It seems the original Galaxy Tab will be the only tablet from Samsung to sport a 7-inch display. Dr WP Hong from Samsung who addressed the media at Mobile World Congress confirmed that Samsung is working to expand its tablet portfolio but newer tablets won’t have a 7-inch display.
He reckons “tablets should be bigger than 7-inch” and “10.1-inch is the best size for a tablet,” considering they recently announced a larger sized Galaxy Tab 10.1 running Android Honeycomb OS.
However, Wong did hint that this mid-size segment could be fulfilled by smartphones since display size of new phones are getting bigger.
As for original Tab owners, all is not lost. Wong said they’re “discussing internally on the next update, but we haven’t made a decision yet. In the future, when we have made a decision, we will let you know.”
damn! I was waiting for a 7″ GalaxyTab with dualcore and Honeycomb, as the original Tab was so laggy. And now this? 7″ was the perfect size for carrying a Tab around. If I need a bag for my Tab whenever I go outside I’d rather take my notebook. Well, I’ll turn to another company for my next Tab then. If Samsung doesn’t need me, I sure as hell don’t need them
That’s a little dissapointing to hear that Samsung is abandoning the 7″ market. I guess there are pros and cons to both sizes, but personally I’m happy with my 7″ Galaxy Tab.
Regardless, I hope Samsung does upgrade the Galaxy Tab to Android 2.3 at the very least.
Oh well. Plenty of other 7 inch tablets coming out.
I and many others agree that 7″ format is excellent for most tasks. And it fits in my jacket pocket. Speed n lag issues are easily fixed with kernal n Rom change
Std gtab 1012 quadrant score
EXT4 AND Suitable rom takes it to 1758
OC and UV 1.2 or 1.4GHz 2300 to 3000 do expect a hit on batt
Sent using Gtab
rom: Overcame 1.1.3
Kerrnal: pauls modaco
Quadrant:1758
I see 10″ tabs being favoured by corporates due to screen size being similar to notebooks.
Wow, I love my 7″ Galaxy Tab and find it hard to believe that “only” 2 million units sold isn’t enough to warrant future models. Especially given that there are going to be dozens of 9-10″ models from every company on earth in the next few months. Oh well.