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Today, in partnership with Sprint, Samsung announced the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1. The Tab 2 10.1 will be rocking similar specifications as the global HSPA+ version, but ship with LTE support and a faster processor. The tablet also joins the ever-growing list of new devices that have been announced with no pricing or availability.
Outside of the 10.1-inch WXGA PLS TFT 1280 x 800 display, the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 sports a 1.5 GHz dual-core Qualcomm MSM8960 chipset, along with 1GB RAM, 3 megapixel rear-facing camera with LED flash, VGA front-facing camera, 7,000 mAh battery, and the expected WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0, and more. Unlike the HSPA+ version of the tablet, Sprint’s variant will only have 8GB of internal storage but support up to 64GB via a microSD card.
The Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 is a solid tablet, but without solid information on pricing or availability, consumers will still be shopping and waiting around. To make matters a little more tricky, the rumor of a 10 inch, Samsung-made Nexus tablet with a very high-resolution display may be enough to keep potential Tab 2 10.1 customers’ wallets closed. That said, a 10 inch Nexus tablet doesn’t make the Tab 2 10.1 a bad choice, but just might make the customer’s choice a bit harder – depending on when said tablets are actually released.
You can find a fact sheet on the tablet below.
Anyone looking forward to the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1?
Samsung Galaxy Tab® 2 10.1
Sleek 4G LTE tablet maximizes entertainment and productivity
Productivity
- · Android™ 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich
- · 1.5GHz dual-core processor (Qualcomm MSM8960 chipset)
- · Personal and business email, as well as IM through Google Talk™
- · Google Mobile™ wireless services such as Google Search™, Gmail™, Google Maps™ for Android, Google Calendar™, Voice Actions and YouTube™
- · 3G/4G LTE mobile hotspot capability supporting up to 10 Wi-Fi enabled devices simultaneously
- · Face Unlock uses state-of-the-art facial recognition technology to allow the user switch on the phone and look at it to get past the lock screen – no passwords to remember, nothing to type or swipe
- · AllShare® Group Cast lets the user share a presentation or photo album in real time with multiple friends on the same Wi-Fi® network
- · Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
Entertainment/Personalization
- · Dual cameras: 3-megapixel rear-facing camera with LED flash and video capture and a VGA front-facing camera
- · Google Play™ with more than 600,000 apps, millions of songs and books and thousands of movies
- · Samsung Media Hub, a full library of video and literary content powered by some of the biggest names in entertainment
- · IR Blaster emulating an infrared remote control
- · Samsung’s exclusive AllShare service to wirelessly share stored music, pictures and user-generated content to other DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) certified® home
- · AllShare Play allows users to wirelessly connect to their PC, tablet or television to immediately share files, stream music, user-generated videos, photos and other DRM-free content to AllShare-enabled devices using Wi-Fi
- · 3.5mm stereo headset jack
- · Bluetooth® 4.0
Specifications
- · Dimensions: 10.1 inches x 6.9 inches x 0.38 inches
- · Weight: 1.29 pounds
- · Display: 10.1-inch WXGA PLS TFT 1280 x 800 display
- · Battery: 7,000mAh Lithium-Ion battery
- · Memory: 1GB RAM, 8GB ROM and microSD™ card slot supporting up to 64GB memory card
About The Author
Blake Stimac
Blake was born in Beaumont, Texas, about 100 miles away from Houston. Even as a youngster, technology came to him very naturally, tinkering with anything he could. His passion of technology grew with mobile phones when he dreamed that the capabilities of phones would eventually make one's life much easier. Since then it's been his mission to advocate the push of mobile technology to anyone who will listen.
