Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 arrives at U.S. stores


With one of the most advanced hardware of the current generation of tablet Android, Galaxy Tab 10.1, from Samsung, is finally coming to market. The popular U.S. retailer Best Buy is starting to sell the device at its flagship store in New York at Union Square, and it should not take much to start here in Brazil also receive units of the product.


You can now also book the Galaxy Tab 10.1 on pre-order at Best Buy in the rest of the United States, but the first 200 customers at the store in New York will receive a leather case to protect the unit. But is only on 17 June that other stores in the U.S. could usually get the sale.

In Brazil also should not take long. The tablet can get along with half brother smartphone Samsung S2 Galaxy, "in the second half," said a spokesperson for the company. It probably will take place in July, but there is no concrete date. Anyway, at least the U.S. release is already a green signal for the arrival here.

For Americans, the Galaxy Tab 10.1 arrives for U.S. $ 499 in the 16GB version or $ 599 for 32 GB version, both with only Wi-Fi connection if you want to LTE on the Verizon network, the price goes up a little: $ 530 (16 GB) and $ 630 (32 GB) and a loyalty contract for two years. The device is available in white and black.

Evolution of the Galaxy Tab original 2010, the new tablet is equipped with the Android operating system 3.1 "Honeycomb" and features a touch screen of 10.1 inches (hence its name), 2 Tegra processor dual-core 1 GHz cameras Rear 3-megapixel camera with flash capable of recording video in HD (720p) front and a 2 megapixel, video playback in Full HD (1080p), GPS and battery with up to 9 hours of continuous use of multimedia. He still weighs 565 g and measures 256.7 x 175.3 x 8.6 mm.