Galaxy Tab Available Yet??

[BearCruz]

Dude what happened to the video?

ya, sorry, company end year function. Will see if i can do it this weekend. Sorry again.



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[Maddmatt]

The second difference is the iPad is already going into a 2nd iteration, whereas the Galaxy is in a 1st iteration [in other words they are already behind] .

Huh?

1. I don't believe Android is the future for non-apple tablets [Chrome OS is ]

Chrome is not aimed touch screens, so that isn't really possible. Several manufacturers are committed to Android Honeycomb tablets so I disagree with you there.

Now if the Galaxy had Windows 7 on it and/or 30% cheaper than the ipad ....i would be singing a different tune. I believe Android tablets are "experimental" simply to get something in the market -now- [to get some part of the tablet-bubble while they can] . So from that angle i don't see why it should be the same price as the "market leader" and expect to succeed.

The hardware in the Galaxy Tab is no less advanced than the iPad. In fact the processor is more powerful and it has twice as much RAM. Unless just being made by Apple and having their OS makes it more valuable to you there is no reason for the Galaxy Tab to be cheaper. And that screen that packs a similar resolution into an even smaller space must have higher manufacturing costs.

Personally I wouldn't buy either of them though. Maybe a reasonably priced 10-inch Android tablet when some good ones are available. It's just hard to justify it when I already have an Android smartphone.
Might get a 10 inch Archos or something just for web browsing and stuff that would benefit from a bigger screen.

Personally I'd like a tablet that doesn't unnecessarily increase its cost with stuff that I'd rather use my phone for anyway, like GPS, rear camera and cellphone antenna (as long as I can tether it to my phone via Bluetooth).

 

[diabolus]

Huh?

http://www.geek.com/articles/gadget...ebruary-may-be-smaller-ipad-instead-20101214/

Dec. 14, 2010

Last week we heard rumors that Apple intends to release the iPad 2 by the end of February. That’s based on reports that Foxconn’s plant is preparing to ship hardware within the next 100 days. But while it has been assumed this is going to be an iPad 2, it may in fact be another model of iPad.

Reuters has heard from manufacturers in Asia that the new iPad expected early next year could be a smaller version of the existing iPad with a few updates.

While the details of what exactly Apple has planned for February are unclear, what is becoming apparent is the iPad is going to get some form of new model in a couple of month’s time. Whether it’s smaller, or lighter, or boasts a fantastic new display, is what remains a mystery.

Chrome is not aimed touch screens, so that isn't really possible. Several manufacturers are committed to Android Honeycomb tablets so I disagree with you there.

Well depends on where you look : http://dev.chromium.org/chromium-os/user-experience/form-factors/tablet

Google have already hinted that Chrome OS is not necessarily a Netbook/Laptop only thing, and why should it be?

 

[Maddmatt]

http://www.geek.com/articles/gadget...ebruary-may-be-smaller-ipad-instead-20101214/

It's not available yet and it's just a rumour.
That does not make the Galaxy "already behind". Besides, there will be Android tablets to match it.

Well depends on where you look : http://dev.chromium.org/chromium-os/user-experience/form-factors/tablet

Google have already hinted that Chrome OS is not necessarily a Netbook/Laptop only thing, and why should it be?

Interesting. Still, netbooks seem to be the main target. That's only a concept, meanwhile Android is already on Tablets and the Honeycomb version is being designed with tablets in mind, with several companies already working on a tablet. A Motorola Tablet is being used by Android developers working on Honeycomb.

Personally I just don't see much point in Chrome OS.

 

[diabolus]

Personally I just don't see much point in Chrome OS.

All opinions of course, anything can happen. Either way my point was, that here we have a well established tablet with an extremely popular company behind it with alot of development occuring on the platform [and the platform+tablet has been on the market for a year] that are selling at a price point that most people consider "expensive, but it is Apple" . So the ipad [and even i admit it] is ALREADY expensive and the price can only go DOWN....

Now we get Samsung, with an open source OS , not providing any content themselves and a rather touch and go marketplace that will eventually be all over the place [similar to what happened with Linux] and they come in at the exact same price point? THAT i have a problem with. The fact that people can even go "ipad vs galaxy" after the ipad has been out for a YEAR tells me the Galaxy is not doing anything revolutionary here, they are simply "catching up" , not "taking things a step further" . I don't see why i should pay the Apple-premium for the Galaxy.

 

[mith]

ya, sorry, company end year function. Will see if i can do it this weekend. Sorry again.



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no prob dude....thanks