The Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 has an 8.9in capacitive touchscreen but it's the physical design of this latest Android tablet that is quite impressive — the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 is described by Samsung as "the world's thinnest mobile tablet" as it measures just 8.6 millimetres thick.
Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 - Design & Build:
In addition to its svelte body, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 weighs just 470 grams, making it both thinner and lighter than the iPad 2. Samsung says the Galaxy Tab 8.9's ultra-thin form factor and lightweight design are ideal for business users who frequently travel.
Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 - Features:
The Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 is powered by a 1GHz dual-core processor, has a capacitive TFT display with a 1280x800 resolution and features Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and GPS connectivity. The Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 also features a 3 megapixel rear camera and a 2 megapixel front camera, and is capable of playing back 1080p HD video, and has a microSD card slot for extra memory.
Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 - UI:
Unlike the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 features Samsung's own TouchWiz UX user interface implemented on top of the Android 3.0 'Honeycomb' UI. This makes it among the first Android tablets to run a customised version of Google's 3.0 Honeycomb platform.
Samsung's TouchWiz UX overlay brings a number of new features to the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 including a customisable "Live Panel" menu that displays favourite Web sites and social network feeds, an application tray of commonly used features, Samsung's Social Hub, which aggregates e-mail, instant messaging, contacts, calendar and social network connections, a mini apps tray and a "suite of enterprise solutions" for business users. The Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 is also pre-loaded with Readers Hub and Music Hub applications that offer more than 2.2 million books, 2000 newspapers in 49 languages, 2300 magazines in 22 languages, and 13 million songs.
Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 - Models:
The Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 will come in six model variants — three with Wi-Fi and three with Wi-Fi + 3G. Both Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi + 3G variants will be available with 16GB, 32GB or 64GB of internal memory.
Conclusion:
The Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 may well be the perfect size for a tablet. Although it's missing the ports and memory-card slot of the Xoom, we think it may be a worthwhile sacrifice to enable the device to be so light. The Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 looks set to offer a convenient screen size and plenty of power. This tablet could be a very sweet Android Honeycomb treat.
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