Tablet about town
Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 reviewed
Thursday, February 23 2012 || Technology || BY Amanda Sachtleben
This man about town also uses the Tab’s e-reader to find recipes while he wanders the supermarket aisles —and once in the comfort of his own home he rounds off the night by videoconferencing in his underwear. You could do this too if you’re as well connected.
Once you’ve registered an account you can bring all your social networking feeds together in one place using Samsung’s Social Hub.
Even without a huge coat pocket the Tab is easy to carry around — it’s lighter than the iPad 2 and is sturdy and chic.
The operating system, Android’s Honeycomb, is made for tablets and together with Samsung’s Touchwiz interface it’s pretty easy navigate.
There are five screens to swipe through and you can populate each with the widgets you use most. Productivity apps lie at the bottom of the screen, namely the task manager, pen memo, calculator, world clock and music player.
By tapping and holding the screen you can tilt it to zoom in and out on the display, a handy feature when you’re flicking through photos or web browsing.
The Tab has a grunty 1GHz processor so you can multi-task without slowing down.
The web browser supports Flash, which Samsung has pushed as a selling point over the iPad. But even though games and apps for Android are on the rise, Apple has the edge here for now.
There’s a three megapixel front camera with a decent range of scenes and effects and in video mode you can record in 720P and play back in full HD. The battery life is good enough to comfortably watch a movie or two while you’re on the plane.
If you’ve got a grand to spare and you’re looking for an alternative to the iPad 2 at the top of the local tablet range, this one's worth a look.
Apologies. Now it's finished
Posted by Simon Eskow at 10:44 on February 23, 2012
The last sentence just drops off "If you've got a grand to spare and you're looking for".....
Posted by Lee at 09:54 on February 23, 2012
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