14 DAY TRIAL // On Tuesday, Google kicked off the 4th edition of its annual Google I/O developer conference, with a special treat up its sleeve for those who attended, namely free GALAXY Tab 10.1 devices. A number of not less than 5,500 tablet PCs were prepared for developers attending the Google I/O (Innovation in the Open) conference at the Moscone Center, San Francisco, USA, the official announcement from Samsung reads.
This would be a special, limited edition of the device, a GALAXY Tab 10.1 model engraved with the Android emblem, running under the latest flavor of the Android platform, Honeycomb.
“Samsung has proven its leadership in the Android tablet market with its range of GALAXY Tab devices featuring cutting-edge technology and powerful performance,” Wonpyo Hong, Executive Vice President of Product Strategy at Samsung Electronics, commented.
"We look to the developer community to create compelling and desirable applications that will demonstrate the advanced capabilities of the GALAXY Tab 10.1 and we hope that the gift of these devices will help that.”
For those out of the loop, we should note that the tablet PC was unveiled in February during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, with a large 10.1-inch display, being the second tablet PC Samsung introduced to the world.
However, the device soon became GALAXY Tab 10.1v, and got a second version in late March, the actual GALAXY Tab 10.1, with a slimmer body than before.
While GALAXY Tab 10.1v already arrived on shelves via Vodafone, the carrier that Samsung partnered with for the launch, the thinner version of the tablet PC is expected to hit the market only starting with June 8th, Samsung announced.
“The GALAXY Tab 10.1 is the latest product in Samsung’s expanding portfolio of tablet devices,” Samsung explains.
“Featuring a 10.1 inch screen, Dual Core processor and measuring just 8.6 mm, the GALAXY Tab 10.1 combines outstanding multimedia capabilities with the portability and performance you would expect of a Samsung tablet.”
The Samsung GALAXY Tab 10.1 arrives on shelves in two flavors, 16GB and 32GB, with price tags of $499 and $599, respectively.