Samsung announced their first wireless tablet device, the Galaxy Tab GT-P1000 at IFA, which garnered much publicity as the first true Apple iPad competitor. The 7-Inch tablet features a custom Android 2.2 (Froyo) build supporting an unheard of Android screen resolution of 1024 x 600. As a flagship mobile device within Samsung’s Galaxy line of products, the Galaxy Tab is actually a functional mobile handset as well as tablet computing device running 3G (UMTS/HSPA) in 3 frequency bands. According to Samsung’s micro-site for the Galaxy Tab, the 7-Inch tablet users can download applications from Samsung’s home-grown Apps Store as well as digital media from Samsung “Hub” service. The Galaxy Tab distinguishes itself from the iPad by having built in Flash support (for a more universal web browsing experience) and gyro sensors (presumably for gaming purposes). Also, the Tab comes with a primary 3MP autofocus camera along with a 1.3MP front facing or video conferencing camera (a feature that the Apple iPad has yet to offer).
The iSuppli teardown team just gotten their hands on the Samsung Galaxy Tab (GT-P1000) 7-Inch Android Tablet Communicator and has begun our analysis of the device. Preliminary analysis of the Android tablet reveals that the Galaxy Tab is designed very similarly to the Samsung Galaxy S smartphone we have just completed - both features a Samsung branded Hummingbird 1GHz ARM-based apps processor and Infineon baseband processor that controls the wireless telephony/communication.
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