The presence of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 is not rousing his brother Galaxy Tab 10.1, but still only 8.9 Galaxy Tab will make the competition heats up. Below we intentionally write the reviews and specs from Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 for you, so you are more familiar with the latest Android tablet from Samsung.
Design
Galaxy Tab 8.9 is thinner than the Galaxy Tab 10.1 (0,34 inches) and the iPad 2 (0,34 inches), but Samsung managed to reduce the weight of the Galaxy Tab 8.9 up to a pound (445gram be exact). Although not too far with the Galaxy Tab 10.1 (565gram) and iPad 2 (601gram), but it will make a big difference when used in everyday life such as reading for a long time or play games. Design Galaxy Tab 8.9 is very similar to the Galaxy Tab 10.1, front panel displays that are equally elegant and polished with aluminum and rounded curves. The back is also made of gray plastic made to look like metal. With landscape mode, 2MP camera located above the screen, while the power button, volume rocker and a headphone jack located on the top edge. Along the bottom there are two small stereo speakers and Samsung proprietary port. At the rear there is a 3MP camera and LED flash. Unfortunately, there is no SD card slot to increase the 16GB of onboard storage.
Screen and Audio
Galaxy Tab 8.9 screen may seem small compared with the 10 inch tablet on the market, but that does not mean less interesting. The tablet has a 8.9 inch LCD screen is gorgeous (1280 x 800), the picture is sharp, bright and vivid colors with wide viewing angle. Like the Galaxy Tab 10.1, Galaxy Tab 8.9 has a pair of small speakers. But they are on the bottom edge of the tablet, rather than on the side of the tablet such as the Galaxy Tab 10.1. Surprisingly, a little louder audio output on the Galaxy Tab 8.9 of the Galaxy Tab 10.1.
Software and Interfaces
Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android operating system running Honeycomb 3.1 plus a custom interface of the Samsung TouchWiz UX. As in Android smartphone (Samsung Galaxy S II), open the device carried by the virtual ring pull from outside the center of the screen in all directions. The user then greeted by five home screen, which can be filled with some widgets and application shortcuts. TouchWiz UX also allows users to drag widgets called Live Panel, to fit the available space on the screen. Live Panel makes a bigger, adding additional functionality.At the bottom of the screen there is also a new mini-applications. Pressing the arrow in the middle bar will display the system icons Samsun g's six applications (Calculator, Calendar, Music Player, Pen Memo, Task Manager and World Clock), which can be opened on top of other running applications. Like other Honeycomb tablets, the bottom of the screen displays a bar with a software key system for Back, Home and Recent Application. In the lower right corner is the notification area where you will find the system alerts, such as email, download, time, adding to the network and battery status.
Keyboard, Performance, and Battery
Samsung offers five different keyboard layouts on the Galaxy Tab 8.9, including Swype, Samsung Solution and Android Honeycomb default settings. Samsung's keyboard is quite functional but does not have a split key layout, which will make typing in landscape mode a lot easier. Galaxy 8.9 is equipped with a powerful dual core processor NVIDIA Tegra 2 1GHz graphics performance becomes so fast. Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 using a 6100mAh lithium polymer battery, which can last up to 8 hours.
Applications and Media
Samsung offers a choice of software applications that are good for use on Galaxy Tab 8.9. Android applications in addition to typical Honeycomb like Gmail, Altitude and Movie Studio, also available some third party applications such as Amazon Kindle, Polaris Office to edit documents and news reader, Pulse. Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 fill with its own software, including shops and Music Hub Media Hub. Applications Social Hub put feeds from Twitter and Facebook into one convenient location. Google Applications Market also offers books and applications for sale, Galaxy Tab 8.9 can also run games which can be download via Nvidia TegraZone applications.
Camera and Camcorder
3MP rear camera Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 is not very impressive because it has high resolution and additional features of the modern superphone, but fast enough to photograph. Samsung also provides some scene modes, such as Landscape, Night and Sport. 2MP camera on the front is quite good when used for video chat.
Specifications Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9
CPU: 1GHz dual core Nvidia Tegra 2
Display Size: 8.9 inch
Display Resolution: 1280 x 800 pixels
Wi-Fi: 802.11a/b/g/n
Bluetooth: Yes
OS: Android 3.1 Honeycomb
Camera Resolution: 3MP
Front-Facing Camera Resolution: 2MP
Ports: Headphone Proprietary
Size: 9.1 x 6.2 x 0:34 inches
Weight: 445gram
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I tried a Galaxy Tab 8.9 the other day and it was fantastic! It was just as fast as the 10.1 Galaxy Tab. To me, carrying around the Galaxy tab 10.1 would get a bit tiring. The 8.9 inch tablet sounds like a much better alternative, especially for traveling which is what I do often. Since I love to stream movies, having the LTE version would definitely help out. Streaming is better since it doesn’t take up as much space as saving a full movie on to the device. The app that I use to stream is the DISH Remote Access app from my provider DISH Network. I love it because it lets me stream live TV and even recorded shows to my iPhone anywhere I want. Since the DISH Remote Access app is available for Android tablets, I would be able to use it on the Galaxy Tab 8.9 wherever I am to catch up on shows or watch a movie. Working for DISH and using the app has shown me that no other app is as good as the DISH Remote Access app when it comes to streaming!
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