Samsung Finland and Sweden have announced the pricing and availability of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Galaxy Tab 8.9. The devices in both countries will get Wi-Fi and 3G versions of Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Galaxy Tab 8.9 in August and September. Sweden users who want to buy the Galaxy Tab 10.1 from Telia can get it this month on June 29.

Both tablets run Android’s latest Honeycomb 3.1 OS, have an LCD screen supporting WXGA resolution (1280×800), a 1GHz dual core processor, 21Mbps HSPA+, 3MP rear-facing camera with LED flash and 2MP front-facing camera, HD video recording and playback support, Allshare, Social and Music Hub, Adobe Flash 10.2 support, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0 and storage ranging from 16 to 64GB.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab is finally available for pre-order in Sweden via Telenor. That should make people in that part of the world very happy. This tablet is being offered for free with a 2-year contract that will cost you 369 SEK (or about $55) per month.

The Galaxy Tab offers a 1GHz Cortex A8 processor, a 7-inch 1024 x 600 touchscreen TFT LCD display, 512MB RAM, 16GB/32GB of storage, a microSD card slot, a front-facing 1.3-megapixel camera, a 3-megapixel autofocus camera in back, 720p HD video recording, GPS, 2.5G, 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth, an HDMI port and runs on Android 2.2 Froyo.

We’ve all heard the tales of potential danger regarding iPods and fire. It’s often hard to sort the truth from rumor. Well here’s another cautionary tale. This one comes out of Sweden where a Saab 9-3 recently met a fiery end.

The official cause of the blaze hasn’t been figured out, but investigators strongly suspect that an iPod left in the car is the culprit. The car itself showed no signs of technical faults and there’s no evidence that the fire was intentionally set. Also, the fire started on the seats, where the iPod was apparently sitting.

Tax time is no fun at all. There’s all the paperwork and about a hundred other complications. It isn’t that way in Sweden. To file taxes in Sweden all you have to do is open a new text message, enter your Social Security number and a security code sent to you by mail, and zip it off to the Department of the Treasury.

This is how many Swedish people will file their income taxes in May. They’ve used this system for the last five years. But there’s a catch.