The Tab is a rectangular slate about two inches shorter and three inches narrower than the i Pad. It is also a tad thinner. It weighs less than a pound, compared with 1.5 pounds for the i Pad. Whereas its display is smaller, it has nearly the same decision as the i Pad, so almost as much material might be displayed on it. The Tab has a 3-megapixel rear digital camera with flash and a 1.three-megapixel front camera primarily for video calls. Nonetheless-images and movies I took had been of average quality, however movies taken with the front digital camera had been fuzzy. The Tab uses the most recent version of Android, and it usually labored very easily, regardless that Google has warned that Android is not but ready for tablets. I was particularly impressed with Samsung’s engaging and usable rewrites of the calendar, e mail and contacts apps, which, like their i Pad cousins, use a quantity of panels to make them more PC-like, while still remaining contact-friendly.