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I like my Tab for several reasons: The form factor (it's perfect for reading eBooks at the gym or elsewhere), and the fact I can do what I'd like to easier wit
by strlen 16y ago
I like my Tab for several reasons:
The form factor (it's perfect for reading eBooks at the gym or elsewhere), and the fact I can do what I'd like to easier with Android than with iOS. It does indeed feel like "just a big Galaxy S" (that will change with future tablets), but an Android phone feels a lot more like a real computer than an iOS device: I have a file system on it, I can copy files (eBooks, PDFs, media) to it manually from my Linux desktop, I can use an alternative media player (Winamp) or an alternative music store (Amazon MP3).
Perhaps these benefits make no sense to a regular consumer, but to a nerd like myself this is a major benefit: the iPad, to me, provides very little of the functionality that I'd look in a device of its size, the Galaxy Tab provides what more of what I am looking for.
It's true that there will better Android Tablets "tomorrow", but there will be even better ones "day after tomorrow". I wanted to read papers and eBooks, comfortably browse the web and watch video lectures at the gym; Galaxy Tab provides it now, there's no need for me to have the latest revision for that (I ran my entire site on a 40 mhz Sparc 10 running OpenBSD well into mid-2000s, as it handled mail, DNS and static web files just fine).
- dpcan 16y agoI also like my Tab for the same reasons. It actually fits in the pocket of my jeans in a pinch. It's kind-of like putting a book in my pocket, but at least my hands are free. The battery life on mine is ridiculously GOOD. I charge it maybe once a week, but I play games on it at night, I surf the web on it at various times throughout the day, and I'll read my books on it too. I'd personally recommend the tab to anyone wanting a tablet. Maybe not to people who are in love with some of the games on iPhone, but otherwise, it's just slick and wonderful. And dare I say ... FLASH. I can actually view Flash on websites when I need to. It's rare, but I can if I have to and that's a nice thing. EDIT: Some Flash works. I can't watch Hulu yet for example. Not sure if that's a Flash thing or a Hulu thing.