Tablets are expected to be the most gifted electronics items this holiday season, and Samsung's Android tablets will be among the most popular. Amazon is offering a nice discount on Samsung's Galaxy Tab 3 7-inch tablet, now on sale in its WiFi version for $149.00 with free shipping ($50 off). It's available in white and a gold/dark brown version. A black version is also available with WiFi plus 4G LTE networking (AT&T) for $259.99. Here's the link for the WiFi version:
Note: After Cyber Monday, the price went up, but only to $159.99 so still a good deal on this tablet.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 comes pre-loaded with Android 4.1.2 OS (Jelly Bean) and is powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor. It comes with 8 GB of flash memory on board, with a microSD port that allows you to add up to 64GB of storage for media files such as videos, music and photos. It also comes with a free DropBox account with up to 50GB of additional storage in the cloud. There are additional perks like a year of free Boingo Wireless so you'll never be too far from a WiFi hotspot.
There are two cameras on board: a 3 MegaPixel rear-facing camera and a 1.3 MegaPixel front-facing camera. These can be used for videos or still photos or for interactive video chatting with apps such as Google Hangout. In terms of apps, the tablet has access to the full Google Play Store with thousands of the most popular games and productivity apps. The tablet is also compatible with the Amazon app store and is a very capable e-reader using the Amazon Kindle app.
One unique feature of the Galaxy Tab 3 is its ability to act as a universal remote control. The tablet has a built-in IR (InfraRed) port on top so it can control TVs, Blu-ray players, receivers and more and the app to operate all of these devices comes built-in. Don't like the channel at the local sports bar? Change it!
Amazon's price on this tablet was current as of Monday morning but they may change this offer at any point without notice.
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