Navigating the many Samsung tablets available can be a bit confusing, so I put together a Guide to the Galaxy Tab to help you sort them out. Below is a list of all the Samsung tablets either currently on sale or announced starting with 10-inch devices and moving on down. (I know I’m cheating a little by including the Galaxy Note, but it’s a tablet!)
If you are into modding your Galaxy Tab, XDA Developers user BroBot175 has a fresh look for you, MetroUI. It’s amazing what kind of work people do with open platforms. This modification brings the exciting look and feel of Windows 8 to the Galaxy Tab 10.1 now. The application that enables the look and the matching theme is flashable via [...]
For those that are blanketed in U.S. Cellular’s next-generation 4G LTE network, today is an excellent day. That’s because the carrier has launched its first 4G LTE enabled device, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, which is now available through the carrier’s online store as well as at all U.S. Cellular retail locations. The Galaxy Tab [...]
U.S. Cellular, a regional carrier in the United States, has announced its first 4G LTE devices which will arrive next month along with its actual 4G LTE network. The carrier’s network will cover over twenty-five percent of its customers and those who are fortunate enough to be blanketed in the carrier’s next-generation network will be [...]
By default, users can’t plug in a USB flash drive or SD card to transfer files on the go. Samsung offers a solution to this problem with the Galaxy Tab USB and SD Connection Kit. These dongles make transferring files pretty easy if you can figure out where that happens. The Galaxy Tab isn’t great at making the next steps obvious.
Flying long distance American Airlines? Lucky (or rich) enough to be in first or business class? Then your flying experience is about to get a lot more tablet-tastic. Starting today, passengers in the fancy seats won’t have to contend with the same plebeian in-flight entertainment system as the folks in coach. Instead, the flight attendants [...]
If you’ve been keeping up with your tech news the past few days, and we hope that you have, you would know that Verizon announced two new 4G LTE tablets – the Motorola Droid Xyboard 8.2 and the Xyboard 10.1. Verizon, courtesy of Droid-Life, has been nice enough to compare some of the top competition [...]
This weekend at New York Comic Con Rockstar gave attendees a chance to play the version of Grand Theft Auto III coming out soon for smartphones and tablets. It’s the game’s 10th anniversary this week, so what better time to get everyone excited about how sweet it’s going to be? I was able to play [...]
Currently, the Samsung Tab 10.1 is available in two flavors. A Wi-Fi only version and a 4G LTE version that calls Verizon home. For those not satisfied with either of those flavors, it appears that there will be another on the way soon as a device that appears to be a Galaxy Tab 10.1 has [...]
Remember when Apple got a court in Germany to halt the sales of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in pretty much all of the European Union? Yes, the lawsuit which is based on a patent that basically gives Apple the ability to go after any tablet with a bezel and a rectangular-ish shape. It turns [...]
Apple may have won the first legal battle in Germany, but the Cupertino company isn’t going to win the way just yet. After a judge in Düsseldorf granted an injunction prohibiting the sale of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in most of the European Union, Samsung has said that the company will fight the injunction. The [...]
One of the big debates about Tablets (and there are several) is still the consumption vs creation debate. In my view Apple and its iPad can stand on either side of that debate, depending on what kind of creative work you’re doing. But there’s another wrinkle that slides in and out of the creative side [...]
Just yesterday, we learned that Apple had won a ruling in Germany that halted the sale of Samsung’s latest and greatest tablet, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, in the European Union. How were they able to do this? By accusing Samsung of infringing on their intellectual property. In Apple’s eyes, Samsung has ripped off the [...]
Based on the number of lawsuits that Apple has filed in the past few months, it’s clear that the company is concerned by the progress being made in the Android tablet space. Even though Apple is still the number one player in the tablet space, and pegged to be there for quite some time, the [...]
Apple scored a win this week in the tablet space without releasing a new iPad. How you ask? By stopping the competition of course. Apple celebrated a major win in Germany this week where a court blocked the sale of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 from launching in the European Union. Apple alleges that Samsung has violated the [...]
The media experience on Android has been poor at best, especially on tablets. Phones are finally getting access to top apps, but as a whole, Android tablets are still lacking. Imagine my surprise when I turned on the Galaxy Tab 10.1 from Verizon to find access to not one, but two places to get movies [...]
If you have one of the sleek new Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android tablets and have been looking forward to the Samsung TouchWiz update, your wait is over. As planned Samsung has begun rolling out the TouchWiz interface to the WiFi only version of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 as an over the Air update. You [...]
For the past several days I’ve been using the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 version with 4G pretty much the same way I used the Wi-Fi version: to play games on the go, read magazines, and occasionally check on email. I’d expected to find the battery life on this model wanting due to the 4G radio [...]
The long-anticipated TouchWix UI has finally come to the 10-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab. Yesterday the press (and some lucky New Yorkers) got the update early, but tomorrow over-the-air updates will start to roll out for everyone else. The question of the day: will TouchWiz make the galaxy Tab better, or will it make users wish [...]
Of all the accessories mentioned at Samsung’s Galaxy Tab event today, the most exciting (and most useful) are the cases and covers. They don’t quite reach the heights of the magical Smart Cover for the iPad 2, but they do nicely blend good looks, light weight, and functionality. Book Cover Case — $59.99 This is the [...]
Like the iPad, Samsung’s 10.1-inch Galaxy Tab has only one port, a 30-pin proprietary connector. And so, like Apple, Samsung has provided a few adapters for extending the use of this port: HDMI, USB and SD. Though having these ports on board might make life easier, these adapters at least offer the extra functionality… for an [...]
Today during Samsung’s software launch event in New York City the company not only showed off the new UI for the Galaxy Tab 10.1-inch, but also introduced the Tab’s accessory line. Samsung’s two docks are available right now via the website, but are they a worthy addition to your beloved Tab? Let’s take a look. [...]
Samsung announced today that all students in the University of Southern Mississippi Honors College pilot program will be receiving a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android tablet. Not every university that gives away tablets thinks the iPad is the best choice. The university is offering a thousand students the tablets via private funds. Each tablet comes [...]
Yesterday the Samsung’s Galaxy Tab went on sale at Verizon Wireless, the first 4G LTE tablet in the U.S. Previously only available with Wi-Fi, the 10.1-inch Tab is going a similar route as its 7-inch sibling, just not on all carriers at once. I received our review unit this morning and got down to comparisons. [...]
I want to like the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 with Honeycomb 3.1 on it. I really, really do. But in its current form it can only be described as an expense piece of Beta Hardware. Yeah, yeah, I know, many folks are really enjoying Android Tablets. But, you know what, there are many folks who [...]
Like the rest of the crew here at GottaBeMobile I’m always intensely interested in what gadgetheads carry around with them every day. It’s like book lovers with other people’s bookshelves. Getting a peek inside the gear bag gives some insight into a person… or a reason to be really judgmental. Either way, being the new [...]
I was one of those folks back when the iPad was first released that thought that Apple was hedging its bets by introducing a Bluetooth keyboard as an accessory. If you’re going to go touch, then go touch. Well, that was an extreme position then and it is now. I never purchased one of [...]
Tomorrow is a big day for Samsung and Verizon as the Galaxy Tab 10.1 officially becomes the first tablet to hit the market with 4G LTE capabilities. This of course means that the Motorola Xoom will be taking second place in the race for 4G LTE, something that nobody could have predicted when the tablet [...]
First, let’s get over or wallow in the whole man purse/bag thing. Go ahead. The rest of the post will be here when you get back. OK, now that you’re back, I think I’ve discovered a very good choice for a small gadget bag to tote the current crop of Tablets around in. It’s called [...]
As I continue to check out the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and the HP TouchPad, along with my ongoing usage of the iPad 2, I’m about to begin an interesting two week challenge. OK, that’s not being intellectually honest. This is one of those instances in my ongoing comparison testing when the the iPad 2 [...]
Earlier today, Netflix released an update that brought support to several new smartphones including the Samsung Droid Charge, the HTC ThunderBolt, and hey, even the Motorola Droid Bionic. Also listed, Lenovo’s IdeaPad which is a Honeycomb tablet. Thing is, the IdeaPad isn’t the only Honeycomb tablet that is able to take advantage of the Netflix [...]
Verizon’s 4G LTE version of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 has already experienced a few bumps in the road prior to its release but it appears that there is light at the end of the tunnel as marketing for the tablet has begun to pop up in Verizon stores which is a sure sign that [...]
OK, this is just a puzzler to me. I’m probably doing something wrong and I will feel no shame if someone comes up with something simple I’ve overlooked. So, all suggestions are welcomed. I’ve been trying to use a couple of third party Apps to access Twitter on the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. Actually one [...]
Monday was just one of those days. Terribly hot. I had to run quite a few errands for the theatre as we’re prepping for our production of The Nerd that opens this weekend. It was one of those hot days were getting in and out of the car, after short hops, just doesn’t allow for [...]
It’s the 4th of July here in the US and I’m getting ready to head to the great hot, muggy outdoors for the rest of the day. Actually, I’ve been in the great, hot, muggy outdoors most of the morning as I’ve been on my porch enjoying both the morning and playing around with the [...]
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