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Vincenzo Perrone

Scatola aperta

Reviewed in Italy on November 9, 2013

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La scatola era stata aperta e mancava auricolare e spina europea.
Il tab comunque funziona bene e' molto bello e veloce. Mi è sembrato
esagerato restituirlo.

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Ross M

I Love It!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 19, 2012

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When I first heard about tablets I wondered what all the fuss was about. I have a pretty high spec laptop so didn't feel I had the need for a tablet aswell. I was wrong! Its a great device. I only really use it surf the net and watch netflix on it. Internet speed is very good but I suppose that will also depend on your router. Picture and sound quality in my opinion are excellent for the size of the product. I would say its worth paying that little bit extra and getting the 10.1 inch. It doesnt feel that big when your holding it but is perfect for watching movies on it. I feel the 7inch would feel a little small for watching movies. Wifi and bluetooth are very easy to use and so is the overall interface of the tablet. I may have found it easier because I have a samsung galaxy S2 aswell so they are basically the same thing when it comes to working the apps etc. I think its dead handy to have the option to increase the memory unlike other devices where you are stuck with the memory built into it. Its alot quicker to grab the tab and check things instead of having to get the laptop out. Skygo is the 1 thing thats my main bug bearer at not having available on the samsung as I use it quite alot. I dont know if its something that will be available in the future or not? Because of this I still use the laptop for skygo and the word packages etc but apart from that the tab pretty much does what I need it to do. Battery life I think it very good. I reckon I get 8/9 hours per charge. I prob use it for an hour or so a day max. As for the price I would say its very competative. Im not a fan of apple but I havnt used the IPAD so I cant compare but the price difference alone makes you lean towards the samsung straight away if your not that fussed between the 2 probably top tablets available at the moment. All in all I would definately recommend this if your thinking about a tablet at a decent price.

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Carol Haynes

Initial impressions are very good

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 10, 2012

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Got a Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 WiFi a few days ago and am very pleased with it.

I have been a long time tablet sceptic but I repair and build computers for a living and figured I would have to take the plunge with tablets sooner or later. This was brought to head with a number of clients asking for advice.

I have played with iPads before but wasn't impressed and so I decided to try Android. I tried a cheap altenative but returned it for a refund and finally settled on this device.

The initial impression is of a well made and robust device but note there is some confusion over what is and isn't included in the box.

My "White WiFi only" tablet (no point in 3G as I live in an area with terrible 3G coverage) came with only the USB cable and plug unit and the tablet itself. There were no headphones included (and nowhere in the box where they should have been). Also there doesn't appear to be the famed InfraRed blaster that can be used for TV remote control - presumably Samsung have either changed the spec of this device or have a different spec in the UK to the US.

Set up was a breeze and took only a few minutes to get going and downloading some apps from the store.

On setup there are some rather large widgets on the Home Page (mainly Samsung trying to get you to pay for books, music and video) but these can be dragged to the bin at the top of the screen (they aren't deleted just removed from the screen - you can still find them in the widgets panes) or off to one side to a subsidiary Home Page.

Some people have commented on responsiveness of the screen - I haven't encountered any issues - seems very responsive to me, even with a screen protector applied. I have also played some HD games and it seems to cope very well.

Things you will need to consider when you buy this are the additional cost of a case, screen protectors (though they will drive you mad applying them but worth it to stop the screen getting scratched) and possible the USB adapter so you can plug in a range of USB devices (make sure to read the instructions on the order to plug things in - it isn't obvious but you can do damage if you plug things in the wrong order - basically the last connection to make/first connection to break is the adapter into the tablet.)

I have tried a number of USB devices and they seem to work without issue. I also tried a Blue Tooth mouse which worked fine. I have ordered a keyboard docking station and can see this replacing my webbook computer!

The GPS seems sensitive - I live in a stone built house and yet it still managed to find my location to within 30m (more than may Garmin GPS can do indoors).

The only niggles I had are:

1. the onscreen keyboard had predictive text enabled by default and it is horrendously bad (it wouldn't let me type my name into web forms as well as predicting about 99% incorrectly!!!). Just turn it off and forget it. Also it my be my voice but voice recognition has a long way to go to assume useful status!

2. The cameras are pretty pants (front and back) with fuzzy poorly focused images with over-saturated colours. If there is a flash function I can't find it. Having said that, I didn't want to use it as a camera so I am not unduly bothered.

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Marco

Mancava la spina europea

Reviewed in Italy on August 16, 2013

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Tutto ok ma nella confezione c'era solo la spina americana. Se ci fosse stato scritto avrei comprato da un altro rivenditore

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singlereed

Great tablet!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 11, 2013

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This was my Christmas present so I have been using it for about 6 weeks. As it happens, my daughter had an iPad for Christmas that was well over twice as much money so we had a good comparison. The screen is a better shape than the ipad for documents - I wanted my tab as a virtual music library with pdfs of music scores. I had a few glitches getting the system updated and registering for the application store but we were having ADSL problems at the time. In general, I have been very pleased with the unit. There are a few issues - you have to look hard for a flash video plug-in and it doesn't like printing to anything other than a Samsung printer (got an HP plug-in that does the trick) but otherwise, it has been easy to live with. Downloads find their way into a folder that you have to look for - as others have said Android is quite like Windows in many respects but has a few quirks; as someone who started with Windows 3.1 I'm pretty well used to finding ways of doing things. 95% of the time it's a doddle. My daughter had her ipad up and running more quickly and it is better for the music production apps she uses but as a tablet pc device (which is what I wanted), this is just as good. I use it loads and enjoy doing so as well. I got the Samsung snap-on case which wasn't easy to find - I get the impression it has been discontinued but it's worth seeking out. Overall, 4 out of 5 and I'd recommend it - especially as it was on offer when I got it and had a £50 cashback - that equated to £180 net. You can get cheaper tablets but this has some degree of back up and support so I thought it would be safer. It mostly runs quickly - on a couple of occasions the screen hasn't responded properly but a re-start has done the trick. Battery lfe seems perfectly reasonable and it doesn't suddenly give out on you - plenty of life left when the warning comes. It is a shame it won't re-charge from its USB lead - you have to use the actual charger.

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Grade A

A really rather good tablet. Well done

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 8, 2013

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Straight out of the box, the Samsung Galaxy Tab2 trolls you. Instead of saying 'Ive been in a box for a while so my Apps are out of date' it gives you an error message with no apparent solution making you believe its broken and should be returned. It isnt, it just needs updating. The solution is similar to trying to shut down your anti-virus on a site that maybe a 'bit non-legit'. Just keep touching the error sign until it goes away, download the appropriate App (dont worry, its free), sign the disclaimer if you need to and all will be well. [*Also note that you cant access the customer service comments when the App is working so that is why there are no responses to the number of people who have been fooled by this - we just cant get on and tell you what to do].

So after this hiccup, the tablet is rather great. Its almost if it knows exactly what I want to do with it - i.e. entertainment whilst travelling (books and games) and TV and video in bed. It provided all this with ease on a great screen. What more can you ask for? The e-reader is provided by Kobo and it is magnificent. Wonderfully designed, very pretty with superb download speeds to boot. The Galaxy screen is eye-scorchingly bright (surprisingly the default is in the middle - so I dont want to know how nuclear the brightness would be if I turned it up!) but you can turn it down, and Im sure even the most technophobic of luddites can work out how to use the e-reader and adjust the settings in no more than ten minutes. This I find is a good thing about Samsung - they dont buy into thinking coolness is making things hard to use. The touchscreen is as responsive as you want it to be. You wont be skittishly jumping from one place to another as you accidentally touch the wrong place - nor do you have to hit it with a hammer. The portrait / landscape re-orientation as you move the tablet is very good (this is the main weakness of the phone IMHO). The only thing I noticed is that it is initially a bit heavy on the wrists (and my wrists are by no means weak) so you may take a few days working out how to maximise your comfort. The comfort zone Im sure is there, but you may have to find it.

The screen is an excellant size for watching films and TV and the sound is perfectly decent. Im definitely a sound snob, so I wont say its great, but if you take it into context, its pretty impressive. Again the controls are a doddle.

I dont use it for music, so I have no comment on that - I prefer my music more portable.

The only downsides are common to all pads - Samsung or not
(1) They are fingerprint magnets
(2) The cost accumulates more you use it

I quite like paying for books as its an industry that I think needs a bit of money. Games and films, however, just look at it as a way of improving your geekiness as you find new ways to keep the costs down. For me, one of the bonuses of Android over say, oh I dont know, Apple, is that you appear to have more ways to save yourself a bit of a cash (I have absolutely no proof of this), but go easy on those Apps - it all adds up!

If you get one - I hope you have fun with it!

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Great tablet

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 15, 2013

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Have been using this for about 3 weeks now. I bought this version rather than the model below (which my wife has) as I wanted something that I could also use for work for emails and simple word docs spreadsheets etc - the ability to have 2 windows open is very useful as is the quick notes programme. I was happy I did and for me it was worth the extra money albeit I would not recommend in place of a laptop for serious and prolonged work purposes. Quick to start up, the HD screen quality is excellent, took about 4 hours to initially charge up to use, has a nice solid well built feel to it whilst still light enough to hold albeit I bought a cover with a built in stand (I bought one of the cheaper non Samsung ones). Intuitive to use, but took a bit of fiddling to navigate through Samsung's site to get to the downloadable user manual - which once you have it is excellent. I have only 2 minor gripes, the charging socket is on the bottom edge which is also where you can plug in an adapter which you can then plug USB devices such as memory sticks into, it would be better if this socket were on one of the sides or top as you can't prop it up on the stand at the same time (charging is no propblem with the cover on as long as you don't want to use it at the same time as charging). The other is that if you want to use a plug in micro SD card the slot is recessed to such an extent that you need very good nails to be able to push it in and then spring it out - I have to use a key, so a bit fiddly and clumsy. Overall I love it though and glad I purchased it.

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BTam

This is great.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 3, 2013

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A work colleague had one of these and said I'd love it. I wasn't sure at first as I am 67 and use windows 7 on my computer and for me, this is a completely different way of doing things, but went ahead and treated myself to one. To begin with I wasn't sure what to do as you only get a basic small instruction booklet so had a few goes on it and ended up resetting it and started again after downloading the full user manual from Samsung site onto my main computer but not covered everything yet.

There is so much you can do on this tab it and it is so quick. I got a rotating case as you can use the tab in portrait and landscape and a stylus as that was easier with the keypad and put on a screen protector but had to have 3 as mucked up 2.
There's a camera both sides, free books I've downloaded, games, maps, the weather. The music & videos I've not bothered with yet as I've a hearing problem .

When I got the tab, my 38yr old daughter said "whatever have you got that for", and now she uses it every time she calls in and says she didn't realise it was so good and do so many things on it so she is really impressed and says it beats an ipad. My 10yr old grand-daughter plays on it everytime she calls and has great fun on it with sketching, free games and she's taken pictures of us all and added animated ears, nose and eyes to them and loads of other things she has discovered and wish they could have one. It's got this voice activated thing which you can say what you want instead of typing it in but not used that a lot as it came up with a different thing on some occasions.

I use my main computer for listening to music as I have additional speakers and when doing a lot of typing like emails etc, as I am a very fast touch typist and it would take me forever on the tab but I do use the tab every day for checking my emails, facebook and looking up things. To sum it all up, I am so glad I got this as it's exceeded all my expectations and if anyone's thinking of getting one, just go for it as it's great and you won't be disappointed.

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Beetleypete

Good, but no cigar...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 26, 2013

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Given as a birthday gift for my wife, and deliberately chosen instead of the ubiquitous i Pad, it is more or less the same thing, at half the price. There are some issues though, and any potential purchaser should be aware of them. The instruction manual is laughable, with the full pdf accessible through the Samsung website. This is all very well, if you have another internet-enabled device to hand, so that you can fully comprehend the instructions. There are also some games and applications that will not work, or even download in the first place, as Samsung recently decided to make this machine incompatible with the correct flash player. If I had been aware of this, I would not have bought it. Saying that, the Apple competitor leaves their customers in the same boat.
Once fired up, and connected to wi-fi, the device works very well. For web-surfing, Facebook, simple games, and watching You Tube, it is excellent; like a giant smartphone, though with no ability to make a call. There are 2 cameras, a simple menu system, and the screen is bright, and pleasant look at. The battery life is also surprisingly good, if you are not playing fast-moving games. All in all, very good value, shame about the instructions, and that flash player.

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Buy an Ipad if you can afford to!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 3, 2014

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I looked at laptops vs tablets and bought the samsung tablet. The tablet concept is great, no waiting for it to load, its totally portable so you can surf on the sofa, watch videos in the bath, follow recipies in the kitchen, play games and listen to books, read books, play jigsaw puzzles etc in the park, on a plane etc, it reduces weight and increases space in your hol luggage as you can buy ebooks... BUT i’ve had this for a year now and i wish i’d bought an ipad, much as this is great on the whole, there are some things it doesn’t do and some things its not very good at: you cant watch Sky Go on it, the sky apps are only compatible with apple products, same for BBC iplayer, however you can get ITV, C4 and C5. It doesn’t support flash player either so a lot of videos on BBC news website and facebook posts won’t play. Quite often you have to press a lot of times to get the tablet to do what you want, eg you’ll do a google search and press on the result you want to see but have to press 20 times before it loads which is very frustrating if you have no patience like me! Also it doesnt always recognise that you want the keyboard when you click in a search field which is also frustrating. More worringly, recently it’s started to crash in a number of applications, especially the internet, you just get a black screen and then it goes back to the screen saver page and you’ve lost all the tabs you had open. It was a lot cheaper than an ipad but they say you get what you pay for and i think they’re right, i wish i’d paid a bit more a year ago and perhaps i’d be able to watch all the sky shows i’ve missed and not have my tablet crash on me 5 times a day!

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