Tablet - January 3rd, 2011
Samsung Galaxy Tab Reviews, Specs, Price, Pros and Cons
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Samsung Galaxy Tab developed to fight the domination of the popular apple ipad. The samsung galaxy tab is a sweet ipad alternative with a very good specs. The Samsung Galaxy Tab’s 7-inch format screen is unfortunately not an AMOLED type, but a 16 million pixels TFT color LCD capacitive touchscreen with a 600×1024 pixels resolution. The Samsung Galaxy Tab that we used for this test was equipped with Android 2.2. If you want to extend the Samsung Galaxy Tab with other applications, you must visit the Android Market. More than 100.000 different Apps are ready to be downloaded.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab also supports multitasking, which is a feature that the iPad will most likely get in quarter 4 of 2010 via an update. The built-in card slot is also handy, in order to extend the capacity to a maximum of 32GB. The SIM card has a standard format, not a micro SIM that the iPad 3G uses.
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Now let’s talk about the list of Samsung Galaxy Tab pros and cons:
Samsung Galaxy Tab Review: Pros
- Slim and Lightweight. Very portable compared to iPad. The size is almost identical to Amazon’s third generation of Kindle
- Responsive, accurate and bright screen with great resolution although it is not Samsung Super AMOLED screen
- HDMI connectivity with an optional dock
- Dual Camera, front and rear with HD recording capabilities and video calling feature
- Support for Adobe Flash 10
- Multimedia experience is generally good with a nice LCD screen and strong audio quality
- The speakers works nicely; despite the small body
- Support for MP4, WMV, DivX, Xvid, H.263 and H.264 files
- Pretty good battery life
- Comes with heavy duty AC Adapter, fast charging
- Ability to become a 3G hotspot
Samsung Galaxy Tab review: Cons
- The Samsung Galaxy Tab Price is quite expensive; the same price range as iPad
- No Voice Calls (North America version)
- Plastic cover, although it is pretty solid but it’d be great if Samsung applied some metal on the cover.
- No regular USB port; Use the Samsung’s PDMI-based dock connector
- no USB On-The-Go support
- Image quality from the camera is unimpressive
- Video recording is not HD; unlike Samsung Galaxy S smartphone
Samsung Galaxy Tab Specs:
Network
- 2.5G (GSM/ GPRS/ EDGE) : 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz
- 3G (HSUPA 5.76Mbps, HSDPA 7.2Mbps) : 900 / 1900 / 2100 MHz
OS
- Android 2.2 (Froyo)
Display
- 7.0 inch TFT-LCD, WSVGA (1024 x 600)
Processor
- Cortex A8 1.0GHz Application Processor with PowerVR SGX540
Camera
- 3 MP Camera with Auto-Focus and LED Flash
- 1.3MP front camera for Video Telephony
Value-added Features
- Android Market™ and Samsung Apps for more applications and contents
- Readers Hub, Media Hub* , Music Hub*, Social Hub
- Adobe Flash 10.1 player support
- Full HD video playback, Thinkfree Office, Swype, Hybrid Widget
Connectivity
- 30 pin connector
- WiFi 802.11n / Bluetooth® 3.0
Sensor
- Gyroscope sensor, Geo-magnetic sensor, Accelerometer, Light sensor
Memory
- 16G / 32G internal memory with up to 32G external memory slot
- RAM: 512 MB
Size
- 190.09 x 120.45 x 11.98mm, 380g
Battery
- 4,000mAh (7 hour movie play)