In our meeting with Samsung today they came clean about pricing. We also heard about the CPU, some Samsung Market information and got a look at the accessory pack.

Pricing is indeed 799 Euro. This is, however, ‘u.v.p’ which is the same as ‘recommended retail price.’ What this means is that Samsung have built in a big pricing buffer that their customers (the carriers and resellers) can play with. We’re expecting street prices to be way lower than this and we saw a few nods when we mentioned 500 Euros. I get the impression we’re going to see early pricing hit 700 immediately and then a decline to the 600 mark over the next 3 months. Yes, the Galaxy Tab is expensive, but not as expensive as we first thought. Note: German pricing includes 19% tax. 670 Euros is the pre-tax price.

If we’re lucky, Viewsonic will get that truly comparable, although not as sweet, Viewpad 7 out for 399 Euro and make Samsung think twice! 400 certainly seems the right price point for a full 3G, GPS, compass, capacitive touch equipped consumer Android tablet.

Note about the O2 price mentioned in the video (via Twitter) beware, it could be a contract for the hardware only. O2 Germany usually offer all their mobile devices in separate hardware / call / data contracts. That would bring the cost of the device to 759 Euros not the cheap deal it might seem.

On the Samsung Market: It sits alongside the Google Market and offers developers a channel for Galaxy specific apps to be built for the device. Samsung will launch a promo campaign for this shortly.

Anyway, on to the video….

We’ve just come from a meeting with Samsung where they pulled out a rather nice keyboard accessory…

Full gallery here.

This was a prototype. Pricing not known but we’re guessing it will be well over 50 Euros.

Video coming very shortly.

Update: We’ve got our own hands-on videos and pics. Hands-on is here. Benchmarking information available here.

Engadget have  preview of the Galaxy Tab up right now. I’m sitting on the train and thinking…

Cortex A9? I didn’t think Samsung had a Cortex A9 but obviously I’m wrong. This WILL be faster than an iPad. Froyo includes Cortex core optimisations.

Docking port Great. Opens up loads of possibilities.

Samsung apps Prooving that Market apps just arent’ ready for the big screen. I hope this product stimulates developers to start thinking about the big screen and for Google to finally put the large screen capability into the Android screen profiles.

Dual Cameras Obviously there to satisfy Google’s requirements. Wonder if Samsung have put their cam software on the device. It’s usually good.

15wh battery (assuming single cell could be double cell for a big 30Wh capacity but I doubt it on a 7 inch pad) I guess we’re looking at, about 7hrs online, screen-on. Of course, days in standby.

Weight No specs given so far but I think we’re talking 400gm judging by the comments from around the Twitterverse, (Update: 380gm – VERY good)

1024×600 screen. Phew!

Bluetooth 3.0 – Low power goodness.

HSPA with 5.6mbps upload (Europe) – That’s reat for 2011, especially in the leading 3G countries. Finland, Germany, UK etc.

Supports UMTS video calling Great for Europe.

We’re updating our product page now.

Price? 799 Euro.

WOW!

That’s a huge amount of money.  Now who’s buying?

Should we take another look at that Viewsonic Viewpad?

Official Website: Official specs, pics.

Update: We’ve got our own hands-on videos and pics. Hands-on is here. Benchmarking information available here.

Engadget have  preview of the Galaxy Tab up right now. I’m sitting on the train and thinking…

Cortex A9? I didn’t think Samsung had a Cortex A9 but obviously I’m wrong. This WILL be faster than an iPad. Froyo includes Cortex core optimisations.

Docking port – Great. Opens up loads of possibilities.

Samsung apps – Prooving that Market apps just arent’ ready for the big screen. I hope this product stimulates developers to start thinking about the big screen and for Google to finally put the large screen capability into the Android screen profiles.

Dual Cameras – Obviously there to satisfy Google’s requirements. Wonder if Samsung have put their cam software on the device. It’s usually good.

15wh battery (assuming single cell – could be double cell for a big 30Wh capacity but I doubt it on a 7” pad) I guess we’re looking at, about 7hrs online, screen-on. Of course, days in standby.

Weight – No specs given so far but I think we’re talking 400gm judging by the comments from around the Twitterverse, (Update: 380gm – VERY good)

1024×600 screen. Phew!

Bluetooth 3.0 – Low power goodness.

HSPA with 5.6mbps upload (Europe) – That’s reat for 2011, especially in the leading 3G countries. Finland, Germany, UK etc.

Supports UMTS video calling – Great for Europe.

We’re updating our product page now.

Price? 799 Euro.

WOW!

That’s a huge amount of money.  Now who’s buying?

Should we take another look at that Viewsonic Viewpad?

Official Website: Official specs, pics.

Samsung has four new Android phones that they are preparing to release for the four major US carriers. The list is as follows:

• Captivate AT&T (launches 7/18)
• Vibrant T-Mobile (launches 7/15)
• Epic 4G Sprint
• Fascinate Verizon

Each phone has it’s own styling but the Epic 4G stands out the most as it is the only one featuring a sliding QWERTY keyboard and 4G connectivity. The Captivate and Vibrant have HSDPA (7.2 Mbps) and HSUPA (5.76 Mbps), and the Fascinate will likely have EVDO Rev. A, and all three lack a hardware keyboard:

All four of these devices have a 1GHz Samsung Hummingbird CPU, 512MB of RAM, 8/16GB of internal storage, and a microSD slot for expansion of up to an additional 32GB. All four also run Android 2.1 with Samsung’s custom TouchWiz UI, and are capable of 720p HD recording with their 5MP autofocus cameras. Included in the UI is a Swype keyboard, which our very own Guy demoed for you earlier this week.

Samsung is really pushing the displays on these phones which are 4 inch @ 800×480 and using Samsung’s own Super AMOLED displays which they claim to have better and brighter colors than any other phone on the market, as well as a full 180 degree viewing angle something that we’ve seen with the iPhone 4’s IPS display.

Tnkgrl has an fresh unboxing of the Samsung Captivate, shown below. Also be sure to head to her site for the Captivate’s first power on video.