Surprise, surprise! Samsung announced not one, but two tablets during their CTIA event. The Galaxy Tab 8.9 was joined by a reworked version of the Galaxy Tab 10.1. Both tablets run Android 3.0 Honeycomb with TouchWiz 4.0 user interface.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 has a 8.9' screen (no surprise here) of WXGA resolution. It measures 230.9 x 157.8 x 8.6mm (!) and weighs just 470g with a 6000mAh battery. The rest of the features are very much like the ones on its bigger brother.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 has been revised - how Samsung managed to do it so quick we can not tell but the Tab 10.1 now measures 256.6 x 172.9 x 8.6 mm. It used to be 10.9mm thick and a bit lighter - now both the Tab 10.1 and Tab 8.9 are thinner and lighter than the iPad2.
The Galaxy Tab 10.1 a PLS display, which should offer even better image quality than IPS displays. The battery on the 10.1 is 6800mAh.
The Galaxy Tab 8.9 and Tab 10.1 feature 3MP autofocus primary cameras with 720p video recording and 2MP front facing cameras. Wi-Fi a/b/g/n *2.4GHz and 5GHz) and Bluetooth handle local wireless connectivity (vs.1 for Tab 8.9 and v3.0 for Tab 10.1).
The Galaxy Tab 10.1 a PLS display, which should offer even better image quality than IPS displays. The battery on the 10.1 is 6800mAh.
