Samsung Galaxy Tab to take on Apple's iPad via all 4 US carriers - Page 4

Wow!

You're really 'reaching' there, given that there's a world of (functional) difference between a Personal Digital Assistant/PDA (Note: The term PDA was first used on January 7, 1992 by Apple Computer CEO John Sculley at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, referring to the Apple Newton."), like the Newton, and a modern day slate/tablet.

Now that does look like a big iPhone or iPod Touch.

Wel yeah, it looks thick in the picture but as has been pointed out, it isn't that thick really. It just looks that way because of the proportions.

So my guess is that if Apple brings out an 7" version it will be proportionally in line with the present iPad.

I completely Agree! and wholeheartedly welcome all these manufacturers to the fold.

What about the Newton?

You know i had a feeling you'd like this. I bet you never buy one though.
Still, i can see your having fun replying to all the fanboys.

They all do, after all there's only so much designers can do with this particular form-factor i.e. slate/tablet.

More to the point, it resembles a larger Samsung Galaxy S, which is a very good thing - IMO.

Again: The Newton was Personal Digital Assistant/PDA with nowhere near the computing functionality of modern slate/tablet devices.

Hmmm...it's suddenly become fashionable and ok to resemble an iPhone or iPod Touch now a competitor has come out. How times have changed.

I don't really think the thickness argument is all that important. This is by design a smaller device than the iPad, and how all the dimensions work in proportion is something we won't really know until we get chance to hold one of them.

One thing this does make me realise is just how much of a game changed the iPad has been. A couple of years ago and pretty much every computer manufacturer was desperate to jump on the Netbook bandwagon, but now Apple have clearly created a market that didn't exist before (I know tablets existed pre-iPad, but there was little market) and everyone is chasing this bandwagon. Asus did an amazing job creating the netbook market, and Apple similarly have clearly got a product just right to create this market.

Personally I'm not that wowed by the Samsung effort, mostly because I'm not that wowed by Android. I personally don't own an Android phone, but the ones my friends have that I have played with look a mess. I know they have a lot of flexibility to change the look and feel of it, but all that seems to have done to my eye is make it confusing. I'm sure if it was actually mine what would look a mess to others would probably make sense to me, but it just doesn't seem inviting.

Perhaps with a bigger screen it will be clearer.

Still, all told, I'm glad Apple is seeing some competition. Mac OS languished until they realised MS had started to leapfrog them with Windows 95, and that ended up giving us the frankly excellent OSX, and I hope Android will continue to push Apple to better and better things.

Which companies can only copy? I am unaware of a single example.

IMO, the statement's truth or falsity is not dependent upon market timing of the Tab.

Oh, now it's about "functional difference" is it? Well, there's a world of functional difference between the iPad and the devices you referred to, so, based on your new criteria, you're still wrong. FACT.

Well... It's not like the iPhone/Touch/iPad didn't adopt the overall design aesthetic of the Hp/Compaq TC1XXX from 2003 http://www.tabletpccorner.net/news_p...00-linux01.jpg

It's really nothing new, or particularly egregious.

"'One carrier' thing is Apple's Achilles heel."

I disputed this. Please read the posts before responding.

I'm done arguing about definitions of words. Carry on without me.

He never said anything remotely like that.

Oh... here we go... Fric and Frac...

Likely you are correct. By the time I feel the category is mature enough to be worth the investment, likely the Tab will be relegated to last-year's model.

I am rarely an early adopter. For example, the iPhone never caught my interest until the 3GS, which I use daily. Even though it has been bested by many other phones, I still use it, and will continue to do so until the category becomes more mature.

By next spring, I expect to have many, many compelling choices of phones. I may decide to get another iPhone, but at this point, with the iPhone falling behind so quickly, it seems unlikely.

Isn't a 'hermit' a person who lives, to some degree, in seclusion from society.

Just Saying...

Let's get real. This Korean POS is for
Windows loving losers.
And where will they take it for service?
ATT? I said get real.
Take it to Korea. (love you long time)

... and "you" should never wonder why...

The bezel has nothing to do with gripping a 'heavy' device, and is simply there to address the inconvenient fact that humans have these annoying 'thumb' things that have to sit somewhere when not in use.

Offensive racial stereotyping has no place here.

There's not much that can be done with form factor. I'm sure your flat panel TV/monitor looks a lot like Phillips first available to consumers plasma TV and very much like your neighbors Sony/Toshiba/Samsung/Panasonic etc but no one yells bloody murder at that. Historically one company leads the way and others follow suit. Companies copy other companies and not just in the electronic world. Nabisco copied the Hydrox and made the Oreo. Get over it people, competition no matter how inferior is good.

I agree. And, it doesn't help that it's smaller, fatter, and looks quite obviously and pathetically like an iPad design knock-off.

Bravo and ditto.

It's Android, yet that home screen is so reminiscent of Windows 95!

Therefore I say...

"Bring It!"

I'm well aware of Samsung's size. Also, I am not speaking ill of Samsung. I own a few of their products and I don't regret getting them.

What I was saying was that I really don't think Samsung can command enough of a premium from one carrier to offset the sales they wouldn't get solely because it isn't available on other carriers. Very few companies can manage to justify exclusivity for a very long time, it seems like it's usually 3-6 months.

That would kill it right out of the gate. I guess you can try to cripple the WiFi version that way, but without 3d party apps these devices are no more then a $300 web browser.

On the plus side I really like the design of both this and the archos tablet that was shown in the video from one of the comment above. I think it will be a much closer game with the tablets simply because Android is very much feature comparable to iOS with Froyo, and even has some nice goodies like turn by turn navigation and flash support that might put it over the top for some people. I still like the iOS UI and iTunes eco-system a lot more, but those with no history will surely be pleased with lower prices and more variety.

Will make "Kindle"ing wood out of the Samsung Galaxy.

Credit where credit is due... He put himself on his own ignore list

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on the surface, with out actually seeing and using one, at 300 or under i think a wireless only samsung tab could do okay. but too many unknowns to even say that. over 300 i honestly can't see it making much of a dent.

If you do that - do you disappear?

And my iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch's UI bares a striking resemblance to a 'vintage' children's' sticker book from last century.

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=...OYmdnAeRk5G3Bw

Actually, the "handwriting recognition" software on the Newton is robuster than the "handwriting recognition" software on the Tab.

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LOL! What an aptly yclept * description....

* Look that up in your Funk and Wagnalls!

http://www.wordnik.com/words/yclept/comments



I remember seeing Frick and Frack [sp] skate in the ice follies...

... they would skate around in circles, take up a lot of space, detract from the main show... and never really accomplish anything...

... but, they were good at what they did!



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frick_and_Frack

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I am curious. What would an "original" tablet look like? The iPad is not an "original" tablet in the sense of being square and flat (see, e.g. PaceBlade from 2006).

It's just a large Samsung Android phone!

Getting what software right? It is an Android device. A free OS. You really think Samsung is going to do its own OS? I don't think so.
And what does Samsung's customer service consist of? A freaking extended warranty.
I have the ipad thank you. You can have the tab.

I can see this filling a niche population, not necessarily one that competes against the iPad. However, if the price for a wi-fi only (unsubsidized) is anything above 500, then I can't really see why anyone would get the Tab over the iPad unless a camera was a necessity.

Personally, I'm still waiting for an iPad with camera.