Seoul (ANTARA News/Yonhap-0ANA) - Samsung Electronics Co., the world`s second-largest mobile phone maker, said Monday that it has launched the latest generation of its Galaxy Tab tablet computer in Indonesia, where it received a better-than-expected market response.

The Galaxy Tab 10.1, which runs on the latest Android system and is bigger and thinner than its predecessor, was sold out within seven hours of its debut last week, Samsung said in a statement. The company prepared 1,200 units on the first day.

Samsung was the first in the industry to release a tablet computer running on Google Inc.`s operating system last year with its seven-inch Galaxy Tab.

The company released new tablet computers in different sizes this year, including the 10.1-inch tablet, to better compete with the industry leader Apple Inc., which rocked the market with the iPad.

Samsung said that its initial sell-out of the new Galaxy Tab was helped by the popularity of its earlier, seven-inch Galaxy Tab, which accounts for 65 percent of the tablet PC market in the Southeast Asian country.
(T.A045/H-AK)

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