14 DAY TRIAL // U.S. Cellular and Samsung have just announced the availability of the Galaxy Tab in stores and at the carrier's website starting November 19th. Customers can get the device for as low as $399 after a $100 mail-in rebate and a two-year contract.
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Samsung Galaxy Tab is the first Android 2.2 tablet that comes with GSM voice calling features included. The device has a 7-inch TFT capacitive touchscreen with 16 million colors and 600 x 1024 pixels resolution.
It comes with features such as TouchWiz UI, multi-touch input method, accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate, three-axis gyro sensor, touch-sensitive controls, proximity sensor for auto turn-off and Swype text input.
The tablet sports a 3-megapixel camera with autofocus, LED flash, geo-tagging, video recording capabilities (720x480@30fps), but also a 1.3-megpapixel secondary front-facing camera for video calls.
Galaxy Tab is powered by an ARM Cortex A8 1 GHz processor (PowerVR SGX540 graphics) and features full HD video playback capabilities (up to 7 hours) and support for Adobe Flash 10.1.
When it comes to connectivity, Galaxy Tab is a real “swiss-knife” as it embeds a wide range of data transfer technologies such as HSDPA 7.2 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0 with A2DP, GPS with A-GPS support, proprietary USB 2.0.
The device boasts 512 MB RAM and 16GB internal memory, which can be expanded up to 32GB thanks to the included microSD card slot.
The carrier offers two rate plans: the $14.99 plan ideal for customers who will use Wi-Fi most of the time and comes with 200 MB of monthly network data usage on U.S. Cellular's network and the $54.99 plan, which provides 5GB of network data usage and can turn the Galaxy Tab into a mobile hotspot for other Wi-Fi devices.