Samsung drops Galaxy tablet. Is it an iPad killer?
Samsung’s new Galaxy Tablet was introduced at a news conference in Berlin Thursday. It’s a 7-inch tablet running the latest Android OS, Froyo 2.2.
The machine has 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth and does Flash, unlike the Apple iPad. The Galaxy Tab also, unlike iPad, comes with a 3-megapixel rear camera with autofocus and an LED flash. Up front there’s a 1.3-megapixel camera to allow videochatting.
“Samsung recognizes the tremendou sgrowth potential in this newly created market and we believe that the Samsung Galaxy Tab brings a unique and open proposition to market,” said JK Shin, President and Head of Mobile Communications Business, Samsung Electronics. “The Tab has been designed to enable consumers to maximize their online experience wherever that may be.”
Samsung has its own books, movies and music apps, the Readers’ Hub and the Media Hub and the Music Hub.
The tablet is expected in the U.S. “in the coming months,” Samsung said. It will launch in Europe in a few weeks.
