Samsung officially unveiled their Galaxy Tab this morning at IFA, but just because the Tab has finally been revealed doesn't mean that the company will be resting on their Android-powered laurels.  WP Wong, Samsung's head of product planning, has said that not only would the Galaxy Tab be upgraded to Gingerbread, but that Samsung also plans to release a next generation tablet running Honeycomb.  We've heard the name Honeycomb in the past, but this is the first time that we've heard a manufacturer publicly mention the name.  The full quote can be seen below:

"Moving forward, with Honeycomb, that will be used in the next generation tablet, as it [Honeycomb] is specifically optimised for different type of tablet, and will be used on another product only."

It's definitely surprising to hear a company mention Honeycomb, especially considering that we haven't even gotten a glimpse of any device running Gingerbread.  It's also interesting that Mr. Wong described the Galaxy Tab's successor as a "different type of tablet."  Considering we just got to officially see the Galaxy Tab today, I have a feeling that the Honeycomb tablet is still pretty far off.  Let's just enjoy what we've got now, the Galaxy Tab, and imagine how great it'll be with Gingerbread onboard.

Via Engadget, TechRadar