Top Tech News

For many companies, CTIA has taken a backseat to the Mobile World Congress and CES this year, but not for Samsung. Just a period after unveiling its Galaxy S II and Galaxy Tab 10.1, Samsung showed off digit newborn tablets and mouthful of software and UI enhancements for its full paper lineup. Our rank recap is below.

Newer, thinner Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1

In a clew that rivalry is unbelievably formal in the paper space, In the terminal digit weeks, Samsung went backwards to the drawing commission with its already revealed Galaxy Tab 10.1 and remade it. The newborn paper has finished absent with the hornlike corners of the Galaxy Tab 7, today fair amygdaliform edges and a flatter back. The large, ammo Samsung trademark on the backwards of the organisation has also been replaced by a more bottom trademark without the circle.

The concern claims that the newborn 10.1 is the “thinnest and maximal paper in the industry.” It measures a insufficient 8.6 mm thick. For comparison, the old Tab 10.1 (unveiled Feb. 13) was 10.9 mm fat and the newborn iPad 2 is 8.8 mm thick. The backwards of the organisation features an “easy grip” material.

Oddly, the 10.1 units on pass at CTIA are ease the older, fatter 10.1. The newborn designed, thinner Tab 10.1 was in a plastic pass housing and hasn’t yet been seen in operation.

Galaxy Tab 10.1 specs:

• Weight: 595 grams (Samsung claims lightest in market)
• Thickness: 8.6 mm
• Sound: dual-speakers (stereo)
• Cameras: 2MP front, 720p rear
• Processor: Dual-core
• Battery: 6800 mAh (10 hours of video playback)
• Resolution: 1280×800
• Connection: 4G HSPA+ up to 21MBPS (LTE and WiMax coming)
• OS: Android 3.0 Honeycomb with newborn TouchWiz 4.0 UX added on top
• Software: Full flat of newborn announced Samsung e-book stores, music, media, enterprise, magazine, fecundity apps
• Samsung Stick Bluetooth headset
• HDMI cut available
• USB Connection outfit available

Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9

In addition to the revamped 10.1, Samsung announced its newborn Galaxy Tab 8.9, a slightly diminutive paper that is existence marketed as more of a fecundity figure than the 10.1, which is existence framed as a flick and media consumption tablet. The newborn Tab 8.9 isn’t a full aggregation diminutive than the 10.1, but Samsung claims it is meet diminutive sufficiency to sound in a playing meet pocket. For the most part, the Tab 8.9 shares most of its organisation with the newborn 10.1 including the grip foam back.

Much same the Tab 10.1, the employed Tab 8.9s on the show floor are of an unannounced, senior design. The newborn designed, thinner Tab 8.9 was in a plastic pass housing and I haven’t seen it working.

Galaxy Tab 8.9 specs:

• Weight: 470 grams (Samsung claims lightest in market)
• Thickness: 8.6 mm
• Sound: dual-speakers (stereo)
• Cameras: 2MP front, 720p rear
• Processor: Dual-core
• Battery: 6000 mAh (10 hours of video playback)
• Resolution: 1280×800
• Connection: 4G HSPA+ up to 21MBPS (LTE and WiMax coming)
• OS: Android 3.0 Honeycomb with newborn TouchWiz 4.0 UX added on top
• Software: Full flat of newborn announced Samsung e-book stores, music, media, enterprise, magazine, fecundity apps
• Samsung Stick Bluetooth headset
• HDMI cut available
• USB Connection outfit available

Pricing and availability In a unequalled movie, Samsung also announced pricing and availability aggregation for both newborn tablets. Both module become in Wi-Fi and 3G (and HSPA+ for AT&T) versions at 16GB and 32GB, meet same the iPad 2. The prices for the 10.1 match the iPad 2, patch the 8.9 actually undercuts Apple a bit. 3G and 4G versions module be rattling competitive, claims the company.

• Galaxy Tab 10.1 Wi-Fi: 16GB for $499, 32GB for $599 â€" Coming June 8
• Galaxy Tab 8.9 Wi-Fi: 16GB for $469, 32GB for $569 â€" Coming primeval summer

We’ll hit more aggregation on Samsung’s newborn software announcements in a separate post.

Source