[1812dave]

Samsung unveils Galaxy Tab 8.9 and 10.1, 'world's thinnest' tablets | CTIA 2011 - CNET Reviews

the 8.9 is light and thin! choices, choices.

[dcgore]

Good for competition, still i will wait for the PB to come in the mail.

[barrist]

8.9 is an intriguing form factor. although can't really say without having one in hands. is there that much difference in 10.1 vs 8.9?

[jsn204]

8.9 price is $469.. nice

[dcgore]

I just want something small, carrying the ipad was a hassle. 8.9 is still a tad big for what i want.

[barrist]

8.9 price is $469.. nice

not bad at all. however i refuse to buy anything Samsung makes.

[drethos]

not bad at all. however i refuse to buy anything Samsung makes.

Me too :::looks at screen::: Damnet! Its nice but i still want my playbook. I don't want something that i have to "tweek" for it to work well. I got that from android central; while i like their phones i like mine better :3

[Kerms]

That looks real thin. Wow.

No SD,HDMI or USB if I'm remembering correctly though. I do like that $469 and they 1 up the iPad2 with that pricing. If Android can ever get the OS sorted and Netflix...they may be on to something

[1812dave]

not bad at all. however i refuse to buy anything Samsung makes.

Really? I've got several Sammy devices and they work great.

[1812dave]

Just yesterday, while at a Verizon store, one of the salespeople was showing me his Sammy 7" that he got for just $100. I bet he wishes he'd waited for the newer model, despite having gotten it at such a low price.

[bighap]

Really? I've got several Sammy devices and they work great.

They generally make a nice product but their support/customer service is a joke.

[1812dave]

They generally make a nice product but their support/customer service is a joke.

I could say that about scores of companies.

[avt123]

Samsung is known to have terrible support when it comes to Android devices. Their Galaxy S line is great, but their support and how long it took them to fix (some still aren't fixed) issues that came with the devices on launch is a joke. ****, some of the variants were launched months later, and still launched with the issues the first ones were released with. That is completely unacceptable.

Ask some Captivate owners how many times a day their device restarts by itself since they bought it on launch day. Not to mention the Galaxy S line was the hghest end device you can get for Android in 2010 and some of the devices JUST got Froyo. Samsung is a disaster in the smartphone field, but supposedly they recognize this now and are going to try harder.

[Kerms]

I'm going to need hands on for both the PlayBook and the 8.9" Samsung. It seems the word is Samsung doesn't support their product but at the same time when you have XDA it becomes a little moot.

I'm still up in the air. From a work standpoint Android would be the way to go since we are having some custom apps written and I could learn to program Android apps @ work but then I could probably do using the PB SDK/Air.
The PB has a GPS so that could come in handy especially if you can get a TOMTOM like app for it.

I wish Netflix would give a time line on app release for these units.

[howarmat]

I assume its going to run straight honeycomb so this kinda helps with support and that samsung might not play a huge role in it

[Kerms]

I think I read they were going to add TouchWiz UI but I don't see why it wouldn't be able to run a stock HC.

I need to go and find the hardware specs for the Sammy device.

[avt123]

A future update will also bring Samsung’s custom UI to the slate.

Samsung announces Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android Honeycomb tablet | BGR

Samsung will be very much involved with the support.