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Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 kids announced with your little ones in mind

Lakshmi Rajan — Tue, 27 Aug 2013 16:05:33 +0000

Take any household with tablet, you will find the kids more at ease with tablet. And ask any parent and they will share their apprehensions regarding their usage. It’s surprising that Samsung took this long to enter the child-focused tablet market but here they are with Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 Kids in a colorful avatar and with time management and safety-controls. The 7-inch Galaxy Tab 3 Kids as expected comes with pre-loaded apps aimed at kids. To make the app access easier, Samsung has introduced a dedicated Kids Store where one can find educational apps and tools for children. The contents vary across the board ranging from educational, games, entertainment and e-book apps. The kids tablet also include a time management control that allows parents to set specific time periods for use. Set a time limit and when the time lapses, a password protected screen appears. If the kids want to use it beyond that time, it would require to be unlocked. It will make sure the parents can keep a check on how much time the kids spend on tablet. Further Samsung has introduced a kids case with easy grip for children and stand options and also available is a C-Pen to let the kids unleash their drawing and merrily scribble about. The hardware internals include 1.2 GHz dual processor, 1GB RAM, 3 megapixel front-facing camera and 1.3 megapixel rear facing camera. Though it does not boast a high-end specs, it should be good enough for your children to spend time on their tablet and not to forget the good abundance of features with your kid in mind. To be available first in their home market, South Korea in September, it will arrive across other markets like China, Europe, US, Africa, South America and South East Asia subsequently. Source: Samsung]]>

8-inch Galaxy Tab 3 311 (3G variant) and 310 (WiFi only) launched in India

Lakshmi Rajan — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 12:03:49 +0000

Tab 3 311 has 3G (Voice and Data) capability and priced at Rs. 25,725 while the Galaxy Tab 3 310 is a WiFi version only and priced at Rs. 21,945. The 8-inch Tab 3 has slightly better specs than it’s 7-inch counterpart and features an 8 inch WXGA display with a 1280×800 pixel resolution that translates to a 189 ppi. Running on the latest Android 4.2 Jellybean OS, the hardware internals include a 1.5GHz dual core processor mated to a 1.5GB of RAM. The 8-inch Galaxy Tab 3 comes with an internal storage of 16GB that can be expanded by upto 64GB via microSD card. On the shooter side there is a 5 megapixel camera in the rear and a 1.9 MP front camera. The battery juice is supplied by a 4450mAh battery. At 7.4mm Galaxy Tab 3 8.0 is one of the slimmest tablets available in market. Both the Galaxy Tab 3 310 and 311 offers multi-tasking capabilities allowing for splitting the screen to run two apps simultaneously. Other software features include ‘Pop up play‘ that allows the video player to be played and positioned anywhere in the screen as small window while you work on other app, ‘Smart Stay‘ that keeps the screen on as long as you gaze the screen, ‘Reading mode‘ that offers optimal reading conditions by controlling the illumination, lighting and tone. Other features include S Translator, TripAdvisor, Group Play, Story album etc. The S Translator allows for instant translation from speech-to-text and text-to-speech with 9 languages currently available on the list. TripAdvisor comes handy while exploring places giving information on hotels, restaurants, places to visit, food etc and also make reservations.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 311 / 310 specs

8-inch WXGA TFT display
1280X800 pixels resolution (189ppi)
1.5GHz dual-core processor
1.5GB RAM
16GB internal storage, expandable by up to 64GB
5-megapixel rear camera
1.9-megapixel front facing camera
4,450 mAh battery
Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean)
Weight: 314 grams (Wi-Fi variant)
3G: HSPA 21Mbps DL, 5.76Mbps UP, Quad 850/900/1900/2100
Wi-Fi a/b/g/n (2.4/5GHz)
Bluetooth 4.0, USB 2.0

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Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 211 launched in India for Rs 17,745

Lakshmi Rajan — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 09:06:33 +0000

Though the mini tablet does not excite us on the specs front, it would help the company ward off the stiff challenges posed by local OEM’s as well as low-cost slates from Asus and Lenovo. The Galaxy Tab 3 211 features a a 7-inch TFT display with a not so impressive resolution of 1024×600 pixels . It has a dual-core processor clocked at 1.2GHz supplied by Marvell. Other specs include 1GB of RAM, 8GB of internal memory which is expandable via a microSD card slot. Camera specs reads a 3-megapixel camera in the back and a 1.9-megapixel camera in the front. It has a 4,000 mAh battery and runs on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean topped by Samsung’s own TouchWiz UI. It also supports 3G connectivity.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 211 specs

7-inch TFT display
1024×600 pixels resolution
1.2GHz dual core marvel processor
1GB RAM
Android 4.1 Jelly Bean OS
8GB internal storage, expandable by up to 64GB
3 MP rear camera, 1.9 MP front camera
4,000 mAh battery
Dimension: 7.40 x 4.37 x 0.39 in
Weight: 306 gms
3G: HSPA 21Mbps DL, 5.76Mbps UP, Quad 850/900/1900/2100
Wi-Fi a/b/g/n (2.4/5GHz)
Bluetooth 3.0, USB 2.0
USB v2.0
Infrared

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Watch live webcast of Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 India launch event

Lakshmi Rajan — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 04:29:41 +0000

reported that the latest Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 range of Android tablets will be launched in India today. In case you are interested in catching the launch event happening in NewDelhi at 12:15 PM, here is the live webcast link to catch the descending of the new Galaxy in Indian shores. You can also catch all the related news on Twitter and the official hashtag for the launch event of Tab 3 is #Tab3Launch Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 India launch event live webcast

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Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 range of tablets to be launched in India tomorrow

Lakshmi Rajan — Wed, 17 Jul 2013 07:31:38 +0000

send out a teaser on the arrival of the Tab 3 series. Though there are three variants in the Tab 3 series, seems like the 10.1 variant, the biggest one might take some time more to hit the Indian market. Samsung India e-store lists only the 7 and 8 inch variants as of now. The Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 comes with a a 7-inch WSVGA (1024×600 pixels) display and is powered by a dual-cor processor clocked at 1.2GHz and paired with 1GB of RAM. Other features includes a 3-megapixel rear camera, 1.3-megapixel front camera, 8GB of expandable internal storage, 4,000mAh battery and it will run on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. The 8-inch Galaxy Tab 3 features a 1.5 GHz Exynos dual-core processor, WXGA TFT 1280 x 800 (189 PPI) display, 1.5GB of RAM, a 5-megapixel rear-facing and 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera, a 4,450 mAh battery, and 16GB or 32GB of internal storage. About the pricing and other details, we will update you tomorrow though some reports suggest the 7-inch variant could be priced around 12,ooo and the Tab 3 8.0 at 18,000.]]>

Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 unveiled, sports a sleeker look

Lakshmi Rajan — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:46:39 +0000

The 7-inch tablet with a 1024 x 600 LCD TFT display runs on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and is powered by a 1.2GHz dual core processor, 1 GB RAM. There is a choice of 8/16GB of internal storage memory which can be scaled up to 64 GB via microSD card. A 3-megapixel camera on the back and a 1.3 megapixel on the front make up for the camera specs. Galaxy Tab 3 would be available in WiFi-only and WiFi + 3G variants. Both the models measures upto 111.1 x 188.0 x 9.9mm and tthe WiFi variant weighs 302 gms, while the 3G variant is few gms heavier at 306 gms. Also expect WiFi a/b/g/n (2.4/5GHz) with channel-bonding and WiFi Direct support and also Bluetooth 3.0, A-GPS. The global roll-out of Wi-Fi version of the 7-inch Galaxy Tab 3 will begin in May, and the 3G version will follow in June. ]]>