Samsung's Galaxy Tab Android Tablet Now Official

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Samsung's Galaxy Tab Android Tablet Now Official

Posted by timothy on Thursday September 16, 2010 @11:58PM from the looks-delicious dept.

itwbennett writes "Samsung held a media event Thursday introducing the Galaxy Tab, and making official what we've already known for weeks, says blogger Peter Smith. 'We still don't have a price or a concrete ship date (though definitely this fall; Samsung says it'll be available for the holiday season),' says Smith. 'It'll ship with Android 2.2 (Froyo), runs Flash, has a 1Ghz Hummingbird CPU, 16GB of memory, a 7" LCD (1204 x 600 ) screen and weighs about 13 ounces. They're claiming a 7-hour battery life. Two cameras: a front-facing 1.3 megapixel, and a back-facing 3 megapixel. It has an HDMI port and will also share media to DLNA devices on the same network.'" Engadget adds some video footage.

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Awesome by cappp · 2010-09-17 00:02 · Score: 1, Funny

So now I can honestly tell the ladies I regularly have 7'' in hand
1. Re:Awesome by drinkypoo · 2010-09-17 00:18 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  So now I can honestly tell the ladies I regularly have 7'' in hand
  Hang out at the YMCA and you can make this true without buying a tablet
  
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2. Re:Awesome by Thanshin · 2010-09-17 00:19 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  So now I can honestly tell the ladies I regularly have 7'' in hand
  7" is below average range's top.
  The joke size starts officially at 22cm (8"?). It's all in the copy of "BE A MAN!" manual that was given to you upon reaching puberty.
What are its dimensions? by nmoog · 2010-09-17 00:30 · Score: 4, Funny

7" LCD is convenient - but I'd have to know how many sheets-of-glass thick it is before I'd consider buying one.
Re:Galaxy |= LCARS by Rogerborg · 2010-09-17 00:54 · Score: 2, Funny

Now I just need somebody to create an LCARS looking interface for it and I can control my imaginary Galaxy class starship.
Uh... I hope you know that all Galaxy class starships are "imaginary", right?
Look, I know this is harsh, but they're just not real. Not like the Constitution Class from the Documentary Series.

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Re:Price by ceoyoyo · 2010-09-17 01:28 · Score: 1, Funny

Ah, but it's a cell phone, so you'll be able to get it for cheap. With a multi-thousand dollar cell phone contract and locked down, of course.
Re:USB host or OTG? by Nadaka · 2010-09-17 02:32 · Score: 2, Funny

Sorry, use of non standard punctuation convention that is less well known than I had thought.
Use of a question mark after a statement/fact that is clearly not a question indicates confusion and requests an explanation in light of that statement/fact.
It is a translation of the usage of a quizzical expression from face to face communication to text.