Samsung has announced a new tablet – Galaxy Tab 7.7, at the IFA 2011 event in Berlin, Germany. The new Galaxy Tab 7.7 is an improved and entirely revamped version of the Galaxy Tab 7 tablet.
The new tablet has a 7.7 inch Super AMOLED Plus display supporting 1280×800 pixel resolution, producing vibrant colours along with lots of brightness.
The Galaxy Tab 7.7 packs a dual core 1.4 GHz microprocessor with Mali-400MP graphics chip to power the Android 3.2v Honeycomb operating system. The Android Honeycomb will certainly have the TouchWiz UI and the Live Panels UX layered on the top of it.
This is the thinnest tablet from Samsung so far as it measures mere 7.89 mm thin and possibly the lightest as it weighs mere 335 grams. Samsung has added Universal Remote Control functionality that will let you control your television as well as home entertainment systems.
A distinct feature of this tablet is the support for the basic telephony and obviously you ought to use the earphones with microphone instead of sticking the tablet to your cheeks.
Samsung did fall back in terms of imaging as the tablet carries 3 megapixel Autofocus camera whereas a 5 megapixel image sensor would have been good. However, the back panel camera is capable of taking 720p HD video. In the front lies a 2 megapixel camera meant for video chat and video calls.
The tablet doesn’t have any capacitive buttons and totally reliant on the on-screen menu buttons of the Android 3.2 Honeycomb. For wireless connectivity, the Galaxy Tab 7.7 features HSPA+ 21 Mbps networks, WiFi (802.11 a/b/g/n with both 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands) and WiFi Channel Bonding.
Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 will come in 16 GB, 32 GB and 64 GB storage options along with support for micro SD card of up to 32 GB capacity.