Is the Samsung Galaxy Tab better than the iPad?
Apple has spent a lot of money and has invested lots of hours of research into the development of the iPad, their revolutionary product that is said to change the way people use their computers all around the world.
The launch and popularity of this innovative product has spawned lots and lots of similar products made by manufacturers all over the world. One of these is the Samsung Galaxy Tab – and it is going to give iPad a hard time. Why?
First of all, it has two cameras, where the iPad does not have any. The Galaxy Tab has a rear camera with a 3.2 megapixel resolution – not the greatest, but it is enough, because I don’t think people would like to take photos with a 7″ digital camera – and a front facing one, which will allow people to do some video conferencing and probably even use it as a webcam. This is a huge advantage, considering the imminent appearance of Skype for Android that will allow video calls.
Next, there is the aspect Apple was criticized the most for: the iPad (and any other device running iOS) lacks support for Adobe Flash, favoring HTML5 instead. The Galaxy Tab will run Google’s Android 2.2 Froyo, the first distribution of the free mobile operating system that officially supports Adobe Flash and includes the Flash Player 10.1. Beat that, iPad.
The screen is another strong point of the Galaxy Tab. The iPad has a bigger screen, but the Galaxy’s aspect ratio is better: it is 16:10 widescreen, optimized for video playback.
If you own an iPad, you have to make do with the storage capacity it was manufactured with. There is no way to expand the iPad’s storage capacity, it also lacks any USB plugs you could use for connecting a memory card reader or an external hard disk. Samsung’s Galaxy Tab supports Micro SD memory cards with up to 32Gb capacity, making it easy to expand the device’s storage capacity. Even more: you can take out the memory card of your digital camera and plug it directly into the Galaxy Tab for viewing them on the 7″ screen or uploading them to social networks.
Last, but not least, there is the question of text input. Apple’s developers simply introduced a big fat QWERTY keyboard and that was it. Samsung has introduced a new technology called Swype, developed by the creators of T9 – you just have to sweep the on-screen keyboard from letter to letter in order to type the words you want. This technology was introduced in Samsung’s Galaxy S smartphone and is said to make typing really easy.
iPad beware, here comes the Galaxy Tab!