Samsung has given its KDDI version Galaxy Tab a slightly altered look. But that’s not the only changes. The 7-inch slate device will have some features stripped, like 3G. But in exchange, it’s getting KDDI-customized software aboard.

Beyond the cosmetic changes, which include the capacitive buttons being aligned for landscape (rather than portrait) utilization, you’re mostly looking at the same machine as the rest of the world, with a 1024 x 600 resolution, 512MB of RAM, MicroSD expandability, and a built-in webcam. The internal storage is quite a bit more frugal at 4GB, but you will get a handy docking cradle as a consolation ‘free gift’, plus a mobile router that’ll turn this into something very similar to Verizon’s iPad plus MiFi offering in the US. All that said, KDDI won’t have the i9100 on sale until February, by which time the Android tablet market could be somewhat better populated, not forgetting Windows 7 tablets that are about to embrace the world.

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