We have been hearing a lot about Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 recently, but what about their new Galaxy Tab 8.9 tablet? The last thing we heard was that it had turned up on Amazon Germany, but there were no details on when it would actually launch.

Now the Galaxy Tab 8.9 has turned up on Amazon UK, and Amazon have it listed with a shipping date of the 12th of August, which is next Friday, so that looks like it could be the possible UK launch date.

As a reminder, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 comes with Android Honeycomb, and features an 8.9 inch multi-touch display with a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels, it features a dual core 1GHz processor.

Other specifications on the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 include dual cameras with a two megapixel camera on the front and a three megapixel camera on the back, it also comes with a microSD card slot and there are two models, a WiFi only model and a WiFi and 3G model, Amazon has the WiFi and 3G model listed for £605.34.

Source TFTS