When it comes to the smartphone market, there is a constant jostling for the
position of number one global vendor between the Cupertino-based
iPhone maker
Apple and Korean tech giant
Samsung. The tablet market is dominated by
Apple’s iPad, but Samsung is looking to add to its tablet sales tally with the announcement of the Galaxy Tab 2.
According to
Engadget, this new 7" (600 x 1024) tablet is the successor to company’s original
Galaxy Tab. It boasts similar looks to that of its predecessor and a specification level close to that of Samsung’s
Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus.
The new Tab sports a WSVGA PLS LCD display and comes with either 16 or 32 GB of internal memory and a microSD card slot to expand upon this. At a thickness of 10.5 mm, Samsung’s latest tablet is thicker than both its bigger Korean stablemate, the
Galaxy Tab 10.1 (8.6 mm) as well as the
Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus (9.9 mm).
The new Tab 2 operates on
Google’s Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) along with Samsung’s TouchWiz skin. It is powered by a 1 GHz dual-core processor (make not specified) and features 1 GB RAM, a 3 MP rear-facing fixed focus camera and VGA front-facing snapper, as well as a 4000 mAh battery. In terms of connectivity, the new Tab 2 offers HSPA+ support, Bluetooth 3.0, GPS with a-GPS and Wi-Fi.
Samsung’s new Galaxy Tab 2 is expected to launch in the UK first during March, with both Wi-Fi-only and Wi-Fi + 3G models being offered. No pricing or local release info is available yet.
In other Samsung related news, Corning, maker of the protective Gorilla Glass which keeps scratches off many of today’s smartphone and tablet displays, has
recently signed an agreement with Samsung’s Mobile Display division.
