I think it's really nice to see that Samsung is thinking more about user experience than about specs alone as competition fodder. From the outset, the Tab has positioned itself as a content-savvy device with many pre-loaded pieces of software that make finding paid-content easy.

The Reader hub interface is ****ing brilliant: it's a ultra simple app launcher, but it consolidates three completely disjoined services under one easy to use -- and understand -- interface that provides easy access to books, magazines, and newspapers. Additionally, the services are abstractified (if there's such a thing as design abstraction) under the interface, making it easy for Samsung to target local content providers without requiring change.

The Music Hub again, is not Samsung, but 7 Digital. Instead of Samsung trying to re-create the wheel, or compete with seasoned services, it included established services. Specialization at work.

The Media Hub is the weakest link. There seems to be a lot of content, but the app and interface seems rather bland. Here's hoping that it works better than it looks!

I suspect that Samsung will get a royalty for each item sold via the Tab, though this is speculation.

Simply by preloading the Tab with strategic software, the Tab is in a different league from other Android devices for casual users. Out of the box, the device will be useful and fun, and won't require finding hidden gems in the marketplace.

For seasoned users, tweakers, or hackers (the TMO crowd) this is obviously far less of a concern. Still as a citizen of the above designation, I still do appreciate a good out-of-the-box experience; perhaps this is why I heartily enjoy Ubuntu .