Samsung is getting ready to unleash their beast. The highly anticipated Galaxy Slab Tab is finally becoming official and being announced on September 2nd at the IFA event in Berlin, Germany. This beauty of a device is aiming for the top spot in the tablet market with the iPad hot in it’s sights. Samsung is bringing to the table a nice 7” display that measures 1024x600 pixel resolution, 3.2MP camera, QVGA front camera, GPS, 3G support, 802.11N WiFi, 4000 mAh battery, 16 GB of internal storage, and video calling. I’m also guessing they’re bringing that amazingly stunning SuperAMOLED display protected by gorilla glass to this as well since it is part of the Galaxy familia. The teaser trailer over on Samsung’s site shows this tablet is quite the marvel to look at. I would say this looks almost as good as the iPad itself. The thinness of the iPad makes it a tad bit sexier. The trailer also reveals the Tab will be running Samsung’s TouchWiz 3.0 atop of Android version 2.2, Froyo. Since the device is part of the Galaxy series, expect for this piece of hardware to be extremely fast with that 1Ghz Hummingbird processor and at least 512MB of RAM, which is more than enough to power this monstrosity. With that kind of power under the hood, I think it’s going to be safe to say Apple is going to get a run for their money on this one, that is until we see what decides to come out on Black Friday…
It’s finally here. The moment that will change the computer industry forever. Apple’s iPad. This bad boy has been in speculations, talks, rumors, you name it, for almost half a decade. The first ever “iPad” was announced in May 1992 and it was called the Newton. Now back then that was godly, for today’s standards, not even close to what Apple just created. The “new” iPad, consists of:
Half-Inch thick and weighs just 1.5 pounds
9.7-inch capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD display
Custom 1GHz Apple “A4″ processor chip developed by the P.A. Semi Team
10-hour battery life and a month of standby!
Comes in 16, 32 and 64GB Flash Memory sizes
30-pin dock connector for charging and connecting with a keyboard
Microphone (Skype anybody?)
Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, 802.11n Wi-Fi (free at AT&T Hotspots) and optional 3G on-board (AT&T)
Accelerometer
Compass
World “Pad”
That’s a lot of stuff right? There’s more. Here is where the fun comes in. Every application that is in the App Store that works on your iPhone/iTouch, works on your iPad! Amazing! Now for the AT&T part. I know, I know. You were hoping that this would become availabe on Verizon Wireless or another carrier, shame on you Apple. Apple and AT&T have teamed up once again to deliver a monstrous package deal for the wireless and 3G data pricing. Packages start at $14.99 for 250MB of data and $29.99 for Unlimited data per month. You’re asking yourself what’s the catch? Is there a two year commitment? The answer to those two questions are simply NO. There is no catch and there is no two year agreement. Hmmm, World”Pad”, what does that mean? It means exactly what you see. You can take the iPad abroad and insert any sim card from all over the world because the iPad is unlocked! The gates of heaven have finally opened. Now God Steve Jobs said that prices for international data will come “this summer” with further informaton. Prices for the iPad are as follows, $499 for the 16GB, $599 for the 32GB and $699 for the 64GB. Adding 3G to either model is a whopping $130 extra for it to run on broadband speeds when not in a Wi-Fi environment. Sales for the iPad start for the Wi-Fi version in 30 days and the Wi-Fi/3G version in 90 days. So who’s ready to get online for this one? I will. Now if only AT&T could fix there network even more now….
Update: The iPad is running iPhone OS 3.2 and has no camera. Also has no multi-tasking so I guess we’ll have to wait for iPhone OS 4.0 to come out. There is also no Flash support as well, should’ve known that already.
We’ve been under the impression that a new iPhone is going to announced next month, but this is the first hard evidence we have seen thus far. Under T-Mobile Austria “Coming Soon” page, a placeholder for the 32GB iPhone was put up for a short period of time before it was pulled.
To further confirm the new iPhone, Vodafone Australia has confirmed that the 16GB is now in End of Life, meaning it is going to be phased out.
Looking for a legally unlocked iPhone with an Apple warranty? Well look no further. Buy.com is offering unlocked 16GB iPhones 3G’s for $799. This device should work on AT&T and T-Mobile, and will avoid you having to sign any contract whatsoever. Being as this is a legally unlocked phone, it is capable of getting software updates as them come out (get ready for 3.0).
EDIT: Looks like they are temporarily sold out already. We hear they should be getting more in soon though.
A little over a week ago we reported that Apple would soon be selling the iPhone without signing a contract. Today, our report turned out to be true and Apple has begun selling the iPhone without requiring the customer to sign a two-year contract. Read the full story
A little over a week ago we reported that Apple would soon be selling the 
