Samsung
announced on November 4, 2010 that the company has granted exclusive right to
SK Telecom to sell Galaxy Tab tablet PC in Korea, according to the Wall Street
Journal. It is reported that Galaxy Tab will be available in the Korean market
starting from mid November. SK Telecom was the first telecom operator to sell
Samsung's Galaxy S Smartphone in Korea in late June this year. Samsung
estimates that approximately one million units of the seven-inch Galaxy Tab
will be sold by year end, and the company is planning to offer other sizes of
tablet PCs next year. It is expected that Galaxy Tab will hit the US and
Japanese markets starting from November this year.
In
related news, Korean telecom operator KT plans to release Apple's iPad in Korea
in November this year as well. KT is the exclusive distributor of iPhone. Another
Korean company LG Electronics announced on November 4, 2010 that it will
introduce the company's first tablet device in the first quarter of 2011.