Jul 30

Samsung’s Q3-bound tablet to boast 7-inch display, Android OS

Posted in: Android, android tablet, AndroidTablet, galaxy, GalaxyTab, Google, GoogleAndroid, samsung, samsung galaxy tab, SamsungGalaxyTab, slate, tab, tablet, tablet pc, TabletPc, Today's Chili

Slowly but surely, Samsung’s future as a tablet PC provider is taking shape. Details on the outfit’s foray into the world of the slate has been trickling out over the past few months, and shortly after learning that a so-called Galaxy Tab would be out and about in Q3, now we’re finding out two more critical details: screen size and operating system. According to the company, the Q3-bound device (assumed to be the aforesaid Galaxy Tab) will boast a smaller-than-average 7-inch screen, and rather than humming along on Bada or Windows 7, Google’s Android will be at the helm. We’re being forced to wait for further information, but given the proximity to Q3, all should be crystal clear in the not-too-distant future.

[Thanks, Keith]

Samsung’s Q3-bound tablet to boast 7-inch display, Android OS originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:47:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jun 17

Samsung Galaxy Tab P1000 tablet sports WiFi and 3G data, about as thick as an iPhone?

Posted in: Android, exclusive, froyo, galaxy, GalaxyTab, leak, rumor, tab, tablet, Today's Chili
Samsung’s 7-inch Tab has certainly captured everyone’s attention as another possible anti-iPad tablet. So far, Samsung’s only saying that its Galaxy Tab will launch in Q3 without providing much in the way of detail other than this picture tweeted (and then pulled) by a Samsung’s official Twitter account in South Africa. Since then we’ve seen rumored specs that include Android 2.2, a 7-inch Super AMOLED display, 1.2GHz A8 processor, 4,000mAH battery, 370-gram weight, and 16GB of on-board memory with up to 32GB of microSD expansion.

Today we’ve received an anonymous tip with even more info. After a series of communications with this person, we’re confident enough to at least pass along what was said. Mind you, we’re still classifying it as rumor until we see further evidence. First off, our source claims to have spent time with the same four-button device we saw in the video yesterday. The “sturdy and well-built” tablet was “very thin,” described as about the same thickness as an iPhone. Our source says that the P1000 model is correct and that it will indeed feature “full phone functionality” albeit without a dedicated earpiece on the bezel — for audio, you’ll have to rely on a Bluetooth headset or the P1000’s speaker. Thank gawd… the last thing we want to see is someone screaming into a 7-inch tablet held to the side of their head. There’s a front-facing camera for video calling and a 3.2 megapixel camera around back for shooting pictures and video. Granted, 3.2 megapixels seems suspiciously low for the notoriously pixel greedy Samsung. Besides Bluetooth, we’re told that the Galaxy Tab will also feature WiFi and 3G data, a standard SIM slot, and can tether over USB or WiFi. Oh, and the battery can’t be removed and the version our source used had a 6×4 icon layout and appeared to be running stock Android 2.2 Froyo. Interesting, eh?

P.S. GPS too.

Samsung Galaxy Tab P1000 tablet sports WiFi and 3G data, about as thick as an iPhone? originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 17 Jun 2010 07:04:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jun 16

Samsung Galaxy Tab P1000 caught on video looking like a giant cellphone

Posted in: 7-inch, galaxy, GalaxyTab, samsung, tab, tablet, Today's Chili, video

Ready to see Samsung’s 7-inch Tab tablet do its thing on video? Sure you are. However, this isn’t the same Galaxy Tab that we saw in the picture teased by Samsung. First of all, it has a different collection of Android-friendly “buttons” along the bottom and seems to be void of Samsung’s TouchWiz UI skin. It’s also carrying a P1000 model number. Well, at least the 7-inch Super AMOLED remains the same. See the quick action go by in a blur after the break.

P.S. The dialer pictured above seems to confirm that the Tab can be used like a giant phone. No, really. We’ve heard this previously as rumor but didn’t believe it until now. The second video perfectly illustrates the reason for our concern. [Thanks, Saad]

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Samsung Galaxy Tab P1000 caught on video looking like a giant cellphone originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 16 Jun 2010 03:48:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jun 15

Samsung executive confirms: Galaxy Tab tablet coming by Q3

Posted in: breaking news, BreakingNews, galaxy, GalaxyTab, lte, samsung, samsung galaxy tab, SamsungGalaxyTab, tab, Today's Chili

We had more than a hunch that Samsung was toiling away on a tablet of some sort, and while we’d been loosely referring to its as the S-Pad and Tab, it looks as if the latter moniker is the one that’ll stick. J.K. Shin, president of Samsung’s mobile communications division, recently affirmed as much during a sit-down with the Wall Street Journal, stating the following:

“I can also say that we are planning to launch a tablet computer, named Galaxy Tab, no later than in the third quarter of this year.”

He didn’t elaborate beyond that, so we’re still on pins and needles waiting to find out if it’ll run Windows 7, Bada or BeOS, but we ought to know much, much more in just a few months. An IFA debut, perhaps?

Samsung executive confirms: Galaxy Tab tablet coming by Q3 originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 15 Jun 2010 17:41:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jun 04

Engadget Podcast 199 – 06.04.2010

Posted in: Apple, GalaxyTab, LG, meego, Microsoft, podcast, qualcomm, snapdragon, Today's Chili

Conferences. Trade shows. Exotic locales. Special guests. Tablets. Fish legs. Tablets. Fish balls. Tablets. You know the drill.

Hosts: Joshua Topolsky, Nilay Patel, Paul Miller
Guests: Joanna Stern, Darren Murph
Producer: Trent Wolbe
Music: Boys Don’t Cry

Hear the podcast

00:02:38 – Engadget dines at Taipei’s Windows 7-themed restaurant (video)
00:06:05 – Windows 7 tablet roundup from Computex, nay Tabletex
00:07:03 – Microsoft’s Guggenheimer dismisses Android on tablets as ‘an experiment’
00:09:05 – Microsoft reveals Windows Embedded Compact 7 at Computex, hosts heaps of tablets
00:10:40 – Microsoft Windows Embedded Compact 7 explained, trial download now available
00:12:10 – Microsoft: Windows Phone 7 not planned to hit tablets, Courier was always a concept
00:13:00 – NVIDIA CEO says Android is an OS to ‘unite behind,’ will be better tailored to tablets this Fall
00:13:40 – Microsoft Windows Embedded Compact 7 tablet prototype preview
00:14:20 – Samsung Galaxy Tab revealed
00:17:10 – MeeGo Moorestown-powered tablet preview
00:18:40 – Pixel Qi introduces tablet-ready screens, we go hands-on (video)
00:23:40 – Exclusive: LG UX10 tablet preview at Computex
00:39:46 – Intel demos Android 2.1 on Moorestown smartphone (video)
00:41:45 – Qualcomm ships first dual-core Snapdragon chipsets clocking 1.2GHz
00:45:47 – Labor practice protest goes down at Computex, Steve Jobs called an ‘OEM profit bloodsucker’
00:54:40 – Steve Jobs live from D8
01:02:57 – Steve Jobs’ D8 interview: the video highlights (updated)
01:03:38 – Steve Jobs on Foxconn: ‘We’re all over this’
01:05:52 – Steve Jobs on lost iPhone 4G prototype: it’s an ‘amazing’ story
01:14:45 – Steve Jobs on TV: ‘no one wants to buy a box’
01:24:55 – Steve Ballmer and Ray Ozzie live from D8
01:25:06 – Jobs: The PC is a truck. Ballmer: There’s a reason they’re called ‘Mac’ trucks.
01:27:00 – Steve Ballmer at D8: the video highlights (updated)
01:38:38 – Kno dual-screen tablet appears at D8, we go hands-on

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Engadget Podcast 199 – 06.04.2010 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 04 Jun 2010 12:13:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jun 03

Samsung Galaxy Tab revealed

Posted in: breaking news, BreakingNews, galaxy, GalaxyTab, samsung, tab, tablet, Today's Chili

If only there were more tablets in the world, you know? Samsung has heard the call, and truth be told they might have a nice crack at creating something desirable. The 7-inch Galaxy Tab (previously referred to as the S-Pad), runs Android with Samsung’s TouchWiz UI on top (similar to the Galaxy S sitting next to it). According to the Tweets by Samsung Blog South Africa — an odd place indeed to make this sort of unveiling — it has a “high resolution” screen, and it’s supposed to be AMOLED if an earlier leak on the “S-Pad” is to be believed. That S-Pad info also mentioned a Samsung Apps store, which would make sense because as far as we know Google isn’t letting “official” Android Market-equipped, Google-blessed tablets out of the gate just yet.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

Samsung Galaxy Tab revealed originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 03 Jun 2010 10:36:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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