Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android 3.0 tablet announced

Samsung Electronics and Nvidia unveiled the newest Galaxy Tab tablet, a 10.1 model which uses the NVIDIA Tegra 2 and Android 3.0 (Honeycomb), the first GPU-accelerated user interface designed for tablets and other larger-screen devices.

The tablet is only 10.9mm thick and weights 599 grams, it is equipped with a 1 GHz Tegra 2 SoC, 16/32GB of flash storage options, digtal compass, an accelerometer, and has a front 2 megapixel camera and 8 megapixel rear facing camera with flash and 1080p recording. Of course there is also 802.11 b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1 connectivity, an USB port, HSPA+ support,  dual surround-sound speakers and a huge a 6860 mAh battery.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1

Both companies are also partnering to bring a new Android-based phone with a dual-core CPU which they promise will bring “never-before-seen experiences”.

The Galaxy Tab 10.1 is scheduled to for release this spring.