It is one the few tablets available in Kenya and it will cost you dearly. If you are guy who has the money and simply wants to floss to friends then you should definitely go for the galaxy tab but if you serious about this whole tablet thing and want the best value for money then al probably be forced to discourage you. The galaxy tab is a decent tablet. At 7 inches it is just the right size and Android Froyo or Android 2.2 makes it a decent tablet.
So the galaxy tab has 7 inches with 600 by 1024 pixels which is a good resolution. The internal memory is either 16 or 32GB with 512MB of RAM. Memory is expanded by an SD card up to 32GB. There is the model that comes with 3G and Wi-Fi and the one that only comes with Wi-Fi. I would prefer the 3G+Wi-Fi model since you can use Safaricom or Zain or Yu or Orange to browse the web since Wi-Fi hotspots in Kenya are still limited. There is a 3.15 camera. The processor is ARM Cortex A8 and it is clocked at 1GHz giving it a decent speed. There is PowerVR graphics chip onboard to smoothen the games. There is GPS to enhance navigation. As expected there is also TV out.
The specifications above really make the Galaxy Tab a worthy contender but the Android 2.2 operating system isn’t helping much. It almost makes the Galaxy Tab fall into the “just another Android Tablet” category. Also the single core 1GHz processor may seem outdated considering newer tablets have dual core Tegra processors. But what will you use your tablet for anyway? I am guessing you will use it to browse the web, watch movies and listen to music and maybe play a few games. The Galaxy Tab does all that and much more. There may also be some good news for the geeks since there are reports of a Honeycomb port coming soon or probably its already there, I have to check on that one. That may make the Galaxy Tab one of the cheapest tablets running Android 3.0. And that will make the Galaxy Tab stand among the best tablets.
The Galaxy Tab in my opinion was Samsung’s way of testing the tablet waters and it is doing pretty well. Two other Tablets from Samsung are on the way and they are slimmer, faster and run Google’s latest OS. You may want to wait for them but due to uncertainties that may arise probably due to price it may be safe to just go with the Galaxy Tab.
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