Samsung Galaxy Tab 2: facial recognition unlock, other Ice Cream Sandwich perks
Samsung 丑补蝉听unveiled听the successor to its first 7-inch Android tablet, but this time the device will run the latest feature-rich version of Android, Ice Cream Sandwich.
The Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0) will be one of the first tablets available with Ice Cream Sandwich, which has a听听and tons of new features like facial recognition unlocking that make using Android elegant and fun. The Galaxy Tab 2 will join Samsung鈥檚听听like the听, which compete the best they can against Apple鈥檚 iPad, the most popular tablet in the world.
鈥淭wo years ago, [the] Samsung Galaxy Tab began to offer customers more possibilities on the go,鈥� said JK Shin, President of IT & Mobile Communications Samsung, in a statement. 鈥淪ince then, Samsung has actively enhanced our tablet line-up with several tablets in different sizes.鈥�
On the spec side, the Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0) has a 7-inch screen with 1,024-by-600 resolution, a 1-GHz dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM, a 3-megapixel camera on the rear, and a front-facing VGA camera for video chat. There will be both Wi-Fi and 3G models available. For 3G connectivity, the device will support HSPA+ downloads up to 21 Mbps (if you can ever find a network that actually can deliver that.)
The 7-inch Galaxy Tab 2 will launch first in the U.K. in March and then spill out into other markets. While the U.S. isn鈥檛 mentioned, the device will almost certainly arrive stateside like its other tablets.
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