Samsung's Tab 8.9, Tab 10.1 now in India

The new tablets are the thinnest mobile tablets measuring just 8.6 mm. While Galaxy Tab 10.1 weighs 595 grams, the 8.9 version weighs 470 grams.



Samsung has announced the availability of Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Galaxy Tab 8.9 in India.

The new tablets, as Samsung claims, are the thinnest mobile tablets measuring just 8.6 mm. While Galaxy Tab 10.1 weighs 595 grams, the 8.9 version weighs 470 grams.


Both the tablets have similar features and specification. Based on the Android 3 or the Honeycomb, the tablets have better Flash support, full HTML web rendering capabilities, better power management, and a neater user interface.


Another welcome inclusion is the adoption of Nvidia's dual core Tegra 2 processor clocked at 1 GHz, and DDR2 based RAM. The devices are HSPA+ capable so users will get up to 21 Mbps download speeds depending on the operator.


This devices offer better graphics and gaming experiences, and for that it also has a gyroscope and an accelerometer.


For multimedia, the tablets feature stereo speakers and full HD 1080p playback at 30 frames per second, which can also be played on a big screen TV with the help of HDMI out port.


As compared to the previous version of Galaxy Tab, the new Galaxy Tab 10.1 features a bigger 6860 mAh battery and comes in 32 GB and 64 GB variants.


There has been no news on the pricing of the tablets so far.