Samsung Android Tablet Review

Tablets have been around for a while, although they have not experienced much success in the consumer market. The general consensus was that computer operating systems where to bulky and resource hungry to be run smoothly in a smaller form factor. But with the rapid advancements being made in the smart phone industry, it's only logical that eventually technology manufactures would be able to produce affordable tablets with great battery life and operational OS that will appeal to the masses.

With the launch of the iPad in the summer of 2010, Apple single handily revitalized the tablet industry seemingly over night, proving the doubters wrong by selling millions of tablets all over the world. Tech companies begin revamping their strategy to take advantages of the new lucrative market that was blossoming. Samsung was among the first companies to release a tablet with the release of the Galaxy Tab in the fall of 2010. Samsung is also close to releasing the next generation of the tablet.

The new Samsung Galaxy Tab will bring a lot more screen real estate with a 10.1 inch WXGA screen which is nearly doubled the size of the original Galaxy Tab. The screen has a resolution of 1280 by 800 pixels. It is surprising lightweight tipping the scales at 1.23 pounds, and is .04 inches at its thickest. The back is made with a material that makes it very easy to grip. The new tablet sports duel cameras; an 8 megapixel coupled with flash and the ability to shoot high def videos on the back and a 2 megapixel front facing camera.

The tablet will be among the first to be powered by a duel core processor; the same 1 GHz, Tegra 2 processer which will also found in other members of the Galaxy series. The Galaxy Tab 10.1 will be available with either 16GB or 32GB of storage with the option of using a micro SIM card to boost the memory. It has a sizable 6860 mAh battery, but there is no information yet on the battery life. The tablet has a built in accelerometer and gyroscope which will no doubt be taken full advantage of by app developers.

Samsung will be using Google's much hyped Android 3.0 "Honeycomb" operating system which is customized specifically for tablets. It will also serve to be our first pure view the latest Android software because Motorola will use the native Honeycomb software without customizing it with the TouchWiz interphase or the traditional Samsung apps. The Galaxy Tab 10.1 will be able to playback video in HD.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 strengths lie in its large screen, powerful processor, and lightweight form factor. It is the lightest of all the ten inch tablets currently on the market. Unfortunately, due to the fact that it is running the raw version of Google's Android 3.0 Honeycomb software, it will be hard for it to distinguish itself from other competitors such as Mo who are also using the same software and have similar insides. The fact that so far there is no wifi version may hurt sales.