5. The basics
Apple iPad The iPad is elegant, natural and easy to use, while its 9.7-inch
screen is ideal for movies and games. Navigation is as fluid as can be on the
incredibly intuitive interface, and though it lacks the feature set of the Tab - no
video calling for instance - its ease of use make its one for the everyman.
Samsung Galaxy Tab Lots of features here, with support for voice calls as well
as 3G internet and Wi-Fi, and a front and back camera for regular photos and
video calling - whether over voice network or VOIP-style like Skype. Its seven-
inch touch-screen sits in front of a white plastic back, funky rather than
elegant. Like all Android devices, it's very customisable - but it's also less
intuitive to set up than the iPad.
WIN: Apple iPad
6.
7. PORTABILITY
Apple iPad The iPad is far less portable, heavier, and it's
difficult to hold in one hand and navigate with the other, so
you'll need both hands, or something to prop it up
Samsung Galaxy Tab At 190.1 x 120.5 x 12 mm, the Galaxy
Tab is about the size of a book, and fits easily in a small bag,
or some of our male colleagues' suit pockets too. It's easily
gripped in one hand, leaving the other free to navigate, swipe
and type.
WIN: Samsung Galaxy Tab
8. APPS AND GAMES
Apple iPad As the first real hub for apps, the App Store is way ahead of
Android Market, with tons of tablet-friendly apps available right now.
There is a dedicated iPad section in the App Store on desktop, though on
the iPad itself, it only shows a '+' next to apps that work on both iPhone and
iPad. There are also more iPad games, while its motion sensor and
multitouch features makes gaming feel particularly natural.
Samsung Galaxy Tab Tablet-specific apps are only just starting to land in
the Market is but that will change, if its smartphone app explosion was any
indication. As for games, if we go by the selection for smartphones, it might
be similarly stunted for tablets. Preloaded on the Tab though, is two high-
quality action games that take advantage of its acceleromenter for motion-
sensitive gaming.
WIN: Apple iPaD
9. EREADING to iTunes. Its virtual
Apple iPad iBooks is an excellent - and free - extension
wooden bookcase displays downloaded books, many available for free or a few
pounds. There's a cute page-turning animation and you can view the book in one-
or two-page view, with two-page closer to regular book size. Several papers
including the Guardian and New York Times have their own iPad apps. It's also
the default opener for PDFs, rendered in better detail, and saveable to the
iBookshelf.
Samsung Galaxy Tab There's no dedicated ebook store for Android yet, but
Samsung's Readers Hub is an incredible addition that lets you subscribe to
hundreds of international magazines and newspapers, as well as choose from two
million ebooks, 200,000 of which are free. As it's book-sized, it's best viewed in
portrait, one-page format.
WIN: Samsung Galaxy Tab
10. MESSAGING
Apple iPad Email gets desktop-like on the iPad, with a two-column interface
showing the inbox one side, and the currently selected message on the other. It
supports instant push notifications on Microsoft Exchange, but is only able to
deliver email every five minutes on webmail, such as Gmail and Hotmail. On
the larger screen, the touch-screen keyboard is accurate but slightly unwieldy to
use, and we're not fans of the four-finger typing style.
Samsung Galaxy Tab Like the iPad, the Galaxy Tab features a desktop-like two
column interface for email (and texts), though for some reason Gmail is
displayed only in the standard one-column style. What really makes it a
messaging star is Sykpe, a cool new predictive writing style that lets you write
with a single finger dragged from letter to letter. It's incredibly fast and accurate,
and makes texting an unprecedented joy on a device this size.
WIN: Samsung Galaxy Tab
11. DIFFERENCE APPLE iPaD AND SAMSUNG GALAXY
APPLE iPad SAMSUNG GALAXY
Looks & Style Quality Product Apple, Comparable with iPad
No Doubt Beautiful and with Glossy Looks and
Branded in Design with Black Color Finish
Professional Look
Display & Screen 9.7-Inches LED Backlit IPS TFT 10.1-Inches Capacitive TFT
Capacitive Touchscreen with Touchscreen with 1280 x 800
768 X 1024 pixels and 16 pixels
Million Colors support.
Operating System Apple iOS 4 Android 3.0 Honeycomb OS
Processor & GPU 1 GHz Dual Core ARM Cortex 1 GHz dual-core Tegra 2
A9 Processor, PowerVR Chipset Processor
SGX543MP2 GPU
RAM & ROM 512 MB RAM 1GB RAM, 16/32/64GB ROM
Memory & Storage 16/32/64 GB of internal 32GB Internal Memory,
memory, No Expandable
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