Samsung Galaxy Tab market

Samsung Galaxy Tab market - history of the Galaxy card has been a saga, to say the least. In fact, it was actually in May that I first heard rumors of Samsung plans to launch a 7-inch tablet Android phones as their S Galaxy, but only after months of painful jokes - including a look at their packaging cruel Hall Engadget - Sammy finally announced that the Galaxy Tab in the world in the IFA. Tab certainly full of specifications - a 1GHz processor, with the full support of Flash for Android 2.2, two cameras, up to 32 GB of storage and WiFi / 3G - to put others to shame tablets Android and our hands first we just had the hunger for more. Without the price and availability, however, the story was a cliffhanger. Of course, those details sank in the coming months, and here in the U.S., Samsung has finally announced that the four major U.S. could call their own tabs.

Verizon has finally the ratio of lead, prices, and revealed that the card would hit $ 600 without a contract - at the same time, Sprint was followed by a no-price, and $ 400 for a two-year contract option.

( Samsung Galaxy Tab market )In fact, it was a long trip, but even after all this, some of the big questions remain unanswered. Tab is to provide a richer experience and brighter than any other non-Android platform? How applications are specially designed by Samsung? And finally, finally got a tablet on the market that can compete with the Apple iPad? We believe it is time to answer these questions and finally, opening what could be the most important chapter in the history of the Galaxy Tab - Engadget official magazine. We knew you would agree, join us after the break.

Galaxy Tab (Sprint)

Hardware

It becomes more difficult for manufacturers to differentiate the look of these gadgets all-screen, but Samsung has done a commendable job separating the losses of other contrasts with its facade and back surfaces. The back of the rounded body is covered with a glossy white plastic (if time remains white ghost is still unknown), while the front consists of a black case and a familiar flush glass screen. (Note: we sent the Sprint version of Tab and there may be slight cosmetic differences between the versions carrier.) Screen bezel seems less polished than iPad - you always want to keep the Windex (or gadget Brasso Polish) and chamois in the neighborhood, though. Speaking of cleaning, that's exactly what we would describe the rest of the design - there are four touch buttons on the front, a headphone jack on the top edge and a volume rocker, the microSD card slot and button Power on the right edge.

However, do not see why Samsung would not have been able to make room for the micro-USB port - loading and content using their own charging cable sideload Samsung.

To be honest, we need a real evaluation of the project equipment will be in proportion to its shape. Not surprisingly, a 7-inch tablets are much better with one hand as the big screen (or 9.7-inch or 11.6-inch iPad ExoPC), and 7.4 x 4.7 inches Card Galaxy there is no difference . Steve Jobs can not think size is optimal, but we enjoyed the smaller hands can wrap £ 0.83 / 0.47 inches, thick card when you read a book or keep it as a phone and use your thumbs is a type on-screen keyboard. Of course, it is not as light or as thin as 0.53 pounds / 0.33 inch, Kindle, or 0.48 lbs / 0.4-inch Dell Streak, but it's still enough light to keep the bed without the fear that falling on your face.

The whole construction of the device is superior, and while it may seem to some as an enlarged Captivate or fascinate, it feels more solid than those of mobile plasticy. We're not saying that it is robust by any standard - even if you have a screen Corning Gorilla Glass - but it feels very strong, and not worry so much when he fell into error on the couch. In addition, again without problems tab slid off things from time to time - then we suggest you keep this little guy in a case or a pin standing by it. We do not want the record on a stand-up as the Evo 4G and Archos 7. Think about it, Samsung.

Screen

The loss was not a Super AMOLED screen smartphones like brothers the S Galaxy, but the resolution 1024 x 600 LCD is always amazing. It is particularly better than most other screens tablets we've seen lately, which means of course the first thing we noticed his stellar viewing angle. (You know we hang with and our viewing angle.) Tilt of the screen off-axis does not cause color distortion and share with a friend is not necessary for us to make adjustments.

The same display is very bright and the colors are very sharp. While some have complained that seems a bit 'too saturated, you can adjust the color saturation of the display settings to your liking. While the iPad, it is difficult to see what the sun is a glossy screen, but when we did some filming of a video on the City of New York on a sunny day, we were still able to do the checking. Even if the resolution is not as high as the Tab iPad, 1024 x 768 resolution IPS panel, the display has a number of pixels better, resulting sharper e-book reading experience and the website as the iPad. (You know how some of us think about the number of pixels.)

Just as telephones in the S Galaxy, the capacitive screen is very sensitive, and as we saw the preview for the match easily the sensitivity of the iPad. Not once on the last day of testing, we had a problem with a light touch to make choices, or scrolling down the length of the long side curls with light. Similarly, a four buttons on the accelerometer is very sensitive for most applications (it is usually slower in the browser) and a quick adjust when you started. As the iPad using OS 4.2, there is no physical button to turn it off, but you can make the menu display settings. Two speakers on the bottom of the tablet is much more difficult than the average smartphone (ok, maybe with the exception of the HTC Surround), but if you are going to be a board to rock the party you want to connect a number of speakers.

Software: Android and TouchWiz

As we have said a number of film festivals before, nice that the screen is only as good as the software that runs under it. And if the card, the software will be very familiar to anyone who has ever been used Galaxy S Samsung TouchWiz cell layer Android 3.0. As you probably already know, we've never been particularly big fan of cartoony interface design - looks like a nice kiddie-like - but it has some nice polish to the average consumer, and the tablet, adds more generic Android smartphone experience.

"Android is not ready for the tablets." Everyone has heard this, and as we enter some of them in the following paragraphs, the tab key UI - windows, a drawer, the startup screen, the Swype keyboard - are well suited for 7-inch screen. Focal length scales re-skin gently Android browser 7-inch screen. Is it just a larger version of the Smartphone OS Google? Yes, but we never seen anything wrong with that.

Samsung Apps

On the other hand, it does not mean that there are key elements of the OS that require adjustments to enjoy the extra screen space, and unlike many other brands Android shelves, Samsung has done more than just throw on the applications of stocks. Below is a summary of the main applications developed specifically for Samsung tab.

Email - The core of the email looks like the Galaxy S phone, but when he returns to the screen to landscape mode, you get a Microsoft Outlook, as a component that displays the Inbox on the left and right posts. We prefer to manage and respond to correspondence of this application in the application of Gmail, which is the version smartphone.

Calendar - The calendar application is just as attractive. Horizontal position, you can adjust it so that the calendar will have the entire screen, or similar two-pane view that displays the list of upcoming events.

Messages, Contacts - These are pretty self-explanatory. Even if the card is not technically a phone because of all the U.S. airlines is limited in its ability to call, you can use the application to send SMS or MMS messages or e-mail addresses of other links. Like others, you have two pane view in landscape mode - to view the contact details to the left and the right message.

Media Hub - began to appear in the Galaxy S phones too, but the tab may be more appropriate to take advantage of Samsung's new movie and TV store / player. There are currently more than 1000 videos for MTV, Universal and Paramount, and while there is a good selection of current titles - we downloaded the episode of South Park coast of New Jersey for $ 1.99 - if it is empty to start looking for more films. No, ET, and Terminator, to name a few, are not available. Of course, everything here is protected by DRM, so no luck trying to drag our office. However, you will be able to access your account at the central office to five other Samsung devices to view any previously purchased content. Media Hub is not a bad alternative in the air, but at this point, we recommend the purchase of content through Amazon Unbox and lateral loads for use on multiple devices.

Note: Samsung Hub also has an application that gives readers access to Kobo e-library and reading content, but Sprint decided not to preload.