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The Samsung Galaxy Tab has just recently hit Verizon’s shelves, and is coming soon to U.S. Cellular and AT&T, but we’re getting it up here in Canada too, eh? Rogers has just announced that the Android tablet is going on sale for a whooping $539.99 on a three-year contract starting tomorrow.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab’s screen is 7″ diagonally with a 1024 x 600 resolution, packs two cameras (3 and 1.3 megapixels), Wi-Fi, GPS, 3G, and has either 16 GB or 32 GB of local storage (only 16 is listed with Rogers right now), depending on your model. It runs Android 2.2 Froyo, complete with Flash support and mobile hotspot functions. Rogers is qualifying the Samsung Tab as a Rocket Built-In device, so you’ll be snagging it on a mobile internet plan between $30 and $65/month.
The Galaxy Tab probably won’t grow into its own until it gets updated to Android 3.0, by which time I’ll likely be knee-deep in the BlackBerry PlayBook. Those who got in on the tablet craze early and picked up an iPad may be interested in something a little more portable, but taking that much of a hit in screen real estate may be too much to bare.
Head over to Rogers to nab the Samsung Galaxy Tab, but take a gander at our hands-on with the thing before taking the dive.
[via RedBoard]
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Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
