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4G LTE Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 fans out there even though the device hasn’t been officially released. Good news on that front: next week on June 8th anyone in New York City willing to battle what may shape up to be an epic line at the flagship Best Buy location in Union Square will be able to purchase one. If you don’t live in New York and don’t plan to make a trip here just to be among the first to get your hands on one, just wait 10 days until the nationwide launch.

Verizon has the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet with 4G LTE onboard up for pre-order right now. The actual ship date for the 4G version of the tablet is listed as 4-6 weeks out. There are several versions of the Tab 10.1 that will be offered by Verizon and price for pre-orders start at $529.99 with a new 2-year contract on a data plan. Other than the addition of the 4G modem, the tablet is the same as the other flavors.

That means you get a 10.1-inch screen, dual core 1GHz processor, and Android Honeycomb as the operating system. The $529.99 price tag will get the 16GB versions in white or gray colors. A 32GB version is available as well for $629.99. The tablet will work on 3G networks if you aren’t in a 4G LTE area.

The Verizon LTE version of the Tab will be available for pre-order starting on June 8th. There’s no announcement regarding ship dates and when they’ll arrive in stores as of yet. In the meantime, check out our review of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Limited Edition. We’ll also review the consumer version of the tablet as soon as possible. You know, just in case you didn’t have enough to drool over.

BlackBerry PlayBook Price Released, Order Available Now!

Playbook, RIM - The BlackBerry PlayBook has surfaced on the Future Shop and Best Buy Canada online websites for pre-order early, revealing Canadian pricing for the device. Showcased are the 16, 32, and 64GB models, priced at $499, $599, and $699, respectively. The Blackberry Playbook, one of a fleet of tablet computers unveiled at this year's 2011 Consumer Electronics Show.

The devices, according to both Future Shop and Best Buy are slated to arrive in their warehouses on April 19th.

The PlayBook is also available in the United States now as well for pre-order, with Best Buy US listing the devices at $499, $599, and $699 USD. Playbook, RIM.

WebOS HP Tablet Topaz Specs Revealed

Topaz HP Tablet powered by a Qualcomm MSM 8660 processor, which clocks in at 1.2 GHz and features two scorpion cores within it. The Snapdragon-based processor has 2D/3D acceleration engines and support for 1080p video and integrated GPS. Following an earlier leak of the HP webOS tablet, codenamed Topaz, leak, we now have information on some of the user interface.

Aside from a resolution of 1024 x 768 and three storage options of 16, 32, or 64GB, the webOS tablet will pack 512 MB of DDR2 RAM, Bluetooth 2.1, and a front-facing, 1.3-megapixel camera for video chat.

HP Topaz Specs Document

The 9-inch screen of the webOS tablet will be behind Gorilla Glass and only three physical buttons will be present on the device: a power button, and volume up and down buttons. Resets and hard-resets will be performed by holding down a combination of the buttons, and the device will also feature the webOS’s notification light.

The feature of Beats Audio was also mentioned in the documentation, and supposedly may be added to the existing branding on the device, which will sport both HP and Palm logos.

The tipster who initially leaked the details claims that the price range for the webOS tablet will be on the lower end, somewhere around $400 after carrier subsidies. Information about a release date is still unknown, but presumably an official reveal of the device somewhere down the road will shed some light on this remaining detail.

The tablet, which is expected to feature webOS, is targeted at Apple iPad in terms hardware and software. The prototype picture mentions a “Slate (Keyboardless “tablet”).

Topaz uses integrated Adreno 220 GPU as graphics whereas Apple iPad uses PowerVR SGX 535 GPU as its graphics. HP’s tablet has a 9.7-inch XGA 1024 x 768 display which is similar to Apple iPad specification.

According to some resources on internet, HP will release 2 tablets at once in this year. We got some leaking photos of their tablets, Topaz and Opal are names of them. Both of them based on WebOS operating systems.