Japanese operator, KDDI has added a new Samsung tablet in its portfolio and surprisingly, it’s not the same as Galaxy Tab. The SMT-i9100 looks different and features some different specs. It runs the same Android 2.2 OS with a 7-inch WSVGA (1024×600) screen, 512MB RAM but has an Ocean Observation UI instead of TouchWiz, a downgraded 2MP camera with no front-facing camera, Bluetooth 2.1 and a 2 hour battery life.
Additionally, the 450 grams tablet has Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, 4GB flash storage, microSD card slot (up to 32GB) and 2 hours of continuous battery life with standby of 12 hours.
The SMT-i9100 tablet is slated to release early next year.
Japan will also get the Galaxy Tab tablet from NTT DoCoMo.
a) Why do people insist on putting almost an inch of dead thumb margin space around the screen – I don’t need that on a mobile phone, why should I need it on an tablet? If Samsung got rid of that unused space then the device would be narrower and stand some chance of fitting in my jacket pocket.
b) why have stereo speakers on one end of the pad? instead put one on each corner and use the device orientation to decide which is left and which is right….