Mission 4–Playing with the Galaxy Tab!

As promised on my earlier video I’ll post a quick picture that I took on my Galaxy S while playing Nova on the Galaxy Tab…

CRIKEY!!!! Look at the graphics on that! BTW I love this game! Shoot’em ups are my favourite! It’s very halo-esque!

Now that I'm done gushing about that game though onto the important stuff! SPECIFICATION TIME!!!!

Size – it fit pretty comfy in my hand!
190.1 x 120.5 x 12 mm

Weight – not as heavy as I expected it to be!
380 g

Display – COMPLETLY GORGEOUS!
TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors

Size – a pretty perfect size for being mobile but surfing the net!
600 x 1024 pixels, 7.0 inches

- TouchWiz UI
- Multi-touch input method
- Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate
- Three-axis gyro sensor
- Touch-sensitive controls
- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
- Swype text input – my favourite…..i probably couldn’t text using normal input now!

Internal
16/32 GB storage, 512 MB RAM – It is possible to expand the memory with a further 32GB, good one Samsung including a MicroSD slot

Data
GPRS
EDGE
3G
HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps

WLAN
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n

Bluetooth
v3.0 with A2DP

Camera
Rear - 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels, autofocus, LED flash – more than capable of taking good photos!

Front – 1.3MP – awesome for video calling and conferencing!

Video
Yes, 720x480@30fps

Features
OS
Android OS, v2.2 (Froyo) – Amazingly smooth and responsive…hopefully there will be a few tab specific apps on the marketplace soon!

CPU
ARM Cortex A8 processor, 1 GHz ‘Hummingbird’ processor; PowerVR SGX540 graphics – FAST and SMOOTH showcasing 90 million triangles! perfect for playing games!

Messaging
SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS

Browser
HTML – and FLASH 10.1, yes thats right! you can now watch videos in the browser!

Games
Yes – 3 Gameloft games preloaded! They look awesome on the tab!

GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support – Unfortunately the carphone warehouse wouldnt let me run outside to check the GPS out

Other amazing stuff

- Social networking integration
- Digital compass
- Full HD video playback
- Up to 7h movie playback
- TV-out
- MP4/DivX/WMV/H.264/H.263 player
- MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC player
- Organizer
- Image/video editor
- Thinkfree Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail,
YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa integration
- Readers/Media/Music Hub
- Adobe Flash 10.1 support
- Voice memo/dial/commands
- T9

Battery
Probably about the same as a smartphone if it isn’t completely caned….other than that I've heard its around the 7hour mark…great for train journeys where you don’t want to carry a heavy laptop around!

…finally…GO BUY ONE!!! THE GALAXY TAB IS AWESOME!