Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (7-Inch, Wi-Fi)
Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (7-Inch, Wi-Fi)
Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 DESCRIPTION :
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Design and build quality
The Galaxy Tab 2 7.0, to give it its full, awkward name, is a 7-inch slate. That means it's considerably more hand-friendly than Apple's iPad or, indeed, Samsung's larger tablets like the Tab 2 10.1. You can easily hold it in one hand while prodding at it with the other, although you're probably not going to be able to use it one-handed as you might do with your smaller smart phone.
Screen
The 7-inch screen offers a resolution of 1,024x600 pixels. That doesn't beat the 1,280x800 pixels on the Motorola Xoom 2 Media Edition, but it's not far off, and given the slight size increase of the Xoom, it probably works out about the same.
Performance
Under the hood is a 1GHz dual-core processor with 1GB of RAM. Considering we're seeing phones and tablets flying around with quad-core processors clocked at speeds of up to 1.8GHz, the Tab 2 7-inch doesn't seem to offer a massive amount, but that's mostly justified by the cheaper price tag.
To see how it stacks up against its rivals I booted up the Geekbench benchmark test and hit go. It returned a score of 409, which is frankly rather disappointing. By comparison, the Xoom 2 Media Edition managed over 1,000 on the same test. It's slightly more expensive, sure, but you do seem to be getting quite a lot more for your money.
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Customer Review :
I have a Kindle Fire and do enjoy using it (for the most part) -- love the form factor, enjoy the apps that I can get for it and am very pleased with the Kindle eReader app and ability to share books across all our Kindles. But when we were offered an opportunity to check out the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 a few days early, we jumped at the chance. The Kindle Fire is great at what it does, but its custom Android O/S, non-standard Web browser, limited selection of apps, lack of expandable storage and lack of Bluetooth support leave me cold.
*Browser Issues*
I've experienced multiple issues trying to browse web sites with the Kindle's Silk browser which work fine on the Galaxy Tab 2 and other full-fledged Android devices. Specifically on many sites with Flash content, I get a message on the Fire that viewing the content requires an update to Flash, but clicking on the link to upgrade the release of Flash fails after the download of the new version. The Fire is apparently unable to open and run the Flash installation file. Also, Web apps like the Facebook versions of "Words with Friends" or "Bejeweled Blitz" are really kludgy on the Fire, though the native Words with Friends app for the Fire does work fine (well except when it dies with a "Force Close" error which has been happening more often than not lately). Also, the content management system we use on our web site is able to load pages (articles) on the Fire, but unable to scroll within large text input windows. The same problem does not occur on the Galaxy Tab 2's browser. The Silk browser is able to access many web sites properly, but when it fails, there isn't much you can do since updates to the Silk browser have been few and far between.
*App and content space*
The Kindle Fire and Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 each come with 8 GB of internal storage on board. The Kindle Fire has no expandable storage, as it is designed to work in "The Cloud." In other words, they expect you to store music and movies on an internet-based cloud storage area for access when you want it. The big caveat here is that the Kindle Fire offers only WiFi access (no 4G support) so if you do not happen to have a WiFi hotspot or home network handy (like, for example, on a long distance car trip), your cloud-based content is completely inaccessible. I filled up the Kindle Fire's internal storage within the first six weeks of ownership. If I want to install more apps or add local content now, I'll have to remove some from the device. These apps and content are still available to download later from the cloud, if I wish to do so, but this really isn't convenient. The Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (7-Inch, Wi-Fi)
Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (7-Inch, Wi-Fi)
is a brand new product from Samsung that breaks the $250 price barrier. There are a lot of tablets at or below this price but they are mostly very low end devices with slow CPUs, poor screens and built for non-US markets. The Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 makes none of the compromises typical of this price point and provides the same kind of performance you'd expect from the rest of the Samsung Galaxy Tab portfolio. It's fast, slick, has a great screen and even has Android 4.03 (Ice Cream Sandwich). I do like the new operating system and adapted to it in minutes. In addition to front & rear cameras there is bluetooth and even an IR blaster so you can use it as a remote for your TV. It only took a minute to set that up and get a program guide downloaded. All the apps on my Gingerbread phone loaded up to the Tab and run fine on the ICS platform. I can't comment on battery life yet as I plugged it for the initial charge and setup and haven't run on battery yet. As far as WiFi reception goes, it picks up all the same signals at the same strength as my laptop so no problem there.If you've been waiting for a 7" tablet with Android 4 your wait is over.
