Samsung Galaxy Tab

by Antonio Wells Sep 16, 2010 7:50 PM – 19 Comments

We’ve know about it for some time but today Verizon officially announces their first mobile tablet, the Samsung Galaxy Tab, will launch on their wireless network in the coming weeks. In fact, Samsung will launch the tablet for all four major U.S. carriers. The tablet has an enhanced TFT display at 7 inches, not the beautiful and brilliant Super AMOLED display that we hoped for, running Android 2.2 (Froyo) so it supports Adobe Flash in the web browser and corporate email among other features, front and rear facing camera and camcorders, Samsung 1GHz Cortex A8 Hummingbird processor, 1024 x 600 pixel resolution, 2 GB internal memory with 16 GB pre-installed microSD card expandable to 32 GB.

Check out the best Samsung Galaxy Tab apps that take advantage of the full screen

Hands-on Video of Samsung Galaxy Tab:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCpb3OuZFN8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATdjUEkdYyY via IntoMobile

Pictures of Samsung Galaxy Tab:

: Samsung Galaxy Tab

: Samsung Galaxy Tab in Hand

Full Specs of Samsung Galaxy Tab:

7-inch touchscreen Enhanced TFT display with WSVGA resolution – Offers brighter colors and clearer pictures, delivers 1024 x 600 resolution whether watching a movie or reading a book
Samsung 1GHz Cortex A8 Hummingbird Application Processor – Produces responsive UI performance, and HD-like playback ability for multimedia content
Android 2.2 platform – With support for Google Mobile Services including Gmail, YouTube™, Google Talk, Google Voice and access to Android Market™, which provides access to the more than 80,000 applications
Full HTML Web browsing capabilities
Full support for Adobe Flash 10.1 – Provides exceptional Web browsing, gaming and video experience
Six-axis motion sensor and accelerometer – Provides a smooth, fluid gaming and viewing experience when the device is tilted up or down or panning the phone to the left or right
- Users’ e-mail, calendar and contacts will rotate from portrait to landscape and open as a split-screen to create a PC or laptop viewing experience
- Most Android Market applications will open in full screen and non-scalable Android Market applications will be framed and centered on the Galaxy Tab screen at 800 x 400 resolution
Rear-facing 3MP camera and camcorder – Features AutoFocus captures DVD quality video
Video Chat – Wi-Fi® only
Front-facing 1.3 megapixel camera and camcorder – Enables video chat with other people who have video conferencing capabilities (applications available on Android Market)
Corporate Email – Supports Android 2.2 Exchange ActiveSync e-mail to synchronize corporate e-mail, contacts and calendars from office e-mail accounts
Virtual QWERTY Keyboard Featuring Swype Technology – Input text faster and in a more intuitive way with one continuous finger motion across the screen keyboard
Stereo Bluetooth® Technology – Support for the following profiles: serial port, advanced audio distribution, audio/visual remote control, object push for vCard, basic printing, generic audio/video distribution, audio/visual distribution, audio/visual control transport protocol
Full suite of messaging options – Text, picture, video and voice messaging; corporate and personal e-mail accounts supported
Music and video players with enhanced catalog browsing user interface
Wi-Fi Connectivity (802.11 b/g/n) and 3G Mobile Hotspot support
Built-in 2GB internal memory with 16GB pre-installed microSD™ expandable to 32GB • 4,000 mAh Battery – Provides ample power to watch movies, share content and surf the Web for hours
Ultra thin and weighing less than a pound – For users who don’t want to be weighed down by adding a mobile tablet to their pocket or purse

Lifestyle features:

V CAST Music with Rhapsody®, V CAST Video on Demand, V CAST Song ID, VZ Navigator®, applications including Kindle e-reader, along with games like “N.O.V.A.”
Samsung Social Hub – Built around messaging, contacts and calendar sync, which allows users to send and receive daily activities, whether it is e-mail, social network updates or SMS messages
- Integrated Calendar information from portal calendars, on Exchange, Google Calendar and social networking services (SNS), including Facebook®
- Integrated Contacts syncs with Exchange, Google, Twitter and Facebook and displays a user’s contacts in four categories including Information, History (previous calls and messages), Activities (status updates and notifications on social networking sites) and Media (Facebook profile photos and photo gallery)
Customizable touchscreen menu with drag-and-drop widgets
- AllShare Application – Enables inter-device connectivity through Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA), so users can send multimedia content wirelessly to other DLNA-enabled devices such as TVs and laptops
- News & Weather – Displays news and weather updates in a continuous scrolling format
- Daily Briefing – Instant access to weather, news, stocks and schedule
- Hybrid Clock – Displays weather updates over a clock widget
- ThinkFree Office – Allows for viewing and editing Microsoft Office documents in Word, Excel, PowerPoint or PDF document

[Source Verizon Wireless Announces Its First Mobile Tablet, The Samsung Galaxy Tab and Verizon Samsung Galaxy Tab Full Specs]

Tags: Android 2.2, Android Tablet, AT&T, Froyo, Samsung Galaxy Tab, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon

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19 Comments

By Jeff on September 16, 2010 at 10:15 pm:

Just a heads up to Antonio, the Galaxy Tab does not have a Super AMOLED display. It says so in the press release below in your article. I’m sure the TFT-LCD will be a good screen, but not SAMOLED. Might want to fix that.

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- By Jason Norment on September 16, 2010 at 11:28 pm:
  
  @Jeff: Thanks for catching that. We confirmed that info on the press release and updated the information. Good eye!
  
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By tony on September 21, 2010 at 8:40 pm:

no phone = epic fail abd video only in wifi mode???? not 3g as well???. What are you thinking samsung? Euro version way way cooler.

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- By Steve on September 22, 2010 at 12:51 am:
  
  Watch http://galaxytab.samsungmobile.com/ and notice the phone icon
  
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  - By Steve on September 22, 2010 at 2:11 pm:
    
    And now I’m confused. The specs above don’t mention the phone app and show Video Chat as WiFi Only while the Samsung video shows the app and says you can video chat almost anywhere. Is that a WiFi almost anywhere or a 3G almost anywhere. Either way though if the tablet truely does not have a phone feature, but is 3G and/or WiFi why couldn’t you turn it into a phone using Google Voice? I’ve long wondered the same thing about an iPod Touch over WiFi of course. And why do I pay for Phone Service now when I have Google Voice? I need the ’3G’ of course, but the whole Minutes issue is mute…
    
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    - By stu on October 4, 2010 at 5:42 pm:
      
      it’s not ‘mute’, the phrase is ‘moot’ and it does have network connectivity ie 3G via a sim card as you are probably aware by now and the ‘minutes’ point is not moot as you pointed out yourself – you need the 3G which is always going to be provided by the mobile networks
      
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By Jerry on September 22, 2010 at 10:31 am:

WOW! NO PHONE? When I first heard about the Tab they touted a phone and I was ready to wait in line for one. Now that the American big 4 decided not to offer the phone I’ll have to get a Euro model and pay big bucks like I did with my 5 year old i-mate PDA2K.

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By richard cadena on October 1, 2010 at 10:37 pm:

no phone=no buy for me. i was gonna buy the dell streak just because i was looking for a bigger screen phone and then all the hype started leaking out about the SAMSUNG TAB and it touted is as having phone capabilities-even in their vids. i was hoping to only use the tab and leave my I TOUCH, phone, and IMAC laptop behind

saddened in los angeles

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By Chuck C on October 12, 2010 at 9:56 am:

Once again giving us what apple gives us is a copy. I want the full phone version or I will have no use for it

Samsung do your own thing!

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By Jamal on October 14, 2010 at 2:15 pm:

For all of you who are bashing the device because they didn’t mention a phone feature in the specs… stop. The Galaxy Tab will function as a phone, just not traditionally. Samsung realized that it would be awkward putting a 7″ device to your face to talk so in phone mode the device can only function through a bluetooth peripheral, wired headset, or through the built in speakers. Yes, it can make calls.

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- By Steve on October 14, 2010 at 3:33 pm:
  
  Again everyone – watch http://galaxytab.samsungmobile.com/ and notice the phone icon
  
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By Jerry on October 15, 2010 at 1:46 am:

Yes, you will be able to get a phone… if you purchase an unlocked, unsponsored European version. These devices are being made to order for the likes of Verizon, ATT and the rest. These companies have decided that they can squeeze more money out of us if you have to have a phone, which will have to be in another device, on another account. It will be like the iPad. These versions will not have phone capabilities… in the USA.

Go to Verizons web site where they have made an announcement on the new Galaxy Tab. They list all the features, including 3G, which if you go online you can probably make contact with someone in real time, but there is no mention of a phone.

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- By Lonny Hines on October 26, 2010 at 11:28 pm:
  
  PC World confirms it will have phone functionality with a bluetooth headset or speakerphone. http://www.pcworld.com/zoom?id=204779&page=1&zoomIdx=1
  
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By oudinmelanie09 on November 7, 2010 at 11:11 pm:

This is my first time to get so high tech – Samsung Galaxy Tab which is reallly perfect tab but I also have the same problem with you.
Galaxy supported video formats: MPEG4, H.263, H.264, DivX, XviD, WMV, AVI, 3GP. The way I resolve this problem is decoding my video to formats that my phone supports.

Via google, I find Aunsoft Video Converter which is powerful in converting various video formts to Samsung Galaxy Tab video format listed above .
I believe It will help you out.

http://www.aunsoft.com/download_mpg_vob_vro_to_samsung_android_tablet_galaxy_tab_on_mac/

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By Jimmy on November 13, 2010 at 11:39 am:

Samsung integrated some apps with Froyo for feeling it more user friendly

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By eno on January 6, 2011 at 1:40 am:

i am in egypt do u think it works in egypt as a phone,in hithrow airport they offered it with 450 estrling in dixons i forgot to ask about the unlocking,how can i know

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By Sparky on February 16, 2011 at 5:34 pm:

Again everyone: THERE IS NO PHONE ON THE GALAXY TAB! I was just issued one by my company. It reminds me of my off-the-grid neighbors who used a Subaru on blocks as a generator…. it worked very well but on the whole the technology was being under-utilized.

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- By snm on April 30, 2011 at 1:48 pm:
  
  I just bought a new Galaxy Tab using T-Mobile in US, after playing around with it for a while, even though it has a sim place to put the sim card in, I couldnt find where to make a call. I went on youtube, but the their Galaxy Tabs each had a phone call icon on it, mine didn’t
  
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  - By nek on May 17, 2011 at 2:56 am:
    
    i guess you need to seperately install phone app…
    
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