of that. Maybe the thickness is required to give it some strength?

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