Hands on: Samsung Galaxy Tab review Getting up close and personal with the iPad's new rival

Samsung's Galaxy Tab device might not have been the best kept secret in the world, but its arrival at IFA still saw a lot of excitement and clamour to try out the new tablet.

The dinky device, which has a 7-inch screen and weighs in at only 380g, is meant to be the portable and pocketable answer to the heft of the iPad, and certainly feels that way when you first play with it.

Running Android 2.2, the Galaxy Tab is certainly a cutting-edge device when it comes to the specs - svelte chassis aside, it's also packing a 1024x600 WSVGA screen, making it much higher resolution than Apple's iPad in terms of pixel density (PPI). You can slot a SIM card into the side of the screen, and also expand the storage with a microSD card (up to 32GB) with easy to open covers.

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