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Wallpaper Wednesday – Little Red Yin

Every Wednesday we have been giving out wallpapers customized specifically for the Galaxy Tab’s resolution. This Wednesday we are featuring Little Red Yin by Aposfiss.

Click here to download the 1024 x 1200 wallpaper.

How to add a wallpaper for noobs.

• Click the download link above on your Galaxy Tab
• Longpress on the wallpaper image
• Click set as wallpaper

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Amazon to show some love to the Galaxy Tab, other tablets

I tuned into Engadget this morning a post about Android tablets getting a better Kindle application. The Kindle application seems fairly robust to me, but I never use it as I’m not a big reader.

They don’t really spill any specific details on how this app will be different from the one already available on the Android Market. It is safe to assume though that is will have a better UI that takes advantage of larger screens.

Are you excited about a new Kindle app, or do you not use your Tab to read books either?

Source: Engadet

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App of the Week – Gem Miner

I am trying to bring to light apps that you haven’t heard of. There is not much of a point in telling you about an app that you potentially already use. This week I found a game called Gem Miner.

The first good thing about this game is it scales up properly to the Galaxy Tab’s resolution, unlike some apps.

This game reminded me of an Indie game on Xbox Live Arcade that I thoroughly enjoyed, Miner Dig Deep. The goal is essentially the same, mine downwards into the earth, collect minerals and bring them back up. If you stay in the mines too long, then you run out of stamina and have to be rescued (basically you die). You can also die from falling from too high or having a rock fall on you. To prevent a rock from landing on you, there are support beams you can place.

When you bring minerals to the surface, you receive money from the store. With that money you can buy upgrades for your light, backpack, stamina, and more!

The game doesn’t have much longevity, since once you mine the whole cavern there isn’t anything to do. But you can’t complain about an hour or two of free fun! Use the QR code, search for Gem Miner in the Android Market, or if you are on your Tab use this link to download.

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Bypass activation on your Galaxy Tab for WiFi-only use

Many Galaxy Tab owners, such as myself, do not want to pay for an extra data plan. Instead they want to just use the faster WiFi that they already have in their house. This can be done without activation, but the Tab will continually prompt you to activate it, which becomes increasingly annoying. To prevent yourself from throwing your expensive tablet through the wall, follow this simple tutorial.

• Press Volume Up once
• Press Volume Down twice
• Press Volume Up thrice
• Press Volume Down four times

This does work on the Verizon variant, but does not work on the Sprint one. A future tutorial will be released for the Sprint Tab. Unfortunately, it is much more complex.

Source: The Galaxy Tab

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Verizon getting aggressive with Galaxy Tab pricing? Now only $499 without contract?

According to this leaked promotional photo, Big Red has decided to drop the Tab down from $599 to $499. At this price point Apple must be getting scared. The $499 iPad has 16 GB of storage, and now the $499 Galaxy Tab has 16 GB of storage and 3G!

You might be thinking, “Big deal, US Cellular has the Tab for $199 on two-year contract.” While that is true, this price come to you contract-less!

The icing on the cake is $60 in movie rentals via either Samsung’s Media Hub or Blockbusters app.

There are also reports of stores willing to refund you the $100 if you bought the Tab at the previous price of $599 in the past two weeks.

Cross your fingers that this comes to fruition.

Source: Droid Life

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List of apps that don’t scale up to the Galaxy Tab’s resolution

This is going to be a living, breathing list of apps that are not compatible with the Galaxy Tab’s resolution. The vast majority of the popular apps scale up flawlessly, but many developers refuse to adapt. Hopefully seeing their app listed here will encourage them to take the time to update.

Bills Reminder by Forperfect Technologies
Blow Up by Camel Games
Bonsai Blast by Glu Games
Bookmarks to SD by Dolphin Browser Add-ons
Camera 360 by mAPPn, Inc.
Cestos 2: Party Time by Chicken Brick Studios
City Jump by DroidHen
Cubes Free by The Mob
Dictionary.com by Dictionary.com, LLC
Droid Comic Viewer by Robot Media
DroidEmuLite by DavidWu
Duck Hunter by Reverie
Endless Reader (TXT Version) by PCR
Engadget by AOL Inc.
File Manager by Adao Team
Free Running by era.yeung
Frozen Bubble by Pawel Aleksander Fedorynski
Hungry Shark Free! by Future Games of London
iBasket by Ideateca
iBird Pro by MITCH WAITE GROUP2.
Kamikaze Race beta by TastyPlay.com
Location Alarm by IT4U Ltd.
Location Log by Jason Michalski
Mobile Banking by Bank of America
My Shopping List by kamax_android
Newton Lite by Badlogic Games
Penguin II – Power Bar by MTM HZSTUDIO
Ranger by Numero
Robo Defense by Lupis Labs Software
Screenshot by Gik Soft
SketchBook Express by Autodesk Inc.
Sniper by roidstudio
Solitaire by Ken Magic
Space Man by DroidHen
Spare Parts by Android Apps
Speedtest.net Speed Test by Ookla
Spider Man by DroidHen
Stock Alert by Pocketools.com
Sudoku Free (presumably full version too) by genina.com
Super KO Boxing 2 by Glu Games
The Weather Channel by The Weather Channel
World War by Storm8

…and so many more!

I need you guys to leave any apps you have tried to use in the comments that don’t properly scale up, so I can list them here. Conversely, if there are any updates to apps listed here that support the Galaxy Tab’s resolution, then alert me in the comments.

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Archos vs Galaxy Tab according to Engadget’s reviews

So several people have made it very clear that they think the Archos 101 and 70 are better than the Galaxy Tab. Truly this confused the heck out of me. I sought another’s opinion.

Here is their breakdown of the tablets.

Archos 101 6/10
The Good

• Very thin design with built-in kickstand
• USB and mini-HDMI ports
• Over seven hours of battery life

The Bad

• Discolored screen with poor viewing angles
• Performance can be sluggish at times
• Flimsy build

Archos 70 6/10
The Good

• Very thin and light
• Responsive capacitive touchscreen
• Great media playback

The Bad

• Crappy LCD with poor viewing angles
• Hardware feels cheap
• Sluggish at times

Galaxy Tab 7/10
The Good

• Compact and extremely solid build
• Great quality 7-inch, capacitive touchscreen
• Two cameras

The Bad

• Not all apps scale to the screen
• Little support from Google
• No decent video calling software

The Archos tablets have hardware issues under The Bad, but the Galaxy Tab only has software issues that are present in the Archos tablets as well. Software will be updated. Hardware can’t be updated.

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Wallpaper Wednesday – Light

You know the drill guys. We have another sexy wallpaper for your Galaxy Tab here by JK89.

Click here to download the 1024 x 1200 wallpaper.

How to add a wallpaper for noobs.

• Click the download link above on your Galaxy Tab
• Longpress on the wallpaper image
• Click set as wallpaper

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App of the Week – Audio Galaxy

If you love music, then 16 GB of storage just won’t cut it. You could of course pick up a 32 GB microSD card, but why do that when there is a perfectly good, free app. This app of course is Audio Galaxy.

The way this app works is by installing a simple program that scans your computer for music and tells Audio Galaxy what music you own. Then Audio Galaxy will let you stream music from anywhere on your Galaxy Tab, as long as your computer is on.

Go ahead and sign up at AudioGalaxy.com and see for yourself how wonderful it is.

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Who got the Galaxy Tab for Christmas?

Who would not be psyched to see a tablet shaped package under the tree. I know I would! Now imagine it was just an Archos tablet. Don’t cry, this is just a hypothetical.

Really though, did you get the Galaxy Tab for Chirstmas?