Samsung Galaxy Tab may get Android Gingerbread/Honeycomb Update

A bit unbelievable but Samsung India has recently confirmed that they intend to upgrade the Samsung Galaxy Tab to Android Gingerbread and Honeycomb, after Google releases the official updated for the mobile operating system. This is definitely great news as Android 2.2 is not at all a tablet friendly operating system and it needed some serious updates.

The news comes from Samsung Hub, as they mention an unnamed Samsung executive confirming these upgrade plans, later updating the post by saying that folks from Samsung contacted them saying they cannot assure anything about future updates but will be working hard to keep the Galaxy Tab updated.

So,Android Gingerbread is expected to make an appearance by the end of this year and if the hardware requirements by Google are not really intense, the upgrade won’t be much of a problem for Samsung. Also, Samsung has previously mentioned that they would hope to update the Galaxy Tab in the future, but it is very obvious that they will need some time to build their interface around the new upgrade.

Samsung Corporation intends to unveil its next generation Galaxy Tab tablets in Feb 2011

Samsung Smartphones is run on a Dual core processors along with the Gingerbread os sporting with Super AMOLED Plus displays; and  4G-enabled Samsung Galaxy Tab.

Based on the sources,Samsung new tablets are going to be “based on fourth generation technology” while, it's unclear if he's mentioning 4G connectivity. However, Samsung announced a 4G LTE version on the original Galaxy Tab for Verizon last week.

Inside the mobile phone market, Samsung has rapidly overtaken earlier entrants like HTC and Motorola using the swing of smartphones released for Android specially the well accepted Galaxy lineup. Also it offers to stay ahead using the introduction of a amount of devices that may make use of 4G and LTE networks.

Via Shin Jong-kyun, who runs the electronic company’s mobile said at a press conference that “These phones are going to cut a new figure in the smartphone market.” Adding to this he even says “We plan to distribute our LTE phones to all four major telecommunication companies in the U.S., starting with Verizon, to have the upper hand in fourth-generation smartphones.” And targeting to trade some 60 million smartphones this year, greater than twice the number it sold recently.

Even though its late entry in the market, Samsung during the last year set a record for smart phone sales having its Samsung galaxy s, which had become the highest selling phone running on Google’s Android os with global sales of Ten million.

However, AT&T recently announced which the accessibility to the Samsung Infuse 4G by second quarter of 2011. This means that Samsung is completely paying attention on growing its 4G customer base now.