Samsung intros 10in Android tablet Samsung has taken the wraps off a 10in Galaxy Tab slate, this one running Android 3.0 Honeycomb. Vodafone has the exclusive. Beyond these points, the 10in, 1280 x 800 Tab's spec largely matches that of its 7in predecessor. The camera on the back is 8Mp, but who's going to be taking snaps with a monster 246 x 170 x 11mm snapper …
"No word yet on availability or pricing - a lot, we'd say, given the price of the 7in model"
i would think that rather than price themselves silly, they would reduce the price of the galaxy tab and the galaxy s.
with competing products from other manufacturers, samsung would need to rethink their pricing.
ditto for the dell streak as well. it just doesn't make sense to buy one at the current price.
actually when I lust after a tablet, the lack of a high res (hopefully good quality) back-facing camera is the first thing that cuts a model from my list of consideration. perhaps it is my 30-odd years of serious photo experience that again sets me apart from the norm, but being able to see the full-size image in my hands AS I take the photo -- and then manipulating it with my fingers just like in the darkroom days -- that's my killer app.
Google "Lomography" - for some photographers, it's not how precisely the camera captures the image that matters...
That aside, I think I'd rather look at a whole album of photos taken by someone with the experience to know what makes a good photo even if they used the crappiest camera on the planet to take them all, than just one photo taken with the best quality camera science and engineering can devise, wielded by someone who thinks that carrying a top quality camera is sufficient to turn them into a top quality photographer.
You think that, I think that also, but there seems to be a few people who think every piece of tech they own must have a camera. Mp3 player, phone, games console and so on.
It is convenient to not need to transfer images to it, but given the poor camera in the last Samsung it just appears to be an afterthought.
Imagine holding a 10 inch tablet up at a concert blocking the view of the concert for those behind. I somehow think you would be taking home a broken tablet.
It's very useful for a tablet. My primary use case for such a device is sitting on the sofa chatting to people on skype... If I want to switch to showing them the baby instead, the back facing camera is absolutely a boon. I don't get why it needs to be so high res (especially when it certainly won't have the optics to match), but it's certainly useful.
All the macho alpha-geeks are moaning about the "ugly" comment, 'cos tech SHOULD be ugly, right?
Well, I'm sorry but a tool that you're embarrassed to pull out in front of a client is a tool that stays in your satchel instead of being useful. I'm all for function over form, but form's a factor too.
Difference between you and me: I recognise the importance of form. Difference between me and a fruity-fanboi: I don't over-emphasise the importance of form.
La.
(Paris appreciates a well-formed tool... Obviously...)
While everyone drools over these new tabs, i picked up an Advent Vega for 250 notes. 10" screen, multi-touch, android 2.2, decent screen res, decent battery, hdmi at 1080, micro sd and usb for good measure.
Dual core tegra at 1GHZ is good enough for anything and angry birds looks amazing, there's some kind of display hardware smoothing going on.
Don't know why all the fuss about these new pads....
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