Samsung Galaxy Tab poised to take on Apple iPad, Dell Streak

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August 2, 2010 1:07 PM EDT

Samsung after much success in sales of their Galaxy S smartphone which sold more than one million units in less than a week is planning to launch a tablet similar to the smartphone named Galaxy Tab on August 11. It was earlier christened S-Pad.

Rumours are abound over the specifications of the new tablet with many tech Web sites posting news confirming some of them.

The new Samsung Galaxy tablet may feature Google’s latest operating system Froyo (Android OS 2.2) with Samsung’s Touch Wiz UI, sporting a 7-inch AMOLED capacitive touchscreen display, running at 1.2GHz Samsung Hummingbird processor, 16GB internal storage which is expandable using microSD and a 3.2-megapixel camera with flash and a front VGA camera. And the tablet may have Wi-Fi option.

There is no other tablet PC in the market launched to match Apple’s iPad features until now. If these rumored specifications are true, then Apple may have a stiff competitor very soon. Although Dell has launched the Dell Streak tablet in UK and yet to foray into the US market, the Dell tablet is less than 2-inch compared to Samsung Galaxy Tab.

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Moreover, with Galaxy Tab 7-inch display, Dell Streak 5-inch display and Apple iPad’s 9.7-inch display, customers will have varied choice to choose from. In addition, Google will have great advantage since Samsung is opting for Android-based OS, among many other major tablet makers.

A South Korean newspaper has reported that Samsung is planning a 7-inch model to be released in August while an 8-inch and a 10-inch tablet may be released in November and December respectively. That may mean Samsung is planning a Dell Streak's bigger version and an iPad killer.

With Samsung Galaxy and Samsung Wave smartphones touching one million sales worldwide, the tablet version with similar features may also catch up soon.

Also, Samsung may unveil Samsung YP-MB2, a handset similar to Galaxy S smartphone but without phone functions like iPod Touch during the same event of unveiling Galaxy Tab at the Time Warner Center in New York.

The table below illustrates Samsung Galaxy Tab verses Dell Streak and Apple iPad, the already launched tablets. Also included are the rumored Blackberry BlackPad tablet, Motorola tablet and HP Slate 500.

	BlackPad	Apple iPad	Dell Streak	Motorola tablet	HP Slate 500	Samsung Galaxy Tab
Operating System	BlackBerry 6 OS	iOS 3.2.1	Android (multi-touch UI) i,e Android 2.1	Android 3.0 Gingerbread	Windows 7 or Palm OS	Froyo (Android OS 2.2)
Processor	Marvell 1 GHz Armada 610 processor	Apple A4 processor, 1GHz	Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8250, 1GHz	ARM-based processor (Qualcomm) with speed of 1 GHz	1.6GHz Intel Atom Z530 processor	Samsung Hummingbird processor 1.2 GHz
Display	7-inch or 8.9-inch	9.7-inch	5-inch	10-inch	8.9-inch	7-inch
Resolution	may feature above 800x480 resolution	1024x768	800x480	1280 x 760	1,024x600	Specs Not Available
Memory	May have 256MB RAM or 512MB RAM	speculated to be 256MB RAM or 512MB RAM	512MB RAM	512 MB RAM	1GB of non-upgradeable RAM	Possibly 512 MB RAM
Video Capture	1080p	720p	720p	Possible 720p above	1080p	Possible 720p
Wi-Fi	May have 802.11n	802.11a/b/g/n	802.11 b/g	Specs Not Available	802.11 a/b/g/n	Possible 802.11 a/b/g/
Storage	4GB and upgradable	16GB, 32GB or 64GB flash drive	2GB and upgradable	Specs Not Available	32/64GB flash, upgradable via SD card reader	16GB internal storage/expandable using microSD
Camera	16MP	No camera	5 MP	Specs Not Available	VGA webcam (inward-facing), 3MP camera (outward facing)	3.2-megapixel camera with flash and a front VGA camera
Battery	Specs Not Available	Built-in 25-watt-hour rechargeable lithium-polymer battery	Li-Ion 1530 mAh	Specs Not Available	2-cell 30WHr polymer battery	Specs Not Available