NOTEBOOK COMPUTERS NEWS : Samsung Galaxy Tab Review - Android takes on the iPad. 2010 saw the first releases of what can be considered a truely modern tablet computer. Instead of the old haphazard notebook computers turned tablet with resistive touch screens, we saw something new. Embedded systems with with capacitive, multi touch capable displays have invogorated the market for tablet computers. The forerunner of this new market segment by far is Apple’s iPad. However, some people are not satisfied with Apple’s closed platform in iOS, bringing on other competitors, such as the Samsung Galaxy Tab, with the Android OS. The radical difference in the iPad hardware versus the Galaxy Tab is the adoption of a 7”, 1024 x 600 LCD display instead of a 10” one. In my experiences, this provides a solution that is much easier to travel with and carry in many different situations, while not losing any real usability features of the 10” iPad. Size comparison with Apple's iPad. Beyond a bigger screen size, hardware in the Galaxy Tab is extremely similar to the Samsung Galaxy S series of phones. Both the Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab feature the Hummingbird processor core, developed by fabless semiconductor company, Intrinisty. This is an interesting detail, as the Apple A4 processor, first introduced in the iPad, and the Hummingbird core were both developed by by the same company, and are similar. However, since the development of this chip, Apple has purchased Intrinsity.

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