Samsung Mobile on Friday unveiled an upgraded 7-inch tablet 
in its product line. The company said the new Galaxy Tab 7 Plus will be introduced in Australia and Indonesia at the end of October, and gradually roll out to other markets thereafter.
The Galaxy Tab 7 Plus improves upon Samsung's original 7-inch model in several respects. For example, the new device will use Google's tablet-friendly Honeycomb release of Android 3.2, as opposed to the Android 2.2 platform for smartphones offered on Samsung's original 7-inch tablet.
Samsung has also replaced the dual-core 1 GHz Hummingbird processor in the original 7-inch model with a slightly faster 1.2 GHz dual-core chip. And the resolution of the front-facing camera has been upgraded from 1.3 megapixels to 2 megapixels, though the back-facing camera remains at 3 megapixels.
The new Galaxy Tab 7 Plus also sports TouchWiz, Samsung's full touch user interface for mobile devices. TouchWiz interacts with the device's built in accelerometer and gyroscope to detect motions in order to enable new panning and tilt features.
The display resolution of the new Galaxy Tab 7 Plus remains at 600x1024 pixels, and the buyer's memory options are unchanged at either 16GB or 32GB of storage . However, the Galaxy Tab 7 Plus does offer support for high-speed packet access plus (HSPA+), which means AT&T and T-Mobile will be able to seamlessly integrate the new device on their compatible networks.
More Than a Coincidence
The arrival of the Galaxy Tab 7 Plus on the heels of Amazon's Kindle Fire this week appears to be more than a coincidence. Like Toshiba with its rollout of the new 7-inch Thrive on Wednesday, Samsung appears to be making an effort to inform consumers that Kindle Fire alternatives are coming.
Samsung has not yet given a suggested retail price for the new Galaxy Tab 7 Plus. With the $199 to $499 price range having now been set by Amazon's Kindle Fire and Apple's iPad 2, however, Samsung will need to ensure that its new 7-inch model can be priced by wireless carriers and distributors somewhere in the middle. (continued...)
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