SAMSUNG GALAXY TAB 10.1 V - MULTIMEDIA AND GAMES PREVIEW

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1v was the second Android tablet announced from the manufacturer at the MWC Expo in Barcelona in February 2011. It sports 10.1″ display with 1280x800 pixels of resolution, dual-core Tegra 2 chipset, and 8MP camera with LED flash on the back, the largest on a tablet so far. Samsung went back to the drawing board after that and unveiled another tablet with the same name at the CTIA show a month after, which was thinner than the Apple iPad 2, announced in the meantime. This original Galaxy Tab 10.1v is still slated appear on the market, as exclusive to the Vodafone network.

WiFi Galaxy Tab running on an older CPU than its 3G siblings?

If you bought a WiFi-only Galaxy Tab, you probably assumed you were getting the same seven-inch slate that others have been enjoying since November, just without a 3G radio and burdensome two-year contract. Turns out it's worth poring over those specifications on the rear of the packaging. We've yet to get a confirmation from Samsung, but it appears the company swapped out its Hummingbird processor for an older "1GHz Cortex A8" chip with a slower GPU. The Galaxy Tab carriers have been hawking packs a PowerVR SGX 540, but some folks over at the XDA Developers forums have discovered that its WiFi-only sibling is rolling with the previous-gen SGX530. The specs on the Samsung site also lists Bluetooth 2.1 instead of 3.0 -- yet another significant downgrade. We guess the company had to make some trade offs to hit that $350 price point, but we don't have to like it.

Verizon pushes out update for Galaxy Tab, promises improved battery life, browser performance

 Feeling less than enthused with your Galaxy Tab? Verizon feels your pain: the carrier is rolling out an update to the tablet, whose LTE radio and higher-resolution rear camera took us by surprise at CES. In particular, the tweaks promise to speed up browser performance and extend battery life -- a familiar challenge with 4G devices. The update also packs a slew of improvements to the non-Gmail email app (if you even use it), including better font sizing and linking, a line in the status bar indicating the time the email was received, larger attachment openings, Word doc downloads, and the ability to send multiple name cards. If your Tab hasn't received the update yet, well, keep your eyes peeled.

HANDS ON WITH SAMSUNG GALAXY TAB 8.9

Samsung GALAXY Tab 8.9 is the smaller brother of the GALAXY Tab 10.1 and obviously will be equipped with an 8.9-inch touchscreen, but the exciting part here is its unprecedented thinness of just 8.6mm! That’s 0.2mm thinner than the iPad 2, which is the current leader in this aspect. In addition, the device’s weight will be fixed at just 16.5 oz (470 grams), making it one of the lightest full-sized tablets out there.

SAMSUNG GALAXY TAB 8.9 LIVE VIDEO

Samsung GALAXY Tab 8.9 is the smaller brother of the GALAXY Tab 8.9 and obviously will be equipped with an 8.9-inch touchscreen, but the exciting part here is its unprecedented thinness of just 8.6mm! That’s two millimeters thinner than the iPad 2, which is the current leader in this aspect. In addition, the device’s weight will be fixed at just 16.5 oz (470 grams), making it one of the lightest full-sized tablets out there.Video after the break...

Samsung says Galaxy Tab 10.1 is still on schedule, iPad 2 be darned

Samsung may have been humbled by Apple's iPad 2, but the company's apparently not letting that affect its plans -- without directly refuting statements by a Samsung VP that the upcoming Galaxy Tab 10.1 was "inadequate" or might be priced cheaper than originally intended, the company told the Yonhap News Agency that the tablet will be released on schedule. In other words, the Honeycomb tablet's not getting any thinner or lighter, but something's gotta give, and Samsung's not quite ready to say just what that is.