Best Buys is taking preorders for the much anticipated Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android WiFi Tablet starting at $499.99 for the 16GB model and $599.99 for the 32GB model. There are two colors to choose from, white or metallic gray black. It’s scheduled to ship June 17, 2011.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is the first real competitor to Apple’s iPad and it offers a 10.1″ widescreen HD (1280 x 800) display, Dual Core 1GHz Tegra 2 processor, 2MP front-facing camera, 3MP rear-facing camera with LED flash, Android 3.1 Honeycomb OS with open access to over 200,000 Android Market apps and an immersive, lightning-fast web-browsing experience. It sports a very sleek design that’s only .34″ thin (thinner than the iPad 2) and is amazingly lightweight Galaxy Tab 10.1 goes anywhere you go and looks great doing it.