Samsung Galaxy Tab Available from 14th in Sprint November

Posted: 26-Oct-2010 [Source: Sprint]

[Sprint offers the Samsung Android 2.2 Galaxy tab for $ 399.99 with a two-year 3G Mobile Broadband Service Tablet plan. The Galaxy Tab has a 7 "TFT touch screen display extended 1GHz processor Hummingbird application, support for 3D graphics and dual-camera.]

Overland Park, Kan. - What do you get when you combine an entertainment device for e-books, movies, music and games with an amazing 7-inch screen and a quick and easy access to the Web, chat, and video applications in an incredibly portable design? Samsung Galaxy Tab ™, the award-winning1 mobile tablet, available from Sprint starts Sunday, November 14, in selected Sprint Stores, business sales, sales and telemarketing web at 1-800-Sprint1.

From today, customers can now pre-order one tablet at a participating Sprint store with the purchase of $ 50 Sprint Gift Card. Customers who pre-order Samsung Galaxy Tab their name is added to the device waiting list and contacted for an appointment to Samsung Galaxy Tab purchase from Sunday, November 14 to be completed. With the pre-order process, customers will have the certainty that they are able, the device they want and get the full experience in retail, including Ready Now Sprint customer service experience.

It is $ 399.99 (not including taxes) with a new line or eligible upgrade, and two-year service agreement on a 3G-cost Tablet Mobile Broadband plan. Sprint customers can choose two of their tariffs Samsung Galaxy Tab: a 2 GB data plan with unlimited messaging for $ 29.99 per month or a 5GB data plan with unlimited messaging for $ 59.99 per month (plus taxes and fees) .

"Samsung Galaxy Tab is another innovative Android for Sprint to add a new category of wireless devices to Sprint's portfolio," said Fared Adib, Vice President - Product Development, Sprint. "Samsung Galaxy Tab is a powerful entertainment device, and business tool that offers our customers high-end features, including a blazing fast processor, nice screen for watching videos and surfing the Internet, two cameras, video-chat features and access to Sprint's 3G network with affordable fares that customers take advantage of the advanced data capabilities provides your TV. "

Samsung Galaxy Tab weighs less than a pound and features a brilliant 7-inch TFT touchscreen display extended, Android 2.2, 1 GHz processor Hummingbird application support, 3D graphics and smooth Web browsing, and dual cameras for video Chat on-the-go. It offers two quick and easy ways to enter text on the tablet - a virtual keyboard and Swype technology for faster and more intuitive text input with a continuous movement of the fingers on the virtual keyboard.

Samsung Galaxy Tab has two cameras - a 3-megapixel camera with camcorder and flash, and a forward-looking, 1.3-megapixel camera lets you video chat. It also offers mobile hotspot function as an optional add-on for the simultaneous connection of up to five Wi-Fi-enabled devices for an additional $ 29.99 per month (plus taxes and fees).

Other key features include:

* Android Market ™ for access to more than 80,000 useful applications, widgets and games available for download, customize the experience

* ThinkFree Office to open and changes to Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF documents

* Sprint Navigation may be for 2,99 $ per day or $ 9.99 per added month (plus taxes and fees)

* Stereo speakers

* Wi-Fi - 802.11 b / g / n

* Integrated GPS

* 2GB of onboard memory, 16 GB of microSD card, with support for up to 32 GB microSD card

* 4000 mAh battery

On-the-go cinematic experience

Samsung Media Hub provides an easy-to-use mobile video library of movies and TV shows for purchase or rental and video set up for HD entertainment experience like. Users can quickly download an entire library of video content from some of the biggest names in the entertainment industry powered Wi-Fi, including MTV Networks, NBC Universal and Paramount.

Samsung Galaxy tab allows also share user-generated video content to other devices with exclusive AllShare Samsung Service. AllShare shares wirelessly stream music, photos and HD video, such as (720p) with other DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) certified ™ home electronics, including HDTVs, monitors, digital cameras and printers. By AllShare users can capture special moments with the phone's camera and camcorder and wirelessly with your friends and family on their DLNA-certified HDTV or download music from a PC to Samsung Galaxy Tab and take it on the street.

To stay connected faster and easier, including Samsung Galaxy Tab Samsung designed online hub for social networking, news, to integrate personal and business e-mail, calendar and contacts. Calendar information from the portal calendar, like Google Calendar, and social networking services, are displayed together in one calendar with two-way synchronization.

For more information on Samsung Galaxy Tab, visit www.sprint.com / tab.

Reliability of Sprint 3G

Samsung Galaxy Tab will be able to operate on Sprint's 3G network and customers can be sure to stay in their ability to communicate. According to the results of a 13-city test of PC World on the 3G performance out, no one has a reliable network than Sprint. For the second consecutive year, Sprint reliability rates were second-to-none.

PC World test involved Sprint, AT & T, Verizon and T-Mobile in 13 major cities in all regions of the country in December 2009 and January 2010. A total of 9,000 individual tests of 3G service from Sprint have been carried out of 280 testing centers. Tests were a minute duration per location and network performance can vary widely from district to district. The laptop-based tests, tied with Sprint for another carrier's first 3G network in reliability.

The Sprint Free Guarantee, customers can take advantage of Samsung Galaxy Tab for 30 days. If not completely satisfied, customers can get the unit within 30 days refund to buy the equipment and get both the activation fee and early termination of restocking fees remitted, and you will receive a full refund for the monthly service plan charges.2

Sprint also offers online self-help through www.sprint.com and proactive use of data e-mail and / or text alerts to Sprint allow users to manage the consumption data for billing avoid surprises.

Application Developers

Sprint is a Developer Guide for Samsung Galaxy tab on the Sprint Application Developer Web site early 14th Available November. The Developer's Guide provides details for Android 2.2 as tablet and made the benefits of the unique hardware Samsung Galaxy Tab and software features on the Sprint network.

In addition, Samsung is developing Galaxy Tab in the Sprint Developer Conference in breakout sessions, during the Android coding be visible laboratory discussed and demonstrated in the exhibition hall. The Sprint Developer Conference is from 26 to 28 October in Santa Clara, Calif., developers can register for the conference on http://developer.sprint.com/devcon2010.

Functions, services and technical changes.

1 The Galaxy Tab Samsung won four CTIA Hot for the Holidays category awards at Globetrotter, Road Warrior Category Fashionista category and the hottest show in class.

2 Repayment excluded use is not associated with the monthly service plan, premium content from third-party billing, international duties and taxes and surcharges associated Sprint.