The Galaxy Tab 3, with its smaller form, will be another competitor in the mini-tablet market, which includes the iPad mini, Nexus 7, Kindle Fire, Samsung’s own Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 and, to a lesser extent, its higher-end Galaxy Tab 2 7.7. 

Sporting a design nearly identical to that of the Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0, the device has a 7in 1,024x600 screen in its plastic casing and will come with a dual-core 1.2GHz processor and the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean mobile operating system. It is not known why it won't arrive with the latest version of Android, but Samsung is likely to release an update later.

Samsung did not announce a price for the tablet. But the specifications on the tablet sound mid-range, and indicate that Samsung could be aiming for the lower end of the tablet market to compete on price with Google, Apple and Amazon. The Kindle Fire, the cheapest of these small tablets, costs $159; the iPad mini starts at $329.

The company said the new tablet will have a WiFi version available “globally” in May.  Samsung’s 8-inch model of the Galaxy Note, which went on sale earlier this month, included voice-call features in its international version, but not in its U.S. version.

The device also has a 3 MP rear-facing camera and 1.3 MP front-facing camera, 1GB of RAM, options for 8 GB or 16GB of storage, and display resolution on par with lower-end tablets like the Kindle Fire. The tablet runs on a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor and also offers users the option to expand the memory on the device to up to 64GB with a microSD card slot.

It will run Android Jelly Bean 4.1 and, Samsung promises, will have a thinner bezel than its predecessor, the Galaxy Tab 2 7.0.Samsung leads the world in smartphones, but Apple still has the largest share of the tablet market over a variety of Android makers.

It’s not clear when Samsung’s closest competitors in this space will release the next generation of their devices. Google’s developers conference, I/O, was the company’s forum for releasing the Nexus 7 in June 2012; the company will hold this year’s conference from May 15 to 17.

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According to some damning evidence from Android Police, Google is working on the next version of Android, but it's Android 4.3, not 5.0. Also, the build number is JWR23B, which suggests the update will continue to use the Jelly Bean moniker (the first letter of the build corresponds to the name of the update).

This particular update has reportedly shown up in server logs and was successfully traced back to Google employees. It has also shown up in comments in the Chromium bug tracker by a Chromium developer.

There is no evidence that suggests that Key Lime Pie won't be announced during this year's I/O but so far it hasn't shown up anywhere yet. On the other hand, 4.3 has made numerous appearances and the fact that it has a build number suggests that it is close to release. That Google would release a new version of Android this close to I/O and it not be the main highlight of the event would be strange, as would announcing two versions of Android simultaneously.

This leads us to believe that Key Lime Pie might be a bit further away than we imagined. Hopefully, it should be sometime this year, if not at this I/O.

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As of April 2013, the Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 and 10.1 are the latest versions of the Samsung Galaxy Tab, which is currently in its second generation of production. So, besides the screen size, what is the difference between the two Android tablets?

Given the choice, many Android tablet owners chose the 7 inch form factor over larger screen sizes

Apple’s dominance is unquestioned, but when it comes to Android tablets, a new study from app developer Animoca shows that five out of the top seven most popular Android tablets are based on a 7-inch form factor.

The most popular of these devices is the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7, with a share of 11.8 percent. The only two full-size Android tablets on Animoca’s list are the second-place Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 (8.3 percent) and the seventh-place Galaxy Note 10.1 (3 percent).

Amazon took the third and fourth spots with its 7-inch Kindle Fire and Kindle Fire HD taking up a 7.5 percent and 4.9 percent share respectively, Samsung was fifth with its 7-inch first-generation Galaxy Tab (4.8 percent), while Google’s Asus-manufactured Nexus 7 placed sixth with a 3.8 percent share. Animoca culled its data from what it claims to be 978,000 monthly users, assuming 75 million Android tablets are currently in use on a global basis.

While these numbers do indeed suggest that simplicity (and affordable pricing) is beauty, the 7-inch tablet market may be growing even further in the coming months. HP will soon return to the tablet market with its $169.99 Slate 7, while Microsoft has been rumored as of late to be planning a 7-inch version of its Surface tablet.

There are many benefits to owning a 7-inch tablet. While such devices do not come with a lot of the high-end features and specifications found on full-size slates, it can be argued that most who prefer smaller tablets don’t need all those features and specs anyway.

It’s all about simplicity, as well as a device that can perform most everyday tasks at the lowest possible price point, while adding a few extras, but again, nothing too fancy. Though, Apple continues to rule the roost with its full-size iPad, its midrange iPad mini has been reportedly cannibalizing full-size iPad sales for some time. And there are also studies that show cheaper Android tablets will continue to gain ground on the full-size market.

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