Thursday, May 26, 2011

Samsung Galaxy Tab To Get Android 3.1


Samsung has reigned almost alone in the war against iPad with your original Tab Galaxy last year. In 2011, still preparing to release 10.1 for the tablet, the South Korean company is no longer isolated both in competition to Apple, also with big names like Motorola, LG and even RIM already offer their new models. The solution is then run after the injury and the form was found to provide the factory Android "Honeycomb" already in version 3.1.


Released last week during a conference for developers Google I / O, the update is only present in the tablets currently Xoom, Motorola, and deliver improved performance of the platform and native applications, such as the browser and YouTube. In addition, you can now connect via USB peripherals such as joysticks - including the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

The problem is that Samsung was caught by surprise with means for improving the system specially designed for tablets, and this can have consequences. According to rumors, to have the 3.1 version of Android would be necessary to force a slight delay in the promised date of June 8 for the launch of Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the United States.

Anyway, the fact is that the very official site reports that the tablet has come Honeycomb reinforced and profile of the U.S. division of Samsung Twitter corroborated the information. It is unclear, but bet that the same standard will be adopted in Brazil, which will receive the equipment "early in the second half," if everything goes well.

Besides Honeycomb 3.1, the Galaxy has a 10.1 Tab touchscreen 10.1-inch (yes, hence the name) with a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels, 2 Tegra processor Dual-Core 1 GHz, storage capacity 16 and 32 GB, 1 megapixel camera front and rear 8-megapixel camera with LED flash, video recording Full HD (1080p) and 3G connection and WiFi Even with all this, he promises to be lighter than the iPad 2, 589 g, and thinner, with only 10.99 mm thick. The U.S. price is $ 499, the same as rival Apple.