SEOUL, South Korea – The tablet hype has began. Following Apple and HP, it is now Samsung who is rumoured to be developing its own tablet, and for mobility’s sake, it is understood to run on Google Android, and feature 4G connectivity.

Apple’s iPad clearly shook the industry. Tablets weren’t a novelty, but these weren’t hyped either – no one really paid attention to these, and although the iPad is considered an over-sized iPhone, it surely created some momentum for the new devices. In our interview with Freescale, prior to this year’s Mobile World Congress, we were made aware of the excitement when it comes to tablets/smartbooks, with processor giant ARM expecting the market to increase to 130 million tablet units.

The rumour on the Samsung tablet came from Emmanuele Silanesu, National Product and Marketing Manager, Samsung Australia, who had claimed that the tablet will have an Intel chip on-board, but actually run on a Windows operating system. The latest findings point to Google Android rather, as well as 4G, VoIP and an ARM chip powering the upcoming device.

Samsung has launched devices similar to a tablet, known as an UMPC, going by the model name Q1. Unfortunately for the South Korea manufacturer, UMPCs did not stick, and now is the turn of smartbooks.

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Samsung Readying Own Tablet, with Google Android, 4G