Samsung Galaxy Tab Review, Specification and Price

Samsung Galaxy Tab Review
The new Samsung Galaxy Tab is a 7-inch Multi-touch display tablet running the latest Android OS v2.2 . It is a compact communication and entertainment device that can slip in to your pocket and is always connected, lightweight and smart.
It features high speed 3G connectivity,Wireless LAN Wi-Fi, and the latest Bluetooth v3.0 . The new Samsung Galaxy Tab sports a large 4000 mAh battery and is powered by a Cortex A8 1.0GHz application processor.You can do video calling with the 1.3 mega-pixel front camera and capture pictures with 3 mega-pixel rear Camera .

Samsung Galaxy Tab Vs Apple iPad

Samsung Galaxy Tab tablet advantages over Apple iPad Tablet :

    More Portable – Samsung Galaxy Tab can be kept in pocket whereas Apple iPad can not be due to its large display size .
    Multi-tasking – Samsung Galaxy Tab supports multi-tasking but iPad does not .
    Dual Camera – Samsung Galaxy Tab sports Dual Camera (front & rear) , iPad does not have camera
    Phone – Samsung Galaxy Tab can be used as a phone whereas iPad can not be .
    Bluetooth – Samsung Galaxy Tab has latest Bluetooth v3 module , iPad supports v2.1 only
    Weight – Samsung Galaxy Tab is lighter (380gm) , iPad is 0.73kg (3G model)
    Samsung Galaxy Tab is officially launched in India , iPad is not , you can only buy it from sites like ebay or from abroad iPad is also now launched officially in India and so is the iPad 2 .

Samsung Galaxy Tab tablet disadvantages over Apple iPad Tablet :

    Smaller Display (view) size
    Lesser display resolution
    Android UI is not as tuned as the iOS UI
    Android Market need more time to compete with the Apple App Store

Samsung Galaxy Tab tablet specifications :

    Network :

•         GSM/GPRS/EDGE
•         3G HSDPA,HSUPA
•     OS : Android 2.2 , upgradeable to next version of Android
•     Display : 7-inch WSVGA (1024×600) multi-touch screen
•     Weight : 385 gm
•     Apps : Android Market
•     Social Hub : Integrates SNS , email,IM and Calendar accounts,Integrated Calendar (Google/Facebook/Outlook)
•     Android Samsung UI : Multiple Homescreens
•     Hybrid Widgets
•     Processor : 1GHz Cortex A8 processor
•     Battery : 4000mAh
•         Talk Time : upto 38 hours(2G), upto 17.5 hours (3G), upto 280 min (VT Call)
•         Standby : upto 28 days (2G), upto 25 days (3G)
•     Camera : 3 mega-pixel auto-focus camera with LED flash , 1.3 MP front camera
•     Connectivity :
•         WiFi a/b/g/n
•         Bluetooth v3.0
•         WAP
•         USB v2.0
•         TV-output : HDMI, Composite
•     Navigation
•         GPS with A-GPS
•         Map My India, Turn by Turn Navigation
•     Video Video player
•         Full HD Video Player(1080p)
•         Video recording : Recorder(720 x 480) @ 30fps
•         Multi Video Format Support : Without Encoding (WMV, MPEG4, DIVX, XVID, H.263, H.264)
•     Music
•         3.5mm Audio jack
•         Speaker
•         Music Player : MP3, AAC, OGG, WMA, AMR-NB/WB, FLAC, WAV, AC3, MIDI, RTTTL/RTX, OTA, i-Melody, SP-MIDI
•         FM Radio with RDS
•     Memory : 16GB + MicroSD (up to 32GB)
•     Android Browser : Flash Player 10.1 support,RSS reader
•     Integrated Email : GMail,MS Exchange Active Sync
•     Navigation :Google Maps,Latitude,Places,Google Maps Navigation
•     eReading : Newspaper,Book,magazine

Price of Samsung Galaxy tab is $545