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Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 gets the promised TouchWiz update on time

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Samsung kept its promise and delivered the firmware update for their Galaxy Tab 10.1 Honeycomb tablet today. Available over the air, the update brings the custom TouchWiz user interface to the slate, making it the first Android tablet with such deep UI customizations.

The update, which should help the Galaxy Tab 10.1 stand out in the increasingly dense crowd of Honeycomb tablets, is just under 190MB so we’d suggest you use a Wi-Fi network to get it. In addition to new apps like the Samsung proprietary Media and Social Hubs, the new firmware brings a customized bar at the bottom, which allows you to launch specially designed mini apps.

We had a chance to try the TouchWiz UI on the Galaxy Tab 8.9 in its beta stage and we can definitely confirm that they do improve usability. Here’s hoping they won’t slow down future updates for the slate.

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