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Woah! The Tab 8.9 is looking like a beautiful device!

Here is a teaser of the upcoming unpacked event:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPmHomARu84
http://www.thegalaxytab.com/2011/03/...ser-ctia-2011/

Coming March 22nd.

The device is mega thin, but here's hoping that it has choice internals (Exynos 4210) to compliment its ultra-chic exterior.

It looks like this may be the crown jewel of the new Tab family.

After some analysis of the video:
  • The device is likely going to be 8mm thin or less . There's a small hump for the 3.5mm headphone jack, and an even smaller hump for the camera on the rear. It is really, really thin!
  • The lines look absolutely gorgeous, and it seems to be a departure from other tablet designs. It features a nice textured back and a very good looking chrome detailing along the edges.
  • The aspect-ratio of the entire device looks to be 4:3 rather than 16:9. This may compare more closely with the iPad in form factor than any other Tab device. It certainly isn't the ultra-long device I linked to earlier.
  • The bezel seems to be normal sized, which means it will be larger than the 7" Tab in form factor.
  • This tablet has been announced to run Honeycomb, but if you look at the attached pictures (levels modified to reveal on-screen content), you can see what look like Touchwiz 4.0 widgets on the screen! This also gives you a feel for the size of the bezel.
  • The camera looks to be in the corner as opposed to the middle of the device. The camera lens is cased in a chrome square with rounded corners. There is a rectangular flash below it. Quite an elegant look.
  • In one of the shots, there's a strange hole that *looks* like a headphone jack, but is missing the well-known hump (pictures attached). If these pictures are accurate, then I'm stumped as to what this can be.
  • It seems that there's a sim/microSD tray and speakers/dock in one of the shots. This could also be a mico USB or some other port. Nothing fancy, though it does look well presented.
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Last edited by Capt'n Corrupt; 2011-03-16 at 13:16.
 

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