I'll give apple this, they have a few interface methods that make people love their device... after being a paper weight for months when I got my 5800 XM, I got my Iphone 3g back out (sans SIM, use Joikuspot while out and about and normal Wifi at work and home) and have been impressed with how well the zoom and navigation works.
This goes onto my point... being that I own a real tablet (Latitude XT, multi touch, capacitive with digitizer for a stylus) I can tell you that if I were to buy a device like this, resolution would need to be higher. My vision is pretty damn good, but even if it wern't if you gave the tablet proper graphics support through ION or Tegra (depending on the application) or the like you could implement pinch zoom in the whole OS as a core feature like a mouse cursor would be on a computer.....
I would rather have a 1280x720 6" device then a damn 800x480 8in one, as you could always make most of the screens default to a smaller resolution, or once again take advantage of the native multitouch zoom..... I think it's the only reason why I don't use my $3,000 XT that much, is because it's only 1280x800... not horrible, but when in tablet mode, I find myself wishing I had a vast expanse of screen content to manipulate with my hands.
Remember, resolution > screen size when displaying information, and with multitouch zoom implemented similar to the Iphone (but as a core of the OS) you could effectively double the native resolution of one of these between the pocket and backpack devices while still keeping it practical for prolonged use without eye strain (just like when you used to open doom and it would change the videocard to 640x480).
The Galaxy Tab 10.1, much like its Limited Edition sibling that we reviewed last month, is ever-so-slightly thinner than the iPad 2, a slate that most sane individuals (and competitors, for that matter) would confess is the market leader today.
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I'll give apple this, they have a few interface methods that make people love their device... after being a paper weight for months when I got my 5800 XM, I got my Iphone 3g back out (sans SIM, use Joikuspot while out and about and normal Wifi at work and home) and have been impressed with how well the zoom and navigation works.
This goes onto my point... being that I own a real tablet (Latitude XT, multi touch, capacitive with digitizer for a stylus) I can tell you that if I were to buy a device like this, resolution would need to be higher. My vision is pretty damn good, but even if it wern't if you gave the tablet proper graphics support through ION or Tegra (depending on the application) or the like you could implement pinch zoom in the whole OS as a core feature like a mouse cursor would be on a computer.....
I would rather have a 1280x720 6" device then a damn 800x480 8in one, as you could always make most of the screens default to a smaller resolution, or once again take advantage of the native multitouch zoom..... I think it's the only reason why I don't use my $3,000 XT that much, is because it's only 1280x800... not horrible, but when in tablet mode, I find myself wishing I had a vast expanse of screen content to manipulate with my hands.
Remember, resolution > screen size when displaying information, and with multitouch zoom implemented similar to the Iphone (but as a core of the OS) you could effectively double the native resolution of one of these between the pocket and backpack devices while still keeping it practical for prolonged use without eye strain (just like when you used to open doom and it would change the videocard to 640x480).