Galaxy Tab Goes $0 at Optus Australia on $59.95 Data Cap Plus

South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung Electronics announced officially on Tuesday its plans to make its Android-based tablet PC Galaxy Tab available for purchase in Australia via various wireless carriers and retailers as soon as next week, and some more info on the matter emerged.

It appears that Optus Australia is among the wireless services providers interested in having the slate available for its customers in the near future.

Moreover, a recent article on Android Australia states that the wireless carrier would have the Galaxy Tab available on its network for $0 up front on a $59.95 Data Cap Plus.

When compared to the previously announced AUD $999 price tag for the device, Optus' offering certainly seems much more appealing, one should agree.

The said plan would also bring 10GB to 20GB of data traffic, depending on the time when users tend to access the Internet.

And since the Android-based tablet PC also comes with a wide range of capabilities, including fast connectivity speeds, the possibility to have it on a carrier's network seems even more appealing.

The slate comes with a 7-inch touchscreen display, behind which Samsung packed a fast 1GHz Hummingbird application processor, and enough amount of RAM to fit its needs.

Moreover, the slate comes with 16GB or 32GB of internal memory, which is complemented by a microSD memory card slot for up to 32GB of additional storage space.

At the same time, the slate sports a 3-megapixel photo snapper on the back, complemented by a 1.3MP camera on the front, for video calling.

3G, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth have been also included into the mix, as well as support for various mobile services from Google.

The tablet PC is powered by Google's Android 2.2 operating system, comes with support for the Adobe Flash Player 10.1, as well as for various applications that can be downloaded and installed from the Android Market.