The Android invasion on Australia is set to push on with a new wave of stormtroopers — Samsung’s Android 2.2 Froyo-operated tablet. The company this morning announced that its Galaxy Tab device is set to arrive in Australia in the last quarter of the year and rival Apple’s iPad tablet.

“Following on from the outstanding success of the Samsung Galaxy S smartphone, we are excited to now be branching out into the tablet market to bring the Samsung Galaxy Tab to Australia,” said Tyler McGee, Samsung’s vice president of telecommunications.

“We believe the portability of the Samsung Galaxy Tab, combined with features such as front and rear camera, Flash support and telephone functionality will strongly appeal to both the consumer and business markets.”

The Samsung tablet includes telephone functionality and runs on a Cortex A8 1.0GHz Processor, with 16GB of internal memory storage and the ability to support 32GB of additional memory via an addi-in module. The tablet has 512MB of RAM.

Additional features include Flash 10.1, HD video playback with a wide range of supported format (such as DivX, XviD, MPEG4, H.263 and H.264), a 7 hour battery (based on HD video playback) and the texting/typing application Swype.

Sensors include gyroscope, geo-magnetic, accelerometer and light capability. The new tablet sports two cameras, a front-facing 1.3 megapixel camera for face-to-face video calling and a 3 megapixel camera with LED Flash on its back.

Applications include the Samsung Readers Hub which unifies Kobo, PressDisplay and Zinio eReader apps and has 2 million books, 2,500 magazine titles and 1,600 newspapers available in a multitude of languages.

The display is a 7.0″ WSVGA (1024 x 600) TFT-LCD, which is smaller than the iPad’s display, but this means the Tab also has a more compact design with 190.09 x 120.45 x 11.98mm dimensions. At a weight of 380g the Tab is far lighter than the iPad’s 700g weight.

Connectivity details are Bluetooth 3.0, a 30 pin connector and Wi-Fi 802.11n. Networks supported are 2.5G (GSM/GPRS/EDGE) in the 850/900/1800/1900MHz ranges and 3G (HSUPA 5.76Mbps, HSDPA 7.2Mbps) in the 900/1900/2100MHz ranges.

Samsung will release pricing information and telco support closer to the launch date, however it is possible that Optus will be one of the first to jump on board — an executive hinted the telco may launch Android-based tablets this year.

Image credit: Samsung

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1. Matthew Hatton
   Posted 03/09/2010 at 1:10 pm | Permalink | Reply

   I do wish manufacturers would stop trumpeting “HD video” on devices that don’t have HD displays.

   I know it’s a blurry line, but still, 1280×720 is HD, 1024×600 really isn’t.

   Also, I think I saw a screenshot on Engadget showing a price around 600 pounds sterling…which, if true, means it could be quite expensive when it hits here.

   • Renai LeMay
     Posted 03/09/2010 at 4:34 pm | Permalink | Reply

     Yeah, the price looked a little steep to me in the UK. I think I will wait until a few of these devices hit the market before really jumping and buying. When the Dell Streak, the new Toshiba device and maybe one or two more come Down Under, we will have a decent level of competition.

     Having said all this, the Tab does look fantastic.

   • Pete
     Posted 16/09/2010 at 4:53 pm | Permalink | Reply

     HDMI out will be via a dock, so yes it does have HD … in a way ;)

2. CPKHarris
   Posted 06/09/2010 at 11:02 am | Permalink | Reply

   “…the ability to support 32GB of additional memory via an addi-in module.”

   Renai: Is this just an SD Card, or is it some proprietary nonsense?

   C!

   • Renai LeMay
     Posted 06/09/2010 at 9:11 pm | Permalink | Reply

     Looks like micro SD:

     http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/02/samsung-galaxy-tab-preview/

3. Matt
   Posted 14/10/2010 at 5:03 pm | Permalink | Reply

   Samsung continues to copy everyone else. They are becoming the no frills brand of the electronics industry. All their electronic appliances are not the best. Whilst they may sell more than most other manufacturers their products are not really the best. Notice that Tyler McGee is an ex director of Nokia Japan. Obviously Samsung hired him in Australia to grow market share. Will be interesting. Market share in Australia is very competitive. Whilst they are a great manufacturer which other manufacturers use (Apple) I think the Korean companies dominance is mainly within the TV space.

4. mack
   Posted 21/12/2010 at 6:22 am | Permalink | Reply

   i can sell this for $700 with shipping.for more details you can reach me on ok_kaydee@sify.com

5. mack
   Posted 21/12/2010 at 6:29 am | Permalink | Reply

   if you want this urgently i can give you for $700 usd for xmas with shipping. for more detals you can rech me ok_kaydee@sify.com