Verizon Wireless to offer Tab Nov. 11

Verizon Wireless this morning stepped forward with its launch plans for Samsung Telecommunications America’s recently unveiled Galaxy Tab device.
The carrier said it plans to begin offering the Google Inc. Android 2.2-powered device beginning Nov. 11 for $600. The device will include support for both Wi-Fi as well as the carrier’s CDMA2000 1x EV-DO-based 3G network with rate plans beginning at $20 per month for 1 gigabyte of data transmission.
In addition to the standard Android-based functionality, Verizon Wireless said the device will also include support for its range of Vcast services, including its Apps store front, Music, Song ID, Navigator and Blockbuster on Demand. The device will also include Slacker Radio and Kindle for Android.
The Tab sports a 7-inch enhanced TFT touch screen, a 1 GHz “Hummingbird Application” processor, rear-facing 3-megapixel camera and a 1.3-megapixel forward facing camera and a 4,000 mAh battery for up to 7 hours of use.
When unveiled last month, Samsung said all of the country’s big four operators would begin selling the device by the end of the year. A Wi-Fi only version of the device is expected to be launched early next year.
The Tab is expected to go head-to-head with Apple Inc.’s iPad that recently had its distribution expanded beyond initial launch partner AT&T Mobility to Verizon Wireless.