The Galaxy Tab 10.1 goes on sale today. The news release claims that the Wi-Fi-enabled Galaxy Tab 10.1 is 8.6 millimeters slim, making it the thinnest mobile tablet currently available in the world.
The Galaxy Tab 10.1 runs Android 3.1 Honeycomb with faster and smoother transitions between different applications, more intuitive navigation, and broader support of USB accessories, keyboards, joysticks and gamepads.
The Galaxy Tab 10.1 weighs 1.25 pounds (565 grams) and has a 10.1-inch HD touchscreen WXGA (1280 x 800). Features include a 3MP rear camera, 2MP front camera, Nvidia Tegra 1GHz dual-core processor, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, HDMI out port, DLNA, 7000mAh battery and enterprise encryption.
The Galaxy Tab comes preloaded with the Samsung UX, Samsung Media Hub, Reader Hub and Social Hub.
The custom "Samsung TouchWiz UX" has a Live Panel menu for customizing the home screen and "Mini Apps" tray.
Samsung Media Hub allows users to rent/view movies and includes an HD Extender to play back Media Hub content on a TV through an HDMI cable from the Galaxy Tab 10.1 dock or adaptor.
Samsung's Readers Hub offers more than 2.2 million books, 2,000 newspapers and 2,300 magazines. Samsung's Social Hub service aggregates email, instant messaging, contacts, calendar, and social network connections into a single interface.
The 32GB version of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 Wi-Fi edition will cost $599, while the 16GB version costs $499.
You can buy the Galaxy Tab 10.1 at online retailers, such as Amazon.com.