Samsung Announces the Release of 10.1 and 8.9 Inch Tabs

So who says HTC and Sprint have to have all of the tablet glory today? Samsung has unveiled two new Tabs, one at 10.1 inches and one at 8.9 inches, and boy are they thin! At 8.6 millimeters (0.34 inches), the two tablets are thinner than anything currently announced. The new iPad 2 as a contrast is 8.8 millimeters (0.35 inches), which granted, isn’t that big a difference, but still gives Samsung some bragging rights, considering the boasting that Apple was doing. The devices are also extremely light, with the 10.1 inch weighing in at 595 grams (1.31 pounds) and the 8.9 inch weighing in at 470 grams (1.03 lbs).
Other specs include:

• 3.0 Honeycomb OS  with TouchWiz elements
• Dual-core 1 GHz processor
• Samsung Reader & Music Hubs
• built in 16, 32, or 64 Gig variants along with microSD slot

Thus far only GSM builds have been announced, though one would assume that there’s probably CDMA versions on their way down the pipeline. This does seem like quite a year for Android tablets and any customer wanting to purchase one will have plenty to choose from. Then again, choice is what Android is all about.
What tablet are you planning on getting? Let us know in the comments!
[via samsung mobile]