Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 (Wi-Fi Edition) Review

Welcome to the ongoing epic story we have got unfolding here at Android Community with the Samsung Galaxy Tab series, having reviewed just about every version of the original tab, then seeing this newest series before its software was even connected to its hardware, moving on then to the official announcements and pre-release hands-on of the 8.9 and the 10.1 and yes, the most popular review of the Google I/O Limited Edition Galaxy Tab 10.1 on the internet. Now we’ve got the official Wi-Fi edition of the 10.1 tab on our desk and it’s time to cross check and review this iteration  yes indeed!

Upon opening the box that this device comes in, you’re presented with the display covered with a sticker that further explains the hardware you should, by all means, know about already because you’ve had a full reading of the Android Community in-depth review. After that you’ve got a wall plug capable of working with any number of world plugs, a USB to Samsung specific plug wire, earbuds, and some instructions manuals. Have a peek at the unboxing and hands-on video first, then head down to the rest of the review for a full blast look at Samsung’s latest and greatest effort in tableting.

Hardware Specification

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is Samsung’s latest and greatest effort in the line of Android devices it’s so faithfully produced over the past few years, they being the minds behind the most successful Android device line of all time, the samsung Galaxy S, and the most powerful and thin Android device in the world currently, the Galaxy S II. What have they come up with this time? A masterpiece of a tablet whose only drawbacks are in its software and in its inability to expand memory. Has Samsung banked on the cloud a bit too much here? They’ve certainly banked, but perhaps just enough.

This tablet contains 16 GB built-in memory, 1GB DDR2 RAM, and no microSD slot for expanded memory though we DID see the possibility at one point in the ideation process back in early 2011. The display is a 10.1” WXGA 1280×800 pixel resolution TFT LCD with a nicely sized black rim so you’ll easily be able to hold the device without accidentally tapping the screen. You’ve got a 3.5 mm headphone jack a the top, a 3.0-megapixel camera on the back, a 2.0-megapixel camera on the front, Gyroscope, Accelerometer, Digital Compass, and Ambient Light sensor.

This device is extremely thin and light, sizing in at 10.09 x 6.81 x 0.34 (256.2 x 172.9 x 8.6 mm) and weighing in at 20.99 oz (595 g). It’s thin enough that you’ll be pleasantly surprised but not in a way that would make you think you’re holding something fragile. It’s got a 1GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual-core processor inside and it’s ready and willing to play every and any game you can toss at it with flying colors. We’ll be using this tablet to review every Honeycomb-centric app in the near future so look for it to pop up many times over the next quarter of 2011 – NVIDIA Tegra Zone ahoy!

Software Specification

What this iteration of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 consists of is Android Honeycomb 3.1 with a dash of Samsung TouchWiz. What I mean by that is that it’s not running the full TouchWiz UX 4.0, instead Samsung has decided to get the hardware out there in the open and offer the custom user interface to owners of the device at a later date as an optional upgrade. Let’s have a quick look at what we’re not yet able to access here in a demo we grabbed back earlier this year at CTIA 2011 – this is what TouchWiz UX 4.0 will look like, basically:

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