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The speakers sounded surprisingly good, among the better I’ve heard on Android tablets, far better than iPad 2’s single rear-facing speaker. This position proved a good one, since my hands didn’t get in the way of the speakers. The stereo speakers are situated a little more than an inch down from the top, along the left and right horizontal edges. But if you flip the orientation to put the jack at the bottom of the horizontal display, or hold the tablet vertically, with the jack running along the right side, the jack’s location works fine). Also along the right top is the headphone jack it’s awkwardly situated if you’re holding the tablet horizontally and video chatting at the same time, since the jack is just off to the right above where the camera is.
Beyond the docking port, you have a power button and volume rocker at top (horizontal) or along the right side (vertical). The Tab 10.1’s overall design takes a minimalist design cue from Apple, as well. Especially considering the Tab 10.1 is Samsung’s first mass-market tablet of this size (I’m not counting the region-specific, heavier and thicker 10.1V). I’d still like to see the weight on tablets of this size get closer still to the one pound mark, while adding even more built-in functionality (like additional ports), but this is a good start towards that goal. I found it conducive to hold in one hand or two, and found it lightweight enough that I hardly noticed it was in my bag. The Tab 10.1 feels lightweight and extremely well-balanced in-hand. It measures 10.1 by 6.9 inches, compared with iPad 2’s 9.5 by 7.3 inches.Īll of this is meaningless, though, compared with the reality of actually handling the Galaxy Tab 10.1. And it stands slightly taller and narrower than iPad, dimensions you’d expect simply by virtue of its 10.1-inch display. The Tab 10.1 edges the iPad 2 on weight, too: 1.25 pounds, to the iPad’s 1.33. I liked the feel and texture of the dark backing, as opposed to the more chintzy feeling plastic white backing.
I actually preferred the Gray varietal, even though that model would be less likely to be mistaken for Apple’s ultrahip tablet. The tablet comes in two colors: Shipping first is white, which couples a silver-painted plastic edge with a white plastic black (identical to the limited edition Google I/O version of the Tab, sans the Android graphic imprint) available on June 17, when the Tab 10.1 ships in volume, you can choose a Metallic Gray, with edges and back that more closely match. The Tab 10.1 has a more rounded edge, though, to the iPad’s tapered edge.
The Tab 10.1 has a slim profile, 8.6mm, or 0.34-inches-a hair’s breadth slimmer than the iPad 2 (technically, 0.2mm slimmer for those keeping the scorecard).įrom the side, the two tablets look very similar. This is remarkably understandable when you see and hold the Tab 10.1 for the first time. The Tab 10.1 achieves perhaps the greatest design compliment an Android tablet can hope for namely, it was often mistaken at first glance for being an iPad 2. In fact, its design, together with its Android 3.1 operating system, vaults the Tab 10.1 to the head of the Android pack. And the Tab 10.1-available in limited distribution starting today, starting at $499 for a 16GB version– has that in spades. Let’s face it, when it comes to tablets, design is the attribute that’s squarely at center stage. The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Wi-Fi is the first Android tablet to effectively challenge Apple’s iPad 2 at what Apple does best: Design.
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