10inch Tab on the Way

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Something that's been on a few sites over the past few days: A ten inch version of the tab is slated to appear in 2011. Details seem a little scanty, but I think we can assume it'll run the same specs with a 10inch display. Must have a bigger battery, since it'll be physically bigger and have a more demanding screen, but if that translates to more actual life-time is yet to be seen.

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I think we'll see it similarly dropping on just about every major carrier, and with a Wifi only version too.

So, would the 10inch Tab interest you more than the 7inch ?

Personally, I am much more about something that fits into a jacket pocket, but for those who have been grumbling about a 7inch not being worth it over a high end smartphone, maybe this is the device for you. For anyone worrying about price (which is apparently a lot of people) would 3 extra inches of real estate for only a few extra bucks make you look more favourably on it ?

Obviously, this seems to be aiming at competing with the similarly sized Archos, although probably without the harddrive option, but then again we've had rumours of USB host, which would allow expanding the storage.

As a final piece of theory crafting: Could this be the rumoured SAMOLED Tab for next year ? I always thought it would be weird to upgrade the standard Tab so quickly, and if this device stays around 1024x768 (can't see them going higher before a substantial OS update) then SAMOLED would dramatically improve the video viewing experience though better contrast and colours without having to up the pixel density.

So yeah... What do you guys think ? Better ? Worse ? Is samsung trying to make every single possible permutation of the Galaxy hardware ?

i personally want the 7 inch version. i want to have something that i can slip in my pocket and take with me everywhere.

10 inch is nice though. it is always good to have another option, after all, different people want different things. whether or not it has SAMOLED well depend on if Samsung's new manufacturing plant is finished. once they have the capacity to meet the demand, i am sure they will start to move all of their products in the direction of SAMOLED.

i think the 10 inch version will release with either gingerbread or honeycomb. Samsung has hinted that honeycomb will be a whole new user experience, which is why the 7 inch tab will not get upgraded beyond gingerbread. anyway, gingerbread/honeycomb should allow the 10 inch Tab to have a higher resolution, and if i remember correctly should be available by the end of 2010.

Originally Posted by unitea

i personally want the 7 inch version. i want to have something that i can slip in my pocket and take with me everywhere.

10 inch is nice though. it is always good to have another option, after all, different people want different things. whether or not it has SAMOLED well depend on if Samsung's new manufacturing plant is finished. once they have the capacity to meet the demand, i am sure they will start to move all of their products in the direction of SAMOLED.

i think the 10 inch version will release with either gingerbread or honeycomb. Samsung has hinted that honeycomb will be a whole new user experience, which is why the 7 inch tab will not get upgraded beyond gingerbread. anyway, gingerbread/honeycomb should allow the 10 inch Tab to have a higher resolution, and if i remember correctly should be available by the end of 2010.

Would be nice we would have a phone which is small and a possibility to hook an external display/keyboard (5 inch, 7 inch, 10 inch, 12 inch, 19 inch, 21 inch). So you have the best of both worlds

Originally Posted by unitea

i think the 10 inch version will release with either gingerbread or honeycomb. Samsung has hinted that honeycomb will be a whole new user experience, which is why the 7 inch tab will not get upgraded beyond gingerbread. anyway, gingerbread/honeycomb should allow the 10 inch Tab to have a higher resolution, and if i remember correctly should be available by the end of 2010.

It'll all depend on exactly when the 10inch drops I guess. Samsung has been dragging its feet on a Froyo update, so we'll have to wait and see with Gingerbread, but a ten inch screen would definitely look handsome at the proposed 1366×768.

Personally, I think that if the 10inch gets Honeycomb, then the 7inch will too. I mean, we're talking about identical hardware, as far as I know anyway.

Originally Posted by LostAlone

It'll all depend on exactly when the 10inch drops I guess. Samsung has been dragging its feet on a Froyo update, so we'll have to wait and see with Gingerbread, but a ten inch screen would definitely look handsome at the proposed 1366×768.

Personally, I think that if the 10inch gets Honeycomb, then the 7inch will too. I mean, we're talking about identical hardware, as far as I know anyway.

hey, if samsung doesn't want to upgrade it to honeycomb, we can

10inch ftw. I have a Vibrant for my pocket.

Originally Posted by unitea

hey, if samsung doesn't want to upgrade it to honeycomb, we can

Hehe indeed. It's all the same hardware, so if any in the Galaxy line gets honey, then it shouldn't be a major problem to move it to the others.