Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 review

Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9

Tablet with support for GSM voice communication, SMS, and MMS.


GENERAL
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
Announced
2011, March
Status
Available. Released 2011, October
BODY
Dimensions
230.9 x 157.8 x 8.6 mm
Weight
453 g

- Touch-sensitive controls
DISPLAY
Type
PLS TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size
800 x 1280 pixels, 8.9 inches (~170 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch
Yes

- TouchWiz UX UI
SOUND
Alert types
MP3 ringtones
Loudspeaker
Yes, with stereo speakers
3.5mm jack
Yes
MEMORY
Card slot
No
Internal
16/32/64 GB storage, 1GB RAM
DATA
GPRS
Yes
EDGE
Yes
Speed
HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA
WLAN
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
Bluetooth
Yes, v3.0 with A2DP
USB
Yes, v2.0
CAMERA
Primary
3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
Features
Geo-tagging
Video
Yes, 720p
Secondary
Yes, 2 MP
FEATURES
OS
Android OS, v3.0 (Honeycomb)
Chipset
Nvidia Tegra 2 T20
CPU
Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9
GPU
ULP GeForce
Sensors
Accelerometer, gyro, compass
Messaging
SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
Browser
HTML, Adobe Flash
Radio
No
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support
Java
Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
Colors
Black

- SNS integration
- TV-out
- MP4/DivX/Xvid/H.264/H.263 player
- MP3/WAV/eAAC+/OGG player
- Organizer
- Image/video editor
- Quickoffice HD editor/viewer
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail,
YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa integration
- Voice memo
- Predictive text input (Swype)
BATTERY

Standard battery, Li-Po 6000 mAh
Stand-by
-
Talk time

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