Today, Samsung announced its Galaxy Tab 10.1 which, like Motorola’s Xoom, is based on Google’s Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) OS running on NVidia’s Tegra 2 dual core ARM applications processor with integrated GeForce GPU. Kudos go to NVidia for working with Google to have its processor chosen for the reference design for Honeycomb. This gave NVidia a leadership position in the initial Honeycomb platform launches.
Now on to Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1. Features include a 10.1″ touch screen display with 1280×800 pixel resolution, support for 1080p HD video recording at 24 frames per second/playback at 30fps, an 8M pixel camera on the back, a 2M pixel camera on the front for video conferencing, quad-band GSM (GSM 850/900/1800/1900) with support for HSPA+ 21.1Mbps, WiFi (802.11a/b/g/n), Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, USB2.0, gyroscope, accelerometer, digital compass, proximity sensor, and storage capacities of either 16GB or 32GB. Vodaphone will be the carrier for this device for Europe and Asia in the spring, though no announcement was made for the US market.
Samsung, Motorola and Google clearly have their sites on the Apple iPad. However with the momentum that the iPad has to date coupled with the soon-to-be launched iPad2, I expect that 2011 will still be one dominated by the iPad. However with these new Android 3.0-based tablets being introduced from these major competitors, I anticipate strong positioning for a battle for market share in 2012 and beyond.
Feel free to post your comments or thoughts.
Learn more about this blogger at: http://paulkaplan.net
Paul Kaplan's Blog 