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Samsung Shows Off Galaxy Tab, Android Allegiance

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the looks-pretty-sexy dept.

cgriffin21 writes "Samsung is making no bones about it: Google Android is its future. And with the revealing of the Samsung Galaxy Tab, the company is showing that it's all in when it comes to Android. At the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin, Samsung finally pulled the curtain off the long-rumored and teased Galaxy Tab, the electronics maker's touch-screen tablet and answer to the Apple iPad."

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  1. HOLY FUCK by Barny · · Score: 5, Informative

    29 cookies, really CRN.COM, is that completely required?

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    1. Re:HOLY FUCK by Altus · · Score: 3, Funny

      Damnit man, read the article

      "This is not just another tablet. We call it a Smart Media device,"

      Oh, wait, your right, its just another tablet.

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  2. Upcoming tablets by Pojut · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The Galaxy looks pretty sweet...but I'm excited about the plethora of tablets that will be hitting the market soon. Having choice is a good thing, and it will be nice to not have choice limited to a locked-down "appliance".

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    1. Re:Upcoming tablets by pak9rabid · · Score: 3, Funny

      ...and it will be nice to not have choice limited to a locked-down "appliance"

      You must be new to the mobile telecom industry...

    2. Re:Upcoming tablets by Microlith · · Score: 3, Insightful

      it will be nice to not have choice limited to a locked-down "appliance".

      Unless you can hold a button on bootup or install a package trivially that grants you access, you're still dealing with a "locked down appliance." Just because you -can- root it doesn't mean that they want you to.

    3. Re:Upcoming tablets by Chatterton · · Score: 3, Informative

      Because the development kit of the imitation is free. I can upload my own applications without the need to jailbroken it beforehand. These 2 things get me to NOT by the ipad and i am eager to have one of these babies to play with...

  3. MUCH better article, with pics and detailed specs by blind+biker · · Score: 5, Informative

    Linky.

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  4. Re:But ... does it run Linux!? by EvilRyry · · Score: 3, Informative

    You might not have heard if you have been living under a rock for the past 2 or 3 years, but Android uses the Linux kernel. Whether you can run your _own_ Linux distribution on there is another question entirely. Sooner or later, I'm sure someone will crack it if Samsung has decided to lock it down. As with most (all?) Android devices, you're not forced to use the market.

  5. What Google needs to do next by MikeRT · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Create an open source ebook system and expand the Android marketplace to make it dead simple for authors to skip the middle man and sell directly to Android users.

  6. Re:Flash SUCKS on it (and other droids) by MemoryDragon · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Sorry but I have a firsthand experience, Flash runs pretty well on my nexus one, you turn it on selectively and flash video plays fine and thats all I need it for.

  7. Re:MUCH better article, with pics and detailed spe by L4t3r4lu5 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    That story states that it has a 1024x600 screen, yet 1080p HD video playback. It has no video output port, according to the description.

    False advertising or bad fact checking when writing the description?

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  8. Re:MUCH better article, with pics and detailed spe by PhoenixIce · · Score: 3, Informative

    That story states that it has a 1024x600 screen, yet 1080p HD video playback. It has no video output port, according to the description.

    From what I have seen from the (unofficial) list of accessories, there is an HDMI out adapter for the connector on the device. I'm assuming that this means 1080p capabilities for the video out.

  9. Re:MUCH better article, with pics and detailed spe by TheClarkster · · Score: 3, Informative

    It does have HDMI out. There is an HDMI dock for it.

  10. Re:MUCH better article, with pics and detailed spe by steveha · · Score: 4, Informative

    Aha! According to Engadget, the 30-pin dock connector does include HDMI.

    There's a 30-pin dock connector on the bottom that allows for HDMI, USB, and docking accessories (a car dock at least is planned)

    http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/02/samsung-galaxy-tab-preview/

    So I'd say the ability to play 1080p video is a valid thing to brag about.

    steveha

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