Galaxy Tab 10.1 Judged 'No Match For iPad'

tripleevenfall writes "Clayton Morris reviews the Galaxy Tab 10.1, and finds it lacking, especially at the $400 price point, saying 'I can't in good conscience tell you to go out and spend $400 on this half-baked experience when the fully baked iPad experience can be had for just a few dollars more.'"

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Re:Much more detailed review at Ars

[SuperKendall]

it's not like Apple ever said you didn't need 3G on your phone (since it would kill battery life)

It did kill battery life. Then 3G chips got better, removing the reason for not having it, and it was included.

how you don't need multitasking (since it would kill battery life)

It does kill battery life, ask any non-technical Android user. Then Apple figured out a large number of cases where applications could serve users with background tasks, and designed managed multitasking specifically around those cases so that you could have multitasking that does not drain the battery. It works.

or you don't need a front facing camera on your iPad (for no apparent reason)

You didn't until Apple had FaceTime ready, then since there was enough of a point to it they added it in.

Oh wait, they did say all these things.

Yes, and every time they were for good reasons, that eventually changed. That's why I said that Apple doesn't say you can't ever do something, just that they can't do it well now and are not including it yet.