Ever since Apple came out with a winner, everyone else tries to kill it out of jealousy. Samsung is no different. What can you expect, the IPAD has been taking all the market share for tablet device ever since it was launch. Samsung’s answer to this is the Galaxy Tab. At first glance it looks like an older brother to the Galaxy S except that the screen is 7’ inch compare to Galaxy S 4’ inch.
Packed with the standard features such as a 1Ghz HummingBird processor, WIFI, 3G, HSDPA, 5MP Camera + Front Facing 1.3MP, this tablet puts any other Android based tablet to shame. Not only it has 3G internet connectivity, it is a phone itself. Using loudspeaker as the earpiece, it is not the best of a phone, but hey its a backup if your phone decided to died on you!
Design
Speaking of design, the phone has a pretty standard design, with front glossy screen and 4 standard Android buttons. Volume rocker is at the side, while the power button is on top as of Ipad. Speakers are located below, in between the charging port while headphone jack is located on top. 
The back of the Tab is white in color and is something distinguishable from other tablet pc. It beats Ipad color, even my gf is in love with it. I also love how it fits perfectly in my palm instead of having to use two hands to hold it like on the Ipad. The size itself is a winner.
Size comparison of the Galaxy Tab with HD7, Galaxy S and Ipod Touch. While it is larger than most phones, it certainly packs the feature you need for a tablet PC while not being oversize and heavy as some other fruit products.
Hardware and Software
The first thing you’ll notice is that the Tab doesn’t have a removable battery like a normal phones. The built in battery is very capable of lasting you at least 3 days with heavy data usage. So where’s the sim card and memory card slot you ask?
There! It side loads it making it very convenient for users to hot swap their sim and memory card.
Galaxy Tab screen has a missing feature, a super Amoled. The 7 inch killer screen only incorporates an LCD screen that i assume that it is made due to cost of production. That said, the screen is still as responsive, vibrant and stunning as on Galaxy S. The capacitive screen responds to my touch in a very prompt manner.
Running on Android 2.2 froyo, Sammie did not use their own TouchWiz launcher for their home screen, instead opted for the Stock interface. But the app drawer unfortunately is still using the their infamous TouchWIz interface as seen on the Galaxy S.
Performance seems to be snappy and it doesnt have the infamous lag experienced on the Galaxy S. Although it is using the infamous RFS filesystem which is known to slow down the Galaxy S, this device is a killer.
One more thing i should point out is that this device is truly a 512mb RAM device. Unlike false advertising on the Galaxy S, which claims to have 512MB ram but only 300+ in real life usage, Sammie nailed it for this one.
As usual, this being a tablet device and a rival to Ipad, you might ask what software does it have to satisfy your reading pleasure.
Yup, this software dubbed the Aldiko ebook reader has 3 section : News, Books and Magazines. Some of the items need subscription while some are FOC.
I love the newspaper section because it has all our local daily!
The STAR newspaper. (:
Well, i wasnt given much time to really review and test the whole unit’s function but as far as ebook features and basic funtionality, the device is the bomb. The speaker is especially loud, WIFI signal is expectionally strong, HSDPA connection seem to be going strong and of course the screen is just the killer. Its the “just nice” phone and ebook reader unlike the IPad thats overly huge, and Galaxy S that’s a tad too small.
As an Android supporter, i maybe bias in my review, but heck this is one exception because this device is really snappy and a bang for buck. The only thing that irates me is that the backlight of the touch sensitive button that occasionally decides not to light up for God Knows What Reason..
Other than that……. Its just a beast.
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