Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tips up on 3 August

ELECTRONICS RETAILERS Currys and PC World will start selling Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 a day earlier than anyone else in the UK.

The big name retailers will begin exclusively selling the tablet at Tottenham Court Road, London on 3 August at 5pm. You can pre-order the Galaxy Tab 10.1 from Currys.co.uk or Pcworld.co.uk now for £399.

Mark Slater, category director for computing, communications and office at Dixons said, "Being the leading electrical retailer in the UK means we are able to bring to market the latest and greatest technology as soon as it is available and secure exclusive products like this for our customers."

The starting price of £399 will get you a WiFi only model with 16GB of storage. Currys and PC World said this version will be exclusively available from them for one month.

3G models of the tablet are expected to tip up on 23 August, according to the web sites. The 3G Galaxy Tab 10.1 with 64GB will set you back £659 and there's also a 32GB storage option for WiFi and 3G models. The entire price range is identical to that of Apple's Ipad 2.

The redesigned Galaxy Tab 10.1 is thinner and lighter than the fruit themed firm's rival. It weighs in 6g lighter at just 595g and is 0.2mm thinner at 8.6mm, previously 10.9mm.

The device will come with Google's Android Honeycomb operating system and a 1GHz dual core processor. There will be 1GB of RAM and unsurprisingly a 10.1in screen with 1280x800 resolution.

If you're interested in the Galaxy Tab 10.1 then you can take a look at our hand-on review. µ