Why The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Is An Amazing Tablet?

Why Is The

Samsung Galaxy Tab  10.1 An Amazing Tablet?

An owner of the 10.1 inch Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 found it to be an amazing tablet. He shares with us why he found the 10.1 Galaxy Tab 2 to be so good…

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing Tablet!, May 16, 2012

By M. Alo "Dr. Malox" (Tinley Park, IL USA)

I just received my Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 inch wifi-only and am completely blown away by this. There is nothing negative I have to say. This is THE tablet to have! Bar none!

I also own the 7 inch Samsung wifi-only tablet, and this is a bigger, faster, better version of that (by a long shot) in the 10.1 inch size. I love Samsung's tablets. Perfect form factor and shape. And they are absolutely gorgeous.

This Samsung Galaxy 10.1 Tab 2 is amazing! It's very fast and snappy. Takes gorgeous pictures, the screen resolution and pixel density is amazing. The screen brightness (when turned all the way up) is brighter than anything I have ever seen on any device! It's blindingly bright! All my apps run perfectly well. It has stereo speakers that are nice and loud. It has Android 4.0 ice cream sandwich and a Samsung overlay over it. It's not overly bloated though. Seems very minimal with the Samsung specific software.

The Peel app that allows you to control your TV, Direct TV, and audio receiver is a huge bonus. You can control any device. It's an amazing app and even let's you search for and schedule recordings, learns shows you like and will present them to you. Very well made IR remote control app for your home theater or television set. It can control everything.

Netflix, Amazon, or Samsung Hub movies play in 720p HD and look amazing on this screen. The sound is amazing as well with the stereo speakers. The screen is actually 1280x800, and can do better than just 720 lines of horizontal resolution.

The Chrome browser syncs with your desktop, phone, and other device browsers so that all your bookmarks, favorites, cookies, passwords, and recently viewed all show up on every device.

Social media apps are optimized for the larger screen in a pretty amazing fashion. Twitter, Facebook, Google+ are all excellent and function very well.

Your Google account backups everything, so you never lose a thing. Never lose another video, picture, application setting, or anything if your phone falls into a river. It's all backed up and can be restored.

It even has a GPS radio so you can benefit from navigation, maps, places, geo location, and all sorts of services and apps that require location information.

Reading books with the Kindle app is flawless. It keeps track of where you are on each page, makes life easier. Whether I am reading on my phone, or my Tab, or my desktop computer, you never lose your place, notes, markup, bookmarks. Pretty awesome.

The battery life is amazing. Still haven't been able to run it out. It's been almost 2 days of usage. Not heavy usage, but surfing the net, downloading all my apps and setting them up, rearrange the home screens, and playing some movies and songs.

Samsung is the world leader in smartphone sales and this really shows why. They aren't overpriced products. They are well made and perform better than any other product out there. The Samsung brand is reliable and amazing!

Click here to buy the Samsung GalaxyTab 2 10.1 inch tablet!

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What Other Owners Have To Say About Their Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1…

5.0 out of 5 stars Love it! Better than iPad, May 22, 2012

By Bit Twiddler (West Bloomfield, MI USA)

After using an iPad 1 and iPad 2, hearing how everyone praises the iPad line, and knowing that iPad is seemingly synonymous with "tablet computer," I was ready to try the Samsung Galaxy Tab and presumed it would be a good, but inferior experience to those other devices. Boy, was I wrong. It is a far superior device to the iPad, in many ways:

- It is lighter.

- It is snappier. Regardless of specs, the Samsung just feels faster and more responsive.

- It is easier to use. Yes, I said it. With the iPad, I have to hunt for things like the back button, whereas on the Samsung, it's always there at the bottom. Things just seem more intuitive on Android.

- It is easier to program. You don't need a $99 developer license and a provisioning file that allows you to deploy to a specific unit. And you don't need to use a low-level, proprietary programming language.

- Samsung's browser works according to existing global standards, compared to other companies that change the way the browser works just because they feel like it. As a result, on the Samsung Galaxy Tab, all web sites just work the way they are supposed to.

- It's less expensive.

A few days after trying the Samsung Galaxy Tab, I got the opportunity to try the iPad 3. It's still heavier, less intuitive, slower, and more expensive than the Samsung.

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome....., May 14, 2012

By Naga A. Kuchi

Completely fell in love with this tablet.Its absoluelty worth the money .Its really slick and very comfortable to hold..Will definitely recommend it..

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for Business, May 25, 2012

By Jeremy

I ordered this for buisness purposes despite my coworkers jabs about it not being an Ipad. After they saw what this thing can do they are all a bit jealous!!! I can not compliment samsung enough for this one!!!

5.0 out of 5 stars Must Have, May 21, 2012

By Ravi Gaikwad (Lombard, IL)

Full marks to samsung for competing with Apple.... fully recommended if someone would like to buy cheaper versions.... This is very good if you compare with Apple ipad which is way to expensive....

 

5.0 out of 5 stars Much Better than the new Ipad, May 14, 2012

By Mike

Downloading Apps with the Samsung is 4 times faster than the Ipad 3. It is more sleek and looks way cooler.

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The Boxee Box Wins Hands Down

The Boxee Box

Best 200 bucks I've ever spent. Best network media player on the market.

Hands Down.

By The Bigmac (White Plains, MD)

A customer review of the Boxee Box by D-Link HD Streaming Media Player

First off, I'm not a Boxee fanboy like many people who are grilling Boxee over the coals for not offering free Hulu or Netflix on release date, or for not using the same interface on the box as in

their traditional software. (I don't know what that interface looked like originally and I honestly don't care). And even thou Hulu Plus and Netflix have already been announced to be implemented before the end of the year for the Boxee Box, I don't really care either since I get free Hulu access through PlayOn and I watch Netflix on my PS3.

The only reason I decided to purchase the Boxee Box was streaming of video files over my network, specially high bitrate 1080p MKV files with DTS sound, which seem to be the weak point of most media streamers on the market (even Google TV can't handle DTS on MKVs). And in that department the Boxee Box totally blew my mind. The interface is beautiful and snappy and it plays my MKV files without breaking a sweat. Fast forwarding is a breeze (also a weak point on most network media players out there) and not only does the Boxee box automatically fetch the cover art and description of the Movies and TV shows stored on my network but It can even read the inside contents of RAR files which is awesome.

The remote is delightful to use and for the first time EVER I was able to enjoy YouTube on my 52 inch screen and browse it comfortably from my couch. Searching and playing YouTube files is a breeze thanks to the polished YouTube app. There is LOT of free video content in the TV shows and movies section to keep you entertained for ages. Have in mind those videos are ad supported since you're basically playing them off TV websites like comedy central or Spike TV to name a few.

 

But all of the above is basically a bonus for me. Like I said, the real reason I purchased this device was network playback of video files and in that department it totally blows any machine on the market out of the water.

As a side note, I have the feeling that once Netflix is implemented before the end of the year on theBoxee Box along with Hulu plus, many people will be tempted to cut off their cable companies because basically for the 20 bucks a month that they would pay for both Netflix and Hulu plus, they're be able to instantly watch more movies and TV shows than they can possibly consume over the course of a month. (I won't go as far as cutting off my cable company thou. I can't live without HBO and my wife watches international soap operas not available anywhere else)

Is this box worth the asking price? I'd say it all depends on what do you want the box for. If you're looking for a Netflix or Hulu machine, there are way cheaper alternatives on the market (but they won't stream your local media as superbly as theBoxee Box, or they won't stream it at all). If you're looking for the familiar Boxee interface, you won't find it here either. 

For that purpose, buy yourself a nettop and hook it up to your TV. But if you're looking for the best Network streamer on the planet, able to play any video format you throw at it at any bitrate or resolution without even flinching, while automatically fetching your Movie and TV show covers and descriptions of the web and displaying them in a beautiful, organized, snappy and convenient interface capable of taming the vastest media collection and putting it at the tip of your fingers, your search (like mine) is finally over. TheBoxee Box is the network media player to end all network media players.

Finally, a company that "gets it" releases a product that performs the way it was advertised to perform. Boxee understands users want freedom to enjoy their media libraries as they please, without having to deal with restrictive platforms like the apple TV, and now they have put their money where their mouth is by releasing this gorgeous piece of technology. (I'll post a picture above in the product details section - This thing is indeed sexy).

I started this review by saying I wasn't a boxee fanboy. Well, I guess after spending a day with theboxee box, they just converted me into one.