Samsung Galaxy Tab is already proclaiming itself as a force to be reckoned with in the Pad ring, which is clearly dominated by the Apple heavyweight champion – the iPad. How does the Galaxy Tab measure up? Let’s take a closer look.

Samsung Galaxy Tab will be a tad smaller than the current iPad, with a 7-inch screen. Rumor has it though, that Apple has their own 7-inch iPad in the plan. The feature most daunting to Apple, is that the Galaxy Tab will run Flash. This is big news.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab specs include a 3.1 megapixel camera, a QVGA forward-facing camera for video calling, am ARM11 1GHz processor and the usual Wi-Fi, GPS and Bluetooth. A Vietnamese tech site reported a 4000mAh battery, 16GB of internal memory upgradeable to 48GB, and a MicroSD slot with support for cards up to 32GB. The Tab will run on Android 2.2 and feature full Web-browsing and video calling.

The firmware suggests that the Samsung Galaxy Tab will be running Android 2.2, aka Froyo, and Swype gesture recognition software as well. Samsung’s own TouchWiz interface takes care of the touchy screen capabilities. Early reports of the firmware suggested a surprisingly low 800 x 480 resolution, however conflicting reports say that it boasts a 1024 x 600 resolution.

Samsung Mobile will release more information about the Galaxy Tab on September 2 in advance of IFA Berlin 2010.