Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (7-Inch, Wi-Fi) Review and Prices

Who is never heard Samsung Galaxy Tab. Enjoy music, movies, TV shows, apps, and more--wherever you are--with the Galaxy Tab 2. The tablet sports a 7-inch touchscreen and is powered by Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich, which offers a smooth user experience. The Samsung Media Hub app gives you access to thousands of new movies and TV shows and lets you play your purchases on up to five devices at a time. You can also use the Galaxy Tab 2 as a universal remote for your home entertainment devices and stream video, music, and pictures to your DLNA-enabled TV using Samsung's AllShare service. A free one-year 50GB subscription to Dropbox, a web-based file-sharing service, is included.

• Access the web, TV shows, movies, and over 450,000 apps
• Control, watch, and share content with your TV
• 7-inch tablet designed to perform anywhere

Access the Web, TV Shows, Movies, and Over 450,000 Apps

Access All Your Favorite Apps

Using the Galaxy Tab 2, you can browse the web, explore 450,000 apps available in the Google Play Store, and choose from thousands of new TV shows and movies wherever you are--making the tablet an ideal entertainment companion.

Media Hub for Recently Released Movies and TV

The tablet comes installed with Samsung Media Hub, an app that lets you choose from thousands of movies and TV shows that play even while they're downloading. Media Hub offers TV shows the day after they air and movies the day after they come out on DVD, along with older selections. With Media Hub's "buy once, play anywhere" capabilities, you can access your media on the go with your Galaxy Tab 2 or Samsung smartphone, or watch on the big screen at home with your smart TV or smart Blu-ray player.

The Galaxy Tab 2 includes Adobe Flash Player, giving you access to more games, videos, and other rich content online.

Includes Free One-Year Dropbox Subscription

The Galaxy Tab 2 comes with a free one-year subscription to Dropbox*, an online file-hosting service. With this subscription, you can store up to 50 GB of your favorite digital content--including photos, videos, and documents--and share files with coworkers, friends, and family members.

Control, Watch, and Share Content with Your TV

Turn Your Tablet into a Universal Remote

The Smart Remote app and built-in IR blaster turn the Galaxy Tab 2 into a universal remote control, allowing you to control all of your home entertainment devices, including your TV, cable box, DVR, and Blu-ray player. Additionally, the Smart Remote learns what you like and presents you with personalized recommendations. Find a show, click the "watch" button, and see your TV automatically switch to that show.

Using AllShare, Samsung's content-sharing service, you can wirelessly stream multimedia content from your tablet to your TV or another DLNA-enabled device. And if you need to leave the living room, you can stay tuned in--Smart View allows you to wireless stream what's on your Samsung Smart TV to your Galaxy Tab 2.

7-Inch Tablet Designed to Perform Anywhere

Smooth User Experience and Multitasking with Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich

The Galaxy Tab 2 is powered by Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich, which offers an exceptionally smooth user experience. Additionally, Samsung's TouchWiz interface allows you to see live news and weather on your homescreen, and multitask using multiple open windows with Mini Apps.

Dual-Core Processor and MicroSD Slot

The Galaxy Tab 2 sports a fast dual-core processor that provides a smooth user experience whether you're playing games or browsing the web. You can also use the microSD card slot to add up to 32GB of additional data storage or easily transfer music and picture files.

Product and Warranty Information

The tablet measures 7.6 by 4.8 by 0.41 inches (H x W x D) and weighs 0.76 pounds. It contains a 3 MP rear-facing camera and a VGA front-facing camera.

The Galaxy Tab 2 is backed by a one-year warranty.

What's in the Box

7-Inch Galaxy Tab 2.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 Pros and Cons

Pros :

• It runs Android 4.0, with support for widgets, multitasking and Google's Chrome browser.  It found no difficulty to access Android Market.
• It has a built-in Infra Red port. Using Peel Smart Remote app you can program to work with your TV.
• Extend storage capacity by using available MicroSD slot

Cons :

• It has a 1 GHz dual-core processor, a VGA front-facing camera and 8 GB of built-in storage. Previous Tab version has better specs for $300 (refurbished one)
• Too much pre-installed applications.Some of those apps might be useful, but they should be opt-in, not included by default.

Price

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Some Reviews From Customers

So this device just came out this morning, and I hadn't planned on buying it but I was down at my local best buy store and played with it just to see what it was and loved it! Let me say I used to have all apple stuff, apple computer, iphone, ipad, etc. Over the last year my apples have rotted, went bad and needed to be replaced. Instead of paying high dollar for all new apple stuff I went back to a windows PC, an Andorid Galaxy S2 phone, still had the iPad but it was in need of replacement.

So I got to Best Buy they didn't have these out yet but they pulled one out and let me play with it while they set up the are for the demo unit to go. I liked it, very snappy, great screen. The device comes preloaded with ICS on it, it's VERY snappy with zero lag so far.
The screen while not a retina display like the iPad is still clear enough for me. After all I'm not holding this inches from my face. if you do you get a chance to play with 1 of these before you buy go to the movies app on the device and play the life demo to see how clear and crisp the display is.

It quickly synced up with my Google account and I was already able to start downloading apps from the play store within minutes of getting it turned on.
So far this device is excellent. It feels like it's built well, the back is not as fancy as the Galaxy S2 phone however I plan on getting a case for this so the back battery panel to me doesn't matter much.

I'll update this later after I get more time to play with it, so far though for $250 this is a great deal. I also played with the Kindle Fire and the Blackberry playbook both which were available for $199, but I opted to spend the $50 more for the Samsung as I've been impressed with Samsung quality over the years. (Currently my TV's, blu ray players, computer monitor, phone and now tablet are all samsung brand. They make good products in my opinion.)
--UPDATE 8 hours later--
I used the GPS on this earlier and google navigation/maps to get me to the hardware store. Ok I didn't NEED it but I wanted to test it out. I found that you MUST have internet for google maps to give you directions, I had a hotspot in my car so I turned it on and navigation worked perfect. If you don't have wifi you can still use GPS, it does lock on fast however it can't query to get you directions. If you used an offline GPS program like navigon or something that would do the trick, but YES gps is accurate and fast.
I also used the bluetooth on this to stream music from the Tab 2 to my car, quality was excellent. 

Apps and stuff, so far every app I have tried is compatible with the exception of one, and I can't remember what that one was so it was one I really didn't use much at all I guess. I have put a few games on to test it, so far so good and still no lag.
Hows the keyboard? It comes with stock ICS keyboard and it works well, if you start typing fast there is a tiny lag between hearing the click of the feedback and seeing the character appear, however all letters make it without any vanishing. I am looking for another keyboard though as spelling isn't built in it appears... I am probably switching to Swiftkey or swype both which appear compatible with the device. 

Also, the IR Blaster = awesome! I was going to buy a $100 harmony remote for my entertainment system, well this Galaxy Tab 2 has an IR blaster built right in and the application for it is simple to configure. Less then 3 minutes I had it set to turn my TV on, control my bose sound system and also control my Tivo HD and Blu Ray player. Very slick!
More to come, if you have questions on how this works please leave them in the comments and I'll do my best to answer them quickly. Also, if you find this review helpful please make sure to mark it as such!

--UPDATE--

Morning after, do I regret buying it? Nope, still a fantastic device and I'll tell you a few more things I found out. 

1. I use Dropbox on my home computer and put the app on this tablet. I also use a tivo at home and thought about how could I get my shows on my tivo to my computer then to my tablet? Well I use TivoToGo to transfer shows to my computer, then I place them in a drop box folder and they sync automatically to my dropbox account. I then on the tablet have an app (free and paid versions) called "Folder Sync" and I have that set to every hour check my drop box Tivo folder and download any latest tv shows my computer has copied. This means that in the morning when I leave for work my tablet has all my shows from the previous night I didn't get to watch on it so I can for instance watch one or two on my lunch break, without having to have a wifi connection at work! 

2. Need to make a phone call? Unfortunately this device doesn't have phone support. However Skype works great with both video calls and audio calls. You can pay for a phone number from skype (it's cheap if you wanted it) and actually treat this like a phone assuming you have wifi wherever you are. I did try google voice app, that will not allow you to make calls and use the tablet as a handset, it instead asks you what phone in your account it should call. 

~ J. Haggard

This is a brand new product from Samsung that breaks the $250 price barrier. There are a lot of tablets at or below this price but they are mostly very low end devices with slow CPUs, poor screens and built for non-US markets. The Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 makes none of the compromises typical of this price point and provides the same kind of performance you'd expect from the rest of the Samsung Galaxy Tab portfolio. It's fast, slick, has a great screen and even has Android 4.03 (Ice Cream Sandwich). I do like the new operating system and adapted to it in minutes. In addition to front & rear cameras there is bluetooth and even an IR blaster so you can use it as a remote for your TV. It only took a minute to set that up and get a program guide downloaded. All the apps on my Gingerbread phone loaded up to the Tab and run fine on the ICS platform. I can't comment on battery life yet as I plugged it for the initial charge and setup and haven't run on battery yet. As far as WiFi reception goes, it picks up all the same signals at the same strength as my laptop so no problem there.
If you've been waiting for a 7" tablet with Android 4 your wait is over.

UPDATE: Now that I've had it for about 10 days I can report that battery life is very good. After being online for several hours the battery still had more than 70% remaining.

~ Brucer

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