Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 – Thinner, Lighter and Faster!

Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 is Samsung’s newest, thinnest and lightest tablet powered by Android Honeycomb that is soon expected to be available in the market offering users unparalleled tablet experience without any compromises on the mobility factor. Featured at CTIA 2011, Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 will be the latest inclusion to the group of Galaxy Tabs and has a number of innovations that focus on the content, screen and speed of the tablet.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9

Given below is a detailed Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 review.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 Thinner

The all new Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 is one of the thinnest tablets available in the mobile tablet market. Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 has an unprecedented thinness of 8.6mm only, which is 0.2mm thinner than the all new Apple iPad 2.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 Lighter

Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 is also one of the lightest full sized tablets that will be available in the market. The tablet weighs only 16.5 oz making it easier to handle and carry around thus adding to the exceptional mobility of this innovative device.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 Faster and Better

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 features the brand new Android Honeycomb (Android OS 3.0) platform that significantly enhances the user experience, navigation, interaction and multitasking. This tablet lets users shift from one task to another without experiencing any lags.  Some of the Honeycomb features include a setting popups on the users home screen, a task bar at the bottom of the screen which pulls up the top five most commonly used app by the user and the ability to resize the widgets.  Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 also features haptic feedback, which makes use of the user’s sense of touch and thus offers small vibrations for the navigation and keyboards.  It also supports HSPA+ network speeds, which ranges to a maximum of 21Mbps thus letting users enjoy super fast browsing speeds.  Apart from this users can also utilize the Wi-Fi 8-2.11 a/b/g/n and Bluetooth connectivity which helps them benefit from decreased data transfer time as well as speedy mobile download speeds. This powerful new tablet also features a dual core 1GHz application processor that allows users not only enjoy a superb and fast browsing experience but also lets them enjoy an amazing multimedia experience. The Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 is available in two versions, 16GB and 32 GB.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 Samsung TouchWiz UX

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 comes preloaded with Samsung TouchWiz UX. This application has the Live Panel menu, using which users can modify the content that is displayed on their home screen and this includes favorite websites, feeds from social networks and digital pictures too.  Most often used features are included in an application tray in the interface that users can launch even while other applications are in use. This includes calendar, task manager, music player, document editor and large downloads. Not only does the Mini Apps Tray offer a user the required flexibility but it also offers them a lot of convenience.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 Display and Camera

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 has dual cameras, a 3 MP camera with LED flash at the rear and a 2 MP camera in the front that facilitates video chat. This all new tablet from Samsung Electronics also supports HD video recording at 720p. It has an display of 1280 x 800 pixels with a 8.9 inch WXGA TFT Capacitiative multi touch screen offering a superb display experience.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 Entertainment

Some of the other preloaded applications available in the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 are the Music Hub and the Readers Hub. These applications offer users immediate right to use to more than 13 million songs, more than 2 million books, 2300 magazines in 22 different languages and 2000 newspapers in 49 different languages. Users also have access to the Android apps market that features 150,000 and more apps that users can use. Apart from this, the tablet supports Flash as well as 1080p HD playback. It also supports Adobe Flash player 10.2 for and enhanced graphics experience. The Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 supports formats such as MPEG 4, H264, H263, XVid, Divx for video, MP3, AAC+, OGG, AAC, MIDI, AMR-WB/NB for music files.  User can also access Google Mobile services such as books, Google Map, Google Talk video chat, and Samsung’s Social Hub that integrates the user’s contacts, social networking connections, instant messaging, emails and calendar into one single interface.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 Business

Apart from the entertainment options and other features, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 also offers different leading solutions suite for business users. These solution suites have been developed in partnership with some of the most popular industry leaders such as Citrix, Cisco, SAP and Sybase.
So whether you want to write and send emails, or watch a movie or reading a book, Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 offers that you want and more this letting you enjoy a superior tablet experience without having to compromise on the mobility factor.