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Samsung Galaxy Tab
$600.00
Released September, 2010
The Pros:Runs the open-source Linux-based Android operating system. Dual cameras - front facing 1.3MP, rear facing 3MP w/ flash. Massive 4,000mAh battery - capable of a claimed movie playback life of 7 hours.
The Cons:Samsung has one of the worst track records in terms of software support - upgrade to next Android (Gingerbread) questionable. No USB or HDMI ports directly on device, need adapters. Proprietary connection.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab is a 7 inch tablet running Google's Android mobile operating system (version 2.2 aka Froyo). It uses a customized version (TouchWiz UI 3.0) of Android's user interface similar to the ones used for Samsung's Galaxy S Android handsets.
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It will most likely have a similar hardware configuration to the smaller Galaxy S handset. With over 60,000 application to choose from in the Android market, a multi-touch on-screen keyboard, gyroscope and accelerometer, the Galaxy Tab competes directly with Apple's iOS-based tablet, the iPad.
The Galaxy Tab as a few advantages over the iPad: the included official Amazon Kindle application for e-books (available on all major platforms), microSD memory expansion slot (up to 32GB per card), front-facing 1.3MP camera as well as 3MP rear camera with flash, Bluetooth 3.0, it is able to make regular phone calls (though without earpiece -> use speakerphone or Bluetooth), higher pixel density display, dual-band (2.4GHz/5Ghz) 802.11n WiFi, HDMI output via the docking station, and a twice as fast graphics processor (PowerVR SGX540)
Features / Specifications
- 7'' Touch screen display with 1024x600 resolution (higher density than iPad)
- Android 2.2 with TouchWiz 3.0 User interface
- 1GHz ARM Cortex A8 processor
- PowerVR SGX540 GPU (by far most powerful graphics processor as of 2010)
- Gyroscope, Geo-magnetic sensor, accelerometer, light sensor
- Bluetooth 3.0
- 2.4GHz/5GHz dual-band WiFi 802.11n
- Android Market (60,000+ Android apps) and Samsung Apps specifically for Galaxy Tab
- Swype keyboard preinstalled
- Full HD video playback
- 4,000mAh battery (7h movie replay)
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Pros & Cons
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runs the open-source Linux-based Android operating system
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dual cameras - front facing 1.3MP, rear facing 3MP w/ flash
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massive 4,000mAh battery - capable of a claimed movie playback life of 7 hours
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great form factor - much easier to use single-handed than the iPad or other larger devices
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16 or 32GB of internal flash storage
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capable of making voice calls
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lightweight and small enough for one handed use - an improvement next to the iPad
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Samsung Hummingbird ARM Cortex A8 processor (same as Apple A4 in the iPad, but with 2x graphics processing power
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capable of full HD video playback
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high resolution, high quality 7" capacitive multi-touch display (1024 x 600px) - no off-angle viewing issues, higher pixel density than the iPad
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Pocketable, in contrast to the iPad.
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dual-band (2.4GHz & 5GHz) 802.11n WiFi
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quality custom built tablet-specific apps built by Samsung to offer a fuller iPad-like experience are pretty impressive - include mail, calendar, media player / store, etc...
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microSD memory expansion slot (up to 32GB per card)
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will come in UMTS and CDMA versions of 3G cellular data
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Bluetooth version 3.0 - extremely high data transfers
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first Google-certified Android tablet - comes with the Market and all other Google apps found on Android smartphones
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comes with official Amazon Kindle e-reader app - the best and most universal e-reader, which is available on all major platforms plus Kindle device
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Samsung has one of the worst track records in terms of software support - upgrade to next Android (Gingerbread) questionable
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no USB or HDMI ports directly on device, need adapters
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camera resolution is poor
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expensive (probably around $1k) - you can buy a good full laptop for that money
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runs Samsung's annoying TouchWiz Android skin / customization - a step back from standard Android
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Android isn't ready for use in tablet devices at this time
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no real e-reader screen, just TFT LCD
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dom:
#samsung_galaxy_tab Though this looks a lot better than the iPad, I'm still not convinced I need this sort of form factor. That were different if the Galaxy Tab offered a real e-reader screen (in color and multi-touch of course). Perhaps next year's model will bring that? Until then, I'm staying away from this.
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