Reviewing Samsung’s new Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet this week, though, I definitely started to get that feeling. In my first impressions of the new Tab, I noted that the device is impossibly svelte.

The Galaxy Tab 10.1 is scheduled to launch on June 8, priced at $499 for a 16 GB Wi-Fi model and $599 for a 32 GB Wi-Fi model. LTE and WiMax configurations will follow later this year.

Samsung officially announced the launch of its Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android tablet today — and dropped an interesting little surprise as well.

The Galaxy Tab 10.1 as a device is very much like the iPad 2: the same thinness, with roughly the same dimensions (due to its widescreen display, it’s wider but shorter than the iPad 2).