Jun 28, 2011

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Galaxy Tab 10.1 Online Simulator

Are you thinking about buying the Galaxy Tab 10.1 but want to give it a little test drive? Well Samsung has put up an interactive tutorial that will likely bore your socks off. It is a good tool to use if you are new to Android and need some help with the basics of the tablet, but if you want to play with the Galaxy Tab 10.1 you are better off stopping by a Best Buy store. Check out the source link below to give the tutorial a test drive.

Source: Samsung

Jun 28, 2011

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Galaxy Tab 10.1 Benchmarks

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I know there are a lot of benchmarking junkies out there and only want the device with the best score. As of right now the Galaxy Tab 10.1 seems to be scoring as high or higher than all other Honeycomb tablets.

Linpack

Single Thread: 25-30 MFLOPS
Multi-Thread: 50-55 MFLOPS

Quadrant Standard

Score: 1400-1600

CF-Bench

Native MIPS: 854
Java MIPS: 42
Native MSFLOPS: 489
Java MSFLOPS: 263
Native MDFLOPS: 300
Java MDFLOPS: 170
Native MALLOCS: 17081
Native Memory Read: 2627
Java Memory Read: 236
Native Memory Write: 1246
Java Memory Write: 597
Native Disk Read: 339
Native Disk Write: 460
Java Efficiency MIPS: 4%
Java Efficiency MSFLOPS: 53%
Java Efficiency MDFLOPS: 56%
Java Efficiency Memory Read: 8%
Java Efficiency Memory Write: 47%
Native Score: 9251
Java Score: 1664
Overall Score: 4698

Smartbench 2011

Productivity Index: 3246
Games Index: 2322

AnTuTu Benchmark

Score: 3730

Most of this is like a foreign language to me, but hopefully it is helpful to you.

Jun 28, 2011

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The right way to implement cameras on a tablet

Image credit: LaptopMag.com

Ever since the first time a camera was put on a tablet consumers have wondered, “why?” It is a very good question. Tablets are often clunky and large making it difficult to snap a decent picture. The whole concept is illogical. It was customers who originally demanded them. For example the first iPad did not have any cameras, but customers cried on the internet for them. The following year Apple put cameras on the iPad 2 and people were happy at first. Then they realized that the cameras had no purpose and forgot about them.

No manufacturer has capitalized on the correct way to implement cameras on a tablet.

Video calling is the main use of cameras on a tablet, not posting blurry pictures of your desk on Twitter. The Galaxy Tab 10.1 has a 3 megapixel, auto-focus camera with an LED flash on the back that is probably on par with smartphones a year or two ago. The front-facing camera is even worse. It loses a megapixel and is fixed-focused instead of auto-focused. A fixed-focus camera is utterly useless. We would have been much better off with them putting the somewhat ok camera on the back onto the front and completely scrapping the original front-facing camera.

Cameras are not the thing that are holding back video calling. The clients themselves seriously degrade the video quality. Is it too much to ask for a 720p video chat?

In summary, tablets should not have a rear-facing camera and should have a decent lens on the front.

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