We've got a little tired of announcements of the revolutionary mobile devices, which after all generally turn out to be not so revolutionary, but this time we just might trust Samsung. At the opening keynote on this year's IFA in Berlin, Samsung took the opportunity to present a new device, Galaxy Tab (GT-1000), company's firstborn when it comes to tablet devices. At first glance, it seems very decent, with a 7-inch capacitive display of 1024x600 (but there will be a Super AMOLED version soon) reconciling the unwieldy tablets and mobile phones. The well known Cortex A8 platform with Power VR SGX540 is used on smaller Galaxy model and should undoubtedly cope well with a larger screen.

The idea is to create a device that allows the use of the Internet browser in the same way as on a "real" computer, as well as HD video reproduction on a decent display size, and at the same time to keep the phone functions - voice and video calls, SMS and e-mail via simple user interface. Of course, all of this is possible using the new Android 2.2 OS (Froyo), and it's also nice that 3G, 802.11n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 3.0 connections, as well as GPS, are not omitted. Galaxy Tab is coming to Europe in mid-September, while the other markets will have to wait until the end of the month.