After sleeping in bed with Nokia's Maemo for all these years now, it's quite refreshing to have a sexy new tablet manufacturer that is at least honest with you like this and cares about what you might be interested in seeing in their devices. F***ing Nokia.

And, of course, I can't use it on my Verizon version of the Samsung Galaxy Tab (at least until CM7 comes out). Verizon *astards.

This should come at no surprise. This article reports that Samsung is forging ahead despite the iPad2, and without change.


http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/05/s...-ipad-2-be-dar

And they should. My experiences would indicate that there are many points of differentiation between Android and iOS devices.

Last night I got a chance to play with an iPhone4 as well as an Xperia (Android 1.6) device. I also got a chance to view a Galaxy S and that undeniably gorgeous SAMOLED display -- good gracious that screen is beautiful.

IMHO, the Android 1.6 device had the far better experience. The iPhone4 had mostly smooth scrolling (it was choppy at certain points, but this was rare), but the Android device did as well -- it wasn't as smooth, but it was still quite good. The Android device had a better 'feel' to me; the ramblings of a techo-bard perhaps, but the device felt less constrained, less boring.

The iPhone4 felt as though the apps were little islands of functionality, wheras the Android device felt as though the apps were interlinked with one another -- eg. they could call on one another and where tied together with a rich desktop. I also preferred the slideIT keyboard (think swype-esque) on the android device and the web browser. Interestingly the device had no multi-touch, though this didn't hurt usability as much as I would have expected.

Both were nice devices, but I'm scratching my head as to why the iPhone is so hyped. Blogs like Engadget gush about it's functionality, but after generous use it seems somewhat limited to the App. The other user-facing aspects of the OS are restricted to a grid of icons and a scant settings menu. Moreover, the experience is almost exactly like my 1st generation iPod touch. Perhaps I was expecting more after 4 generations...

As I understand, the iPad functionality is again pretty much exactly like this on a larger scale. I can tell you that I would tire of such a device in around 10 minutes. The book reading/movie watching/music listening/game playing aspects of the system, though would keep me entertained for longer. However these features hardly make iOS unique and (aside from the games) are arguably better done on Android.

I'm now interested in Gingerbread and Honeycomb. Has the experience changed significantly?

Here's a video of the N64 emu on the Tab!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iWjKGAyTVU

****ing awesome...

The framerates are perfect. I was expecting a framerate hit due to the higher resolution, or choppy audio, but nope: it seems to run perfectly on this device.

Highly, highly impressive.

For kicks, here's a Top-10 list to get your imaginations flowing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqKNp4Xt7dg

Enjoy.

Guys....did some googling.....and I cant find which GPU samsung put in the Galaxy tab?

Help?

SGX540 (clocked at 200MHz: ~20M triangles/s & 1Mpix/s) part of the Hummingbird cortex A8 (S5PC110).
http://www.samsung.com/global/busine...artnum=S5PC110
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerVR#Series5_.28SGX.29

Hidden Gem

Introducing Townsmen 6, the acclaimed strategy game.


http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/Andro...ws.asp?c=27007

MARKET LINK: https://market.android.com/details?i...=search_result


Sounds like it would be a treat on the Tab!

Well... this is interesting timing, given several current world events. :P I wonder how well this will sell (or if it'll be censored) in certain parts of the world right now.

Looking for a great graphing calculator on Android?

Here's a good top-6 list:

http://www.techpoweredmath.com/top-6...s-for-android/

VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_U9aapKehM

Mobile devices have a tremendous ability to hijack the functions of other more dedicated devices. A graphing calculator is certainly one of them. Purchased on its own, it is easily worth ~$100, but can be had for much less with a handy app, and less things to clutter your workspace.

The size of the Tab would make these apps simply FANTASTIC to use. Large buttons, and a detailed view would be key to higher productivity and greater enjoyment.

While the showing is impressive, these calculators may still lack the features of a dedicated device. Of course, there's also TI graphing calculator emulators which should mirror popular functionality minus a touch-screen UI.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ft4DD9VGIRA

Talking about mobile BT keyboards, I just saw this one - with a trackball as well.
Anyone has any idea how good this is ?

Another one that is up for Pre-order at this moment - not yet out is this nice foldable keyboard - https://jornostore.com/


Edit : Sorry forgot to put in the link.

Google maps navigation upgrade!

Maps will now navigate automatically around traffic for the shortest travel:

http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/201...than-wait.html

Wow. Very useful.