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GSMArena team, 08 September 2011

Droid at large


Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 review: Droid at large

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  • User reviews
  • P7500 Galaxy Tab 10.1 3G

9. GPS, Android Market
  1. 1. Introduction
  2. 2. Unboxing, design and construction, display, controls
  3. 3. User interface, benchmarks
  4. 4. Contacts, messaging, emails
  5. 5. Gallery, music player, video player
  6. 6. Audio quality, camera, video recording, connectivity
  7. 7. Web browser, organizer
  8. 8. Applications, Hubs
  9. 9. GPS, Android Market
  10. 10. Conclusion
  11.  
  12. Samsung P7500 Galaxy Tab 10.1 3G specification
  13. User opinions and reviews
  14. Review comments (73)

Samsung Android Tablets

GPS with Google Maps Navigation

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 comes with a GPS receiver, which got a satellite lock in under two minutes with A-GPS turned off. A-GPS can speed this up quite a bit, but requires Internet access. We gotta say, we didn’t experience any issues with the GPS performance.

With a screen as large (or larger) than most dedicated SatNav units, with excellent sunlight legibility and plenty of storage, any money spent towards satellite navigation should go to buying a good app rather than a separate SatNav unit.

The Galaxy Tab 10.1 comes with Google Maps and Navigation. Voice-guided navigation has become a viable solution since the v5.0 update. Vector maps are smaller and way easier on your data plan and with the Navigation itself becoming available in more and more countries 3rd party SatNav apps are facing extinction.

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Google Maps with vector maps does a bit of 3D

Quite naturally, the app also supports the Street View mode. If it’s available in the area you're interested in, you can enjoy a 360-degree view of the surroundings. When the digital compass is turned on it feels like making a virtual tour of the location!

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Using Street View

If Google Maps Navigation doesn’t do it for you, you can grab an alternative app from the Android Market – there are both free and paid ones.

Android market

The additional applications are the heart of every modern mobile platform. The more and the higher-quality they are the better the market prospects of their OS. For the Galaxy Tab 10.1 this is a two-sided tale.

You get a customized Android market interface that lets you browse and search the hundreds of thousands of apps there quicker than ever before. The productivity is probably the best there is on the market and gaming is second only to the App store.

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The Android market has been nicely optimized for tablets

On the other hand, the large portion of those is still not exactly tablet-friendly. Some just don't have WXGA versions and stretch their WVGA ones (which isn't too bad, but certainly isn't ideal) and some are simply performing terribly.

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Searching for an app

We were quite surprised to find that apps that run fine on single-core WVGA handsets and that we would’ve assumed to be a walk in the park for the Galaxy Tab 10.1 would stutter quite heavily. Luckily we do notice a major improvement, compared to the early days so things are obviously moving in the right direction.

And it's hardly any wonder - the Android slates now account for a third of all tablet sales out there, so coders have every reason to show their commitment. Plus with cooler and cooler Honeycomb slates coming up (not to mention the improvement in the platform itself), things are bound to improve even further. And quite rapidly, if Android's smartphone history is anything to go by.

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The My apps screen

Samsung's own store called SamsungApps is also on board. There you can get a lot of free apps for your tablet.

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SamsungApps store

Next Page » 10. Conclusion
9. GPS, Android Market
  1. 1. Introduction
  2. 2. Unboxing, design and construction, display, controls
  3. 3. User interface, benchmarks
  4. 4. Contacts, messaging, emails
  5. 5. Gallery, music player, video player
  6. 6. Audio quality, camera, video recording, connectivity
  7. 7. Web browser, organizer
  8. 8. Applications, Hubs
  9. 9. GPS, Android Market
  10. 10. Conclusion
  11.  
  12. Samsung P7500 Galaxy Tab 10.1 3G specification
  13. User opinions and reviews
  14. Review comments (73)

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  • Comments (73)
  • User reviews
  • P7500 Galaxy Tab 10.1 3G

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