Manufacture of plastics (iPad made stronger) but correct finish. For durability, we'll see the use ...
The tablet's size is ideal for a portability standpoint while maintaining a fully usable and readable display.
Correct storage capacity (about 9 GB of the 16 free) and can be extended up to 64 GB per additional micro SD - big advantage over an iPad. Access to the memory card is easy, as is the distribution of data between internal memory and "external" (the micro SD is protected by a hatch and nothing beyond).
Fast processor and good memory. Video playback is fluid regardless compression format. The display of images or PDF is instantaneous, even on large files. Perfect tactile response. Effective and interesting multitasking windowing option to display two applications simultaneously, such as a video while we surf.
Heater little. Good WiFi reception. Good battery life. GPS chip that holds up.
Quality stylus that fits into a compartment in order to have always with the tablet. For the drawing, the pressure is approximately managed. Recognition of the excellent and fast writing, including French. Besides, this text was written entirely on the device by writing with the stylus, with ease and an almost perfect recognition rate.
Full software preinstalled (drawing, OCR, suite for tablet with word processing and spreadsheet, audio and video player, file manager ...). We can also download the Samsung Kies software on the site to have a clone of iTunes to manage the tablet from a PC, or be content with a simple USB connection and simply drag and drop their files - a luxury significant compared to an iPad.
We find in the Android repository most useful apps on a tablet: mp3 and video player, word processing, calendar, browser, social networking, sketchbook, image editing, etc. It is noted with pleasure that certain functions that require jailbreak an iPad are native here (file management, brightness customization, access to the standard formats of video files ...).
Downside, the glossy display that reflects no light. The installation of an anti-reflective protective film would be the solution, but I have not found yet. Samsung makes good matte screens, pity not to have added anti-reflective treatment. All that glitters is not gold, and with regard to screen all that glitters is not legible in daylight ...
SOME SOFTWARE INSTALLED
The majority of them free. Button Savior saves supports the home button by posting the overlay screen. SlideIT keyboard provides a configurable alternative, especially for the time display accents in French. Screen Filter is significant to lower the brightness in the dark. Perfect Viewer reads smoothly Image Archive and PDF. MX Player Pro decodes all videos. To draw, Photoshop Touch or Sketchbook. Firefox + Flash to surf ...
AND IPAD?
The iPad keeps the advantage of the materials, with a more luxurious metal shell, and a richer repository including music creation applications. Access to the iTunes store also offers a wide range of films and series, DRM price that prevent playback on other devices. Finally, for a totally neophyte person iOs is certainly a little easier to access through a unified interface, but also less customizable. For everything else, the iPad is dropped altogether. Apple was the first to propose an operational tablet, but today the many constraints imposed on the user voluntarily and limited hardware make the iPad less efficient and certainly less pleasant to use, for a higher price.
