Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Honeycomb Tablet

Totality · 18 May 2011 at 10:59

What a mess! No SD card slot and Touchwiz!! I thought Honeycomb was meant to do away with fragmentation which makes android phones useless? Why are they letting Samsung put Touchwiz on the tablet? Honeycomb has only been out a few months and it's already fragmented! The Xoom is running 3.1 and this device will have to wait for it. What happens in 6 months time? Will some devices be on 3.2, some on 3.1 and some still on 3.0 when Samsung release a new one and don't update the older versions just like the phones?

It's a shame as I was looking forward to android tablets as they promised no messing with the interface and effectively the end of fragmentation but it's happening already and this tablet means you will again be at the mercy of samsung waiting for them to update and release the new OS updates whenever google release them.

Why not make Touchwiz optional so you can update directly from google when new versions are released? Such a disappointment as it's a nice looking tablet hardware wise

Cosimo · 18 May 2011 at 11:04

_Jimlad_ said:
what about dates, i hearing late June?

I still hear the 8th of June but suspect it will only be for the US. It may now be later. Samsung were due to hold an event on the 24th which may have given a date but that has now been cancelled.

cu3ed · 18 May 2011 at 11:05

I have no idea either, HC looks pretty damn sweet as it comes on the Tablets.

This reminds me of the old days where you would have Orange firmware on phones and they offered bugger all and where generally more buggy.

If Samsung make the device, why do they bother to make such an effort to bugger it up with their own version of the UI?..it doesn't add anything and only causes battery problems as far as I can tell.

Was thinking of the possibility of selling my iPad for this, mostly I just want faster browsing and a better screen, plus getting used to the Droid way of things.

_Jimlad_ · 18 May 2011 at 11:45

samsung have signed up with the android alliance to provide and support updates for there devices for upto 18months "in a timely fashion"

Xinn · 18 May 2011 at 11:54

Totality said:
What a mess! No SD card slot and Touchwiz!! I thought Honeycomb was meant to do away with fragmentation which makes android phones useless? Why are they letting Samsung put Touchwiz on the tablet? Honeycomb has only been out a few months and it's already fragmented! The Xoom is running 3.1 and this device will have to wait for it. What happens in 6 months time? Will some devices be on 3.2, some on 3.1 and some still on 3.0 when Samsung release a new one and don't update the older versions just like the phones?

It's a shame as I was looking forward to android tablets as they promised no messing with the interface and effectively the end of fragmentation but it's happening already and this tablet means you will again be at the mercy of samsung waiting for them to update and release the new OS updates whenever google release them.

Why not make Touchwiz optional so you can update directly from google when new versions are released? Such a disappointment as it's a nice looking tablet hardware wise

Jimbeam3678 · 18 May 2011 at 17:38

R34P3R said:

Thought it was a valid point tbh

sarge78 · 18 May 2011 at 17:47

^ I thought the rolleyes was a valid point too

kona786 · 19 May 2011 at 11:58

Samsung Tab 8.9 in action:

Cosimo · 19 May 2011 at 13:28

Something special is here:

Cosimo · 19 May 2011 at 13:29

A little more:

kona786 · 19 May 2011 at 13:33

Good job! How did you manage that?

Xinn · 19 May 2011 at 13:35

:O how much you pay for that on the bay???

Also just seen on Twitter that the 10.1" 16GB 3G will be €629 and the 8.9" 16GB 3G will be €599.

Danger Phoenix · 19 May 2011 at 13:59

WHAT? WHERE? WHEN? WHY? HOW?

Xinn · 19 May 2011 at 14:09

Danger Phoenix said:
WHAT? WHERE? WHEN? WHY? HOW?

Not sure if this is at me or Simulatorman. If me then it was Tweeted by the "Samfirmware" account, I don't believe they are affiliated with Samsung or what the source of the information is.

Cosimo · 19 May 2011 at 14:17

Danger Phoenix said:
WHAT?
WHERE?
WHEN?
WHY?
HOW?

Yes it's real.
Here.
Now
Need you ask.
I asked.

Cosimo · 19 May 2011 at 14:54

First impressions, wow, sleek, seriously thin and doesn’t feel too heavy at all.

Troop · 19 May 2011 at 14:59

simulatorman said:
First impressions, wow, sleek, seriously thin and doesn’t feel too heavy at all.

Couple of questions for you

,.... how quick is it at web browsing ?,.... and whats the GPS like for satellite fixes ?.

cheers for the info .

SKILL · 19 May 2011 at 15:30

I really do like the look of these, but my irrational dislike of nVidia is putting me off, why couldn't they have used the Exynos

Cosimo · 19 May 2011 at 15:54

Troop said:
Couple of questions for you ,.... how quick is it at web browsing ?,.... and whats the GPS like for satellite fixes ?.

cheers for the info .

Default browser is smooth, video playback on BBC is good. I get a fix in three seconds when it will takes 15 on the Nexus S.

Troop · 19 May 2011 at 16:01

simulatorman said:
Default browser is smooth, video playback on BBC is good. I get a fix in three seconds when it will takes 15 on the Nexus S.

Cheers ^^^,... one last question if you've had time to check it,..... whats the screen like in sunlight.