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If you’re in the market for a 10.1” tablet with NVIDIA’s quad-core Tegra-3 processor under the hood, then Chinese company Synrgic’s T1 tablet could be worth taking a look at. Sporting an NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core processor clocked at 1.5GHz, the T1 tablet will come with a 10.1” display with a resolution of 1280×800 and will come with 1GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage. It also comes with an optional GSM modem so we guess technically you could make calls with the device, although we suggest using a Bluetooth headset as holding up a 10.1” tablet to your face could look a bit silly.

It comes with UMTS/HSPA support along with GPS and Bluetooth 4.0 connectivity, an 8MP rear-facing camera with LED flash that is also capable of 1080p Full HD video capture and a 2MP front-facing camera for video calls. No word on pricing just yet, but based on the specs it doesn’t seem too bad, does it? There is a chance that the Synrgic T1 could be displayed at IFA, so be sure to check back with us then for more details, like pricing and availability.

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I don’t know too many people who would look at the Galaxy Note and its 5.3 inch display and say “y’know, it would be great if this thing was just a little bigger,” and I now I know why. As it turns out, those people live in Korea, work for Samsung, and may have decided just that.

According to their usual unnamed sources, Korea’s MK Business News reports that Samsung’s Galaxy Note 2 will sport an even larger 5.5-inch display when its unveiled at Germany’s IFA 2012 trade show in August.

Naturally, the display isn’t all they’re said to be upgrading here. The next-gen Galaxy Note is also rumored to pack an unspecified quad-core processor (most likely an Exynos 4 Quad), and a 12 or 13 megapixel camera around the back instead of the 8 megapixel shooter as seen in the original. To top it all off, it’s said to run on Google’s newly-revealed Jelly Bean version of Android, though it’s unclear at this point how the company will be tweaking their UI to account for Jelly Bean’s new features.

So how much of a handful is thing going to be? Well, while the display has been stretched out a bit, the device itself isn’t expected to be significantly larger than the current Galaxy Note. Frankly, this seems like both a blessing and a curse — users who can comfortably wrap their mitts around the original model should do just fine, but that slightly larger display may make one-handed operation even less feasible than before.

Now I’m all for pushing limits and whatnot, but this just begs an obvious question: how big is too big? Most tablet manufacturers are loath to dip below the 7-inch barrier, and if this report holds true then Samsung is eagerly chipping away at the other side of that limit. Samsung’s success with the Galaxy Note has also prompted companies like LG to take up the super-sized phone challenge, so it’s very possible that phone screen sizes haven’t topped out just yet.