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Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 And Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus In White Emerge In Vietnam

Leo Xavier — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:56:19 +0000

Those of you who are already playing with a white version of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 or the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus won’t be too happy with this news. It appears like the device you all are handling is not exactly white. Someone in Vietnam has had access to pure white versions of the two Honeycomb tablets.

The black and white models available on the market at present differ only by the color of the back. All the models have a black bezel around the display on the front.

As you can see in the above image, the new models have a white bezel around the screen. But the specifications are the same. You will be getting dual core processors, Android 3.2, 3 megapixel rear camera, 2 MP front shooter and 1GB of RAM.

No word on pricing and availability at the moment. But we are expecting a slightly higher price tag than currently available ones.

So, are you interested in the pure whites? Or are you looking forward to playing with the latest addition into the Galaxy Tab line?

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Samsung Galaxy S And Galaxy Tab Not Getting ICS

Alexander Udalov — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 18:49:31 +0000

The latest models of the Samsung Android devices, according to Samsung’s official schedule of deploying Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) on its hardware, as per PhoneArena, are getting this update: the Samsung Galaxy S II, S II LTE, Galaxy R, Galaxy Tab 10.1, Galaxy Tab 8.9, Galaxy Tab 7.7 and Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus. What is missing from this list are “older” Samsung devices, namely the original Samsung Galaxy Tab and Samsung Galaxy S; these are not getting Samsung-flavored ICS.

Samsung’s reasoning behind this decision is quite straightforward: there are not enough space on these “legacy” devices to hold Samsung’s ICS firmware. Which is quite strange on the first sight, as Nexus S with the hardware that is very similar to Galaxy S, is getting ICS just fine.

On second thought, requirements of additional ROM (and RAM) space are quite obvious. Samsung’s obligatory TouchWiz skin, included video conferencing sotfware, additional widgets, carrier software and localization. For an ordinary user, these add-ons are collectively called “bloatware” which is well known to overload the device hardware, making it laggy, unresponsive, and hiding very suspicious carrier “wares” of Carrier IQ type.

The practice of adding these “value-added” softwares at every stage from device manufacturers to vendors is a direct road to further fragmentation of the Android ecosystem. Having 20…30 distinct ARM hardware platforms to serve with ICS may look like a much simpler task than keeping manufacturers and vendors from heavy “theming”, “branding”, and otherwise bloating the clean and quite capable Android 4 firmware.

On unwillingness to release ICS for their older devices, Samsung also quotes problems that these devices may have with RAM and ROM management. This argument is really quite laughable: get rid of the bulk of your bloatware, and you can lessen the load on RAM and ROM significantly. The development of clean, streamlined and optimized Android 4 based firmware for these devices at XDA-Developers as alternative ROMs (CyanogenMod 9 project, for example) shows it clearly.

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US Customers Can Buy Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus Now

Michael Kwan — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 18:58:14 +0000

Maybe you like the overall package that the Galaxy Tab 10.1 brings to the table, but you prefer the more compact size of the original Samsung Galaxy Tab. Well, you can now get the best of both worlds with the recently released Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus, which is hitting American store shelves just a touch ahead of schedule.

It was originally stated that this version of Sammy’s Honeycomb tablet would be available until November 13, but it seems that it is available for purchase through Amazon, as as well as other larger retailers across the nation. Yes, this only represents a little more than a week, but it means you can give yourself an early Christmas present right now.

As a quick refresher, you get Android 3.2 Honeycomb, a 1.2GHz dual core processor, either 16GB or 32GB of internal storage, a microSD expansion slot, a 2MP front camera, and a 3MP rear camera. This is all on par with the rest of the current Galaxy Tab range, which also includes options with 8.9-inch and soon 7.7-inch displays too. The 16GB and 32GB of the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus carry an MSRP of $399 and $499, respectively.

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Pre-order your Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus today

Michael Kwan — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 16:49:40 +0000

Maybe you’re not a fan of all these 10-inch tablets, but you’d like to get into the Honeycomb experience. If that’s the case, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus might be your cup of tea and it is now available for pre-order. That’s the good news.

However, it does come with a caveat. While the pre-orders are being accepted at online retailer J&R, there is no indication as to when the Android 3.2 Honeycomb tablet will actually start shipping out to customers. That said, they have priced the 16GB and 32GB models at $399.99 and $499.99, respectively, which is in line with their 10-inch cousins. Is that really the right move?

In case you missed the initial announcements, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus comes equipped with a 7.0-inch 1024×600 WSVGA touchscreen display, dual core 1.2GHz processor, 3MP rear camera, 2MP front camera, microSD slot, and a pre-installed Netflix app for video watching on the go. It is a WiFi-only device.

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