Samsung Galaxy Tab detailed
Samsung Galaxy Tab - Android tablet gets green light
A week after it was teased by Sammy itself, the iPad-battling Galaxy Tab has been detailed at annual gadget fest IFA over in Berlin. And on first impressions it looks every inch the tablet we’ve been hoping for.
The latest Android software keeps things ticking over inside, while it packs in Flash 10.1 so you can take a peak at, in Samsung’s words, “…every single page of the web”. If that’s not a swipe at the Flash-free iPad, then what is?
The screen comes in at 7-inches and you’ll be able to use the in-built Readers Hub app for spying books, magazines and newspapers. Sammy has also unleashed Media Hub, an iTunes rival which lets you access the latest music and movies from the Galaxy Tab. You get seven hours movie playback, three shy of the iPad’s ten hours.
There’s Wi-Fi and 3G inside, as well as a 3 megapixel camera round the back and a front-facing peeper for video-chatting with your pals. That feature works with mobile networks as well as Wi-Fi, meaning the Galaxy Tab will most likely land on contract.
There are 16GB and 32GB models, with Samsung saying the Galaxy Tab will arrive in the UK ‘soon’. Will you be getting one? Or does the iPad still rule? Let us know what you think in the comments section now.
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Jake03 September 2010
Not only did samsung beat the iPhone with the samsung galaxy s they also beat the iPad with the samsung galaxy tab dose anyone else see a theme with the samsung galaxy models?
Report as inappropriatehugh03 September 2010
Looks good, but a lot depends on price and what it is like to actually use the thing. Ease of use (and fun factor) is what I love about my iPad. I think it will be successful, but the iPad still rules imho.
Report as inappropriatekati03 September 2010
Will this one have ability to send text messages?
Report as inappropriateAdrian03 September 2010
Well if its like other Samsung products this will be the dogs bllks, I initially did go and buy the iPad, with all the hype, though it has failed to live up to the name, poor Wifi reception, side by side with my Samsung N140, pages on the iPad take more than twice as long, to refresh if at all, very poor photo management, no flash, no SD slot, tied to itunes, the list goes on, my eyes where opened when we recently purchased the HTC Desire, with andriod 2.2, so the Samsung combination will tick all the boxes, anyone want a second hand iPad.
Report as inappropriatedarich803 September 2010
Gnarf!
Report as inappropriatepaulmac6603 September 2010
I have an iPad and love it, not considering anything else
Report as inappropriateTim Hudson05 September 2010
Don't have one yet but would love to get one....iPad that is, for me it still rules....
Report as inappropriatelez05 September 2010
if i use the tab on the three network, 5gb of data is 15 quid, but an ipad can have 10gb for 15 quid... i cry foul, or brown envelopes... can asda give me half price petrol for owning a ford without it being frontpage news..
Report as inappropriatemark06 September 2010
i have a i phone 3g and the samsung galaxy phones the galaxy is better all round but as for paying to use the tab no way another 2 year contract for people that will let the tab down as far as i can see this time next year there will be loads of tablets out there and better than samsungs big mistake samsung i can get a i pad with no contract it may be cheaper than i pad but not when you add that contract over a 2 year period
Report as inappropriateThomas20 September 2010
The smaller screen just ruins the whole thing for me. I'm typing this on an iPad now and finding it easy but that wouldn't be the case for something smaller like the tab
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