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Guys, I'm debating to get a G tab for reading and get rid of all my text books. I read a lot of articles in PDF format like medical journals and also online text books. Just wondering if current users feel that 7 in screen is adequate and comfortable for that or should I be better off with a larger screen?
Super easy to read on as long as your books are available. Im a grad student in history and only found 2 books this semester for my tab, out of 21. I also use a lot of pdf files from our library. The pdf file reads much better than on my macbook.
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I do use my tab to read on...occasionally. I'd advise to get zoom 10 inch tablet though. The tab is a little cramped and if your text books have graphics you'll get a little more viewing area.
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I read plenty on my Tab, both ebooks and PDFs and have never had a problem. Best gadget ever. :-D
Reading books was one of the primary reasons for getting my tab. I couldn't see carrying a smartphone and a e-book reader and an iPod Touch and a camera all the time.
When my semi-smartphone started going online to the web by itself I decided to replace it with a Galaxy S. But I had to wait till the end of my contract. As that date got closer and closer the Tab appeared and my semi-smartphone decided it wanted to start charging me for porno that I didn't download. So I looked at the S and the Tab and realized I read more books than I got phone calls. So the Tab it was!!
I got a textbook in my Gtab in Kindle format, and soon I found it's a perfect compromise between font size and pocket friendly.
Ipad and 10" screen tablets are simply too large for jacket pocket.
At first, a 7" screen may seem small, but trust me, as soon as you use the tab you realize its a perfect size.
I have had a flyer 7" tablet for about a month now and I really enjoy it's portability, and handwriting for work. I also picked up a GT 10.1 over the weekend. I am really impressed with the GT, but the lack of portability and lack of handwriting makes it a lessor choice for work. I am considering keeping the 10.1 for home browsing and the flyer for work. I was just curious if anyone else has two tablets.
i've got 5 ATM, and may be down to 4 after this weekend.
the gt10.1 is my general use tablet.
ipad - also general use and for gaming.
archos 101 - media player/carputer. crappy screen but plays just about anything. i was hoping to replace it with a tegra2, but tegra2 is can't handle mkv's and highprofile hd very well.
galaxy tab 7 - ebook reader - that's about all it's for.
transformer - general use, but may go back as the galaxy tab offers more of what i want from a tablet. plus qc on the transformer is pretty bad; this is my 3rd unit.
I have GT 10.1 & 7" Nook Color. The 7" format is better for portability and reading books. I have thought about upgrading the Nook Color to the Flyer. I also have an HP TM2t Windows 7 tablet for when I actually want to produce/create something. It is a 12.1" format. I can run Photoshop and Lightroom on it ... two big apps for me.
I own the Blackberry Playbook and the Samsung 10.1.
I had the Motorola Xoom and now the 10.1. I gave the Xoom to my dad for fathers day so now I'm back down to just one.
I still have 2 galaxy tab 10.1 units lol (locked white 16gb from launch, and unlocked metallic gray 32gb) and the new nook simple touch
Ipad 1 and my Galaxy 10.1
I use the iPad for web browsing since my tab likes to randomly crash
really hope some of these bugs get sorted out
have a few
ipad2 3g 32gb
galaxy tab 10.1 32gb
playbook 16gb
nook color with cm7 (gingerbread)
I used to have the zoom, gave it to a coworker. I have the ipad1, and 2. I also have the gt7", and the Asus eee slate. The slate is used for work, and by far my favorite. The gt 10.1 is in second place. My original ipad is now soley a gaming and Netflix device for my children. The ipad2 is my wife's primary device for everything. I did not like the zoom in my hand plus I had a lot of fc's; a problem that I believe now corrected. The gt7" is now not used as I prefer my Sony e-reader for reading. I love the size and weight of this new galaxy tab. It will be my primary browsing and messaging device sitting around the house, and once Netflix is available... my watching anime in bed device.
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if you're looking for something like the flyer except bigger...there's a rumor that htc is announcing the 10 in. htc puccini on june 27th. google it forsure.
Received retail Galaxy 10.1, 16gb yesterday from Frys. Officially with 2 tablets now together with Galaxy 7". Unlocked, time to root.
I have the original 7" GT and a 10.1 GT. I go back and forth. Using either for most any task. The 10" is faster to WiFi connect but throughput is the same. I love Pulse on the 10.1 but TV.com is better on the 7" (does not play well with Honeycomb). The 10.1 is my choice when sitting up but the 7" is better while reading in bed. The 10.1 is much faster downloading movies from my Vulkano. I guess there's no 802.1n on the 7"
I had a nook color for a cpl months knew I was in love with honeycomb but not the nook. Also have had a 7" in gtab. I just added a gtab 10.1 and love it. Looking into acer's win 7 version of the iconia for my wife she needs win apps for work.
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I have a Galaxy 7 and 10.1. Love them both.
Acer Iconia A500
Archos 70 Internet Tablet
anybody know how the galaxy tab 10.1 holds up against playbook, hp touchpad, ipad2, etc.? I cannot find any information that does a comparison on speed between tablets. Thanks in advance
jaewon223 said:
anybody know how the galaxy tab 10.1 holds up against playbook, hp touchpad, ipad2, etc.? I cannot find any information that does a comparison on speed between tablets. Thanks in advance
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That's because there are no cross-platform benchmarks dealing with processors, etc. That's because each OS has a different file system. The only comparisons you'll find are web related benchmarks like javascript encoding, page load times, etc.
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My 10.1 is just a hair slower than my iPad 2 on browsing.
try it on youtube. there arme some comparisons to many tabs... the galaxy tab is faster then ipad2 for browsing the internet...
Galaxy Tab needs the Quick Load function from the new Sony S1 tablet. Someone should develop a patch like that for the SGT 10.1.
why do you have 2 threads with the same content?
Hey guys, I'm seriously considering purchasing the Galaxy Tab 7.7.
One thing that is very important for me is whether the screen is too small to read large 8.5x11ish PDF files in full page. (such as magazine scans)
Note that I have decent eyes and can pretty easily read such documents in landscape on my Galaxy Nexus, but obviously the horizontal resolution on the GN is higher than the Galaxy Tab 7.7. I tested the lower resolution Blackberry Playbook and that one was too small...
I was wondering if anyone that already has one can give their impressions on this aspect of this wonderful looking tablet.
Thanks!
I was just reading a scanned document earlier this evening and had no trouble reading most of it. Some of the small text was a bit difficult to make out, but not totally illegible, and really, that was more a function of the low-quality scan; I'm sure that size of text would have been fine if it were sharp. I think you're fine as long as there isn't a lot of 6pt text or crappy scans you need to deal with.
It works fine as a PDF reader the font is easy to read, as long as you dont have lots of small text like teiglin said
I just went from the 10.1" Acer Iconia to this device in the last week and it gets the job done for sure. For info I read PDF magazines such as Web User, PC World etc and they work. I presume other magazine would have similar formatting and should be Ok.
Great thanks guys for the feedback!
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I use EX PDF reader and my pdf files look fantastic on this tablet...easy to read and I rarely need to scroll...the resolution is great. I had the original Galaxy Tab 7 and it required a bit of scrolling and zooming...not so with the 7.7!
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