- Its wide 1.6:1 screen ratio.
- Two speakers, letting you get stereo sound without headphones. (It's louder too, if you like the Pet Shop Boys or someone like that.)
- Better cameras, front and back.
- Android.
- Its prices, which are the same as the iPad's: $499 for 16 gigabytes and $599 for 32 gigabytes. There isn't a 64-gigabyte unit.
Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 Could Have Apple Looking Over Its Shoulder
The iPad seems to have the momentum of a bullet train, with everyone else's tablet trotting along like a local on New Jersey Transit. That could soon change, in June specifically, when Samsung introduces its Galaxy Tab 10.1. Don't confuse this gadget with Samsung's previous Galaxy Tabs, which Xconomy's Wade Roush calls an "awkward, plasticky, overgrown phone ." The new version is a close cousin of Apple's iPad, and a real competitor, too. Roush says the Galaxy Tab stacks up well in several areas: