Samsung Mobile Phone Blog

There is no doubt that the Apple iPad is considered to be the tablet device of choice –of course, most would also add in the fact that Apple’s touch screen tablet is the only one on the market.

Thanks to Korean manufacturer Samsung however, that is soon about to change. Just a week ago, they showed off a new Android device that would be sporting a large 7 inch touch screen –enough to classify the device as a tablet. In fact they even named it as the Samsung Galaxy Tab as a solid hint at what the manufacturer is planning.

Now, the device has been officially announced and Samsung has decided to give the tablet-smart phone a less obvious sounding name: the Samsung Galaxy Tape. The device will still retain the large 7 inch touch screen they already showed off and several new features have been reported as well.

First off, the device will not just be using the Android operating system, but it will be upgraded to the newest Android version, 2.2 Froyo. This means that Google really wants to have Samsung show off the flash capabilities of the Android on a larger screen. The fact that the Galaxy Tape comes with a 1.2 GHz version of the ARM A8 CPU also helps a lot with the device’s overall performance.

Being a Galaxy handset, many expect this device to be using Samsung’s TouchWiz user interface, though it would nice if we get to try out the Android directly on the tablet. Reports have also indicated that the super large smart phone will be sporting a nice front facing video camera which means that users will be having access to video chat features as well.

Lastly, it appears that the device will not just have a 7 inch capacitive touch screen, but a 7 inch super AMOLED capacitive touch screen display. This will be the first time that we will get to see Samsung’s new screen technology used in such a large scale.