Comments on: Unboxing the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1

By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 04:44:25 +0000

dr3d, what studies? My comment offers facts and reason. How ironic that yours that is so blind! Show some facts or at least make an actual argument. Studies “would” demonstrate? Alright, let’s see it! If you don’t have anything valuable to say, don’t post!

By: dr3d

dr3d — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 03:49:45 +0000

Peobody’s comment is accurate. Honeycomb is a confused UI. Here’s an example: why are there at least 3 different ways for an App to present settings? Why are THE MOST used buttons on the left bottom side of the screen?

If users are going “Uh, … wait… um …” then there IS a problem – and some usability studies would demonstrate and identify those. Your blind defense of Honeycomb ignores the fact that it’s got some real issues.

By: Adam

Adam — Fri, 27 May 2011 12:28:52 +0000

Every OS with even a sliver of power and capability will have a learning curve. Opening apps on android is easy as pie and any common functions are equally simple. It’s all the extra stuff that no other tablet can even come close to that perhaps confounds you. If you want the android tablets to be as dumb and simplistic as ios then you can leave it at that and just use the app drawer. If you want it to do more, it’s going to take some learnin’.

Mac os, windows, and linux all have little things you need to learn to get around – but that’s because they are flexible. You can adjust them to meet your needs – some more than others. If you can’t handle the flexibility of Android, I feel sorry for you, but you can simply not use the more advanced features or stick with the ipad.

Whatever you do, don’t bash a product with an incredible amount of increased capability for not having a ‘discoverable’ ui. Open the apps drawer. Done. That’s all you need to discover if you’re going for ipad simplicity. If you want something more complex like widgets, interactive desktop interfaces, customizable layouts and homescreens – well, that’s more complex, and there’s no way around that.

Btw, the device is actually a normal size. Do you use a 4:3 tv? How about a 4:3 computer monitor? So why have a 4:3 non-hd tablet? The Galaxy Tab 10.1 is 16:9 – the standard. The ipad is an odd size.

I wish fanboys would come right out and identify themselves at the beginning of their posts. That way people would know not to take their comments seriously. Btw, I’m not an android or apple fanboy. I strongly considered both ipad, xoom, and galaxy and I leaned ipad until samsung redesigned the 10.1 to be better in every way.

It’s lighter, thinner, has a bigger higher res screen, both cameras are better than the others, and it comes with the flexibility of android. I can’t wait to get one.

By: iLove

iLove — Fri, 13 May 2011 19:29:22 +0000

You don’t “get” honeycomb, or any other OS that doesn’t start with an “i” for that matter, because you have never used Android.

By: Colleen Taylor

Colleen Taylor — Wed, 11 May 2011 16:37:47 +0000

Thanks for the input, M. I’m definitely not a gadget expert, so you’re right– I was a bit nervous. Hopefully I will get better at these with time!

By: Prof. Peabody

Prof. Peabody — Wed, 11 May 2011 15:24:04 +0000

I still don’t get why people think honeycomb is a good UI. It’s certainly not ‘discoverable’ in any way shape or form. Every time I’ve seen a video of a user working it for the first time like this, their hand movements are full of obvious hesitations and pauses. Unlike Collleen here, the person demoing it usually says a lot of things like “Uh, … wait… um …” etc.

I won’t even mention how even though the whole device is an odd size due to the emphasis on video playback, that the 1080p video she played still had letterboxing, and the 1080p video she recorded was still 4:3. Oh wait, I did mention it didn’t I?

By: M.

M. — Wed, 11 May 2011 11:17:27 +0000

Dear miss Taylor,

Please prepare your upcoming video’s with more focus on how you present your video’s. You’ll be less nervous too :)
Also avoid telling the obvious and try to be more specific. For example: “It’s lightweight, but not super lightweight” still can mean anything.

Goodluck!

By: M

Wed, 11 May 2011 11:10:43 +0000

Dear miss Taylor,

Please prepare your next upcoming video’s by practicing somewhat more on presenting your stuff. You’ll be less nervous :). Also try to be more specific. For example: “it’s lightweight, but not super lightweight.” doesn’t make it a lot clearer to people.

Goodluck!

By: venus326

venus326 — Wed, 11 May 2011 08:11:49 +0000

Can anyone tell me how many hours of battery life the Galaxy Tab has when running video?

By: pasmith

pasmith — Wed, 11 May 2011 01:08:49 +0000

Tip for ya. In the browser location bar type about:debug and hit enter. Nothing will appear to happen. Then open the settings for the browser and you’ll see a Debug option where you can set the User Agent to “Desktop” and thus will get the full version of GigaOm (and other sites) rather than the mobile version.

Unfortunately this setting doesn’t seem to ‘stick’ and you’ll have to re-do it fairly often.