PCWorld: Analysis: Samsung Galaxy Tab No Match For iPad
The Galaxy is more portable because smaller, but that makes it less useable, the reviewer argues. It’s also slower and doesn’t do e-mail as well as the iPad.
“Competing with Apple on quality, elegance, and innovation is nearly always a losing battle. By comparison, most products feel awkward and substandard. And so it is with the Samsung Galaxy Tab, a 7-inch, Android 2.2-powered touch-based slate device.
The Galaxy Tab does show some promise, but its flaws far outnumber its positives. Part of that is due to Samsung’s hardware design, and part of the blame goes to the Android 2.2 OS that Google says never was designed for tablets. After using Android 2.2 in a tablet, I understand why Google is telling device makers to wait for a tablet-oriented Android. Samsung should have heeded Google’s warning.”