Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 unveiled

MANILA, Philippines - Samsung Electronics Philippines Corp. recently announced that the availability of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 boasts a brilliant Super AMOLED Plus touch-screen display, allowing customers to watch movies, view pictures and play games that come to life in high-definition 720p (1280 x 720) resolution. 

The Galaxy Tab 7.7 runs on the Android Honeycomb 3.2 OS and features a 1.4 Ghz dual-core processor and HTML Web browser to quickly access the Web, stream music and more. 

The Galaxy Tab 7.7 measures just 7.9 millimeters thin (less than half an inch) and weighs only 340 grams (roughly 12 oz), and has a sleek metallic finish, making this tablet one of the most portable premium and stylish tablets available.

The Galaxy Tab 7.7 was launched as a SAFE certified device. The SAFE certification signifies that the Tab 7.7 is equipped with an exclusive suite of security features that deliver enterprise-friendly capabilities to help safeguard sensitive data and communications, including Mobile Device Management (MDM), on-device encryption, Virtual Private Network (VPN) and corporate e-mail, calendar and contacts.

Its additional features are the following:

• Samsung TouchWiz. Designed with Live Panels for customizing the home screen with digital pictures, favorite websites and social network feeds. In addition, the TouchWiz UX includes a Mini Apps tray of commonly used features, such as task manager, calendar and music player which can be launched while other apps are already in use. The clipboard feature allows customers to copy and paste text and images.

• Mobile Hotspot capability. Share your HSPA+ connection with up to five Wi-Fi-enabled devices

• Android 3.2, Honeycomb. Supports Google Mobile Services, including Gmail, YouTube, Google Talk, Google Search, Google Maps, and access to Google Books, movie rentals, and more than 400,000 apps on the Android Market.

• Samsung Apps. Samsung Apps is a recommendation engine that aggregates over 50,000 apps from the Android Market that are optimized for Honeycomb. Samsung Apps also adds a social element by allowing consumers to share the apps they like with friends on Facebook.

• Samsung Social Hub. Built around messaging, which allows customers to send and receive information, whether it is e-mail (Exchange, POP3/IMAP) or social network updates (Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn).

• Three-megapixel rear-facing camera with LED flash and full 720p recording and 1080p playback (1080p playback through HDMI dock or adapter).

• Front-facing two-megapixel camera for video chat.

• QuickOffice Pro HD. Get the most powerful office productivity suite for Android Honeycomb tablets with advanced Microsoft Office editing, SmartTouch technology and Connected File Manager with integrated remote storage access.

• Wi-Fi Direct. Customers can connect to their Wi-Fi-enabled portable devices and seamlessly transfer music, videos and other data over an adhoc Wi-Fi connection.

• AllShare App. Enables inter-device connectivity through Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA), so customers can send multimedia content wirelessly to other DLNA-enabled devices such as TVs and laptops.

• Wi-Fi connectivity (802.11 a/b/g/n).

• 16 GB on board storage (actual formatted capacity is less).

• Support for up to 32 GB microSD card.