Unlike other tablets that is has rigid user interface, Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 provides users the flexibility to customize or personalize their screens. Thanks to the Android 3.1 Honeycomb, users are able to arrange items whichever way they prefer, users can have multiple home screens to compose and design, plus live wallpapers to reflect their mood and personality. Preloaded with TouchWiz skin sitting on top of Android, the intuitive user interface allows users to instantly drag and drop icons, widgets and Live Panels with only one touch. On top of that, reorganizing tablet’s menus and navigational options is extremely easy and straightforward. In other words, the customization allows everything you need and nothing that you don’t.
The world is filled with beauty, so does the Galaxy Tab’s 8.9″ WXGA (1280×800) TFT touchscreen which displays radiant colors and clarity to all the detail of real life. With optimum dimensions that give an aspect ratio to see more of the original images, without cropping or black bars. When users watch blockbuster movies with special effects on the Tab, they will be blown away by the stunning graphics. Also a perfect companion for reading eBooks or emails, every letter of text is razor sharp. Video chatting is like talking to the person in the same room. When finger touches the fluid user interface, all panning and scrolling is smooth as silk.
Galaxy Tab is also incredibly thin, only .34″ from front to back. Weighing only 447 grams, Galaxy Tab is so light that you’ll hardly notice the weight. Powered by Snapdragon 1.5 GHz dual core processor and 1GB of RAM, every app and function runs effortlessly. It has the speed and processing power to surf the internet, get full pleasure from Adobe Flash Player compatible sites, play games and watch videos without any delay. Galaxy Tab also sports 2 megapixel front camera and 3 megapixel rear camera with autofocus and flash. Unlike iPad 2 which limits the video file format to .M4V, .MP4, and .MOV, Galaxy Tab can play 3GP, MP4, AVI, WMV, FLV, MKV (Codec: MPEG4, H.263, Sorenson H.263, H.264, VC-1, XviD) video files. Connectivity options include WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n, USB 2.0 H/S and Bluetooth 3.0.
The Tab’s Android 3.1 Honeycomb platform is also ideal for performing the full range of Google Services like optimized Gmail and Google Maps. Galaxy Tab is also great at multitasking, enabling users to have more than one window open at a time. To keep them occupied, they can explore over 300,000 apps available on Android Market, rent movies and TV shows from the Samsung Media Hub or even connect with their friends and family through the Samsung Social Hub. Galaxy Tab is also a bookworm’s heaven with Amazon Kindle app preloaded, giving users access to the largest selection of books. AT&T and Samsung have just announced the Galaxy Tab 8.9 with AT&T 4G LTE will be available starting November 20th.