Verizon 10" tablets stacked: The iPad 2, Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and the Motorola Droid XYBoard 10.1. Here's our video review of the Tab 10.1 WiFi-only where we compare it with the Motorola Xoom and iPad 2, test out 1080p and Adobe Flash video playback and more.Īnd here's our video of the Verizon LTE 4G Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1: The tablet has a GPS and the display is bright enough to be used in a car, though you’ll need some form of cellular data (a smartphone with the WiFi mobile hotspot feature) to download map data and directions on the go. Other than a modest difference in viewing angles, the Samsung easily competes with the Asus, the top dog of Honeycomb displays. Viewing angles aren’t quite as wide as the IPS iPad and Eee Pad Transformer, but they’re plenty wide enough for side-by-side movie watching enjoyment. It has a marvelous 1280 x 800 display that’s extremely bright and color saturated (no, Super AMOLED doesn’t come this large but the color saturation and contrast remind us of Samsung’s AMOLED tech). The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is, as its name implies, a 10.1” tablet. That said, if keeping it simple is your thing and Apple isn’t, you can’t get a better looking 10” Android tablet, nor a lighter one as of this writing. It’s darned near impossible to beat the iPad 2 at the gorgeous and simple game, and we’re not sure that Android folks want to give up functionality like USB, SD cards and simple HDMI out when Android’s counterpoint to iOS is the added capabilities it offers. While the Galaxy Tab 10.1 is the slimmest, lightest and best looking tablet on the market, we wonder if Samsung hasn’t gone too far down the iPad path. That doesn’t mean you can’t hook it up to your HD TV you’ll have to purchase an adapter or dock separately. While all other Honeycomb tablets have an HDMI port, the Samsung does not. The WiFi-only Tab 10.1 has none of the optionals, but Verizon has added a 4G LTE version to their lineup (see our video review of the Verizon version below). Honeycomb tablet variation so far comes in a few optional features: 3G/4G, a microSD card slot and USB host (allowing a tablet to use USB peripherals). The Galaxy Tab 10.1 follows these basic specs and it’s available in 16 gig ($499) and 32 gig ($599) capacities. Most have a gig of RAM and all have so far not strayed from a basic Honeycomb install (Google seems to be keeping manufacturers on a short leash when it comes to UI customization of the OS). But for now, we’ve got standard Android 3.1 and that’s what we’ll cover in our review (update: Samsung released the TouchWiz upgrade in August 2011).Īndroid 10” tablets vary little on specs: they have a 1280 x 800 capacitive touch screen, a 1GHz Nvidia Tegra 2 dual core CPU with hardware graphics acceleration, a healthy dose of internal storage, WiFi 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth, dual cameras and a GPS. At trade shows earlier this year, Samsung had shown the Tab 10.1 running a tablet version of TouchWiz software that looked very sweet, and when it’s released as a free update, this will set it apart from other Android tablets. On the software side however, it’s no different than other recent vanilla Honeycomb tablets on the market such as the Asus Eee Pad Transformer and the granddaddy Motorola Xoom. The silver sides, curved edges and attention to detail put it neck-and-neck with Apple’s finest and set it apart from all other Android Honeycomb tablets. It’s incredibly slim at 0.34” and light at 1.25 lbs., and we can only marvel that Samsung re-engineered it to such lithe sexiness in just a few months. The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is the Android tablet that’s most like Apple’s hyper-successful iPad 2 tablet from a design perspective. In Chief (twitter: May 2012: Read our review of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 that will eventually replace the original Tab 10. What's not: No microSD card slot, no USB host, no standard HDMI out port, Samsung Kies USB file transfer is nightmare for Mac users. Vibrant and sharp display, delicious build quality. What's hot: Best looking Android Honeycomb tablet on the market and lightest. Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Editor's rating (1-5): Home > Android Tablet Reviews > Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1
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