i think the size is depends on what you want.

If you want it to be portable, 7 inch and super light weight really boost it.

10" will good for more task oriented and also long hours of reading

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Another features of Tab, printing straight from it to printer


Seriously i think functionality POV, Tab beats iPad badly.


This post has been edited by jujx: Sep 3 2010, 12:03 AM

I wonder if buying a tablet qualified for income tax reduction... hahaha...

For me, I think A8 is too slow for tablet.. besides knowing Gingerbread is coming, I would bet on something better. However, not much is known about Gingerbread nor Honeycomb. I would bet on Tegra 2 offering much better performance on Flash 10.

wonder how much will it be here..if the price can be cheaper than ipad (like RM 1.5k or less, then it'll be a winner).

Samsung Galaxy Tab price

Samsung itself is telling us at IFA that no pricing has been announced and that any prices floating around are speculation -- but it seems the company has already announced a suggested retail prices of SEK 9,000 in Sweden including VAT, which works out to about $1,240 (or $930 without VAT)

(via Engadget http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/02/samsung...799-in-europe/)

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This post has been edited by hnr2802: Sep 3 2010, 08:33 AM

if do conversion to RM then it's too expensive. even more costly than ipad.

maybe because it have more features than ipad.

if its not going to be cheaper than ipad, it won't sell as well as ipad mainly because consumers would believe ipad is far superior and with a bigger price tag than ipad, how can it compete? but i really do hope its much cheaper than ipad, I really would great one

the price should be cheaper than iPad eventhough it has more features. simply because every products that are launched by Apple are eventually turn to be products to beat. just look like iPhone, iPod, Macbook Pro (this one not really neway) and also this iPad.

but even Galaxy S is priced not less than iPhone 4 at overseas. Guess Samsung is really confident with their products.

At first i thought it will be priced around 1.8-2k range, then i would have considered getting this. After i saw the suggested retail price of 930USD, i think i better get an ipad instead. Samsung will lose a lot of potential customers.

i think if launch here officially price should be cheaper (pray)

samsung has a bad idea for the price...
although the specs looks amazing but i still will go for ipad if i have money

Lets hope it's cheaper than what has been rumoured.

USD930 for a tablet?

It is indeed expensive.... Anyway, if it is expensive in US, Don't think it will be cheap here.

buy this then put apple sticker at the back

samsung really go all the way ripping off apple products

Putting a sticker at the back doesn't really mean anything.
The final product has a white plastic back, not the silver one.

I'm not defending anyone, but to make a slim tablet, I don't really see many ways besides it being rectangle and have a bezel.

The various buttons, capacitive or hardware and it does sport a PDMI which looks similar to apple's proprietary interface, but then again PDMI is supposed to be the next 'standard' for portable media devices.

This post has been edited by MYstombox: Sep 3 2010, 12:22 PM

Quadrant for Galaxy Tab.

It takes awhile at database I/O

Even such a low quadrant score the galaxy tab is flying. Imagine it with lagfix

Too slow la... Tegra2 is the future...

I cant be too bothered about battery life for tablet since it will be primarily used for indoor usage. It has to have a powerful enough CPU to replace netbook.

I have a IPAD 3G 64GB and has been using for 3 months. From a functionality point of view, the Samsung Tab beats the iPad flat. I am using a Android phone Nexus ( Froyo) so I can more or less understand the software the Samsung Tab has. As was said before the ipad was considered a oversized ipod touch , similarly we can view the Samsung Tab as a oversized Galaxy S

The iPad is good as a gadget for CASUAL browsing ( it does not support Adobe Flash 10.1 , meaning as of now 75% of web videos you cannot watch ) , emails, a great ebook, magazine reader, rss and tweeter, games, watching Apple format videos etc. I have Jailbreak it to enhance its usage with other non-Approved JB apps

I'd like to highlight here here some points that one should know about the iPad's deficiency. One should know these limitations , then you can make a fairer comparison with the Android Tablet. I only list down here the main ones which most users will face

Hardware - it has no USB port and not even a front video camera. The absence of the USB port has hampered its functionality, which I will elaborate later

Officework Suite : iPad comes without any. Cheapest is to purchase Quickoffice US$15 or you buy Apple default iWork package of Pages, Keynote, Numbers - each will cost you US9.99, meaning all 3 will cost you close to US$30. It comes with just a simple note app. I bought Quickoffice and Keynote

Safari : Poor browser , main issue only one window one time and basically just a expanded phone browser. You can switch to another window but lose last window. I replace it with Atomic Browser and Life browser : cost me another US$3

Videos : Apple approved formats only , ie H.264 and MPEG-4 video in mp4, m4v and mov. In its approve formats, video is great. Others you need to convert using , say Handbrake or Air Video ( both free software ) or use third part free and paid ( I bought YX Player ) plays other non-Apple approved format but generally quality playback is poor. Is still a better option to convert. Some 3rd party video player works only on Jailbreak ipads

File Transfers to iPad : Easiest email yourself to retrieve file but not workable for big files, say above 10 MB - email over and download slow. You can use iTunes to transfer but this only for apps that are approved by Apple to read the files.
You can set up cloud services accounts eg GoAruna or Dropbox and upload files to them and access download files from ipad.
Only on Jailbreak iPad, you can use Wireless transfer using WinSCP ( Windows) or Cyberduck ( MAC). If you have a MAC, you can use Netatlk to transfer and also access files on the ipad

If you often need to transfer photos JPEG format, you can buy the Camera Connection Kit ( US$29) and plug into the iPad connector. The CCK also allows you to plugin SD card and thumb drives

You need to Jailbreak to install a File EXplorer ( quite few types available costing average US$1 to US3 ) . By default you cannot access the ipad files

EBooks : iPad reads only ePub format and PDF. If you have a collection of pdb, prc formats you have to use Calibre to convert it to epub format

Saving files from email : Attachments on email cannot be saved to the ipad for , say future reference. Only way you save the email or use 3rd party apps eg ReaddleDocs ( US$4.99) , open and save thro Goodreader ( US$0.99 ) or upload these to your Dropbox account

iPad does not support Multitasking. You close an app, you lose it. You need to Jailbreak and install Backgrounder ( free app ) to have multitasking. Disadvantage it takes up memory and I often have to close down apps manually else ipad will freeze with too many apps open

ya i know how it goes/functions...
and i just think ipad suits me since i already owned SGS

Battery is important to me, I want to use it outside. And I don't want a cable attached to it while I'm charging as it'll then limit the portability in the home as well.