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Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1
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  • Features It does lag a bit sometimes. Especially while typing quickly with the official keyboard dock. Games are becoming abundant though and it's pretty responsive. good
  • Display Great size for watching movies and reading manga and comics! Bit strenuous on the eyse for longer reads though (ie. novels). good
  • Battery life The battery life is great on this thing however it takes FOREVER to charge it to full. It literally takes a whole night to charge... so-so
  • Ease of use Love the UI for it. There's a task manager widget already installed, the apps screen also has a market link on the top right which is extremely useful. good
  • Storage capacity 16GB is fine for space. Enough to fit a few movies, some songs and lots of pictures. good
  • Design and form factor I love my tablet, it's thin and easy to hold with rounded edges. great!
  • Portability (size / weight) It gets heavy to hold when you hold it with one hand for too long during transit. so-so
  • Durability Built quality is good. No problems here. Bought a case for it though. Don't want to scratch it in my bag though. Any $15 one is fine. good
Detailed review
It comes with Android 3.0 which is okay, I have no problems with it. Sometimes it freezes on me though and I have to reset it. But all in all, it's pretty responsive and the browsing is excellent. Using Pulse and the Engadget, Gmail apps are great. The only quarrel I have with it is you can't type fast on it with the keyboard dock (official one from Samsung), it lags a lot. You'd have to clear memory on it to help with the lag. Reading manga on it is great, as are comics. I tried the Kindle app on it, the size for the screen is suitable, however it strains the eyes a lot for medium to long periods of time, an e-reader would be better for reading (obviously) but in my personal opinion, I don't think reading novels on it are a good idea. Short spurts like comics and manga, on the other hand, is amazing. Games are also getting more and more abundant for Android tablets so it's worth the buy.
review history
2012-04-25
Edited comment on Durability
Edited comment on Design and form factor
Edited comment on Portability (size / weight)
Edited comment on Storage capacity
Edited comment on Ease of use
Edited comment on Features
Edited comment on Display
Features rating changed from 5 to 4
Updated detailed review