The presence of Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 is not his elder brother semeriah Galaxy Tab 10.1, but still only 8.9 Galaxy Tab tablet computer will make the competition heats up. Below we intentionally write the reviews and specs Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 for you, so you are more familiar with the latest Android tablet from Samsung.
Design
Galaxy Tab 8.9 is thinner than the Galaxy Tab 10.1 (0:34 inches) and the iPad 2 (0:34 inches), but Samsung managed to reduce the weight of the Galaxy Tab 8.9 up to half a kilo (exactly 445gram). Although not too far away to the Galaxy Tab 10.1 (565gram) and iPad 2 (601gram), but it will make a big difference when used in everyday life such as reading for a long time or play games.
Design
Galaxy Tab 8.9 is very similar to the Galaxy Tab 10.1, front panel displays that are both elegant and polished with aluminum and rounded curves. The back is also made of gray plastic that is made to look like metal.
With landscape mode, 2MP camera located on top of the screen, while the power button, volume rocker and a headphone jack located on the top edge. Along the bottom there are two small stereo speakers and Samsung proprietary port. In the back there is a 3MP camera and LED flash. Unfortunately, there is no SD card slot to increase the 16GB onboard storage.
Screen and Audio
Galaxy Tab 8.9 screen may seem small compared with the 10 inch tablet on the market, but that does not mean less interesting. The tablet has a 8.9 inch LCD screen is gorgeous (1280 x 800), drawing a sharp, bright and vivid colors with wide viewing angle.
Like the Galaxy Tab 10.1, Galaky Tab 8.9 has a pair of small speakers. But they are on the edge of the bottom of the tablet, rather than on the side of the tablet such as the Galaxy Tab 10.1. Surprisingly, a little louder audio output to the Galaxy Tab 8.9 of the Galaxy Tab 10.1.
Software and Interface
Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android operating system running Honeycomb 3.1 plus a custom interface of the Samsung TouchWiz UX. As in the Android smartphone (Samsung Galaxy S II), open the virtual ring is done by pulling out from the middle of the screen in all directions. The user then welcomed by the five home screen, which can be filled with some widgets and application shortcuts. TouchWiz UX also allows users to drag widgets, called Live Panel, to fit the available space on the screen. Live Panel makes a bigger, adding additional functionality.
At the bottom of the screen there is also a new mini applications. Pressing the arrow in the middle of system bar icons will display Samsung's six applications (Calculator, Calendar, Music Player, Pen Memo, World Clock and Task Manager), which can be opened at the top of other running applications.
As with other Honeycomb tablet, the bottom of the screen displays the bar with a software key system for the Back, Home and Recent Application. In the lower right corner is the notification area where you will find the system alerts, such as email, download, time, adding to the network and battery status.
Keyboard
Samsung offers five different keyboard layouts on the Galaxy Tab 8.9, including Swype, Samsung Solution and Android Honeycomb default settings. Samsung keyboard is quite functional but does not have split key layout, which will make typing in landscape mode a lot easier.
Performance
Galaxy Tab 8.9 is equipped with a powerful dual core processor NVIDIA Tegra 2 1GHz graphics performance becomes so fast.
Applications and Media
Samsung offers a choice of software applications for use on Galaxy Tab 8.9. in addition to the typical applications such as Android Honeycomb Gmail, Altitude and Movie Studio, is also available a few third-party applications such as Amazon Kindle, Polaris Office to edit documents and news reader, Pulse.
Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 fill with the software itself, including shops and Music Hub Media Hub. Put Social Hub application of Twitter and Facebook feeds into one convenient location. Google Applications Market also offers books and applications for sale, Galaxy Tab 8.9 can also run games which can be downloaded via khusu Nvidia TegraZone applications.
Camera and Camcorder
3MP rear camera Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 is not very impressive because it has high resolution and additional features modern superphone, but fast enough to photograph. Samsung also provides several scene modes, such as Landscape, Night and Sport. 2MP camera on the front is quite good when used for video chat.
Battery
Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 6100mAh lithium polymer battery, which can last up to 8 hours.
Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9
CPU: 1GHz dual core Nvidia Tegra 2
Display Size: 8.9 inch
Display Resolution: 1280 x 800 pixels
Wi-Fi: 802.11a/b/g/n
Has Bluetooth: Yes
OS: Android 3.1
Camera Resolution: 3MP
Front-Facing Camera Resolution: 2.0MP
Ports: Headphone; Proprietary
Size: 9.1 x 6.2 x 0:34 inches
Weight: 445gram
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