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header/headerpLarge and in charge, Samsung has finally committed to a date and price for its latest mammoth-sized tablets thank to a full-on brick-and-mortar retail assault kicking off this weekend./ppSamsung has announced an official release date and pricing for the Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, starting at $649.99 for a Wi-Fi only model with 32GB of onboard storage./ppAvailable this Sunday, March 9, the humongous Android tablet was first announced during CES 2014 in early January, and the smaller 8.4- and 10.1-inch members of the Galaxy Tab Pro family went on sale last month./ppSo where can you grab one? Amazon already has the dino-sized tablet up for pre-order and retailers such as Best Buy, Walmart, Newegg, Fry's and Tiger Direct will carrying the tab. Customers can also head to Samsung's US website to place their Pro order./ph3Loaded with perks/h3pSamsung is positioning the Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2 as a less expensive alternative to the Galaxy Note Pro 12.2, which costs $100 more but includes the manufacturer's coveted S Pen stylus./ppThe Tab features a 2560 x 1600 pixel display running Android 4.4 KitKat alongside Sammy's own somewhat controversial Magazine UX, all powered by a octa-core Exynos 5 processor with a gargantuan 9500mAh battery./ppLike other members of the Galaxy Tab Pro family, Samsung's latest is bundled with $800 worth of perks, which include a $25 Google Play store credit, 3-month trials for Hulu Plus, SiriusXM and Audible and 50GB of Dropbox cloud storage./ppSamsung has had mixed luck beating back rivals such as Apple's iPad Air, so it will be interesting to see if this newfound interest in 12.2-inch slates actually belts out a sizable enough roar on the market to be heard./pp class=webonlyVia Engadget/p
