Jan 28, 2011 08:40 GMT  ·  By

South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung brought to the market about three months ago its first tablet PC running under Google's Android operating system, namely the Samsung Galaxy Tab, and it seems that the company managed to move over 2 million units in the time frame.

The Android-based tablet PC was launched around the world as Samsung's response to the Apple iPad, and was made available for purchase in some markets sometime in late October.

Since then, the device reached a number of 94 countries, where it is being marketed by no less than 200 mobile carriers.

Running under Google's Android 2.2 Froyo operating system, the Samsung Galaxy Tab sports a 7-inch touchscreen display, and is powered by a 1GHz Hummingbird application processor from Samsung themselves.

Although sporting a smaller form factor than the iPad, the tablet PC still proved popular. However, its sales came nowhere near those of Apple's device.

A recent article on Yonhap News also details the sales numbers by region, stating that Samsung managed to ship a number of over 500,000 Galaxy Tab units in Europe, along with 350,000 tablets that were sold on the North American market.

At the same time, the company confirmed over 330,000 Galaxy Tab units that were pushed to the market in Asia.

Some of the latest rumors around the Internet suggested that Samsung would also be working on the release of a second version of the device, most probably called Galaxy Tab 2, which is expected to make its debut at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this year.

We should also note that, at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in early January, the handset vendor announced officially the launch of a LTE-capable Galaxy Tab that should land on shelves at Verizon this year, along with a Wi-Fi only flavor of the device, which should be put on shelves soon.