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Samsung Galaxy Tab Tablet PC Review

The hot item for 2011 is without a doubt the new Samsung Galaxy Tab which is the new tablet PC on the android.

If you want to see the video review and website that shows the Samsung Galaxy Tab in action click on the link. The differences between the Samsung tab and the Apple iPad are numerous but the one that stands out the most is the size. The Samsung Galaxy Tab is a 7 inch tablet whereas the iPad is a 10 inch tablet computer.

The Samsung tab has the edge from a technical specifications point of view. From an applications point of view the iPad is dominating but this should change in the next year as more developers switch to Android applications because of Apples monopoly over their own apps store. Developers are frustrated in dealing with Apple so developers have more freedom in the Android world.

So what are the other advantages of Android based tablets? The future looks brighter for Android and at the moment only Apple is the tablet where you can do only 1 application at a time.

Expect the competition to get fierce as the Blackberry Playbook looks to tackle the market. Also Windows mobile tablets will appear. Expect companies like Asus, MSI and Acer to produce cheaper tablet computers that are also higher performance.

The future of tablet computers is finally exciting.

ipads for Christmas

Christmas is coming up and iPads are the official hot item this year. It looks like the rest of the tablets didn't make it to the shelves this year as the apple Ipad is going to steal the show this year as probably the hottest item and the most popular one on everyone's wish list.

Other hot items this Christmas are iPhones as well as the prices are dropping and becoming a reasonable product to buy.

Android and Windows tablets didn't make the list this year because they are not showing up in tv commercials and nobody would know where to get one. Some companies are offering Android tablets by Samsung but the starting price is a bit high. Expect these items to skyrocket once the new year has begun and the manufacturing demands have caught up.

3D TVs are also selling in large quantities but it is just the novelty item for the year and expect many to have buyers remorse in the near year as they have these great 3d tvs that can't really play much. Truth is if you want to see a good movie in 3d go see it at the movie theatres.

Happy Holiday shopping.

Tablet wars

The tablet wars are on with Apple clearly winning the battle but they won't win it for too long. Keep in mind Windows is still the number one operating system and Android is starting to take a bite out of apple.

So who's getting into the tablet market? Everyone is the answer. HP is probably going to team up with Microsoft as those 2 companies seem to love each other. Blackberry say they plan to launch their own tablet which will probably work more like an expanded blackberry storm. Asus plans to launch their Eee Pad which they have been very successful in the computer market with their Eee netbooks.

No matter how you look at it these tablet and ipad markets are probably here to stay. The non ipad tablets will become the innovators of this market by allowing multiple features and more cpu, memory and input/output devices. Apple will probably copy the competition after the competition copied apple to begin with.

Expect all companies to sue each other for stealing ideas.

In the meantime I want all of these devices to play with.

Ipad sales slow down

The ipad is still a big seller but the sales have slowed down a bit with more gadgets flooding the market including more iphones, the evo 4g and Samsung Galaxy S. On top of the ipad there are other pad devices being produced and that should do farm more tasks than the ipad.

The ipad is just a media device, not really a computer. You can watch movies, chat, send emails, watch videos and do your social media stuff. But you can't edit a video, it's tougher to work on a document or a webpage or anything else that requires some real work. 

So if you want a sexy toy to play with when you hit a cafe you can get an ipad. Just don't try to act intelligent like you're doing important work, website design or writing a book because we know you're there just showing up that you spent money on a toy to waste time with.

That doesn't mean I don't want an ipad.

India aims for $35 computer tablet

India is looking for students and universities to come up with the $35 tablet computer which would reduce the cost of education in India and help their children. The computer which would use Linux could be live by 2011 and would completely shake up the computer and electronics industry.

Already India has produced the cheapest car and could be on path to do the same for computers. The tablet could be used for browsing the internet, word processing and creating documents, emails and video conferencing which could be used for teaching. 

Cell phones have become cheaper and the same parts and technologies would be used to produce one of these low cost tablets. 

New ipad and iphones

The ipad is available all over the world but seriously don't buy the first version. When things don't work you will call customer service and you will become their debugging tools to help make future versions better.

New iphone is around the corner and this is a product that should be worth getting provided the price isn't too high. HTC phones using Google Android seem to offer a decent value and might be a better alternative to the iphone.

So summer shopping list should be HTC or new Iphone. For the ipad save your money for the next generation ipad.

1 million ipads sold by apple in 1 month

Apple has sold 1 million ipads in it's first month of sales. These figures are shocking and may represent a change in how we use computers. Who knows maybe in 5 years people will look at these devices the same way we look commodore computers. These tables are hot selling items and it has put pressure on other manufacturers to do the same to produce these in mass quantities.

At least with this healthy competition it should represent a small victory for the consumer in getting what they want and having these companies fight for their business.

Now I want an ipad