Samsung has sold over 600,000 Samsung Galaxy Tab tablets since it went on sale last month, according to a report in the Korea Herald.
Samsung reported that consumer demand for its Galaxy Tab has been robust and is outpacing supply in most countries.
Samsung previously reported, on November 10, that three million of the seven million Samsung Galaxy S phones it has shipped worldwide have gone to the United Sates since July.
"We believe tablet PCs will take over a bigger portion of the market next year," Samsung's mobile division head Shin Jong-kyun said at the IFA gadget expo in Berlin in September.? "For this year, we're projecting to sell up to 1 million units."
Bloggers contend that the numbers are impressive and show that there is a huge demand for super-portable computers that have the battery life and connectivity of a cell phone.? Reviews of the Samsung Galaxy Tab have been good, calling it an "iPad rival."? However, the mega-marketing and uber-popularity of the iPad is a tough nut to beat.
Powered by the Android 2.2 platform, the Samsung Galaxy Tab has a 7-inch enhanced TFT touchscreen, 1GHz Hummingbird processor, support for Adobe Flash Player 10.1, 3G connectivity, 802.11n, Wi-Fi, 3-megapixel camera, 1.3MP front-facing camera, GPS and Bluetooth 3.0.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab is part of the Galaxy S phone series that is currently available as the Samsung Captivate (read review) at AT&T, the Samsung Epic 4G (read review) at Sprint, the Samsung Vibrant (read review) at T-Mobile, and Samsung Fascinate (read review) at Verizon.? The Samsung Galaxy S phone has various features.? You can see the differences in our Samsung Galaxy S comparison article.
We are still waiting for reviews of the new Samsung Continuum from Verizon.?
Although the Galaxy Tab ships with Android 2.2 (Froyo), U.S. Samsung Galaxy S phone owners are still waiting for an update.
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