Peter, > Indeed. From what I've heard, Samsung re-engineered the Galaxy, in order > to make it thinner than the iPad 2. they did indeed, 8.6mm http://www.samsung.com/global/microsite/galaxytab/10.1/spec.html Dual core 1Gz, 1G ram, 16G flash onboard. Ironically they've left out the SD Card slot and USB slots that you get on the Asus Eepad Transformer. Paul