Without a doubt, the Apple iPad is one of the most intriguing and successful consumer electronic products released this year. Its success has naturally caused a wave of announcements by various manufacturers, each revealing its own plans for upcoming tablet/s. As of now, the most serious contender seems to be Samsung with its Galaxy Tab, which is to make an appearance with every single major U.S. carrier. Now, here's the deal about the Samsung Galaxy Tab. At first glance, it is very similar to the iPad; in reality though, it's nothing like it. "So, is that a good thing or a bad thing?", one would ask. If this question is tickling your fancy, then look no further, as you'll find all the answers you seek in this review!
Magical though it may seem, those who’ve fallen under the spell of the iPad are more aware than anyone of the fatal flaw that is its awkward dimensions. As voluminous as it is voluptuous, few pockets are sufficient to house Steve Job’s hallowed tablet. With a screen that sharp and bright, big is certainly beautiful, but it’s also... well, big.
With necessity as the mother of invention then, Samsung’s recently released alternative, the Galaxy Tab, is an attempt to fill that pocket-sized gap. At 7-inches in height, it’s the same size as the highly practical Kindle, though thicker, chunkier, and with a screen edged by a band of black shiny plastic which comprises a clear aesthetic hat-tip to its Cupertino-conceived cousin. It's weighty enough for you to feel like you’ve got your money’s worth (no mean feat given the £500 price tag), but without tiring those untrained biceps and triceps which are a depressing adjunct of western civilization’s sedentary decline.
Google’s Android operating system is well on its way to ruling the world of the smartphone having recently dispensed with the Blackberry for market share, and as well as taking strides into the world of internet-enabled television it’s branching out into the new frontier of tablet computing with perhaps more speed than haste; despite the fact that Samsung have been to the trouble of adding their graphical ‘TouchWiz 3.0’ (no sniggering at the back) layer to the OS, it’s impossible to avoid the occasional feeling that you’re just using an up-scaled Android handset
