NEW DELHI, INDIA: Korean electronics giant Samsung on Wednesday announced the release of Samsung Tab 750, a new version of Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, in India market. The announcement comes at a time when Samsung has suffered a major setback in Europe where a court has banned the sale of Galaxy Tab 10.1?over copyright infringement allegation by Apple.
Samsung has?tied up with Vodafone to offer 3G data usage.
Samung said the Galaxy Tab 750?will be available by the end of August. In addition, Samsung also announced that it would be launching the Galaxy Tab 730 in September.
Touted to be a serious competitor to Apple's iPad2, the current best selling tablet, Samsung Galaxy Tab 750 (Galaxy 10.1), which runs on Honeycomb, was launched in February in Barcelona.
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The new Android tablet is powered by a 1 GHz dual-core Tegra 2 processor from NVIDIA and features a 10.1-inch 1280 x 800 (WXGA) TFT capacitive display, 8 megapixel rear camera with LED flash which is capable of full 1080p video recording, 2 megapixel shooter on the front for video calling, and either 16 or 32GB of internal storage.
The Tab 10.1 features HSPA+ 21Mbps connectivity over 850/900/1900/2100 and EDGE/GPRS 850/900/1800/1900, in addition to Bluetooth technology v 2.1 + EDR, USB 2.0, and WiFi 802.11 (a/b/g/n). The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 measures in at 246.2 x 170.4 x 10.9mm and weighs 599 grams which is pretty surprising since it comes equipped with a 6860mAh battery.
The tablets will come with a My Reader application that will provide the users access to 17 newspapers, 17 magazines, and 30,000 Indian language books. With the preloaded Mobile TV, users can enjoy up to 55 Indian channels as well.
Samsung Galaxy 730 (Galaxy 8.9), another Android tablet, has an 8.9-inch screen with the same operating system as the 10.1. The company has priced Galaxy Tab 730 at Rs. 33,990.
Samsung has tied up with Vodafone to offer 3G data usage up to 2GB/month for six months at Rs. 3,000 for Galaxy Tab 750/730 owners.
The Regional Court of Dusseldorf (Germany), which has banned the sale of Samsung Glaxy Tab 10.1in EU, has ruled in favour of Apple’s plea for a pan-European injunction on the tablet, based on Apple’s accusations of copyright infringement relating to the iPad 2.
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