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Looks like another 7 inch android will soon be joining the tablet wars in the form of a big brother to the Dell Streak. I think it has been mentioned that the resolution is low so that in itself makes it sort of unappealing.
I think this sums up why I love the 7" size. It's the chuck-ability of the device. Due to its size, it's great for much less formal sessions. I could be looking something up *while* walking out the door and not skip a beat, or look at the thing while walking around the house comfortably. I can also quickly chuck it in a bag or slot, when need my attention elsewhere.
It's interesting because a common argument against a camera on a tablet or the iPad was that it's stupid for photography.
Well I say if your first idea is photography when you get a tablet with a camera I say your not very creative. Imagine the use of augmented reality apps (not sure if the Tab has a digital compass) with tablets with a camera.
Changed the thread title to something more appropriate.
Looks like another 7 inch android will soon be joining the tablet wars in the form of a big brother to the Dell Streak. I think it has been mentioned that the resolution is low so that in itself makes it sort of unappealing.
It's interesting because a common argument against a camera on a tablet or the iPad was that it's stupid for photography.
Well I say if your first idea is photography when you get a tablet with a camera I say your not very creative. Imagine the use of augmented reality apps (not sure if the Tab has a digital compass) with tablets with a camera.
I agree and think that a camera on a tablet can be a greatly useful appendage.
As you mentioned, augmented reality is a really cool use case. the Galaxy Tab has a compass, a gyro, and GPS, so using this as a virtual window is certainly possible (layar comes bundled with the Tab). There's a sky gazing augmented reality app for android which would be cool for looking at constellations and the like.
Also, a tool, for documenting things in a scene, or scanning barcodes is still useful for a portable tablet. Simply take the picture, annotate and you have something useful in digital form for later. This could be useful for a variety of situations including shopping, or to record something during a meeting.
All of these things can be done with a smartphone, but it's worth noting that they can work just as well on a tablet, *and* it would be a shame not to have this functionality on a tablet! Another feather in the Tab's hat.
If this is indeed true, then this is anything but 'competitive'. As a point of reference, in the same region it's $200 more than the similarly specced 16GB/3G iPad ($799).
Lets hope that these horrendous prices are inaccurate and/or stay localized to Australia, as this would be a deal-breaker for me were they to find their way to North America.
That's pure insanity for a device that I can buy off-contract in Canada for $499 (It's $460 more!).With pricing like this it's not surprising that the Australian Tab is priced $999.
This gives me much hope that this device can still be competitive over here.
I just found a book in my home and weighed it with the kitchen scale. The book is called Blindness -- for reference. Other than thickness (1" thick rather than 0.47"), it's a good representation of the weight (345g) and the size of the Galaxy Tab (~7" diagonal with a decent border).
Wow, is this ever a great form factor! It's sufficiently light, but large enough to see comfortably. It's also very easy to hold, and at half the thickness, it would be perfect size for a device. While I don't think it's pocketable, it could easily fit into any sized bag!
It's a keyboard that offers very good prediction and correction to dramatically improve typing speeds. This is a competitor to swype and something that I would be interested in trying.
It at least has one advantage over the swype keyboard: It can accept Google's voice-to-text translation! The current swype implementation (AFAIK) does not have this feature built in, so you have to switch keyboards in order to use it -- probably my largest complaint about the keyboard.
The announcement for the 10 inch Samsung galaxy Tab was stupid -- how is this gonna help them sell the 7 inch one? They should have maintained that 7 inch is the perfect form factor, instead of distracting potential buyers.
Still waiting for a pricing info in the US. With the prices we've read about so far, it seems they don't actually want to sell much of these things... I hope they have opened a really big production line and after the market flop give them away for $300
