On Monday I had lunch with 4,500 of America’s finest at the U.S. Naval Academy. Conversation, of course, eventually turned to technology, and I asked my dining partners what kind of phone they used. all them said, “iPhone” with a twinkle in their eyes.
Then it dawned on me: Apple has so kicked butt that “thinking different” now means considering non-Apple products. Hallelujah! But to show you that I can still “think different,” here are ten screenshots and a photo of eleven things that a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 can do that an iPad cannot do.
However, there are elements of the Tab that I wish were like an iPad:
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The power switch is on the top edge of the Tab, and it’s sensitive. hence, it’s very easy to inadvertently turn it off and on.
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It’s too symmetrical—so much so that it’s hard to figure out which way is up when you first pick it up.
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I truly miss the hardware “home” button of my iPad. the Tab has a software home icon which moves around whereas you know exactly where the home button always is on an iPad.
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The Tab uses a proprietary USB cable for charging. This fries my brain. how about a micro USB instead? If I lost the cable that came with the Tab, I’d be shiitake out of luck until I ordered one from Samsung.
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There’s no such thing as a Samsung store like there is an Apple store. If/when the Tab needs service (or I need a cable), it’s not going to be a simple as driving to the Stanford Shopping Center for me.
Having said this, I did give my iPad to my daughter for five reasons:
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The dashboard view of multiple windows running multiple apps (actually the widgets of email, Gmail, calendar, and Google+) and aliases to my other key apps is killer.
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The ability to delete or report multiple comments at once makes managing Google+ much easier. I suppose Google could make the iOS version of the Google+ app work this way, but I’m not holding my breath.
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Verizon 4G LTE just smokes. Tethering is finally a reality. I’m not going to be paying hotels $12.95/day for 1 mbps access much anymore.
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Dropbox, Evernote, and TripIt, three of my essential apps, run just as well on the Tab as on the iPad—maybe even better because of Verizon 4G LTE. (Did I mention that Verizon 4G LTE just smokes?)
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When my daughter is happy, I’m happy, and “her” iPad makes her happy.
Could Apple make the iPad work like this? Multiple apps in multiple windows sounds hard. a better version of the Google+ app sounds easy but perhaps a religious/political issue inside Google. Verizon 4G LTE access has got be coming in the next versions of iPhones and iPads, or Apple will face a chorus of people saying, “You’ve got to be kidding me.”
We shall see. until then, I’ll be thinking different.
(Disclosure: my buddies at Samsung sent me this Tab to review)
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